Excess deaths in people with cardiovascular diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Banerjee, S Chen, L Pasea, AG Lai… - European journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) increase mortality risk from coronavirus
infection (COVID-19). There are also concerns that the pandemic has affected supply and …

Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers are not associated with severe COVID‐19 infection in a multi‐site UK acute hospital …

DM Bean, Z Kraljevic, T Searle… - European journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims The SARS‐CoV‐2 virus binds to the angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2
(ACE2) receptor for cell entry. It has been suggested that angiotensin‐converting enzyme …

Neurophysiological evidence for cerebellar dysfunction in primary focal dystonia

JTH Teo, BPC Van De Warrenburg… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Recent studies have suggested that there may be functional and structural changes in the
cerebellum of patients with adult onset primary focal dystonia. The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] A case-control and cohort study to determine the relationship between ethnic background and severe COVID-19

R Zakeri, R Bendayan, M Ashworth, DM Bean… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background People of minority ethnic backgrounds may be disproportionately affected by
severe COVID-19. Whether this relates to increased infection risk, more severe disease …

Treatment with ACE-inhibitors is associated with less severe disease with SARS-Covid-19 infection in a multi-site UK acute Hospital Trust

DM Bean, Z Kraljevic, T Searle, R Bendayan, A Pickles… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Background The SARS-Cov2 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor for cell entry. It has
been suggested that ACE-inhibitors, which are commonly used in patients with hypertension …

Human theta burst stimulation enhances subsequent motor learning and increases performance variability

JTH Teo, OBC Swayne, B Cheeran… - Cerebral …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) transiently increases motor cortex excitability in
healthy humans by a process thought to involve synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP), and …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-existing cardiovascular disease rather than cardiovascular risk factors drives mortality in COVID-19

K O'Gallagher, A Shek, DM Bean, R Bendayan… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Background The relative association between cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, such as
diabetes and hypertension, established CV disease (CVD), and susceptibility to CV …

Cerebellar theta burst stimulation impairs eyeblink classical conditioning

BS Hoffland, M Bologna, P Kassavetis… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Key points• Theta burst stimulation (TBS) protocols of repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation (rTMS) have after‐effects on excitability of motor areas thought to be due to LTP …

Artificial intelligence (AI) for neurologists: do digital neurones dream of electric sheep?

JA Yeung, YY Wang, Z Kraljevic, JTH Teo - Practical neurology, 2023 - pn.bmj.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is routinely mentioned in journals and newspapers, and non-
technical outsiders may have difficulty in distinguishing hyperbole from reality. We present a …

Interaction between race, ethnicity, severe mental illness, and cardiovascular disease

K O'Gallagher, JTH Teo, AM Shah… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, affect≈ 1% of the
population who, as a group, experience significant disadvantage in terms of physical health …