| Executive summary: heart disease and stroke statistics—2013 update: a report from the American Heart Association AS Go, D Mozaffarian, VL Roger, EJ Benjamin, JD Berry, WB Borden, ... Circulation 127 (1), 143-152, 2013 | 17618* | 2013 |
| Rivaroxaban versus warfarin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation RAF Investigators NEJM 365, 883-91, 2011 | 8749* | 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 | 1988 | 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 | 1679 | 2010 |
| American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee EJ Benjamin, MJ Blaha, SE Chiuve, M Cushman, SR Das, R Deo, ... Heart disease and stroke statistics-2017 update: a report from the American …, 2017 | 1659* | 2017 |
| 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 | 1507 | 2007 |
| 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 | 1468 | 2003 |
| 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 | 1449 | 2007 |
| 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 | 1436 | 2004 |
| 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 | 1411 | 2011 |
| 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 | 1231* | 2007 |
| 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 | 1185 | 2009 |
| 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 | 1141 | 2010 |
| 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 | 979 | 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 | 939 | 2005 |
| A simple score (ABCD) to identify individuals at high early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack PM Rothwell, MF Giles, E Flossmann, CE Lovelock, JNE Redgrave, ... The Lancet 366 (9479), 29-36, 2005 | 927 | 2005 |
| Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients CS McClain, B Rosenfeld, W Breitbart The lancet 361 (9369), 1603-1607, 2003 | 925 | 2003 |
| European stroke initiative recommendations for stroke management–update 2003 GE Carlsson, A Möller, C Blomstrand, T Ueda, K Mizushige, K Yukiiri, ... Cerebrovascular Diseases 16 (4), 311-337, 2003 | 823 | 2003 |
| Risk of stroke early after transient ischaemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis MF Giles, PM Rothwell The Lancet Neurology 6 (12), 1063-1072, 2007 | 807 | 2007 |
| Subgroup analysis in randomised controlled trials: importance, indications, and interpretation PM Rothwell The Lancet 365 (9454), 176-186, 2005 | 787 | 2005 |