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Pierre Amarenco

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Visiting ProfessorMedicineMcMaster University

Pierre Amarenco

Visiting Professor

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2022

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Supervision signals

Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
No graduate courses on record.
75 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Academic metrics

650

Publications

49,075

Citations

110

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Publications by year

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Contact

amarencp@mcmaster.ca

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine
Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesMedicine
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthMedicine
Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular DiseasesMedicine
Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine
Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchMedicine

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 650 publications.

Assessment of adverse effects attributed to statin therapy in product labels: a meta-analysis of double-blind randomised controlled trials

Reith C, Blackwell L, Emberson JR, Preiss D, Spata E, Davies K, Halls H, Harper C, Holland L, Wilson K

The Lancet202648 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01578-8

Asundexian for Secondary Stroke Prevention

Sharma M, Dong Q, Hirano T, Kasner SE, Saver JL, Masjuan J, Demchuk AM, Cordonnier C, Bereczki D, Tsivgoulis G

New England Journal of Medicine202633 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2513880

Efficacy and safety of minocycline in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (EMPHASIS): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

Lu Y, Guan L, Wu J, Yang Q, Zhang M, Zhou D, Yang H, Pan Y, Wang L, Qiu B

The Lancet202627 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01862-8

Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio and Adverse Outcomes in Acute Mild Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of the INSPIRES Trial

Li W, Yan H, Gao Y, Gao C, Li W, Pan Y, Johnston SC, Amarenco P, Bath PM, Wang Y

Stroke20267 citations

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.052987

Prediction of inclisiran efficacy in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: the SIRIUS in-silico modelling of cardiovascular outcomes

Angoulvant D, Peyronnet E, Cariou B, Amarenco P, Boccara F, Boissel J-P, Bastien A, Courcelles E, Diatchenko A, Filipovics A

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC)20265 citations

DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf783

Predictors of Hematoma Expansion and Response to Andexanet in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Secondary Analyses of the ANNEXA-I Randomized Clinical Trial

Shoamanesh A, Connolly SJ, Demchuk AM, Seiffge DJ, Sandset EC, Molina CA, Tsivgoulis G, Christensen H, Beyer-Westendorf J, Coutinho JM

Stroke20263 citations

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.050418

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 citations

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.078763

The effect of dual antiplatelet therapy in different patterns of watershed infarction: Subgroup analysis of the INSPIRES trial

Liu C, Li Y, Liu Z, Gao Y, Zhang Q, Wabnitz AM, Pan Y, Yan H, Chen W, Johnston SC

Cell Reports Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102596

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Immediate Intensive Statin in Mild Ischemic Stroke

Pan Y, Gao Y, Chen W, Johnston SC, Amarenco P, Bath PM, Jing J, Wang C, Jiang L, Yan H

Neurology2026

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000218128

Poor outcome increase with baseline severity of lateral striatocapsular hemorrhages

Avram I, Desjardins C, Charles H, Amarenco P, Lavallee PC

Journal of the Neurological Sciences2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2025.125678