OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Stroke and Vascular Neurology is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
DRug-coated Balloon for Endovascular treatment of sYmptOmatic intracraNial stenotic Disease (DR. BEYOND): the protocol of a multicentre randomised trial	186
Chinese stroke association guidelines on reperfusion therapy for acute ischaemic stroke 2024	52
Cumulative burden of lipid profiles predict future incidence of ischaemic stroke and residual risk	42
Clinical imaging factors of excellent outcome after thrombolysis in large-vessel stroke: a THRACE subgroup analysis	37
Photochemically induced thalamus infarction impairs cognition in a mouse model	35
Remote ischaemic conditioning for stroke: unanswered questions and future directions	30
Analytical validation of GMEX rapid point-of-careCYP2C19genotyping system for the CHANCE-2 trial	29
Treating acute large vessel occlusion stroke: to bridge or not to bridge?	28
Intra-arterial tenecteplase during thrombectomy for acute stroke (BRETIS-TNK II): rationale and design	27
Association between statin therapy and the risk of stroke in patients with moyamoya disease: a nationwide cohort study	25
Cerebral haemodynamics in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease: a narrative review of the assessment methods and clinical implications	24
Stenting for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis with different qualifying arteries: a preplanned pooled individual patient data analysis	22
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: changing trends in the incidence, age and gender (findings from the CMC Vellore CVT registry)	21
Prediction of large vessel occlusion for ischaemic stroke by using the machine learning model random forests	21
Associations of HDL-C/LDL-C with myocardial infarction, all-cause mortality, haemorrhagic stroke and ischaemic stroke: a longitudinal study based on 384 093 participants from the UK Biobank	20
ADVISING score: a reliable grading scale based on injury and response for intracerebral haemorrhage	20
Carotid artery endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic non-stenotic carotid artery disease	20
Loss of life expectancy due to stroke and its subtypes in urban and rural areas in China, 2005–2020	20
Dural sinus septum: an underlying cause of cerebral venous sinus stenting failure and complications	19
Development of a deep learning method to identify acute ischaemic stroke lesions on brain CT	19
Efficacy and safety of Ferrous iron on the prevention of Vascular cOgnitive impaiRment among patients with cerebral Infarction/TIA (FAVORITE): rationale and design of a multicentre randomised trial	18
Effects and safety of aspirin use in patients after cerebrovascular bypass procedures	18
Haemorrhage risk of brain arteriovenous malformation during pregnancy and puerperium	18
Associations between haemodynamics and wall enhancement of intracranial aneurysm	18
Mass effect, aneurysms and flow diverters: Is the pipeline embolization device the Lone Virtuoso? Commentary on ‘Pipeline embolization device for intracranial aneurysms presenting with mass effect: a	17

Quantitative angiographic haemodynamic evaluation of bypasses for complex aneurysms: a preliminary study	17
Discrepancies between clinical and autopsy findings in patients who had an acute stroke	17
Real-world evaluation of Brainomix e-Stroke software	16
Magnitude of systolic blood pressure reduction following endovascular treatment and clinical outcomes in acute large artery occlusion stroke	16
Treatment practice of vasospasm during endovascular thrombectomy: an international survey	16
Functional status at 30 and 90 days after mild ischaemic stroke	16
Trendelenburg position for acute anterior circulation ischaemic stroke with large artery atherosclerosis aetiology (HOPES 3): rationale and design	16
Definitions of white matter hyperintensity change: impact on estimates of progression and regression	15
Exosomes-mediated delivery of miR-486-3p alleviates neuroinflammation via SIRT2-mediated inhibition of mitophagy after subarachnoid hemorrhage	15
Vascular dementia has the highest hospitalisation rate in China: a nationwide hospital information system study	14
Multicentre prospective, randomised open-label, endpoint-blinded study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of propranolol for the prevention of stroke-associated pneumonia in patients with intracerebr	14
Intelligent cholinergic white matter pathways algorithm based on U-net reflects cognitive impairment in patients with silent cerebrovascular disease	13
Intracerebral haemorrhage in patients taking different types of oral anticoagulants: a pooled individual patient data analysis from two national stroke registries	13
Novel role of STAT3 in microglia-dependent neuroinflammation after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage	12
Prediction of futile recanalisation after endovascular treatment in acute ischaemic stroke: development and validation of a hybrid machine learning model	12
Mechanical thrombectomy with combined stent retriever and contact aspiration versus stent retriever alone for acute large vessel occlusion: data from ANGEL-ACT registry	12
Gut Microbiome and Stroke: a Bidirectional Mendelian Randomisation Study in East Asian and European Populations	12
Effectiveness of intravenous r-tPA versus UK for acute ischaemic stroke: a nationwide prospective Chinese registry study	11
Early cisternal fibrinolysis is more effective than rescue spasmolysis for the prevention of delayed infarction after subarachnoid haemorrhage	11
