ChicagoAiming below 120 mm Hg cut post-stroke deaths and events.

A third of stroke patients miss blood pressure guidelines, said Bruce Ovbiagele.

OPTIMAL-STROKE compared a systolic target of 120 mm Hg with the standard 140, and requires kidney monitoring.

OPTIMAL-DIABETES found no reduction in major events or deaths from a sub-120 target in type 2 diabetes.

The spironolactone trial REDUCE is unpublished and measured blood pressure, not outcomes.

How each outlet framed it
STAT
frames the three AHA studies around blood pressure as the modifiable stroke risk factor, noting the diabetes trial split decision on lower targets

Sources: STAT