What is the relationship between blood pressure and stroke recurrence in patients with intracranial arterial stenosis?
A study by Turan et al. (2007) found that there is a relationship between blood pressure and stroke recurrence in patients with intracranial arterial stenosis. They found that higher blood pressure increases the risk of poor outcome at discharge and 12-month follow-up in patients with symptomatic intracranial large artery stenosis and occlusions (Yu et al., 2015). Additionally, a study by Amin-Hanjani et al. (2018) found that patients with hemodynamic vertebro-basilar disease have a higher risk of stroke with lower blood pressure.