| Heart disease and stroke statistics—2016 update: a report from the American Heart Association D Mozaffarian, EJ Benjamin, AS Go, DK Arnett, MJ Blaha, M Cushman, ... circulation 133 (4), e38-e360, 2016 | 66852* | 2016 |
| Dabigatran versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation SJ Connolly, MD Ezekowitz, S Yusuf, J Eikelboom, J Oldgren, A Parekh, ... New England journal of medicine 361 (12), 1139-1151, 2009 | 14821 | 2009 |
| Rivaroxaban versus warfarin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation RAF Investigators NEJM 365, 883-91, 2011 | 14103* | 2011 |
| External validity of randomised controlled trials:“to whom do the results of this trial apply?” PM Rothwell The Lancet 365 (9453), 82-93, 2005 | 3040 | 2005 |
| Prognostic significance of visit-to-visit variability, maximum systolic blood pressure, and episodic hypertension PM Rothwell, SC Howard, E Dolan, E O'Brien, JE Dobson, B Dahlöf, ... The Lancet 375 (9718), 895-905, 2010 | 2543 | 2010 |
| Prevalence, incidence, and factors associated with pre-stroke and post-stroke dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis ST Pendlebury, PM Rothwell The Lancet Neurology 8 (11), 1006-1018, 2009 | 2246 | 2009 |
| Early decompressive surgery in malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery: a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials K Vahedi, J Hofmeijer, E Juettler, E Vicaut, B George, A Algra, GJ Amelink, ... The Lancet Neurology 6 (3), 215-222, 2007 | 2090 | 2007 |
| Validation and refinement of scores to predict very early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack SC Johnston, PM Rothwell, MN Nguyen-Huynh, MF Giles, JS Elkins, ... The Lancet 369 (9558), 283-292, 2007 | 1967 | 2007 |
| Effect of daily aspirin on long-term risk of death due to cancer: analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials PM Rothwell, FGR Fowkes, JFF Belch, H Ogawa, CP Warlow, TW Meade The Lancet 377 (9759), 31-41, 2011 | 1945 | 2011 |
| Analysis of pooled data from the randomised controlled trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis PM Rothwell, M Eliasziw, SA Gutnikov, AJ Fox, DW Taylor, MR Mayberg, ... The Lancet 361 (9352), 107-116, 2003 | 1900 | 2003 |
| Endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis in relation to clinical subgroups and timing of surgery PM Rothwell, M Eliasziw, SA Gutnikov, CP Warlow, HJM Barnett The Lancet 363 (9413), 915-924, 2004 | 1860 | 2004 |
| Long-term effect of aspirin on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: 20-year follow-up of five randomised trials PM Rothwell, M Wilson, CE Elwin, B Norrving, A Algra, CP Warlow, ... The Lancet 376 (9754), 1741-1750, 2010 | 1778 | 2010 |
| Effect of urgent treatment of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on early recurrent stroke (EXPRESS study): a prospective population-based sequential comparison PM Rothwell, MF Giles, A Chandratheva, L Marquardt, O Geraghty, ... The Lancet 370 (9596), 1432-1442, 2007 | 1626* | 2007 |
| Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Brainstorm Consortium, V Anttila, B Bulik-Sullivan, HK Finucane, ... Science 360 (6395), eaap8757, 2018 | 1542 | 2018 |
| Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes R Malik, G Chauhan, M Traylor, M Sargurupremraj, Y Okada, A Mishra, ... Nature genetics 50 (4), 524-537, 2018 | 1469 | 2018 |
| Change in stroke incidence, mortality, case-fatality, severity, and risk factors in Oxfordshire, UK from 1981 to 2004 (Oxford Vascular Study) PM Rothwell, AJ Coull, MF Giles, SC Howard, LE Silver, LM Bull, ... The Lancet 363 (9425), 1925-1933, 2004 | 1315 | 2004 |
| Population-based study of event-rate, incidence, case fatality, and mortality for all acute vascular events in all arterial territories (Oxford Vascular Study) PM Rothwell, AJ Coull, LE Silver, JF Fairhead, MF Giles, CE Lovelock, ... The Lancet 366 (9499), 1773-1783, 2005 | 1267 | 2005 |
| Effect of daily aspirin on risk of cancer metastasis: a study of incident cancers during randomised controlled trials PM Rothwell, M Wilson, JF Price, JFF Belch, TW Meade, Z Mehta The Lancet 379 (9826), 1591-1601, 2012 | 1134 | 2012 |
| Subgroup analysis in randomised controlled trials: importance, indications, and interpretation PM Rothwell The Lancet 365 (9454), 176-186, 2005 | 1121 | 2005 |
| Effects of antihypertensive-drug class on interindividual variation in blood pressure and risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis AJS Webb, U Fischer, Z Mehta, PM Rothwell The Lancet 375 (9718), 906-915, 2010 | 1108 | 2010 |