Ronda Lun, University of Calgary

Research

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Optimizing treatment strategies of ischemic stroke in cancer patients Prevention strategies for stroke in cancer patients

Latest papers

Adjunctive Intraarterial Thrombolysis after Thrombectomy in Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2026
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Agents in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Niche in the Making?
Stroke · 2026
CT Angiography-for-All: Beyond "Diagnostic Nihilism" in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Care - A Personal View.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Following Thrombectomy and/or Intravenous Thrombolysis (PRIME): A Randomized Pilot Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$730,576

All 1 grants and awards

19 publications.

01

Adjunctive Intraarterial Thrombolysis after Thrombectomy in Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs.

Almekhlafi MA, Park H, Singh N, Lun R, Pensato U, Ignacio KHD, Ospel JM, Ganesh A, Alshamrani M, Demchuk AM, Hill MD, Menon BK

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques20269 citations

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.10354 PMID: 40659573

02

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Agents in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Niche in the Making?

Yogendrakumar V, Lun R, Campbell BCV, Ganesh A

Stroke20261 citations

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.053204 PMID: 41730038

03

CT Angiography-for-All: Beyond "Diagnostic Nihilism" in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Care - A Personal View.

Pensato U, Demchuk AM, Tanaka K, Busto G, Fainardi E, Ospel JM, Alshamrani MA, Lun R, Simonetti R, Rodriguez-Luna D, Gioia LC, Mazya MV, Dowlatshahi D, Goldstein JN, Morotti A

Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland)20261 citations

DOI: 10.1159/000549653 PMID: 41411202

04

Prognostic Factors for Long-Term Risk of Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Khan F, Yogendrakumar V, Lun R, Marx CE, Rochwerg B, Tran A, Fernando SM, Ganesh A, Barber PA, Ögren J

Circulation20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.078763

05

Development and Validation of the Predicting Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Malignancy Estimation Tool

Lun R, Leentjens J, Cerasuolo JO, Kirkwood D, Kapral MK, Carrier M, Siegal D, Sutradhar R

Journal of the American Heart Association20261 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.045631

06

Investigation and management of breakthrough ischemic stroke in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation

Ronda Lun, Umberto Pensato, Joseph R. Shaw, Carlo Andrea Pivato, Luciano A Sposato, Thalia S Field, A I Demchuk

BMJ20261 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2025-084905 PMID: 42508832

07

Prevalence of Right-to-Left Shunting on Echocardiography in Patients with Cancer and Stroke.

Biglou SG, Lun R, Ramsay T, Shamy M, Schwerzmann M, Dowlatshahi D

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.10518 PMID: 41612763

08

Venous Thrombotic and Thromboembolic Considerations in Stroke: An Expert Meeting Report on Future Directions for Clinical Trials.

Vikulova DN, Dizonno V, Zhou L, Gorman J, Lun R, Ignacio KH, Bushnell CD, Ganesh A, Katsanos AH, Sposato LA

International Journal of Stroke2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1177/17474930261473348

09

Stroke in Patients With Cancer-Time Is Brain.

Lun R, Cao JQ, Demchuk A, Pensato U

JAMA oncology2026First author

DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.5234 PMID: 41379475

10

Epistemological Reflections on Integrating Data From Randomized, Open-Label, Stroke Procedural Trials Into Practice.

Lun R, Goyal M

Stroke2026First author

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.054947 PMID: 42044224

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Following Thrombectomy and/or Intravenous Thrombolysis (PRIME): A Randomized Pilot Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kate, Mahesh P; Buck, Brian H; Menon, Bijoy K

Keywords: Antiplatelet; Post-Endovascular Thrombectomy; Post-Thrombolysis; Randomized Clinical Trial; Secondary Stroke Prevention

