title: Increased Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated with Worse Neurologic Outcome in Acute Anterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke.
abstract: Background. Although research suggests that blood pressure variability (BPV) is detrimental in the weeks to months after acute ischemic stroke, it has not been adequately studied in the acute setting.Methods. We reviewed acute ischemic stroke patients from 2007 to 2014 with anterior circulation stroke. Mean blood pressure and three BPV indices (standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and successive variation) for the intervals 0-24, 0-72, and 0-120 hours after admission were correlated with follow-up modified Rankin Scale (mRS) in ordinal logistic regression models. The correlation between BPV and mRS was further analyzed by terciles of clinically informative stratifications.Results. Two hundred and fifteen patients met inclusion criteria. At all time intervals, increased systolic BPV was associated with higher mRS, but the relationship was not significant for diastolic BPV or mean blood pressure. This association was strongest in patients with proximal stroke parent artery vessel occlusion and lower mean blood pressure.Conclusion. Increased early systolic BPV is associated with worse neurologic outcome after ischemic stroke. This association is strongest in patients with lower mean blood pressure and proximal vessel occlusion, often despite endovascular or thrombolytic therapy. This hypothesis-generating dataset suggests potential benefit for interventions aimed at reducing BPV in this patient population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8178-8597
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Havenon
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Stoddard
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Haimei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wold
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Tirschwell
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Majersik