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Peter M Rothwell

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1 Validation and refinement of scores to predict very early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack. Lancet 2007 7.27
2 Effect of aspirin on long-term risk of colorectal cancer: consistent evidence from randomised and observational studies. Lancet 2007 7.11
3 Early decompressive surgery in malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery: a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials. Lancet Neurol 2007 6.15
4 Prevalence, incidence, and factors associated with pre-stroke and post-stroke dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Neurol 2009 4.60
5 Effects of antihypertensive-drug class on interindividual variation in blood pressure and risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 2010 4.06
6 Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Lancet Neurol 2012 3.93
7 Assessing and reporting heterogeneity in treatment effects in clinical trials: a proposal. Trials 2010 3.45
8 Genome-wide association study identifies a variant in HDAC9 associated with large vessel ischemic stroke. Nat Genet 2012 3.40
9 Effects of regular aspirin on long-term cancer incidence and metastasis: a systematic comparison of evidence from observational studies versus randomised trials. Lancet Oncol 2012 3.37
10 Risk of stroke early after transient ischaemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Neurol 2007 3.19
11 Carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive tests--individual patient data meta-analysis. Radiology 2009 2.94
12 Addition of brain and carotid imaging to the ABCD² score to identify patients at early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack: a multicentre observational study. Lancet Neurol 2010 2.87
13 National Stroke Association guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks. Ann Neurol 2006 2.82
14 Influence of general practice opening hours on delay in seeking medical attention after transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and minor stroke: prospective population based study. BMJ 2008 2.59
15 Timing of birth and risk of multiple sclerosis: population based study. BMJ 2004 2.56
16 Risk of myocardial infarction and vascular death after transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stroke 2005 2.38
17 Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and risk of transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke: a genetic association study. Lancet Neurol 2010 2.33
18 Systematic review of methods and results of studies of the genetic epidemiology of ischemic stroke. Stroke 2003 2.32
19 Underinvestigation and undertreatment of carotid disease in elderly patients with transient ischaemic attack and stroke: comparative population based study. BMJ 2006 2.23
20 Terutroban versus aspirin in patients with cerebral ischaemic events (PERFORM): a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group trial. Lancet 2011 2.16
21 Aspirin in the chemoprevention of colorectal neoplasia: an overview. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2011 2.03
22 Systematic review and pooled analysis of published and unpublished validations of the ABCD and ABCD2 transient ischemic attack risk scores. Stroke 2010 2.01
23 Underestimation of the early risk of recurrent stroke: evidence of the need for a standard definition. Stroke 2004 2.01
24 Lead editorial: trials - using the opportunities of electronic publishing to improve the reporting of randomised trials. Trials 2006 1.98
25 Underestimation of cognitive impairment by Mini-Mental State Examination versus the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in patients with transient ischemic attack and stroke: a population-based study. Stroke 2010 1.96
26 Effect of urgent treatment for transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on disability and hospital costs (EXPRESS study): a prospective population-based sequential comparison. Lancet Neurol 2009 1.87
27 Meta-analysis in more than 17,900 cases of ischemic stroke reveals a novel association at 12q24.12. Neurology 2014 1.85
28 Common variants at 6p21.1 are associated with large artery atherosclerotic stroke. Nat Genet 2012 1.81
29 Critical cap thickness and rupture in symptomatic carotid plaques: the oxford plaque study. Stroke 2008 1.80
30 Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN) study: design and rationale for a genome-wide association study of ischemic stroke subtypes. Stroke 2013 1.80
31 Multiethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >100 000 subjects identifies 23 fibrinogen-associated Loci but no strong evidence of a causal association between circulating fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease. Circulation 2013 1.77
32 Low risk of ipsilateral stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis on best medical treatment: a prospective, population-based study. Stroke 2009 1.75
33 Genetic heritability of ischemic stroke and the contribution of previously reported candidate gene and genomewide associations. Stroke 2012 1.68
