Publications 2020

Aguiar de Sousa D, Sandset EC, Elkind MSV (2020)
The Curious Case of the Missing Strokes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stroke, 51 (7), 1921-1923
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030792, PubMed 32466737

de Sousa DA, van der Worp HB, Caso V, Cordonnier C, Strbian D, Ntaios G, Schellinger PD, Sandset EC, European Stroke Org (2020)
Maintaining stroke care in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from an international survey of stroke professionals and practice recommendations from the European Stroke Organisation
Eur. Stroke J., 2396987320933746

Katsanos AH, Alexandrov AV, Mandava P, Köhrmann M, Soinne L, Barreto AD, Sharma VK, Mikulik R, Muir KW, Rothlisberger T, Grotta JC, Levi CR, Molina CA, Saqqur M, Palaiodimou L, Psaltopoulou T, Vosko MR, Moreira T, Fiebach JB, Rubiera M, Sandset EC, de Havenon A, Kent TA, Alexandrov AW, Schellinger PD et al. (2020)
Pulse Pressure Variability is Associated with Unfavorable Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis
Eur J Neurol (in press)
DOI 10.1111/ene.14447, PubMed 32697894

Kurz MW, Ospel JM, Advani R, Sandset EC, Aamodt AH, Tennøe B, Ersdal HL, Fjetland L, Ajmi S, Kurz KD, Goyal M (2020)
Simulation Methods in Acute Stroke Treatment: Current State of Affairs and Implications
Stroke, 51 (7), 1978-1982
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026732, PubMed 32568639

Malhotra K, Goyal N, Katsanos AH, Filippatou A, Mistry EA, Khatri P, Anadani M, Spiotta AM, Sandset EC, Sarraj A, Magoufis G, Krogias C, Tönges L, Safouris A, Elijovich L, Goyal M, Arthur A, Alexandrov AV, Tsivgoulis G (2020)
Association of Blood Pressure With Outcomes in Acute Stroke Thrombectomy
Hypertension, 75 (3), 730-739
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14230, PubMed 31928111

Netteland DF, Mejlænder-Evjensvold M, Skaga NO, Sandset EC, Aarhus M, Helseth E (2020)
Cerebral venous thrombosis in traumatic brain injury: a cause of secondary insults and added mortality
J Neurosurg, 1-9 (in press)
DOI 10.3171/2020.4.JNS20511, PubMed 32707558

Sandercock P, van der Worp B, Sandset EC (2020)
In Memoriam Eivind Berge, MD, PhD, 1964-2020
Eur. Stroke J., 5 (2), 2396987320920112-114

Wang X, Carcel C, Wang R, Li J, Bae HJ, Wang Y, Wang A, Wang Y, Toyoda K, Sui Y, Lee TH, Navarro JC, Sun MC, Anderson CS, Sharma V, Sandset EC, Woodward M (2020)
Worse prognosis in women, compared with men, after thrombolysis: An individual patient data pooling study of Asian acute stroke registries
Int J Stroke, 1747493020938307
DOI 10.1177/1747493020938307, PubMed 32638639

Wang X, Moullaali TJ, Li Q, Berge E, Robinson TG, Lindley R, Zheng D, Delcourt C, Arima H, Song L, Chen X, Yang J, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, Sandset EC (2020)
Utility-Weighted Modified Rankin Scale Scores for the Assessment of Stroke Outcome: Pooled Analysis of 20 000+ Patients
Stroke, 51 (8), 2411-2417
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.028523, PubMed 32640944

Publications 2019

Ahmed N, Audebert H, Turc G, Cordonnier C, Christensen H, Sacco S, Sandset EC, Ntaios G, Charidimou A, Toni D, Pristipino C, Köhrmann M, Kuramatsu JB, Thomalla G, Mikulik R, Ford GA, Martí-Fàbregas J, Fischer U, Thoren M, Lundström E, Rinkel GJ, van der Worp HB, Matusevicius M, Tsivgoulis G, Milionis H et al. (2019)
Consensus statements and recommendations from the ESO-Karolinska Stroke Update Conference, Stockholm 11-13 November 2018
Eur Stroke J, 4 (4), 307-317
DOI 10.1177/2396987319863606, PubMed 31903429

