Bo Norrving - Selected Publications#

1.Owolabi MO, Thrift AG, Mahal A, Ishida M, Martins S, Johnson WD, Pandian J, Abd-Allah F, Yaria J, Phan HT, Roth G, Gall SL, Beare R, Phan TG, Mikulik R, Akinyemi RO, Norrving B, Brainin M, Feigin VL; Stroke Experts Collaboration Group. Primary stroke prevention worldwide: translating evidence into action. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jan;7(1):e74-e85.
A major publication outlining the directions for global stroke primary prevention in the future. IF 21.648, 10 citations.

GBD 2019 Stroke Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Lancet Neurol. 2021;20:795-820.
A landmark paper on the global burden of stroke. IF 44.182, 81 citations

Owolabi MO, Thrift AG, Martins S, Johnson W, Pandian J, Abd-Allah F, Varghese C, Mahal A, Yaria J, Phan HT, Roth G, Gall SL, Beare R, Phan TG, Mikulik R, Norrving B, Feigin VL; Stroke Experts Collaboration Group. The state of stroke services across the globe: Report of World Stroke Organization-World Health Organization surveys. Int J Stroke. 2021;16:889-901.
The first global survey of stroke services world-wide demonstrating wide inequalities. IF 5.266, 6 citations

EFFECTS Trial Collaboration. Safety and efficacy of fluoxetine on functional recovery after acute stroke (EFFECTS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Lancet Neurol. 2020 Aug;19(8):661-669.
A landmark study on the (lack of) effects of antidepressants to improve function after stroke. IF 44.182. 45 citations

Hachinski V, Einhäupl K, Ganten D, Alladi S, Brayne C, Stephan BCM, Sweeney MD, Zlokovic B, Iturria-Medina Y, Iadecola C, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB, Whitehead SN, Black SE, Østergaard L, Wardlaw J, Greenberg S, Friberg L, Norrving B, Rowe B, Joanette Y, Hacke W, Kuller L, Dichgans M, Endres M, Khachaturian ZS. Preventing dementia by preventing stroke: The Berlin Manifesto

Alzheimers Dement. 2019;15:961-984.
A large scientific initiative to demonstrate the importance and potential of stroke preventive actions in the prevention also of dementia. IF 21.577, 110 citations

Seiffge DJ, Werring DJ, Paciaroni M, Dawson J, Warach S, Milling TJ, Engelter ST, Fischer U, Norrving B. Timing of anticoagulation after recent ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Lancet Neurol. 2019;18:117-126.
A review of a hot scientific topic, and currently the topic of the world’s first register-randomized clinical trial in the stroke field (completed 2021, manuscript submitted). IF 44.182, 87 citations

Norrving B, Barrick J, Davalos A, Dichgans M, Cordonnier C, Guekht A, Kutluk K, Mikulik R, Wardlaw J, Richard E, Nabavi D, Molina C, Bath PM, Stibrant Sunnerhagen K, Rudd A, Drummond A, Planas A, Caso V. Action Plan for Stroke in Europe 2018-2030.
Eur Stroke J. 2018;3:309-336.
The largest action to date to systematically improve stroke service in a world regional perspective. No IF yet, 116 citations.
GBD 2016 Lifetime Risk of Stroke Collaborators. Global, Regional, and Country-Specific Lifetime Risks of Stroke, 1990 and 2016 N Engl J Med. 2018;379:2429-2437.
A landmark global burden of disease update on lifetime risk of stroke and other epidemiological metrics on stroke. IF 91.253, 456 citations

Feigin VL, Norrving B, George MG, Foltz JL, Roth GA, Mensah GA. Prevention of stroke: a strategic global imperative. Nat Rev Neurol. 2016;12:501-12.
A much recognized review on new principles for primary prevention of stroke, highlighting the need to reduce risks at all risk levels, not only high-risk individuals. IF 42.937, 114 citations.

Swedish Aspirin Low-Dose Trial (SALT) of 75 mg aspirin as secondary prophylaxis after cerebrovascular ischaemic events. The SALT Collaborative Group. Lancet. 1991 Nov 30;338(8779):1345-9. IF 79.323
The world’s first trial to demonstrate the benefit of low dose aspirin therapy for the prevention of stroke. This paper was included in “Vintage Papers from the Lancet” which compiled facsimiles of 222 of the most important papers in the Lancet from 1823 to 2005. Bo Norrving was corresponding author of this publication.