34 Transient isolated brainstem symptoms preceding posterior circulation stroke: a population-based study. Lancet Neurol 2012 1.61
35 Medical academia is failing patients and clinicians. BMJ 2006 1.59
36 Increased cerebral arterial pulsatility in patients with leukoaraiosis: arterial stiffness enhances transmission of aortic pulsatility. Stroke 2012 1.57
37 Self-reported long-term needs after stroke. Stroke 2011 1.53
38 Outcome after spontaneous and arteriovenous malformation-related intracerebral haemorrhage: population-based studies. Brain 2008 1.53
39 Population-based study of incidence and outcome of acute aortic dissection and premorbid risk factor control: 10-year results from the Oxford Vascular Study. Circulation 2013 1.53
40 Vessel wall contrast enhancement: a diagnostic sign of cerebral vasculitis. Cerebrovasc Dis 2008 1.52
41 MoCA, ACE-R, and MMSE versus the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards Neuropsychological Battery after TIA and stroke. Stroke 2011 1.51
42 Shared genetic susceptibility to ischemic stroke and coronary artery disease: a genome-wide analysis of common variants. Stroke 2013 1.51
43 Costs of stroke using patient-level data: a critical review of the literature. Stroke 2008 1.50
44 Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies prior to carotid endarterectomy. Ann Neurol 2005 1.47
45 Feasibility, safety and cost of outpatient management of acute minor ischaemic stroke: a population-based study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2012 1.45
46 Making the most of secondary prevention. Stroke 2007 1.42
47 Reporting of consistency of blood pressure control in randomized controlled trials of antihypertensive drugs: a systematic review of 1372 trial reports. J Hypertens 2012 1.40
48 Carotid artery imaging for secondary stroke prevention: both imaging modality and rapid access to imaging are important. Stroke 2009 1.40
49 Antithrombotic drug use, cerebral microbleeds, and intracerebral hemorrhage: a systematic review of published and unpublished studies. Stroke 2010 1.39
50 ABCD2 score predicts severity rather than risk of early recurrent events after transient ischemic attack. Stroke 2010 1.37
51 Addition of brain infarction to the ABCD2 Score (ABCD2I): a collaborative analysis of unpublished data on 4574 patients. Stroke 2010 1.35
52 Waiting times for carotid endarterectomy in UK: observational study. BMJ 2009 1.34
53 Effects of visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure on macrovascular and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the ADVANCE trial. Circulation 2013 1.32
54 Identification, prognosis, and management of patients with carotid artery near occlusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005 1.30
55 Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 1.26
56 Multicenter randomized study of anticoagulation guided by remote rhythm monitoring in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and CRT-D devices: Rationale, design, and clinical characteristics of the initially enrolled cohort The IMPACT study. Am Heart J 2009 1.26
57 Diffusion-weighted MRI in 300 patients presenting late with subacute transient ischemic attack or minor stroke. Stroke 2004 1.25
58 Prognosis of vertebrobasilar transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke. Brain 2003 1.24
59 Patient behavior immediately after transient ischemic attack according to clinical characteristics, perception of the event, and predicted risk of stroke. Stroke 2006 1.23
60 Systematic review of the operative risks of carotid endarterectomy for recently symptomatic stenosis in relation to the timing of surgery. Stroke 2009 1.22
61 Sex differences in heritability of ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stroke 2007 1.22
62 Systematic review of associations between the presence of acute ischemic lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging and clinical predictors of early stroke risk after transient ischemic attack. Stroke 2007 1.21
63 Population-based study of determinants of initial secondary care costs of acute stroke in the United Kingdom. Stroke 2006 1.20
64 A population-based study of the prevalence of fatigue after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke. Stroke 2009 1.17
65 Telephone assessment of cognition after transient ischemic attack and stroke: modified telephone interview of cognitive status and telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment versus face-to-face Montreal Cognitive Assessment and neuropsychological battery. Stroke 2012 1.17
66 A population-based study of hospital care costs during 5 years after transient ischemic attack and stroke. Stroke 2012 1.15
67 Population-based study of behavior immediately after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke in 1000 consecutive patients: lessons for public education. Stroke 2010 1.14
68 Apolipoprotein(a) genetic sequence variants associated with systemic atherosclerosis and coronary atherosclerotic burden but not with venous thromboembolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 1.14
