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Vincent Thijs is affiliated with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on epidemiology, neurology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, rehabilitation, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include acute ischemic stroke management, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, and atrial fibrillation management and outcomes.

Thijs has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Stroke
  • Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • International Journal of Stroke
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Effect of Intravenous Tenecteplase Dose on Cerebral Reperfusion Before Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke, 2020, JAMA
  • Intravenous alteplase for stroke with unknown time of onset guided by advanced imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data, 2020, The Lancet
  • Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2024, Stroke
  • Prevalence and Significance of Impaired Microvascular Tissue Reperfusion Despite Macrovascular Angiographic Reperfusion (No-Reflow), 2021, Neurology
  • Tranexamic acid in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (STOP-AUST): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial, 2020, The Lancet Neurology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Robin Lemmens, Leonid Churilov, Jochen B. Fiebach, Götz Thomalla, and Bruce Campbell. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Thijs, indicating ongoing collaborative efforts.

Best Publications

  • Cryptogenic stroke and underlying atrial fibrillation

    Tommaso Sanna;Hans-Christoph Diener;Rod S. Passman;Richard A. Bernstein

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Magnetic resonance imaging profiles predict clinical response to early reperfusion: the diffusion and perfusion imaging evaluation for understanding stroke evolution (DEFUSE) study.

    Gregory W. Albers;Vincent N. Thijs;Lawrence Wechsler;Stephanie Kemp

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • MRI-Guided Thrombolysis for Stroke with Unknown Time of Onset

    Götz Thomalla;Claus Z. Simonsen;Florent Boutitie;Grethe Andersen

  • VEGF is a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice and humans and protects motoneurons against ischemic death

    Diether Lambrechts;Erik Storkebaum;Masafumi Morimoto;Jurgen Del-Favero

  • Treatment and outcomes of acute basilar artery occlusion in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS): a prospective registry study.

    Wouter J. Schonewille;Christine A. C. Wijman;Patrik Michel;Christina M. Rueckert

  • Tenecteplase versus Alteplase before Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke

    Bruce C.V. Campbell;Peter J. Mitchell;Leonid Churilov;Nawaf Yassi

  • The angiotensin-receptor blocker candesartan for treatment of acute stroke (SCAST): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

    Else Charlotte Sandset;Else Charlotte Sandset;Philip M. W. Bath;Gudrun Boysen;Dalius Jatuzis

  • Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Matthew Traylor;Martin Farrall;Elizabeth G Holliday;Cathie Sudlow

  • Extending thrombolysis to 4·5–9 h and wake-up stroke using perfusion imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Bruce C V Campbell;Bruce C V Campbell;Henry Ma;Henry Ma;Peter A Ringleb;Mark W Parsons

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a variant in HDAC9 associated with large vessel ischemic stroke

    C Bellenguez;S Bevan;A Gschwendtner;Spencer Cca.

  • Optimal Tmax threshold for predicting penumbral tissue in acute stroke.

    Jean-Marc Olivot;Michael Mlynash;Vincent N. Thijs;Stephanie Kemp

  • Symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis: Outcome of patients who fail antithrombotic therapy

    Vincent N. Thijs;Gregory W. Albers

  • Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of intracranial artery dissection

    Stéphanie Debette;Stéphanie Debette;Annette Compter;Marc-Antoine Labeyrie;Maarten Uyttenboogaart

  • Evolution of apparent diffusion coefficient, diffusion-weighted, and T2-weighted signal intensity of acute stroke.

    M G Lansberg;Vincent Thijs;M W O'Brien;J O Ali

  • EPHA4 is a disease modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in animal models and in humans

    Annelies Van Hoecke;Lies Schoonaert;Robin Lemmens;Mieke Timmers

  • Prevalence of diabetes and its effects on stroke outcomes: A meta-analysis and literature review.

    Lik-Hui Lau;Jeremy F Lew;Karen Borschmann;Vincent N Thijs

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a variant in HDAC9 associated with large vessel ischemic stroke

    C. Bellenguez;S. Bevan;A. Gschwendtner;C. C. A. Spencer

  • Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE Collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies | NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository

    Matthew Traylor;Martin Farrall;Unnur Thorsteinsdottir;Mike A. Nalls

Frequent Co-Authors

Turgut Tatlisumak
Turgut Tatlisumak University of Gothenburg
Jonathan Rosand
Jonathan Rosand Harvard University
Christopher R. Levi
Christopher R. Levi John Hunter Hospital
Steven J. Kittner
Steven J. Kittner University of Maryland, Baltimore
James F. Meschia
James F. Meschia Mayo Clinic
Stefan T. Engelter
Stefan T. Engelter University Hospital of Basel
Hamed Asadi
Hamed Asadi Deakin University
Braxton D. Mitchell
Braxton D. Mitchell University of Maryland, Baltimore
Gregory W. Albers
Gregory W. Albers Stanford University
Peter M. Rothwell
Peter M. Rothwell University of Oxford

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