Use of Antihypertensive Drugs and Ischemic Stroke Severity – Is There a Role for Angiotensin-II?

Effects of Different Classes of Antihypertensive Agents on the Outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke

(2015) Konstantinos Tziomalos et al.   Journal of Clinical Hypertension

The Protective Arms of the Renin-Angiontensin System in Stroke

(2014) Claudia A. McCarthy et al.   CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS

Direct Angiotensin AT2 Receptor Stimulation Using a Novel AT2 Receptor Agonist, Compound 21, Evokes Neuroprotection in Conscious Hypertensive Rats

(2014) Claudia A. McCarthy et al.   PLoS One

The Role of Angiotensin II Receptors in Stroke Protection

(2012) Steven G. Chrysant   CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS

The angiotensin-receptor blocker candesartan for treatment of acute stroke (SCAST): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

(2011) Else Charlotte Sandset et al.   LANCET

Treatment with angiotensin receptor blockers before stroke could exert a favourable effect in acute cerebral infarction

(2010) Blanca Fuentes et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Benefits of Prestroke Use of Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Blockers on Ischemic Stroke Severity

(2010) Nobukazu Miyamoto et al.   Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Effects of aspirin plus extended-release dipyridamole versus clopidogrel and telmisartan on disability and cognitive function after recurrent stroke in patients with ischaemic stroke in the Prevention Regimen for Effectively Avoiding Second Strokes (PRoFESS) trial: a double-blind, active and placebo-controlled study

(2008) Hans-Christoph Diener et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Baseline NIH Stroke Scale Score predicting outcome in anterior and posterior circulation strokes

(2008) S. Sato et al.   NEUROLOGY