2024

Cameron, A. et al. (2024) Natriuretic peptides to classify risk of atrial fibrillation detection after stroke: analysis of the BIOSIGNAL and PRECISE cohort studies. Neurology, (Accepted for Publication)

2022

Dawson, J. and Abdul-Rahim, A. H. (2022) Paired vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of upper extremity impairment after stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 17(10), pp. 1061-1066. (doi: 10.1177/17474930221094684) (PMID:35377261)

Kondo, T. et al. (2022) Predicting stroke in heart failure and reduced ejection fraction without atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal, 43(42), pp. 4469-4479. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac487) (PMID:36017729) (PMCID:PMC9637422)

Johnston, F. C., Cameron, A. C., Colquhoun, E., Murdoch, D. L., Dawson, J. and Abdul-Rahim, A. H. (2022) Improving detection and management of atrial fibrillation after ischaemic stroke in Glasgow (IMPROVE-AF): a quality improvement project. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 52(3), pp. 213-219. (doi: 10.1177/14782715221120133) (PMID:36369810)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2022) Recurrent ischemic stroke and bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation who suffered an acute stroke while on treatment with nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants: the RENO-EXTEND study. Stroke, 53(8), pp. 2620-2627. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.038239) (PMID:35543133)

2021

Cameron, A., Cheng, H. K., Lee, R.-P., Doherty, D., Hall, M., Khashayar, P., Lip, G., Quinn, T., Abdul-Rahim, A. and Dawson, J. (2021) Biomarkers for atrial fibrillation detection after stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology, 97(18), e1775-e1789. (doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012769) (PMID:34504030)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2021) Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation on NOACs for stroke prevention. Stroke, 52(4), pp. 1450-1454. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031827) (PMID:33657853)

Battle, C. E., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Shenkin, S. D., Hewitt, J. and Quinn, T. (2021) Cholinesterase inhibitors for vascular dementia and other vascular cognitive impairments: a network meta‐analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, CD013306. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013306.pub2) (PMID:33704781)

Gill, D. et al. (2021) Urate, blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease: evidence from Mendelian randomization and meta-analysis of clinical trials. Hypertension, 77(2), pp. 383-392. (doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16547) (PMID:33356394) (PMCID:PMC7803439)

2020

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2020) Timing of initiation of oral anticoagulants in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation comparing posterior and anterior circulation strokes. European Stroke Journal, 5(4), pp. 374-383. (doi: 10.1177/2396987320937116)

Yu, W. M., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Cameron, A., Kõrv, J., Sevcik, P., Toni, D. and Lees, K. (2020) The incidence and associated factors of early neurological deterioration after thrombolysis: Results from SITS Registry. Stroke, 51(9), pp. 2705-2714. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.028287) (PMID:32811373)

Giustozzi, M. et al. (2020) Safety of anticoagulation in patients treated with urgent reperfusion for ischemic stroke related to atrial fibrillation. Stroke, 51(8), pp. 2347-2354. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030143) (PMID:32646335)

Cadilhac, D. A. et al. (2020) Improving economic evaluations in stroke: a report from the ESO Health Economics Working Group. European Stroke Journal, 5(2), pp. 184-192. (doi: 10.1177/2396987319897466) (PMID:32637652) (PMCID:PMC7313366)

Mentel, A., Quinn, T. J. , Cameron, A. C., Lees, K. R. and Abdul-Rahim, A. H. (2020) The impact of atrial fibrillation type on the risks of thromboembolic recurrence, mortality and major haemorrhage in patients with previous stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. European Stroke Journal, 5(2), pp. 155-168. (doi: 10.1177/2396987319896674) (PMID:32637649) (PMCID:32637649)

Doerrfuss, J. I., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Siegerink, B., Nolte, C. H., Lees, K. R., Endres, M., Kasner, S. E. and Scheitz, J. F. (2020) Early in-hospital exposure to statins and outcome after intracerebral haemorrhage – results from the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive. European Stroke Journal, 5(1), pp. 85-93. (doi: 10.1177/2396987319889258) (PMID:32232174) (PMCID:PMC7092741)

