Kennedy R. Lees
University of Glasgow
467 Papers
3.9K Citations
Kennedy R. Lees is an academic researcher from University of Glasgow. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 86, co-authored 455 publications. Previous affiliations of Kennedy R. Lees include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Papers
Results of the MRI Substudy of the Intravenous Magnesium Efficacy in Stroke Trial
Chelsea S. Kidwell,Chelsea S. Kidwell,Kennedy R. Lees,Keith W. Muir,Christopher Chen,Christopher Chen,Stephen M. Davis,Deidre A De Silva,Christopher J. Weir,Sidney Starkman,Jeffry R. Alger,Jeffrey L. Saver +11 more
TL;DR: Infarct growth, confirmed here as a surrogate for clinical progression, was similar between magnesium and placebo treatment, paralleling the main IMAGES trial clinical outcomes.
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Advances in Emerging Therapies
Peter Higgins,Kennedy R. Lees +1 more
TL;DR: The findings of the third European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS-3), which has recently confirmed the use of thrombolytic therapy up to 4.5 hours after onset of ischemic stroke, indicate any residual doubts over the safety or efficacy of intravenous alteplase early after stroke have been annulled.
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Blood pressure response to the first dose of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in congestive heart failure
TL;DR: It is indicated that oral ACE inhibitors have different profiles of acute BP changes after the first dose, which could include physicochemical differences in the interaction between prodrug ester and diacid metabolites leading to differences in tissue distribution and local enzyme inhibition.
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Stroke Is Best Managed by a Neurologist: Battle of the Titans
TL;DR: The neurologist’s potential role in the patient journey is examined, although management is rarely influenced directly, lesion localization may be a specialist neurology task.
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Hypertension in Acute Stroke: What to Do?
Philip M.W. Bath,Gudren Boysen,Geoff Donnan,Markku Kaste,Kennedy R. Lees,Tom Skyhøj Olsen,Karsten Overgaard,Peter Sandercock,N Wahlgren +8 more
TL;DR: An ad hoc workshop at the World Stroke Conference, Melbourne, November 2000, held an ad hoc discussion and conclusions that agreed that trials are needed to test whether BP should be lowered in subjects with acute primary intracerebral hemorrhage.
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