Bath PM, Woodhouse LJ, Krishnan K, Appleton JP, Anderson CS, Berge E, Cala L, Dixon M, England TJ, Godolphin PJ, Hepburn T, Mair G, Montgomery AA, Phillips SJ, Potter J, Price CI, Randall M, Robinson TG, Roffe C, Rothwell PM, Sandset EC, Sanossian N, Saver JL, Siriwardena AN, Venables G et al. (2019)
Prehospital Transdermal Glyceryl Trinitrate for Ultra-Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Data From the RIGHT-2 Trial
Stroke, 50 (11), 3064-3071
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026389, PubMed 31587658

Carcel C, Wang X, Sandset EC, Delcourt C, Arima H, Lindley R, Hackett ML, Lavados P, Robinson TG, Muñoz Venturelli P, Olavarría VV, Brunser A, Berge E, Chalmers J, Woodward M, Anderson CS (2019)
Sex differences in treatment and outcome after stroke: Pooled analysis including 19,000 participants
Neurology, 93 (24), e2170-e2180
DOI 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008615, PubMed 31719135

Carcel C, Woodward M, Balicki G, Koroneos GL, Sousa DA, Cordonnier C, Lukaszyk C, Thompson K, Wang X, Davies L, Bassi M, Anderson CS, Peters SA, Sandset EC (2019)
Trends in recruitment of women and reporting of sex differences in large-scale published randomized controlled trials in stroke
Int J Stroke, 14 (9), 931-938
DOI 10.1177/1747493019851292, PubMed 31132968

Hagberg G, Fure B, Sandset EC, Thommessen B, Ihle-Hansen H, Øksengård AR, Nygård S, Wyller TB, Ihle-Hansen H (2019)
Long-term effects on survival after a 1-year multifactorial vascular risk factor intervention after stroke or TIA: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, a 7-year follow-up study
Vasc Health Risk Manag, 15, 11-18
DOI 10.2147/VHRM.S191873, PubMed 30799926

Jusufovic M, Berge TE, Guo R, You S, Delcourt C, Anderson C, Bath PM, Karlson BW, Berge E, Sandset EC, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) Study Group (2019)
Effects of Candesartan in the Acute Phase of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 28 (8), 2262-2267
DOI 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.05.010, PubMed 31178359

Krishnan K, Bassilious K, Eriksen E, Bath PM, Sprigg N, Brækken SK, Ihle-Hansen H, Horn MA, Sandset EC (2019)
Posterior circulation stroke diagnosis using HINTS in patients presenting with acute vestibular syndrome: A systematic review
Eur Stroke J, 4 (3), 233-239
DOI 10.1177/2396987319843701, PubMed 31984230

Li J, Yang SC, Moullaali TJ, Chen R, Woodward M, Carcel C, Delcourt C, Sandset EC, Anderson C, Chen G, Wang X (2019)
Sex differences in blood pressure after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
J Hypertens, 37 (10), 1991-1999
DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002116, PubMed 31058800

Lorenzano S, Kremer C, Pavlovic A, Jovanovic DR, Sandset EC, Christensen H, Bushnell C, Arsovska A, Sprigg N, Roffe C, Ijäs P, Gdovinova Z, Alexandrov A, Zedde M, Tassi R, Acciaresi M, Lantz M, Sunnerhagen K, Zarkov M, Rantanen K, Perren F, Iversen HK, Kruuse C, Slowik A, Palazzo P et al. (2019)
SiPP (Stroke in Pregnancy and Postpartum): A prospective, observational, international, multicentre study on pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical profile, management and outcome of cerebrovascular diseases in pregnant and postpartum women
Eur Stroke J, 5 (2), 193-203
DOI 10.1177/2396987319893512, PubMed 32637653

Moullaali TJ, Wang X, Woodhouse LJ, Law ZK, Delcourt C, Sprigg N, Krishnan K, Robinson TG, Wardlaw JM, Al-Shahi Salman R, Berge E, Sandset EC, Anderson CS, Bath PM, BASC Investigators (2019)
Lowering blood pressure after acute intracerebral haemorrhage: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using individual patient data from randomised controlled trials participating in the Blood Pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration (BASC)
BMJ Open, 9 (7), e030121
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030121, PubMed 31315876

Orav K, Moullaali TJ, Sandset EC, Doubal F, Whiteley W (2019)
Inspiring New Researchers in Stroke: The ESO Edinburgh Stroke Research Workshop
Stroke, 50 (11), e316-e318
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026936, PubMed 31610766