2019

Altavilla, R. et al. (2019) Anticoagulation after stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: to bridge or not with low-molecular-weight heparin? Stroke, 50(8), pp. 2093-2100. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022856) (PMID:31221054)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2019) Causes and risk factors of cerebral ischemic events in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention. Stroke, 50(8), pp. 2168-2174. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.025350) (PMID:31234756)

Battle, C. E., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Shenkin, S. D., Hewitt, J. and Quinn, T. J. (2019) Cholinesterase inhibitors for vascular dementia and other vascular cognitive impairments: a networkmeta-analysis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4, CD013306. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013306)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2019) Early recurrence in paroxysmal versus sustained atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. European Stroke Journal, 4(1), pp. 55-64. (doi: 10.1177/2396987318785853) (PMID:31165095) (PMCID:PMC6533867)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Dickie, D. A. , Selvarajah, J. R., Lees, K. R. and Quinn, T. J. (2019) Stroke aetiological classification reliability and effect on trial sample size: systematic review, meta-analysis and statistical modelling. Trials, 20, 107. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3222-x) (PMID:30736833) (PMCID:PMC6368715)

2018

Cooray, C. et al. (2018) Are you suffering from a large arterial occlusion? Please raise your arm! Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 3(4), pp. 215-221. (doi: 10.1136/svn-2018-000165) (PMID:30637127) (PMCID:PMC6312073)

Munn, D., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Fischer, U., Werring, D. J., Robinson, T. G. and Dawson, J. (2018) A survey of opinion: When to start oral anticoagulants in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation? European Stroke Journal, 3(4), pp. 355-360. (doi: 10.1177/2396987318787124)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2018) Hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke patients and atrial fibrillation: time to initiation of anticoagulants and outcome. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(22), e010133.

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Shen, L., Rush, C. J., Jhund, P. S. , Lees, K. R. and McMurray, J. J.V. (2018) Effect of digoxin in patients with heart failure and mid-range (borderline) left ventricular ejection fraction. European Journal of Heart Failure, 20(7), pp. 1139-1145. (doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1160) (PMID:29493058)

Cameron, A. C., Bogie, J., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Ahmed, N., Mazya, M., Mikulik, R., Hacke, W. and Lees, K. R. (2018) Professional guideline versus product label selection for treatment with IV thrombolysis: an analysis from SITS registry. European Stroke Journal, 3(1), pp. 39-46. (doi: 10.1177/2396987317747737)

Ferreira, J. P. et al. (2018) Stroke risk in patients with reduced ejection fraction after myocardial infarction without atrial fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71(7), pp. 727-735. (doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.011) (PMID:29447733)

2017

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2017) Early recurrence and major bleeding in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation treated with non-vitamin-K oral anticoagulants (RAF-NOACs) study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(12), e007034. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007034) (PMID:29220330) (PMCID:PMC5779022)

Carroll, L. S., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. and Murray, R. (2017) Zinc containing dental fixative causing copper deficiency myelopathy. BMJ Case Reports, 2017, bcr-2017-2. (doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-219802) (PMID:28790120)

Acciarresi, M. et al. (2017) Prestroke CHA2DS2-VASc score and severity of acute stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: findings from RAF study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 26(6), pp. 1363-1368. (doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.02.011) (PMID:28236595)

Guimarães, P. O. et al. (2017) Effect of Apixaban on all-cause death in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis based on imputed placebo effect. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 31(3), pp. 295-301. (doi: 10.1007/s10557-017-6728-z) (PMID:28516318)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2017) Risk of stroke in chronic heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction, but without atrial fibrillation: analysis of the CHARM-Preserved and I-Preserve trials. European Heart Journal, 38(10), pp. 742-750. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw509) (PMID:28426886) (PMCID:PMC5460584)