69 Mortality rates for stroke in England from 1979 to 2004: trends, diagnostic precision, and artifacts. Stroke 2008 1.14
70 Lifestyle risk factors for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack in young adults in the Stroke in Young Fabry Patients study. Stroke 2012 1.14
71 Stroke risk after posterior circulation stroke/transient ischemic attack and its relationship to site of vertebrobasilar stenosis: pooled data analysis from prospective studies. Stroke 2013 1.13
72 Risk of persistent cranial nerve injury after carotid endarterectomy. J Neurosurg 2004 1.12
73 Potential confounding by intermediate phenotypes in studies of the genetics of ischaemic stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2004 1.11
74 Site of carotid plaque ulceration in relation to direction of blood flow: an angiographic and pathological study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2003 1.11
75 Quality of life after TIA and stroke: ten-year results of the Oxford Vascular Study. Neurology 2013 1.08
76 Global stroke statistics. Int J Stroke 2014 1.08
77 Population-based study of disability and institutionalization after transient ischemic attack and stroke: 10-year results of the Oxford Vascular Study. Stroke 2013 1.07
78 GALA: an international multicentre randomised trial comparing general anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery. Trials 2008 1.06
79 Stroke: working toward a prioritized world agenda. Stroke 2010 1.05
80 Patch angioplasty versus primary closure for carotid endarterectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 1.05
81 17q25 Locus is associated with white matter hyperintensity volume in ischemic stroke, but not with lacunar stroke status. Stroke 2013 1.04
82 Transient cognitive impairment in TIA and minor stroke. Stroke 2011 1.04
83 Reporting of observational studies. BMJ 2007 1.04
84 Mapping the modified Rankin scale (mRS) measurement into the generic EuroQol (EQ-5D) health outcome. Med Decis Making 2009 1.04
85 Heritability of ischaemic stroke in women compared with men: a genetic epidemiological study. Lancet Neurol 2007 1.03
86 Substantial underestimation of the need for outpatient services for TIA and minor stroke. Age Ageing 2007 1.03
87 Family history of stroke in patients with transient ischemic attack in relation to hypertension and other intermediate phenotypes. Stroke 2005 1.02
88 Stroke: working toward a prioritized world agenda. Cerebrovasc Dis 2010 1.01
89 Carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 1.01
90 Age- and sex-specific rates of leukoaraiosis in TIA and stroke patients: population-based study. Neurology 2012 1.00
91 Multilocus genetic risk score associates with ischemic stroke in case-control and prospective cohort studies. Stroke 2014 0.99
92 Risk of recurrent stroke, other vascular events and dementia after transient ischaemic attack and stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2009 0.99
93 Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack: diagnosis, investigation, and secondary prevention. Lancet Neurol 2013 0.96
94 Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: what to do. Curr Opin Neurol 2007 0.96
95 Population-based study of acute- and long-term care costs after stroke in patients with AF. Int J Stroke 2012 0.95
96 Impact of different operational definitions on mild cognitive impairment rate and MMSE and MoCA performance in transient ischaemic attack and stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2013 0.95
97 Population-based study of capsular warning syndrome and prognosis after early recurrent TIA. Neurology 2012 0.95
98 Atherogenic dyslipidemia and residual cardiovascular risk in statin-treated patients. Stroke 2014 0.95
99 Reliability of clinical diagnosis of the symptomatic vascular territory in patients with recent transient ischemic attack or minor stroke. Stroke 2008 0.94
100 Five years of Trials. Trials 2011 0.94
101 ACST: which subgroups will benefit most from carotid endarterectomy? Lancet 2004 0.93
102 Lack of reproducibility of assessment of aspirin responsiveness by optical aggregometry and two platelet function tests. Platelets 2008 0.92
103 Histological features of symptomatic carotid plaques in relation to age and smoking: the oxford plaque study. Stroke 2010 0.92
104 Routine or selective carotid artery shunting for carotid endarterectomy (and different methods of monitoring in selective shunting). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 0.92
105 Lack of epidemiological data on secondary stroke prevention. Lancet Neurol 2005 0.92
106 Medium-term variability of blood pressure and potential underdiagnosis of hypertension in patients with previous transient ischemic attack or minor stroke. Stroke 2006 0.91
107 A systematic comparison of the quality and volume of published data available on novel risk factors for stroke versus coronary heart disease. Cerebrovasc Dis 2005 0.91
108 Poor outcomes after endovascular treatment of symptomatic carotid stenosis: time for a moratorium. Lancet Neurol 2009 0.90
109 Underfunding of stroke research: a Europe-wide problem. Stroke 2004 0.90
