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Martin Dennis is a researcher affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with a total of 93 publications in the field. Within medicine, they have contributed extensively to subfields including epidemiology, neurology, rehabilitation, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in Dennis's work include acute ischemic stroke management, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, neurological disorders and treatments, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research, antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, and atrial fibrillation management and outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for Dennis's research are the journals Stroke, European Stroke Journal, Trials, The Lancet Neurology, and International Journal of Stroke. They have consistently published in these high-impact journals, with the highest number of contributions in Stroke (7 publications) and European Stroke Journal (5 publications).

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Dennis are the following:

  • Safety and efficacy of fluoxetine on functional recovery after acute stroke (EFFECTS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Safety and efficacy of fluoxetine on functional outcome after acute stroke (AFFINITY): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines on management of transient ischaemic attack, 2021, European Stroke Journal
  • Effects of oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage in the UK: a randomised, open-label, assessor-masked, pilot-phase, non-inferiority trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • European Stroke Organisation expedited recommendation for the use of short-term dual antiplatelet therapy early after minor stroke and high-risk TIA, 2021, European Stroke Journal

Dennis frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Gillian Mead (25 joint works), Maree L. Hackett (16 joint works), Erik Lundström (15 joint works), Graeme J. Hankey (15 joint works), and William Whiteley (10 joint works).

Best Publications

  • Classification and natural history of clinically identifiable subtypes of cerebral infarction

    J Bamford;P Sandercock;M Dennis;J Burn

  • A randomised, blinded, trial of clopidogrel versus aspirin in patients at risk of ischaemic events (CAPRIE). CAPRIE Steering Committee

    Martin Dennis

  • The International Stroke Trial (IST): A randomised trial of aspirin, subcutaneous heparin, both, or neither among 19 435 patients with acute ischaemic stroke

    P Sandercock;R Collins;C Counsell;B Farrell

  • The benefits and harms of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator within 6 h of acute ischaemic stroke (the third international stroke trial [IST-3]): a randomised controlled trial

    Peter Sandercock;Joanna M Wardlaw;Richard I Lindley

  • Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke

    Lindsay Govan;Peter Langhorne;Martin Dennis;Graeme Hankey

  • A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project--1981-86. 2. Incidence, case fatality rates and overall outcome at one year of cerebral infarction, primary intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage.

    J Bamford;P Sandercock;M Dennis;J Burn

  • Stroke subtype, vascular risk factors, and total MRI brain small-vessel disease burden

    Julie Staals;Stephen D.J. Makin;Fergus N. Doubal;Martin S. Dennis

  • Depression after stroke and lesion location: a systematic review

    Alan J Carson;Siobhan MacHale;Kathryn Allen;Stephen M Lawrie

  • Enlarged Perivascular Spaces on MRI Are a Feature of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

    Fergus N. Doubal;Alasdair M.J. MacLullich;Karen J. Ferguson;Martin S. Dennis

  • Complications After Acute Stroke

    R.J. Davenport;M.S. Dennis;I. Wellwood;C.P. Warlow

  • Is Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier Responsible for Lacunar Stroke, Leukoaraiosis, and Dementia?

    Joanna Wardlaw;Peter Sandercock;Martin Dennis;John Starr

  • Long-term survival after first-ever stroke: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project.

    M. S. Dennis;J. P. S. Burn;P. A. G. Sandercock;J. M. Bamford

  • Long-term risk of recurrent stroke after a first-ever stroke. The Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project.

    John Burn;Martin Dennis;John Bamford;Peter Sandercock

  • Collaborative systematic review of the randomised trials of organised in-patient (stroke unit) care after stroke.

    K Asplund;P Berman;C Blomstrand;M Dennis

  • A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project 1981-86. 1. Methodology, demography and incident cases of first-ever stroke.

    J Bamford;P Sandercock;M Dennis;C Warlow

  • Effect of timing and method of enteral tube feeding for dysphagic stroke patients (FOOD): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

    M S Dennis;S C Lewis;C Warlow

  • Effectiveness of thigh-length graduated compression stockings to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis after stroke (CLOTS trial 1): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    M Dennis;P A G Sandercock;J Reid

  • Epileptic seizures after a first stroke: the Oxfordshire community stroke project

    John Burn;Martin Dennis;John Bamford;Peter Sandercock

  • Mood disorders in the year after first stroke.

    Allan House;Martin Dennis;Liz Mogridge;Charles Warlow

  • Critical appraisal tools

    Joanna Wardlaw;Miriam Brazzelli;Hector Miranda;Francesca Chappell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Charles Warlow
Charles Warlow University of Edinburgh
Peter Sandercock
Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh
Peter Langhorne
Peter Langhorne University of Glasgow
Graeme J. Hankey
Graeme J. Hankey University of Western Australia
Cathie Sudlow
Cathie Sudlow University of Edinburgh
Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
Rustam Al-Shahi Salman University of Edinburgh
Gordon D.O. Lowe
Gordon D.O. Lowe University of Glasgow
John Burn
John Burn Newcastle University
Anthony Rudd
Anthony Rudd King's College London

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