Antonenko, K. et al. (2017) Sex-related differences in risk factors, type of treatment received and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke: Results from the RAF-study (Early Recurrence and Cerebral Bleeding in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation). European Stroke Journal, 2(1), pp. 46-53. (doi: 10.1177/2396987316679577)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2017) Prediction of early recurrent thromboembolic event and major bleeding in patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation by a risk stratification schema: the ALESSA score study. Stroke, 48(3), pp. 726-732. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015770) (PMID:28183856)

Hametner, C., MacIsaac, R. L., Kellert, L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Ringleb, P. A., Lees, K. R. and , - (2017) Sex and stroke in thrombolyzed patients and controls. Stroke, 48(2), pp. 367-374. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014323) (PMID:28028149)

Scheitz, J. F. et al. (2017) Clinical selection strategies to identify ischemic stroke patients with large anterior vessel occlusion: results from SITS-ISTR (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry). Stroke, 48(2), pp. 290-297. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014431) (PMID:28087804)

2016

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2016) Effect of single and dual renin-angiotensin blockade on stroke in patients with and without diabetes in VALIANT. European Stroke Journal, 1(2), pp. 93-100. (doi: 10.1177/2396987316646025)

Scheitz, J. F., MacIsaac, R. L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Siegerink, B., Bath, P. M., Endres, M. and Lees, K. R. (2016) Statins and risk of poststroke hemorrhagic complications. Neurology, 86(17), pp. 1590-1596. (doi: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002606) (PMID:27016519)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , MacIsaac, R. L., Jhund, P. S. , Petrie, M. C. , Lees, K. R. and McMurray, J. J.V. (2016) Efficacy and safety of digoxin in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction according to diabetes status: An analysis of the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial. International Journal of Cardiology, 209, pp. 310-316. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.02.074) (PMID:26913372)

Hesse, K., Macisaac, R. L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Lyden, P. D., Bluhmki, E. and Lees, K. R. (2016) Online tool to improve stratification of adverse events in stroke clinical trials. Stroke, 47, pp. 882-885. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.011930) (PMID:26742798)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2016) Prognostic value of trans-thoracic echocardiography in patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation: findings from the RAF study. Journal of Neurology, 263(2), pp. 231-237. (doi: 10.1007/s00415-015-7957-3) (PMID:26566907)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Quinn, T. J. , Alder, S., Clark, A. B., Musgrave, S., Langhorne, P. , Potter, J. F. and Myint, P. K. (2016) Derivation and validation of a novel prognostic scale (modified–stroke subtype, Oxfordshire community stroke project classification, age, and prestroke modified rankin) to predict early mortality in acute stroke. Stroke, 47(1), pp. 74-79. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.009898) (PMID:26578661)

Tran, R.T., Rankin, A.J. , Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Lip, G.Y.H., Rankin, A.C. and Lees, K.R. (2016) Short runs of atrial arrhythmia and stroke risk: a European-wide online survey among stroke physicians and cardiologists. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 46(2), pp. 87-92. (doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2016.204) (PMID:27929570)

2015

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Fulton, R. L., Sucharew, H., Kleindorfer, D., Khatri, P., Broderick, J. P. and Lees, K. R. (2015) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale item profiles as predictor of patient outcome: external validation on safe implementation of thrombolysis in stroke–monitoring study data. Stroke, 46(10), pp. 2779-2785. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010380) (PMID:26359360)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Fulton, R.L., Frank, B., Tatlisumak, T., Paciaroni, M., Caso, V., Diener, H.-C. and Lees, K.R. (2015) Association of improved outcome in acute ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation who receive early antithrombotic therapy: analysis from VISTA. European Journal of Neurology, 22(7), pp. 1048-1055. (doi: 10.1111/ene.12577) (PMID:25319957)