110 Low-frequency and common genetic variation in ischemic stroke: The METASTROKE collaboration. Neurology 2016 0.90
111 The need for urgency in identification and treatment of symptomatic carotid stenosis is already established. Cerebrovasc Dis 2005 0.89
112 Associations between peripheral artery disease and ischemic stroke: implications for primary and secondary prevention. Stroke 2010 0.88
113 Familial history of stroke is associated with acute coronary syndromes in women. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 0.88
114 Improved cognitive outcomes with endovascular coiling of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: neuropsychological outcomes from the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT). Stroke 2010 0.88
115 Family history of stroke does not predict risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack. Stroke 2005 0.87
116 Long-term risk of stroke and other vascular events in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Arch Neurol 2002 0.87
117 Cognitive outcomes after acute coronary syndrome: a population based comparison with transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke. Heart 2013 0.87
118 Screening for aspirin responsiveness after transient ischemic attack and stroke: comparison of 2 point-of-care platelet function tests with optical aggregometry. Stroke 2005 0.87
119 Histological features of carotid plaque in patients with ocular ischemia versus cerebral events. Stroke 2013 0.86
120 Lack of association between aspirin responsiveness and seven candidate gene haplotypes in patients with symptomatic vascular disease. Thromb Haemost 2009 0.86
121 Routine or selective carotid artery shunting for carotid endarterectomy (and different methods of monitoring in selective shunting). Stroke 2003 0.85
122 A clinical rule (sex, contralateral occlusion, age, and restenosis) to select patients for stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: systematic review of observational studies with validation in randomized trials. Stroke 2013 0.85
123 Using phenotypic heterogeneity to increase the power of genome-wide association studies: application to age at onset of ischaemic stroke subphenotypes. Genet Epidemiol 2013 0.84
124 Stroke: working toward a prioritized world agenda. Int J Stroke 2010 0.84
125 Why calls for more routine carotid stenting are currently inappropriate: an international, multispecialty, expert review and position statement. Stroke 2013 0.84
126 Snoring and severity of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a population-based study. Sleep 2012 0.84
127 Agreement between TOAST and CCS ischemic stroke classification: the NINDS SiGN study. Neurology 2014 0.84
128 Hospitalization resource use and costs before and after TIA and stroke: results from a population-based cohort study (OXVASC). Value Health 2013 0.83
129 Poor performance of current prognostic scores for early risk of recurrence after minor stroke. Stroke 2011 0.83
130 Patches of different types for carotid patch angioplasty. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 0.83
131 Blood pressure variability predicts cardiovascular events independently of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and target organ damage: a LIFE substudy. J Hypertens 2015 0.83
132 Association between family risk of stroke and myocardial infarction with prevalent risk factors and coexisting diseases. Stroke 2012 0.82
133 Potential biomarker for aspirin use in colorectal cancer therapy. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2012 0.82
134 Population-based case-control study of white matter changes on brain imaging in transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke. Stroke 2013 0.81
135 Pulse pressure is independently associated with carotid plaque ulceration. J Hypertens 2003 0.81
136 Aspirin in gastrointestinal oncology: new data on an old friend. Curr Opin Oncol 2014 0.81
137 Substantial observer variability in the differentiation between primary intracerebral hemorrhage and hemorrhagic transformation of infarction on CT brain imaging. Stroke 2009 0.81
138 Relative familial clustering of cerebral versus coronary ischemic events. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 0.81
139 Alternate-day, low-dose aspirin and cancer risk. Ann Intern Med 2013 0.81
140 Transient ischaemic attack: clinical relevance, risk prediction and urgency of secondary prevention. Curr Opin Neurol 2009 0.81
141 Reduction in early stroke risk in carotid stenosis with transient ischemic attack associated with statin treatment. Stroke 2013 0.80
142 Fatal hemorrhage after attempted treatment of a basilar artery stenosis. Case report. J Neurosurg 2009 0.80
143 Heart rate is a prognostic risk factor for myocardial infarction: a post hoc analysis in the PERFORM (Prevention of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular Events of ischemic origin with teRutroban in patients with a history oF ischemic strOke or tRansient ischeMic attack) study population. Int J Cardiol 2013 0.80
