Question # 42

A 66-year-old patient with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and a recent non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke is evaluated for secondary prevention. The patient's blood pressure is 142/86 mmHg. According to current guidelines, what is the target blood pressure recommendation for this high-risk patient?

Options:

A.

Blood pressure maintained below 130/80 mmHg (or personalized target below 140/90 mmHg based on risk tolerance).

B.

Keeping blood pressure above 160/100 mmHg to maintain luxury perfusion to ischemic tissue.

C.

Permitting unmanaged blood pressure fluctuations without any pharmacological intervention.

D.

Rapidly dropping blood pressure below 90/50 mmHg to eliminate all vascular stress.

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