I: Blood Pressure and Hypertension as Antecedents of Stroke1. Blood Pressure: Definition, Diagnosis, and ManagementRaymond R. Townsend and Susan P. Steigerwalt2. The Link Between Hypertension and Stroke: Summary of Observational Epidemiological StudiesDilip K. Pandey, Noha Aljehani, and Youji Soga3. Blood Pressure Control and Primary Prevention of Stroke: Summary of Clinical Trial DataWilliam J. ElliottII: Mechanisms of Hypertension and Hypertension-Related Stroke4. Mechanisms Underlying Essential Hypertension: Neurogenic and Non-neurogenic Scott H. Carlson, Sean Stocker, and J. Michael Wyss 5. The Effects of Hypertension and Stroke on the Cerebral VasculatureAnne M. Dorrance6. Pathophysiology and Mechanisms Whereby Hypertension May Cause StrokeBeom Joon Kim, Hee-Joon Bae, and Lawrence K. S. Wong III: Management of Blood Pressure for First Stroke Prevention, Immediately after Acute Stroke, and for Recurrent Stroke Prevention7. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment, Summary of Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension and a Critical Appraisal of the 2014 Expert Panel of the National Institutes of Health ReportLuke J. Laffin and George L. Bakris 8. Acute Blood Pressure Management After Ischemic StrokeJ. Dedrick Jordan and William J. Powers9. Hypertensive Encephalopathy, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome, and EclampsiaKaren Orjuela and Sean D. Ruland 10. Acute Blood Pressure Management After Intracerebral HemorrhageVenkatesh Aiyagari11. Blood Pressure Management in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Role of Blood Pressure Manipulation in Prevention of Rebleeding and the Management of VasospasmZakraus K. Mahdavi, Claudia A. Perez, and Michael A. Rubin12. Recurrent Stroke Prevention I: Diuretic and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs) - The PROGRESS TrialThomas K. A. Linden and Geoffrey A. Donnan 13. Blood Pressure Variability, Antihypertensive Therapy and Stroke RiskMuhammad U. Farooq, Jiangyong Min, Lawrence K. S. Wong, and Philip B. Gorelick14. A Review of Antihypertensive Drugs and Choosing the Right Antihypertensive for Recurrent Stroke PreventionDomenic A. SicaIV: Mechanisms and Sequelae of Elevated Blood Pressure on Brain Function and Cognition15. Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: Are These Disorders Linked to Hypertension and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors?Fernando D. Testai and Philip B. Gorelick 16. Hypertension, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, and Cognitive FunctionDavid L. Nyenhuis17. Cerebral Microbleeds, Small-Vessel Disease of the Brain, Hypertension and CognitionAnand Viswanathan, Hugues Chabriat, and Steven M. Greenberg18. Neuroimaging of Hypertension and Related Cerebral PathologyAlejandro Magadán