Arterial Hypertension and Risk of Recurrent Event in Young Ischemic Stroke Patients

Introduction: In young patients, the cause of ischemic stroke (IS) remains often cryptogenic despite presence of traditional vascular risk factors (VRFs). Since arterial hypertension (AH) is considered the most important one, we aimed to evaluate the impact of AH and blood pressure (BP) levels after discharge on risk of recurrent IS (RIS) in young patients. Methods: The study set consisted of acute IS patients < 50 years of age enrolled in the prospective Heart and Ischemic STrOke Relationship studY registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01541163). Cause of IS was assessed according to the ASCOD classification. Results: Out of 319 enrolled patients