UBC neurologist calibrates blood pressure targets for preventing recurrent stroke

Stroke patients who lowered their systolic blood pressure below a certain threshold were significantly less likely to have a recurrent stroke caused by a brain bleed compared with those who didn’t lower their pressure that far, according to a study by Oscar Benavente, professor in UBC Division of Neurology and research director of the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Health Program at Vancouver Coastal Health. For more information, click here.