Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (7)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Potter, J.F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Potter, J.F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Q J Med 1999; 92: 63-66
© 1999 Association of Physicians

Editorial

What should we do about blood pressure and stroke?

J.F. Potter

Department of Medicine Division of Medicine for the Elderly Glenfield Hospital Leicester

As we draw towards the end of this millennium, it will become clear whether the aspirations raised by the Health of the Nation document will be realized with regard to the reduction in mortality from stroke. The target of a 40% decrease in stroke deaths by the year 2000 in those aged 65–74 years may initially have appeared optimistic without any specific new interventions, but mortality rates have been consistently falling in both the UK and most, but not all, Westernized countries over the past 2–3 decades.1 This decrease in mortality is probably due to a combination of decreased stroke incidence and stroke severity, as well as a reduction in death rate following the acute event. However, in the UK there are still over 120 000 strokes per annum, about 20% being due to a recurrence. Overall, 20% will die within the first few months of the event, and up . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Neurol. Neurosurg. PsychiatryHome page
R. Davenport and M. Dennis
Neurological emergencies: acute stroke
J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry, March 1, 2000; 68(3): 277 - 288.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]