Abdul-Rahim, A. and Lees, K. (2015) Screening for atrial fibrillation after stroke or TIA. Lancet Neurology, 14(4), pp. 345-347. (doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)70039-6) (PMID:25748101)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2015) Risk of stroke in chronic heart failure patients without atrial fibrillation: analysis of the controlled rosuvastatin in multinational trial heart failure (corona) and the gruppo italiano per lo studio della sopravvivenza nell'insufficienza cardiaca-heart failure (gissi-hf) trials. Circulation, 131(17), pp. 1486-1494. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013760) (PMID:25810334)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. et al. (2015) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale item profiles as predictor of patient outcome: external validation on independent trial data. Stroke, 46(2), pp. 395-400. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006837) (PMID:25503546)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Fulton, R.L., Frank, B., McMurray, J.J.V. and Lees, K.R. (2015) Associations of chronic heart failure with outcome in acute ischaemic stroke patients who received systemic thrombolysis: analysis from VISTA. European Journal of Neurology, 22(1), pp. 163-169. (doi: 10.1111/ene.12548) (PMID:25370204)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2015) Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Risk of Stroke in Chronic Heart Failure Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Controlled Rosuvastatin in Multinational Trial Heart Failure (CORONA) and the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Insufficienza Cardiaca-Heart Failure (GISSI-HF) Trials.”. Circulation, 132(22), e358. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018395) (PMID:26621661)

Minnerup, J. et al. (2015) Feasibility platform for stroke studies: an online tool to improve eligibility criteria for clinical trials. Stroke, 46(1), pp. 137-142. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007124) (PMID:25395412)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2015) Early recurrence and cerebral bleeding in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation. Stroke, 46(8), pp. 2175-2182. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008891) (PMID:26130094)

2014

Tran, R., Rankin, A., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Lees, K. and Rankin, A. (2014) Clinical relevance of short-runs of atrial tachy-arrhythmia: a UK wide survey of stroke physicians and cardiologists. International Journal of Stroke, 9(Sup S4), pp. 25-26. (doi: 10.1111/ijs.12374_8)

Broomfield, N. M., Quinn, T. , Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Walters, M. R. and Evans, J. J. (2014) Depression and anxiety symptoms post-stroke/TIA: prevalence and associations in cross-sectional data from a regional stroke registry. BMC Neurology, 14, p. 198. (doi: 10.1186/s12883-014-0198-8)

Diener, H.-C., Stanford, S., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Christensen, L., Hougaard, K. D., Bakhai, A., Veltkamp, R. and Worthmann, H. (2014) Anti-thrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and intracranial hemorrhage. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 14(9), pp. 1019-1028. (doi: 10.1586/14737175.2014.945435)

Hesse, K. et al. (2014) Characteristic adverse events and their incidence among patients participating in acute ischemic stroke trials. Stroke, 45(9), pp. 2677-2682. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005845) (PMID:25082807)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Wong, J., McAlpine, C., Young, C. and Quinn, T. J. (2014) Associations with anticoagulation: a cross-sectional registry-based analysis of stroke survivors with atrial fibrillation. Heart, 100(7), pp. 557-562. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305267)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Fulton, R., Benedikt, F., Tatlisumak, T., Paciaroni, M., Caso, V., Diener, H.-C. and Lees, K. R. (2014) The role of antithrombotics therapy in recent ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: analysis from VISTA. In: International Stroke Conference 2014, San Diego, CA, USA, 12-14 Feb 2014, p. 94.

Rankin, A.J. , Tran, R.T., Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Rankin, A.C. and Lees, K.R. (2014) Clinically important atrial arrhythmia and stroke risk: a UK-wide online survey among stroke physicians and cardiologists. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 107(11), pp. 895-902. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu177)

Tan, J., Fulton, R., Abdul-Rahim, A. and Lees, K. (2014) Comparison of responses to activase versus actilyse in acute ischaemic stroke. In: Glasgow Evidence-Based Medicine Society Conference 2013, Glasgow, UK, 5 Oct 2013, e43. (doi: 10.1177/0036933013518464)

2013

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. and Lees, K.R. (2013) Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after ischemic stroke: how should we hunt for it? Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 11(4), pp. 485-494. (doi: 10.1586/erc.13.21)

