About the Authors

Rachael Maree Hunter

r.hunter@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Charles Davie

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Anthony Rudd

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

Affiliation University College London Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Hilary Walker

Affiliation North Central London CardioVascular & Stroke Network, London, United Kingdom

Neil Thomson

Affiliation London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

James Mountford

Affiliation UCLPartners, London, United Kingdom

Lee Schwamm

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John Deanfield

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention and Outcomes, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kerry Thompson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Bikash Dewan

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Minesh Mistry

Affiliation UCL Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sadik Quoraishi

Affiliation UCL Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Stephen Morris

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.