$730,576

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Dariush Dowlatshahi and Dar Dowlatshahi: 514 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Michael Hill: 484 shared papers
Mayank Goyal and Michael Hill: 465 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Mayank Goyal: 372 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Mayank Goyal: 354 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Michael Hill: 345 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Bijoy Menon: 309 shared papers
Mayank Goyal and Johanna Ospel: 261 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Mohammed Almekhlafi: 213 shared papers
Mayank Goyal and Mohammed Almekhlafi: 197 shared papers
Michael Hill and Mohammed Almekhlafi: 192 shared papers
Michael Hill and Shelagh Coutts: 184 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 152 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Dar Dowlatshahi: 152 shared papers
Michael Hill and Dar Dowlatshahi: 151 shared papers
Michael Hill and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 150 shared papers
Michael Hill and Johanna Ospel: 145 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Shelagh Coutts: 142 shared papers
Richard Swartz and Dar Dowlatshahi: 126 shared papers
Richard Swartz and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 124 shared papers
Michel Shamy and Dar Dowlatshahi: 123 shared papers
Michel Shamy and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 121 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Nishita Singh: 112 shared papers
Mohammed Almekhlafi and Nishita Singh: 112 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Johanna Ospel: 101 shared papers
Michael Hill and Brian Buck: 101 shared papers
Michael Hill and Aravind Ganesh: 96 shared papers
Michael Hill and Nishita Singh: 94 shared papers
Richard Swartz and Michael Hill: 85 shared papers
Mayank Goyal and Aravind Ganesh: 80 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Aravind Ganesh: 74 shared papers
Brian Buck and Dar Dowlatshahi: 74 shared papers
Dariush Dowlatshahi and Brian Buck: 72 shared papers
Mayank Goyal and Shelagh Coutts: 71 shared papers
Michael Hill and Philip Barber: 71 shared papers
Michael Hill and Amy Yu: 67 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Philip Barber: 61 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Alexandre Tran: 50 shared papers
Shelagh Coutts and Philip Barber: 50 shared papers
Richard Swartz and Michel Shamy: 49 shared papers
Vignan Yogendrakumar and Dar Dowlatshahi: 48 shared papers
Dariush Dowlatshahi and Vignan Yogendrakumar: 47 shared papers
Shelagh Coutts and Amy Yu: 33 shared papers
Richard Swartz and Amy Yu: 29 shared papers
Michael Hill and Vignan Yogendrakumar: 28 shared papers
Aristeidis Katsanos and Nishita Singh: 16 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Deborah Siegal: 15 shared papers
Deborah Siegal and Dar Dowlatshahi: 14 shared papers
Aristeidis Katsanos and Michael Hill: 13 shared papers
Aristeidis Katsanos and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 12 shared papers
Deborah Siegal and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 12 shared papers
Deborah Siegal and Alexandre Tran: 10 shared papers
Pierre Amarenco and Andrew Demchuk: 8 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 7 shared papers
Pierre Amarenco and Shelagh Coutts: 7 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Aditya Bharatha: 7 shared papers
Aravind Ganesh and Ronda Lun: 7 shared papers
Pierre Amarenco and Michael Hill: 6 shared papers
Michael Hill and Aditya Bharatha: 6 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Aditya Bharatha: 5 shared papers
Franco Momoli and Dariush Dowlatshahi: 5 shared papers
Franco Momoli and Dar Dowlatshahi: 5 shared papers
Franco Momoli and Michel Shamy: 4 shared papers
Vignan Yogendrakumar and Ronda Lun: 4 shared papers
Andrew Demchuk and Ronda Lun: 3 shared papers
Bijoy Menon and Ronda Lun: 3 shared papers
Dariush Dowlatshahi and Ronda Lun: 3 shared papers
Nishita Singh and Ronda Lun: 3 shared papers
Dar Dowlatshahi and Ronda Lun: 3 shared papers
Pierre Amarenco and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Mayank Goyal and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Richard Swartz and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Michael Hill and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Shelagh Coutts and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Michel Shamy and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Philip Barber and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Mohammed Almekhlafi and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Dariush Dowlatshahi and Alexandre Tran: 2 shared papers
Johanna Ospel and Ronda Lun: 2 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Aristeidis Katsanos and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Deborah Siegal and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Franco Momoli and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Amy Yu and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Brian Buck and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Alexandre Tran and Ronda Lun: 1 shared paper
Ronda Lun and Aditya Bharatha: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
DCNS
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Neurology and Neurosciences
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Radiology
Department of Medical Imaging
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1 shared papers, latest 2026

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