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Does lowering blood pressure prevent recurrent stroke?

Andrew M Tonkin
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04410.x
Published online: 18 March 2002

Trial: PROGRESS Collaborative Group. Randomised trial of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Lancet 2001; 358: 1033-1041.


  • National Heart Foundation of Australia, Melbourne, VIC.



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