About the Authors
- Rachael Maree Hunter
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* E-mail: r.hunter@ucl.ac.uk
Affiliation Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Charles Davie
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Anthony Rudd
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Affiliations Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Alan Thompson
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Affiliation University College London Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Hilary Walker
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Affiliation North Central London CardioVascular & Stroke Network, London, United Kingdom
- Neil Thomson
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Affiliation London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
- James Mountford
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Affiliation UCLPartners, London, United Kingdom
- Lee Schwamm
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- John Deanfield
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Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention and Outcomes, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Kerry Thompson
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Bikash Dewan
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Minesh Mistry
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Affiliation UCL Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sadik Quoraishi
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Affiliation UCL Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Stephen Morris
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Affiliation Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The study was funded by NHS London. The sponsors had no role in study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, the writing of the report, or the decision to submit for publication. Dr JM and Dr CD both hold posts at UCL Partners. Professor SM and RH have contracts with UCL Consultants.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RH SM CD AR AT. Analyzed the data: RH SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD AR HW NT KT BD MM SQ. Wrote the paper: RH CD AR AT HW JM LS JD SM.