Ratajczak-Tretel B, Lambert AT, Johansen H, Halvorsen B, Bjerkeli V, Russell D, Sandset EC, Ihle-Hansen H, Eriksen E, Næss H, Novotny V, Khanevski AN, Truelsen TC, Idicula T, Ægidius KL, Tobro H, Krogseth SB, Ihle-Hansen H, Hagberg G, Kruuse C, Arntzen K, Bakkejord GK, Villseth M, Nakstad I, Eldøen G et al. (2019)
Atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and transient ischaemic attack - The Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) Study: Rationale and design
Eur Stroke J, 4 (2), 172-180
DOI 10.1177/2396987319837089, PubMed 31259265

Sandset EC, Appleton JP, Berge E, Christensen H, Gommans J, Krishnan K, Ntaios G, Phillips S, Pocock S, Sprigg N, Woodhouse LJ, Bath PM, ENOS trial investigators* (2019)
Associations between change in blood pressure and functional outcome, early events and death: results from the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke trial
J Hypertens, 37 (10), 2104-2109
DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002154, PubMed 31246895

Sandset EC, de Sousa DA, Christensen H, Cordonnier C, Fischer U, Katan M, Kremer C, Pavlovic A, Sprigg N, Bart van der Worp H, Zedde M, Caso V (2019)
Women in the European Stroke Organisation: One, two, many… - A Top Down and Bottom Up approach
Eur Stroke J, 4 (3), 247-253
DOI 10.1177/2396987319841979, PubMed 31984232

Sandset EC, Fischer U (2019)
Blood pressure lowering in acute ischaemic stroke thrombolysis
Lancet, 393 (10174), 849-850
DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30196-5, PubMed 30739748

Sandset EC, Ford GA (2019)
Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation after stroke, promising but not yet ready for adoption
Lancet, 394 (10194), 189-190
DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31412-6, PubMed 31327352

Wang X, Sandset EC, Moullaali TJ, Chen G, Song L, Carcel C, Delcourt C, Woodward M, Robinson T, Chalmers J, Arima H, Anderson CS, INTERACT2 Investigators (2019)
Determinants of the high admission blood pressure in mild-to-moderate acute intracerebral hemorrhage
J Hypertens, 37 (7), 1463-1466
DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002056, PubMed 31085948

Wang X, Song L, Yang J, Sun L, Moullaali TJ, Sandset EC, Delcourt C, Lindley RI, Robinson TG, Minhas JS, Arima H, Chalmers J, Kim JS, Sharma V, Wang JG, Pontes-Neto O, Lavados PM, Olavarría VV, Lee TH, Levi C, Martins SO, Thang NH, Anderson CS, on behalf of the ENCHANTED Investigators (2019)
Interaction of Blood Pressure Lowering and Alteplase Dose in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of the Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study
Cerebrovasc Dis, 48 (3-6), 207-216
DOI 10.1159/000504745, PubMed 31812956

Publications 2018

Sandset EC, Sanossian N, Woodhouse LJ, Anderson C, Berge E, Lees KR, Potter JF, Robinson TG, Sprigg N, Wardlaw JM, Bath PM, Blood pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration Investigators (2018)
Protocol for a prospective collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomized controlled trials of vasoactive drugs in acute stroke: The Blood pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration, stage-3
Int J Stroke, 13 (7), 759-765
DOI 10.1177/1747493018772733, PubMed 29720045

Wang X, You S, Sato S, Yang J, Carcel C, Zheng D, Yoshimura S, Anderson CS, Sandset EC, Robinson T, Chalmers J, Sharma VK (2018)
Current status of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator dosage for acute ischaemic stroke: an updated systematic review
Stroke Vasc Neurol, 3 (1), 28-33
DOI 10.1136/svn-2017-000112, PubMed 29600005

Webb A, Heldner MR, Aguiar de Sousa D, Sandset EC, Randall G, Bejot Y, van der Worp B, Caso V, Fischer U, ESO-SAFE Secondary Prevention Survey Steering Group (2018)
Availability of secondary prevention services after stroke in Europe: An ESO/SAFE survey of national scientific societies and stroke experts
Eur Stroke J, 4 (2), 110-118
DOI 10.1177/2396987318816136, PubMed 31259259

Publications 2017

Cordonnier C, Sprigg N, Sandset EC, Pavlovic A, Sunnerhagen KS, Caso V, Christensen H, Women Initiative for Stroke in Europe (WISE) group (2017)
Stroke in women - from evidence to inequalities
Nat Rev Neurol, 13 (9), 521-532
DOI 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.95, PubMed 28731036