Genome sequencing reveals the role of rare genomic variants in Chinese patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease	11
Association ofAPOEgenotype with CT markers of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage	11
Advance Consent for participation in Acute Stroke Trials (ACTION): protocol for a feasibility study	11
Incidence, prevalence and risk of stroke in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a nationwide population-based study in South Korea	10
Intravenous tenecteplase compared with alteplase for minor ischaemic stroke: a secondary analysis of the AcT randomised clinical trial	10
Surgical timing and long-term outcomes in patients with severe haemorrhagic spinal cord cavernous malformations	10
Risk of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in Chinese undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention treated with potent P2Y12 inhibitor versus clopidogrel	10
CHinese Acute Tissue-Based Imaging Selection for Lysis In Stroke Tenecteplase II (CHABLIS-T II): rationale and design	10
White matter disease derived from vascular and demyelinating origins	10
Exploring the relationship between embolic acute stroke distribution and supra-aortic vessel patency: key findings from an in vitro model study	10
Design of trials in lacunar stroke and cerebral small vessel disease: review and experience with the LACunar Intervention Trial 2 (LACI-2)	10
KRAS mutation-induced EndMT of brain arteriovenous malformation is mediated through the TGF-β/BMP-SMAD4 pathway	10
Reperfusion and cytoprotective agents are a mutually beneficial pair in ischaemic stroke therapy: an overview of pathophysiology, pharmacological targets and candidate drugs focusing on excitotoxicity	9
Acute right insular ischaemic lesions and poststroke left ventricular dysfunction	9
A Mendelian randomisation, propensity score matching study to investigate causal association between serum homocysteine and intracranial aneurysm	9
New rat model of spinal cord infarction with long-lasting functional disabilities generated by intraspinal injection of endothelin-1	9
Development and validation of a novel nomogram to predict aneurysm rupture in patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms: a multicentre retrospective study	9
Oestrogen ameliorates blood-brain barrier damage after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage via the SHH pathway in male rats	9
Left atrial appendage closure for patients with atrial fibrillation at high intracranial haemorrhagic risk	8
Association between coexisting intracranial artery and extracranial carotid artery atherosclerotic diseases and ipsilateral cerebral infarction: a Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation (CARE-II) stu	8
Sodium and water perturbations in patients who had an acute stroke: clinical relevance and management strategies for the neurologist	8
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells resolve neuroinflammation following cerebral ischaemia	8
Efficacy and safety of a neurointerventional operation robotic assistance system in cerebral angiography	8
Combined risk modelling approach to identify the optimal carotid revascularisation approach	8
Night-time diastolic blood pressure variability relates to stroke recurrence in patients who had ischaemic stroke with small artery occlusion	8
Prevalence, genetic and clinical characteristics in first-degree relatives of patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformations in China	8
Association of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery vascular hyperintensity with ischaemic events in internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery occlusion	8
Prospective, multicentre study of screening, investigation and management of hyponatraemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage in the UK and Ireland	8
Residual recurrence risk of ischaemic cerebrovascular events: concept, classification and implications	7
Cisternostomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: proposed pathophysiological mechanisms and preliminary results	7
Editorial: minor stroke is not minor	7

Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is associated with increased Alzheimer’s disease and non-Alzheimer’s disease dementia risk	7
Optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy for minor stroke within 72 hours of symptom onset: a prospective cohort study	7
Would integrated Western and traditional Chinese medicine have more benefits for stroke rehabilitation? A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Tranexamic acid for intracerebral haemorrhage within 2 hours of onset: protocol of a phase II randomised placebo-controlled double-blind multicentre trial	7
Antiplatelet therapy versus intravenous thrombolysis for mild acute ischaemic stroke: a living systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Haemostatic therapy in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage patients with high-risk of haematoma expansion by CT marker: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials	7
Penumbra-targeted CircOGDH siRNA-loaded nanoparticles alleviate neuronal apoptosis in focal brain ischaemia	7
In patients who had a stroke or TIA, enlarged perivascular spaces in basal ganglia may cause future haemorrhagic strokes	7
Roles of light transmission aggregometry and CYP2C19 genotype in predicting ischaemic complications during interventional therapy for intracranial aneurysms	7