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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Blood-pressure targets in patients with recent lacunar stroke: the SPS3 randomised trial.
Lowering of blood pressure prevents stroke but optimum target levels to prevent recurrent stroke are unknown. We investigated the effects of different blood-pressure targets on the rate of recurrent stroke in patients with recent lacunar stroke. ⋯ National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH-NINDS).