The importance of hypertension awareness and adequate blood pressure control before intracerebral hemorrhage

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Hajime Ikenouchi. Hypertens Res. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;48(4):1621-1623.

doi: 10.1038/s41440-025-02161-8. Epub 2025 Feb 17.

¹ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. hajime.ikenouchi.s8@dc.tohoku.ac.jp.

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Keywords: intracerebral hemorrhage; uncontrolled hypertension; untreated hypertension.

Conflict of interest statement

Compliance with ethical standards. Conflict of interest: The author declares no competing interests.

Untreated and uncontrolled hypertension in Japanese patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
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