Articles

Cameron, A. et al. (2024) Natriuretic peptides to classify risk of atrial fibrillation detection after stroke: analysis of the BIOSIGNAL and PRECISE cohort studies. Neurology, (Accepted for Publication)

Dawson, J. and Abdul-Rahim, A. H. (2022) Paired vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of upper extremity impairment after stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 17(10), pp. 1061-1066. (doi: 10.1177/17474930221094684) (PMID:35377261)

Kondo, T. et al. (2022) Predicting stroke in heart failure and reduced ejection fraction without atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal, 43(42), pp. 4469-4479. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac487) (PMID:36017729) (PMCID:PMC9637422)

Johnston, F. C., Cameron, A. C., Colquhoun, E., Murdoch, D. L., Dawson, J. and Abdul-Rahim, A. H. (2022) Improving detection and management of atrial fibrillation after ischaemic stroke in Glasgow (IMPROVE-AF): a quality improvement project. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 52(3), pp. 213-219. (doi: 10.1177/14782715221120133) (PMID:36369810)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2022) Recurrent ischemic stroke and bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation who suffered an acute stroke while on treatment with nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants: the RENO-EXTEND study. Stroke, 53(8), pp. 2620-2627. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.038239) (PMID:35543133)

Cameron, A., Cheng, H. K., Lee, R.-P., Doherty, D., Hall, M., Khashayar, P., Lip, G., Quinn, T., Abdul-Rahim, A. and Dawson, J. (2021) Biomarkers for atrial fibrillation detection after stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology, 97(18), e1775-e1789. (doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012769) (PMID:34504030)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2021) Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation on NOACs for stroke prevention. Stroke, 52(4), pp. 1450-1454. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031827) (PMID:33657853)

Battle, C. E., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Shenkin, S. D., Hewitt, J. and Quinn, T. (2021) Cholinesterase inhibitors for vascular dementia and other vascular cognitive impairments: a network meta‐analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, CD013306. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013306.pub2) (PMID:33704781)

Gill, D. et al. (2021) Urate, blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease: evidence from Mendelian randomization and meta-analysis of clinical trials. Hypertension, 77(2), pp. 383-392. (doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16547) (PMID:33356394) (PMCID:PMC7803439)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2020) Timing of initiation of oral anticoagulants in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation comparing posterior and anterior circulation strokes. European Stroke Journal, 5(4), pp. 374-383. (doi: 10.1177/2396987320937116)

Yu, W. M., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Cameron, A., Kõrv, J., Sevcik, P., Toni, D. and Lees, K. (2020) The incidence and associated factors of early neurological deterioration after thrombolysis: Results from SITS Registry. Stroke, 51(9), pp. 2705-2714. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.028287) (PMID:32811373)

Giustozzi, M. et al. (2020) Safety of anticoagulation in patients treated with urgent reperfusion for ischemic stroke related to atrial fibrillation. Stroke, 51(8), pp. 2347-2354. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030143) (PMID:32646335)

Cadilhac, D. A. et al. (2020) Improving economic evaluations in stroke: a report from the ESO Health Economics Working Group. European Stroke Journal, 5(2), pp. 184-192. (doi: 10.1177/2396987319897466) (PMID:32637652) (PMCID:PMC7313366)

Mentel, A., Quinn, T. J. , Cameron, A. C., Lees, K. R. and Abdul-Rahim, A. H. (2020) The impact of atrial fibrillation type on the risks of thromboembolic recurrence, mortality and major haemorrhage in patients with previous stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. European Stroke Journal, 5(2), pp. 155-168. (doi: 10.1177/2396987319896674) (PMID:32637649) (PMCID:32637649)

Doerrfuss, J. I., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Siegerink, B., Nolte, C. H., Lees, K. R., Endres, M., Kasner, S. E. and Scheitz, J. F. (2020) Early in-hospital exposure to statins and outcome after intracerebral haemorrhage – results from the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive. European Stroke Journal, 5(1), pp. 85-93. (doi: 10.1177/2396987319889258) (PMID:32232174) (PMCID:PMC7092741)

