Risk of Long-Term Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury and Incident Hypertension
Farid Radmanesh,
Saef Izzy,
Ran S. Rotem
et al.
Abstract:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is independently associated with hypertension and ischemic stroke. The goal of this study was to determine the interplay between TBI and incident hypertension in the occurrence of post-TBI stroke. This prospective study used a hospital-based registry to identify patients without pre-existing comorbidities. TBI patients (
n
= 3664) were frequency matched on age, sex, and race to non-TBI patients (
n
= 1848). Follow-up started 6 months po… Show more
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