Delcourt C, Sato S, Zhang S, Sandset EC, Zheng D, Chen X, Hackett ML, Arima H, Hata J, Heeley E, Al-Shahi Salman R, Robinson T, Davies L, Lavados PM, Lindley RI, Stapf C, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, INTERACT2 Investigators (2017)
Intracerebral hemorrhage location and outcome among INTERACT2 participants
Neurology, 88 (15), 1408-1414
DOI 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003771, PubMed 28235817

Krishnan K, Jusufovic M, Sandset PM, Sandset EC (2017)
Antiplatelet Therapy in Noncardioembolic Stroke: A Review of Current Evidence
Semin Neurol, 37 (3), 366-375
DOI 10.1055/s-0037-1603469, PubMed 28759917

Sandset EC, Fischer U (2017)
Intensive blood pressure lowering provides no additional benefits and results in more adverse events
Evid Based Med, 22 (3), 102
DOI 10.1136/ebmed-2016-110594, PubMed 28546145

Schmidt A, Katan M, Sandset EC (2017)
Why Is It Worthwhile to Get Involved in Stroke Organizations?
Stroke, 48 (10), e277-e279
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018850, PubMed 28904230

Publications 2016

Carcel C, Wang X, Sato S, Stapf C, Sandset EC, Delcourt C, Arima H, Robinson T, Lavados P, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, INTERACT2 Investigators* (2016)
Degree and Timing of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Hematoma Growth in Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial-2 Results
Stroke, 47 (6), 1651-3
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013326, PubMed 27143274

Jusufovic M, Mishra NK, Lansberg MG, Bath PM, Berge E, Sandset EC (2016)
Blood Pressure Management in Acute Stroke
Curr Hypertens Rev, 12 (2), 121-6
DOI 10.2174/1573402112666160302102711, PubMed 26931471

Jusufovic M, Sandset EC, Bath PM, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) Study Group (2016)
Early blood pressure lowering treatment in acute stroke. Ordinal analysis of vascular events in the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST)
J Hypertens, 34 (8), 1594-8
DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000980, PubMed 27228435

Jusufovic M, Sandset EC, Skagen K, Skjelland M (2016)
Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment in Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis
Curr Hypertens Rev, 12 (2), 148-55
DOI 10.2174/157340211202160525010133, PubMed 27292176

Qiu M, Sato S, Zheng D, Wang X, Carcel C, Hirakawa Y, Sandset EC, Delcourt C, Arima H, Wang J, Chalmers J, Anderson CS, INTERACT Investigators* (2016)
Admission Heart Rate Predicts Poor Outcomes in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: The Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial Studies
Stroke, 47 (6), 1479-85
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.012382, PubMed 27165954

Song L, Sandset EC, Arima H, Heeley E, Delcourt C, Chen G, Yang J, Wu G, Wang X, Lavados PM, Huang Y, Stapf C, Wang J, Robinson TG, Chalmers J, Lindley RI, Anderson CS, INTERACT2 Investigators (2016)
Early blood pressure lowering in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage and prior use of antithrombotic agents: pooled analysis of the INTERACT studies
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 87 (12), 1330-1335
DOI 10.1136/jnnp-2016-313246, PubMed 27178897

Wang X, Cao Y, Hong D, Zheng D, Richtering S, Sandset EC, Leong TH, Arima H, Islam S, Salam A, Anderson C, Robinson T, Hackett ML (2016)
Ambient Temperature and Stroke Occurrence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 13 (7)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph13070698, PubMed 27420077

Publications 2015

Berge E, Cohen G, Lindley RI, Sandercock P, Wardlaw JM, Sandset EC, Whiteley W (2015)
Effects of Blood Pressure and Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment During the First 24 Hours Among Patients in the Third International Stroke Trial of Thrombolytic Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Stroke, 46 (12), 3362-9
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010319, PubMed 26486868

Hornslien AG, Sandset EC, Igland J, Terént A, Boysen G, Bath PM, Murray GD, Berge E (2015)
Effects of candesartan in acute stroke on vascular events during long-term follow-up: results from the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST)
Int J Stroke, 10 (6), 830-5
DOI 10.1111/ijs.12477, PubMed 25808741

