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Martin O'Donnell

Martin O'Donnell

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Medicine

D-Index
105
Citations
135322
World Ranking
6625
National Ranking
16

Overview

Martin O'Donnell is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Statistics and Probability, and Surgery.

The scientist has contributed to numerous topics in medical research, including:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Frequent publication venues where the scientist's work appears include:

  • Age and Ageing
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • European Heart Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Martin O'Donnell has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Salim Yusuf
  • Conor Judge
  • Michelle Canavan
  • Catriona Reddin
  • Robert Murphy

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Martin O'Donnell feature the following works:

  • "Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries," 2022, Nature
  • "Association of Blood Pressure Lowering With Incident Dementia or Cognitive Impairment," 2020, JAMA
  • "Salt and cardiovascular disease: insufficient evidence to recommend low sodium intake," 2020, European Heart Journal
  • "Role of Combination Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease," 2020, Circulation
  • "Associations of Fish Consumption With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Among Individuals With or Without Vascular Disease From 58 Countries," 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Valery L Feigin;Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Rita Krishnamurthi;George A Mensah

  • Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study

    Martin J O'Donnell;Martin J O'Donnell;Denis Xavier;Lisheng Liu;Hongye Zhang

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Apixaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

    Stuart J. Connolly;John Eikelboom;Campbell Joyner;Hans-Christoph Diener

  • Rivaroxaban with or without Aspirin in Stable Cardiovascular Disease

    John W. Eikelboom;Stuart J. Connolly;Jackie Bosch;Gilles R. Dagenais

  • The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and practice

    Martin J Prince;Fan Wu;Yanfei Guo;Luis M Gutierrez Robledo

  • Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study

    Martin J O'Donnell;Martin J O'Donnell;Siu Lim Chin;Sumathy Rangarajan;Denis Xavier

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Salim Yusuf;Philip Joseph;Sumathy Rangarajan;Shofiqul Islam

  • The Zarit Burden Interview A New Short Version and Screening Version

    Michel Bédard;D. William Molloy;Larry Squire;Sacha Dubois

  • Embolic strokes of undetermined source: the case for a new clinical construct

    Robert G. Hart;Hans Christoph Diener;Shelagh B. Coutts;J. Donald Easton

  • Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016

    VL Feigin;G Nguyen;K Cercy

  • Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rita V Krishnamurthi;Valery L Feigin;Mohammad H Forouzanfar;George A Mensah

  • Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke

    David J. Gladstone;Melanie Spring;Paul Dorian;Val Panzov

  • Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events

    Andrew Mente;Sumathy Rangarajan;Matthew J. McQueen;Xingyu Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Salim Yusuf
Salim Yusuf McMaster University
John W. Eikelboom
John W. Eikelboom Population Health Research Institute
Jackie Bosch
Jackie Bosch McMaster University
Koon K. Teo
Koon K. Teo McMaster University
Robert G. Hart
Robert G. Hart Population Health Research Institute
Stuart J. Connolly
Stuart J. Connolly McMaster University
Gilles R. Dagenais
Gilles R. Dagenais Université Laval
Patricio López-Jaramillo
Patricio López-Jaramillo University of Santander
Alvaro Avezum
Alvaro Avezum Population Health Research Institute
Clive Kearon
Clive Kearon McMaster University

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