Altavilla, R. et al. (2019) Anticoagulation after stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: to bridge or not with low-molecular-weight heparin? Stroke, 50(8), pp. 2093-2100. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022856) (PMID:31221054)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2019) Causes and risk factors of cerebral ischemic events in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention. Stroke, 50(8), pp. 2168-2174. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.025350) (PMID:31234756)

Battle, C. E., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Shenkin, S. D., Hewitt, J. and Quinn, T. J. (2019) Cholinesterase inhibitors for vascular dementia and other vascular cognitive impairments: a networkmeta-analysis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4, CD013306. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013306)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2019) Early recurrence in paroxysmal versus sustained atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. European Stroke Journal, 4(1), pp. 55-64. (doi: 10.1177/2396987318785853) (PMID:31165095) (PMCID:PMC6533867)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Dickie, D. A. , Selvarajah, J. R., Lees, K. R. and Quinn, T. J. (2019) Stroke aetiological classification reliability and effect on trial sample size: systematic review, meta-analysis and statistical modelling. Trials, 20, 107. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3222-x) (PMID:30736833) (PMCID:PMC6368715)

Cooray, C. et al. (2018) Are you suffering from a large arterial occlusion? Please raise your arm! Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 3(4), pp. 215-221. (doi: 10.1136/svn-2018-000165) (PMID:30637127) (PMCID:PMC6312073)

Munn, D., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Fischer, U., Werring, D. J., Robinson, T. G. and Dawson, J. (2018) A survey of opinion: When to start oral anticoagulants in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation? European Stroke Journal, 3(4), pp. 355-360. (doi: 10.1177/2396987318787124)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2018) Hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke patients and atrial fibrillation: time to initiation of anticoagulants and outcome. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(22), e010133.

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Shen, L., Rush, C. J., Jhund, P. S. , Lees, K. R. and McMurray, J. J.V. (2018) Effect of digoxin in patients with heart failure and mid-range (borderline) left ventricular ejection fraction. European Journal of Heart Failure, 20(7), pp. 1139-1145. (doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1160) (PMID:29493058)

Cameron, A. C., Bogie, J., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Ahmed, N., Mazya, M., Mikulik, R., Hacke, W. and Lees, K. R. (2018) Professional guideline versus product label selection for treatment with IV thrombolysis: an analysis from SITS registry. European Stroke Journal, 3(1), pp. 39-46. (doi: 10.1177/2396987317747737)

Ferreira, J. P. et al. (2018) Stroke risk in patients with reduced ejection fraction after myocardial infarction without atrial fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71(7), pp. 727-735. (doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.011) (PMID:29447733)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2017) Early recurrence and major bleeding in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation treated with non-vitamin-K oral anticoagulants (RAF-NOACs) study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(12), e007034. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007034) (PMID:29220330) (PMCID:PMC5779022)

Carroll, L. S., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. and Murray, R. (2017) Zinc containing dental fixative causing copper deficiency myelopathy. BMJ Case Reports, 2017, bcr-2017-2. (doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-219802) (PMID:28790120)

Acciarresi, M. et al. (2017) Prestroke CHA2DS2-VASc score and severity of acute stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: findings from RAF study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 26(6), pp. 1363-1368. (doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.02.011) (PMID:28236595)

Guimarães, P. O. et al. (2017) Effect of Apixaban on all-cause death in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis based on imputed placebo effect. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 31(3), pp. 295-301. (doi: 10.1007/s10557-017-6728-z) (PMID:28516318)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2017) Risk of stroke in chronic heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction, but without atrial fibrillation: analysis of the CHARM-Preserved and I-Preserve trials. European Heart Journal, 38(10), pp. 742-750. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw509) (PMID:28426886) (PMCID:PMC5460584)

