Response to Letter to the Editor: New Insights and Old Questions in Acute Stroke Blood Pressure Control

Luiz Antônio Nasi¹, Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins^{2

3}, Letícia Costa Rebello^{2

3}, Miguel Gus⁴, Gustavo Weiss^{2

3}, Andrea Garcia de Almeida^{2

3}, Rosane Brondani^{2

3}, Angélica DalPizzol^{2

3}, Flávio Danni Fuchs⁴, Maria Júlia Monteiro Valença^{2

3}, Letícia F Wirth², Gerson Nunes², Craig S Anderson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Vascular Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Lnasi@terra.com.br.
² Vascular Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Stroke Division, Neurology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Hypertension Group, Cardiology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ The George Institute for Global Health, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Comment

Luiz Antônio Nasi et al. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;30(3):698-699.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-019-00683-x.

¹ Vascular Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Lnasi@terra.com.br.
² Vascular Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Stroke Division, Neurology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Hypertension Group, Cardiology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ The George Institute for Global Health, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

No abstract available

Comment on

Early Manipulation of Arterial Blood Pressure in Acute Ischemic Stroke (MAPAS): Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Nasi LA, Martins SCO, Gus M, Weiss G, de Almeida AG, Brondani R, Rebello LC, DalPizzol A, Fuchs FD, Valença MJM, Wirth LF, Nunes G, Anderson CS. Nasi LA, et al. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Apr;30(2):372-379. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0642-5. Neurocrit Care. 2019. PMID: 30460598 Clinical Trial.
New Insights and Old Questions in Acute Stroke Blood Pressure Control.
Pinheiro Modolo G, Cuadrado Martin L, Garcia Zanati Bazan S, Bazan R. Pinheiro Modolo G, et al. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Jun;30(3):696-697. doi: 10.1007/s12028-019-00693-9. Neurocrit Care. 2019. PMID: 31012055 No abstract available.

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