Abstract

Major Ongoing Stroke Trials

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  • The development of persistent depressive symptoms is a severe and frequent complication of ischemic stroke

  • Summary: Up to 40% of acute stroke patients on hospital admission are already taking antihypertensive therapy, and most will e41

  • Blood pressure, modified Rankin Scale score, Barthel Index and National Institutes of Health Stroke Score will be repeated at 2 weeks by an observer blinded to the randomized group

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Introduction

The development of persistent depressive symptoms is a severe and frequent complication of ischemic stroke (i.e., poststroke depression, PSD). The MASH-II study is a prospective randomized, placebocontrolled, international multicenter trial to determine whether magnesium reduces the frequency of poor outcome (death or dependence) in patients admitted within 4 days after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. E-mail Philip.bath@nottingham.ac.uk Location: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Number of Centers: Those centers that have organized a positive or negative randomized controlled trial in acute stroke or stroke rehabilitation Sponsor: The Stroke Association (UK) Dates of Study: October 2004 (continuing)

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