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March 25, 2014; 82 (12) Article

Lower stroke risk with lower blood pressure in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia

William J. Powers, William R. Clarke, Robert L. Grubb, Tom O. Videen, Harold P. Adams, Colin P. Derdeyn, For the COSS Investigators
First published February 14, 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000238
William J. Powers
From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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William R. Clarke
From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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Robert L. Grubb Jr
From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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Tom O. Videen
From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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Harold P. Adams Jr
From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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Colin P. Derdeyn
From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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From the Department of Neurology (W.J.P.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Clinical Trials Statistics and Data Management Center (W.R.C.), University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City; Departments of Neurological Surgery (R.L.G., C.P.D.), Radiology (R.L.G., T.O.V., C.P.D.), and Neurology (T.O.V., C.P.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and the Department of Neurology (H.P.A.), University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City.
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Lower stroke risk with lower blood pressure in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia
William J. Powers, William R. Clarke, Robert L. Grubb, Tom O. Videen, Harold P. Adams, Colin P. Derdeyn, For the COSS Investigators
Neurology Mar 2014, 82 (12) 1027-1032; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000238

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Abstract

Objective: To determine whether strict blood pressure (BP) control is the best medical management for patients with symptomatic carotid artery occlusion and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia.

Methods: In this prospective observational cohort study, we analyzed data from 91 participants in the nonsurgical group of the Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study (COSS) who had recent symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia manifested by ipsilateral increased oxygen extraction fraction. The target BP goal in COSS was ≤130/85 mm Hg. We compared the occurrence of ipsilateral ischemic stroke during follow-up in the 41 participants with mean BP ≤130/85 mm Hg to the remaining 50 with higher BP.

Results: Of 16 total ipsilateral ischemic strokes that occurred during follow-up, 3 occurred in the 41 participants with mean follow-up BP of ≤130/85 mm Hg, compared to 13 in the remaining 50 participants with mean follow-up BP >130/85 mm Hg (hazard ratio 3.742, 95% confidence interval 1.065–13.152, log-rank p = 0.027).

Conclusion: BPs ≤130/85 mm Hg were associated with lower subsequent stroke risk in these patients.

Classification of evidence: This study provides Class III evidence that control of hypertension ≤130/85 mm Hg is associated with a reduced risk of subsequent ipsilateral ischemic stroke in patients with recently symptomatic carotid occlusion and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia (increased oxygen extraction fraction).

GLOSSARY

BP=
blood pressure;
CI=
confidence interval;
COSS=
Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study;
ICA=
internal carotid artery;
JNC 7=
Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure;
OEF=
oxygen extraction fraction

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  • Coinvestigators are listed on the Neurology® Web site at Neurology.org.

  • Go to Neurology.org for full disclosures. Funding information and disclosures deemed relevant by the authors, if any, are provided at the end of the article.

  • Editorial, page 1018

  • Supplemental data at Neurology.org

  • Received May 28, 2013.
  • Accepted in final form November 15, 2013.
  • © 2014 American Academy of Neurology
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