Antonenko, K. et al. (2017) Sex-related differences in risk factors, type of treatment received and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke: Results from the RAF-study (Early Recurrence and Cerebral Bleeding in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation). European Stroke Journal, 2(1), pp. 46-53. (doi: 10.1177/2396987316679577)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2017) Prediction of early recurrent thromboembolic event and major bleeding in patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation by a risk stratification schema: the ALESSA score study. Stroke, 48(3), pp. 726-732. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015770) (PMID:28183856)

Hametner, C., MacIsaac, R. L., Kellert, L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Ringleb, P. A., Lees, K. R. and , - (2017) Sex and stroke in thrombolyzed patients and controls. Stroke, 48(2), pp. 367-374. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014323) (PMID:28028149)

Scheitz, J. F. et al. (2017) Clinical selection strategies to identify ischemic stroke patients with large anterior vessel occlusion: results from SITS-ISTR (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry). Stroke, 48(2), pp. 290-297. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014431) (PMID:28087804)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2016) Effect of single and dual renin-angiotensin blockade on stroke in patients with and without diabetes in VALIANT. European Stroke Journal, 1(2), pp. 93-100. (doi: 10.1177/2396987316646025)

Scheitz, J. F., MacIsaac, R. L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Siegerink, B., Bath, P. M., Endres, M. and Lees, K. R. (2016) Statins and risk of poststroke hemorrhagic complications. Neurology, 86(17), pp. 1590-1596. (doi: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002606) (PMID:27016519)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , MacIsaac, R. L., Jhund, P. S. , Petrie, M. C. , Lees, K. R. and McMurray, J. J.V. (2016) Efficacy and safety of digoxin in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction according to diabetes status: An analysis of the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial. International Journal of Cardiology, 209, pp. 310-316. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.02.074) (PMID:26913372)

Hesse, K., Macisaac, R. L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Lyden, P. D., Bluhmki, E. and Lees, K. R. (2016) Online tool to improve stratification of adverse events in stroke clinical trials. Stroke, 47, pp. 882-885. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.011930) (PMID:26742798)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2016) Prognostic value of trans-thoracic echocardiography in patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation: findings from the RAF study. Journal of Neurology, 263(2), pp. 231-237. (doi: 10.1007/s00415-015-7957-3) (PMID:26566907)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Quinn, T. J. , Alder, S., Clark, A. B., Musgrave, S., Langhorne, P. , Potter, J. F. and Myint, P. K. (2016) Derivation and validation of a novel prognostic scale (modified–stroke subtype, Oxfordshire community stroke project classification, age, and prestroke modified rankin) to predict early mortality in acute stroke. Stroke, 47(1), pp. 74-79. (doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.009898) (PMID:26578661)

Tran, R.T., Rankin, A.J. , Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Lip, G.Y.H., Rankin, A.C. and Lees, K.R. (2016) Short runs of atrial arrhythmia and stroke risk: a European-wide online survey among stroke physicians and cardiologists. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 46(2), pp. 87-92. (doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2016.204) (PMID:27929570)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Fulton, R. L., Sucharew, H., Kleindorfer, D., Khatri, P., Broderick, J. P. and Lees, K. R. (2015) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale item profiles as predictor of patient outcome: external validation on safe implementation of thrombolysis in stroke–monitoring study data. Stroke, 46(10), pp. 2779-2785. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010380) (PMID:26359360)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Fulton, R.L., Frank, B., Tatlisumak, T., Paciaroni, M., Caso, V., Diener, H.-C. and Lees, K.R. (2015) Association of improved outcome in acute ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation who receive early antithrombotic therapy: analysis from VISTA. European Journal of Neurology, 22(7), pp. 1048-1055. (doi: 10.1111/ene.12577) (PMID:25319957)