Hornslien AG, Sandset EC, Wyller TB, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) Study Group (2015)
Effects of candesartan in acute stroke on activities of daily living and level of care at 6 months
J Hypertens, 33 (7), 1487-91
DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000581, PubMed 26039534

Sandset EC, Jusufovic M, Sandset PM, Bath PM, Berge E, SCAST Study Group (2015)
Effects of blood pressure-lowering treatment in different subtypes of acute ischemic stroke
Stroke, 46 (3), 877-9
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008512, PubMed 25657183

Publications 2014

Jusufovic M, Sandset EC, Bath PM, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial Study Group (2014)
Blood pressure-lowering treatment with candesartan in patients with acute hemorrhagic stroke
Stroke, 45 (11), 3440-2
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006433, PubMed 25256183

Jusufovic M, Sandset EC, Bath PM, Karlson BW, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial Study Group (2014)
Effects of blood pressure lowering in patients with acute ischemic stroke and carotid artery stenosis
Int J Stroke, 10 (3), 354-9
DOI 10.1111/ijs.12418, PubMed 25472578

Jusufovic M, Sandset EC, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial Study Group (2014)
Response to letter regarding article, "Blood pressure-lowering treatment with candesartan in patients with acute hemorrhagic stroke"
Stroke, 46 (1), e14
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007859, PubMed 25492909

Sandset EC (2014)
Blood pressure in acute stroke
Lancet Neurol, 13 (4), 342-3
DOI 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70042-0, PubMed 24582531

Sandset EC, Berge E, Kjeldsen SE, Julius S, Holzhauer B, Krarup LH, Hua TA (2014)
Heart rate as a predictor of stroke in high-risk, hypertensive patients with previous stroke or transient ischemic attack
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 23 (10), 2814-8
DOI 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.07.009, PubMed 25304725

Publications 2013

Hornslien AG, Sandset EC, Bath PM, Wyller TB, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial Study Group (2013)
Effects of candesartan in acute stroke on cognitive function and quality of life: results from the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial
Stroke, 44 (7), 2022-4
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001022, PubMed 23660849

Publications 2012

Jusufovic M, Sandset EC, Popperud TH, Solberg S, Ringstad G, Kerty E (2012)
An unusual case of the syndrome of cervical rib with subclavian artery thrombosis and cerebellar and cerebral infarctions
BMC Neurol, 12, 48
DOI 10.1186/1471-2377-12-48, PubMed 22741548

Sandset EC, Berge E (2012)
Response to Letter by Simone Vidale Regarding Article, "Relation Between Change in Blood Pressure in Acute Stroke and Risk of Early Adverse Events and Poor Outcome"
Stroke, 43 (12), E177

Sandset EC, Murray GD, Bath PM, Kjeldsen SE, Berge E, Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) Study Group (2012)
Relation between change in blood pressure in acute stroke and risk of early adverse events and poor outcome
Stroke, 43 (8), 2108-14
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.647362, PubMed 22627991

Publications 2011

Sandset EC, Bath PM, Boysen G, Jatuzis D, Kõrv J, Lüders S, Murray GD, Richter PS, Roine RO, Terént A, Thijs V, Berge E, SCAST Study Group (2011)
The angiotensin-receptor blocker candesartan for treatment of acute stroke (SCAST): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
Lancet, 377 (9767), 741-50
DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60104-9, PubMed 21316752

Publications 2010

Krarup LH, Sandset EC, Sandset PM, Berge E (2010)
D-dimer levels and stroke progression in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation
Acta Neurol Scand, 124 (1), 40-4
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01409.x, PubMed 20726843

Sandset EC, Murray G, Boysen G, Jatuzis D, Kõrv J, Lüders S, Richter PS, Roine RO, Terént A, Thijs V, Berge E, SCAST Study Group (2010)
Angiotensin receptor blockade in acute stroke. The Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial: rationale, methods and design of a multicentre, randomised- and placebo-controlled clinical trial (NCT00120003)
Int J Stroke, 5 (5), 423-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00473.x, PubMed 20854630

Publications 2007

Berge E, Haug KB, Sandset EC, Haugbro KK, Turkovic M, Sandset PM (2007)
The factor V Leiden, prothrombin gene 20210GA, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677CT and platelet glycoprotein IIIa 1565TC mutations in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation
Stroke, 38 (3), 1069-71
DOI 10.1161/01.STR.0000258076.04860.8e, PubMed 17290027