144 Potential consequences for recruitment, power, and external validity of requirements for additional risk factors for eligibility in randomized controlled trials in secondary prevention of stroke. Stroke 2005 0.80
145 Serum urate predicts long-term risk of acute coronary events in women after a transient ischaemic attack and stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2008 0.80
146 Leukoaraiosis on MRI in patients with minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea. Cerebrovasc Dis 2013 0.80
147 Lower rates of intervention for symptomatic carotid stenosis in women than in men reflect differences in disease incidence: a population-based study. Stroke 2009 0.80
148 Commentary: aspirin and colorectal cancer an epidemiological success story. Int J Epidemiol 2007 0.79
149 Association between arterial bifurcation anatomy and angiographic plaque ulceration among 4,627 carotid stenoses. Cerebrovasc Dis 2003 0.79
150 Challenges to the management of high-risk stroke patients with multiple-site occlusive vascular disease. Cerebrovasc Dis 2011 0.79
151 Independent validation of the prolonged length of stay score. Neuroepidemiology 2010 0.79
152 Development of the standards of reporting of neurological disorders (STROND) checklist: a guideline for the reporting of incidence and prevalence studies in neuroepidemiology. Eur J Epidemiol 2015 0.79
153 Blood pressure management in acute stroke: does the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) resolve all of the unanswered questions? Stroke 2011 0.79
154 Impact of completeness of ascertainment of minor stroke on stroke incidence: implications for ideal study methods. Stroke 2013 0.79
155 Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of patch angioplasty versus primary closure and different types of patch materials during carotid endarterectomy. Asian J Surg 2011 0.78
156 Primary prevention and health services delivery. Stroke 2007 0.78
157 Normal cortical energy metabolism in migrainous stroke: A 31P-MR spectroscopy study. Stroke 2009 0.78
158 Leukoaraiosis and increased cerebral susceptibility to ischemia: lack of confounding by carotid disease. J Am Heart Assoc 2013 0.78
159 Sex-specific familial clustering of myocardial infarction in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2009 0.78
160 A tool for predicting the outcome of reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction using age, thrombotic burden and index of microcirculatory resistance (ATI score). EuroIntervention 2016 0.78
161 Blood pressure variability and risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of randomized trials of antihypertensive drugs. Stroke 2010 0.77
162 Advances in prevention and health services delivery 2010-2011. Stroke 2012 0.77
163 Prognosis and management in the first few days after a transient ischemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke. Int J Stroke 2006 0.77
164 Evaluating patients with TIA: to hospitalize or not to hospitalize? Neurology 2011 0.77
165 Advances in prevention and health services delivery 2007. Stroke 2008 0.77
166 Asymptomatic carotid disease and cardiac surgery consensus. Angiology 2011 0.76
167 Risk prediction after TIA: the ABCD system and other methods. Geriatrics 2008 0.76
168 Stroke: using the ABCD system to evaluate transient ischemic attack. Nat Rev Neurol 2009 0.76
169 Transient ischaemic attacks: time to wake up. Heart 2007 0.75
170 Measuring the prevalence of stroke. Neuroepidemiology 2008 0.75
171 Lack of research funding for stroke. Int J Stroke 2007 0.75
172 Cost-effectiveness of diagnosis of high blood pressure in primary care. Lancet 2012 0.75
173 Specificities of Ischemic Stroke Risk Factors in Arab-Speaking Countries. Cerebrovasc Dis 2017 0.75
174 Why do clinicians sometimes find it difficult to use the results of systematic reviews in routine clinical practice? Eval Health Prof 2002 0.75
175 The need for emergency treatment of transient ischemic attack and minor stroke. Expert Rev Neurother 2005 0.75
176 Explanation and Elaboration of the Standards of Reporting of Neurological Disorders Checklist: A Guideline for the Reporting of Incidence and Prevalence Studies in Neuroepidemiology. Neuroepidemiology 2015 0.75
177 Advances in primary prevention and health services delivery. Stroke 2009 0.75
178 The Intracranial-B2LEED3S Score and the Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Ischemic Stroke Patients Under Antiplatelet Treatment. Cerebrovasc Dis 2017 0.75
179 Advances in prevention and health services delivery 2009. Stroke 2010 0.75
180 Family history does not predict angiographic localization or severity of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis 2012 0.75
181 Prediction and prevention of stroke after transient ischemic attack in the short and long term. Expert Rev Neurother 2006 0.75
182 Time-of-Day Could Affect Cognitive Screening Performance in Older Patients with TIA and Stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2017 0.75
183 Risk of coronary and other nonstroke vascular death in relation to the presence and extent of atherosclerotic disease at the carotid bifurcation. Stroke 2006 0.75