Abdul-Rahim, A. and Lees, K. (2015) Screening for atrial fibrillation after stroke or TIA. Lancet Neurology, 14(4), pp. 345-347. (doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)70039-6) (PMID:25748101)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2015) Risk of stroke in chronic heart failure patients without atrial fibrillation: analysis of the controlled rosuvastatin in multinational trial heart failure (corona) and the gruppo italiano per lo studio della sopravvivenza nell'insufficienza cardiaca-heart failure (gissi-hf) trials. Circulation, 131(17), pp. 1486-1494. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013760) (PMID:25810334)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. et al. (2015) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale item profiles as predictor of patient outcome: external validation on independent trial data. Stroke, 46(2), pp. 395-400. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006837) (PMID:25503546)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Fulton, R.L., Frank, B., McMurray, J.J.V. and Lees, K.R. (2015) Associations of chronic heart failure with outcome in acute ischaemic stroke patients who received systemic thrombolysis: analysis from VISTA. European Journal of Neurology, 22(1), pp. 163-169. (doi: 10.1111/ene.12548) (PMID:25370204)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. et al. (2015) Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Risk of Stroke in Chronic Heart Failure Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Controlled Rosuvastatin in Multinational Trial Heart Failure (CORONA) and the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Insufficienza Cardiaca-Heart Failure (GISSI-HF) Trials.”. Circulation, 132(22), e358. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018395) (PMID:26621661)

Minnerup, J. et al. (2015) Feasibility platform for stroke studies: an online tool to improve eligibility criteria for clinical trials. Stroke, 46(1), pp. 137-142. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007124) (PMID:25395412)

Paciaroni, M. et al. (2015) Early recurrence and cerebral bleeding in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation. Stroke, 46(8), pp. 2175-2182. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008891) (PMID:26130094)

Tran, R., Rankin, A., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Lees, K. and Rankin, A. (2014) Clinical relevance of short-runs of atrial tachy-arrhythmia: a UK wide survey of stroke physicians and cardiologists. International Journal of Stroke, 9(Sup S4), pp. 25-26. (doi: 10.1111/ijs.12374_8)

Broomfield, N. M., Quinn, T. , Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Walters, M. R. and Evans, J. J. (2014) Depression and anxiety symptoms post-stroke/TIA: prevalence and associations in cross-sectional data from a regional stroke registry. BMC Neurology, 14, p. 198. (doi: 10.1186/s12883-014-0198-8)

Diener, H.-C., Stanford, S., Abdul-Rahim, A. , Christensen, L., Hougaard, K. D., Bakhai, A., Veltkamp, R. and Worthmann, H. (2014) Anti-thrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and intracranial hemorrhage. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 14(9), pp. 1019-1028. (doi: 10.1586/14737175.2014.945435)

Hesse, K. et al. (2014) Characteristic adverse events and their incidence among patients participating in acute ischemic stroke trials. Stroke, 45(9), pp. 2677-2682. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005845) (PMID:25082807)

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Wong, J., McAlpine, C., Young, C. and Quinn, T. J. (2014) Associations with anticoagulation: a cross-sectional registry-based analysis of stroke survivors with atrial fibrillation. Heart, 100(7), pp. 557-562. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305267)

Rankin, A.J. , Tran, R.T., Abdul-Rahim, A.H. , Rankin, A.C. and Lees, K.R. (2014) Clinically important atrial arrhythmia and stroke risk: a UK-wide online survey among stroke physicians and cardiologists. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 107(11), pp. 895-902. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu177)

Abdul-Rahim, A.H. and Lees, K.R. (2013) Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after ischemic stroke: how should we hunt for it? Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 11(4), pp. 485-494. (doi: 10.1586/erc.13.21)

Conference Proceedings

Abdul-Rahim, A. H. , Fulton, R., Benedikt, F., Tatlisumak, T., Paciaroni, M., Caso, V., Diener, H.-C. and Lees, K. R. (2014) The role of antithrombotics therapy in recent ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: analysis from VISTA. In: International Stroke Conference 2014, San Diego, CA, USA, 12-14 Feb 2014, p. 94.

Tan, J., Fulton, R., Abdul-Rahim, A. and Lees, K. (2014) Comparison of responses to activase versus actilyse in acute ischaemic stroke. In: Glasgow Evidence-Based Medicine Society Conference 2013, Glasgow, UK, 5 Oct 2013, e43. (doi: 10.1177/0036933013518464)