Intensive blood pressure control in patients with acute type B aortic dissection (RAID): study protocol for randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure control is an essential therapy for patients with acute type B aortic dissection (ABAD) and should be maintained throughout the entire treatment. Thus, vast majority current guidelines recommend control the blood pressure to lower than 140/90 mmHg. Theoretically, a much lower target may further decrease the risk of propagation of dissection. However, some argued that too lower blood pressure would compromise the organ perfusion. Thus, there is no unanimous optimal target for blood pressure in patients with ABAD so far. The present study aimed to investigate the optimal blood pressure target for patients with ABAD, in the hope that the result would optimize the treatment of aortic dissection (AD).

Methods

The study is a multi-center randomized contro

SUBMITTER: Zhou JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5465133 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature