By Dr Angela Dos Santos

Journal articles

Christie LJ; Godecke E; Smith M; Scrivener K; Hill K; Kim J; Crotty M; Cadilhac DA; Dos Santos A; Lannin NA, 2025, 'Title: State of Stroke Rehabilitation in Australia: A WHO STARS Assessment to Identify Strengths and Gaps Across Policy, Practice and Funding', Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40141-025-00481-x

Ranta A; Hart M; Dos Santos A; Balabanski AH; Siri SRA; Zavaleta-Cortijo C; Duncan S; Yu AYX; Thresia CU; Stewart T; Kelliher A; Warne D; Jones B, 2025, 'Stroke Care in Indigenous Populations: A World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Scientific Statement.', Int J Stroke, pp. 17474930251347394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17474930251347394

Yogendrakumar V; Campbell BCV; Churilov L; Garcia-Esperon C; Choi PMC; Cordato DJ; Guha P; Sharma G; Chen C; McDonald A; Thijs V; Mamun A; Dos Santos A; Balabanski AH; Kleinig TJ; Butcher KS; Devlin MJ; O’Rourke F; Donnan GA; Davis SM; Levi CR; Ma H; Parsons MW, 2025, 'Extending the time window for tenecteplase by effective reperfusion of penumbral tissue in patients with large vessel occlusion: Rationale and design of a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded-endpoint, controlled phase 3 trial', International Journal of Stroke, 20, pp. 367 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17474930241308660

Clarke AJ; Christensen M; Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Barber PA; Brown A; Harwood M; Storm Mienna C; Warne DK; Ahmed M; Katzenellenbogen JM; Withall A; Radford K; Brodtmann AG, 2024, 'Prevalence of dementia among Indigenous populations of countries with a very high Human Development Index: a systematic review', Lancet Healthy Longevity, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2024.100658

Parsons MW; Yogendrakumar V; Churilov L; Garcia-Esperon C; Campbell BCV; Russell ML; Sharma G; Chen C; Lin L; Chew BL; Ng FC; Deepak A; Choi PMC; Kleinig TJ; Cordato DJ; Wu TY; Fink JN; Ma H; Phan TG; Markus HS; Molina CA; Tsai CH; Lee JT; Jeng JS; Strbian D; Meretoja A; Arenillas JF; Buck BH; Devlin MJ; Brown H; Butcher KS; O'Brien B; Sabet A; Wijeratne T; Bivard A; Grimley RS; Agarwal S; Munshi SK; Donnan GA; Davis SM; Miteff F; Spratt NJ; Levi CR; Phan T; Selmes C; Lees K; Kaste M; MacIsaac R; Wellings T; Loiselle A; Pepper E; Krishnamurthy V; Ang T; Alanati K; Gangadharan S; Zareie H; Starling R; Dunkerton S; He J; Datta R; Royan A; Kerr E; Kaauwai L; Belevski L; Ormond S; Johnson A; Evans M; Lachapelle N; Ombelet F; Bladin C; Dewey H; Wong J; Park P; Cody R; Tan P; Callaly E; Senanayake C; Thomas G; Liu J; Busch T; Stuart N; Chung M; Yassi N; Valente M; Sharobeam A; Cooley R; Zhao H; Alemseged F; Williams C; Ng JL; Balabanski A; dos Santos A; Williamson J; Pavlin-Premrl D; Beharry J; Ma M; Park A; Yan B; Hand P; Jackson D, 2024, 'Tenecteplase versus alteplase for thrombolysis in patients selected by use of perfusion imaging within 4·5 h of onset of ischaemic stroke (TASTE): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 non-inferiority trial', Lancet Neurology, 23, pp. 775 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00206-0

Balabanski AH; Nedkoff L; Thrift AG; Kleinig TJ; Brown A; Pearson O; Guthridge S; Dos Santos A; Katzenellenbogen JM, 2024, 'Determining the Optimal Methodology for Identifying Incident Stroke Deaths Using Administrative Datasets Within Australia', Heart Lung and Circulation, 33, pp. 1046 - 1049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2024.01.020

Dos Santos A; Cheong E; Balabanski AH; Goldsmith K; Burchill L; Burrow J; Brady S; Alam F; Parsons M; Katzenellenbogen JM; Thrift AG; Kleinig TJ; Brown A, 2024, 'First stroke incidence, causes, treatments, and outcomes for Aboriginal Peoples in South Australia and the Northern Territory: a pilot prospective study', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 39 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52356

Coutts SB; Ankolekar S; Appireddy R; Arenillas JF; Assis Z; Bailey P; Barber PA; Bazan R; Buck BH; Butcher KS; Camden MC; Campbell BCV; Casaubon LK; Catanese L; Chatterjee K; Choi PMC; Clarke B; Dowlatshahi D; Ferrari J; Field TS; Ganesh A; Ghia D; Goyal M; Greisenegger S; Halse O; Horn M; Hunter G; Imoukhuede O; Kelly PJ; Kennedy J; Kenney C; Kleinig TJ; Krishnan K; Lima F; Mandzia JL; Marko M; Martins SO; Medvedev G; Menon BK; Mishra SM; Molina C; Moussaddy A; Muir KW; Parsons MW; Penn AMW; Pille A; Pontes-Neto OM; Roffe C; Serena J; Simister R; Singh N; Spratt N; Strbian D; Tham CH; Wiggam MI; Williams DJ; Willmot MR; Wu T; Yu AYX; Zachariah G; Zafar A; Zerna C; Hill MD; Salluzzi M; Blenkin N; Dueck A; Doram C; Zhang Q; Ryckborst K; Bohn S; Collier Q; Taylor F; Lethebe BC; Jambula A; Sage K; Toussaint L; Save S; Lee J; Laham N; Sultan AA; Deepak A; Sitaram A; Demchuk AM; Lockey A; Micielli A; Wadhwa A; Arabambi B; Graham B; Bogiatzi C; Doshi D; Chakraborty D; Kim D; Vasquez D; Singh D; Tse D; Harrison E; Smith EE; Teleg E; Klourfeld E; Klein G, 2024, 'Tenecteplase versus standard of care for minor ischaemic stroke with proven occlusion (TEMPO-2): a randomised, open label, phase 3 superiority trial', Lancet, 403, pp. 2597 - 2605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00921-8

Burchill L; Dos Santos A, 2024, 'Progress towards cultural safety in Indigenous cardiovascular health care and research', Lancet Global Health, 12, pp. e541 - e542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00080-9

Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Woods JA; Mutimer CA; Thrift AG; Kleinig TJ; Suchy-Dicey AM; Siri SRA; Boden-Albala B; Krishnamurthi RV; Feigin VL; Buchwald D; Ranta A; Mienna CS; Zavaleta-Cortijo C; Churilov L; Burchill L; Zion D; Longstreth WT; Tirschwell DL; Anand SS; Parsons MW; Brown A; Warne DK; Harwood M; Barber PA; Katzenellenbogen JM, 2024, 'Incidence of Stroke in Indigenous Populations of Countries With a Very High Human Development Index A Systematic Review', Neurology, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209138

Santos AD; Visser M; Lin L; Bivard A; Churilov L; Parsons MW, 2024, 'Novel artificial intelligence-based hypodensity detection tool improves clinician identification of hypodensity on non-contrast computed tomography in stroke patients', Frontiers in Neurology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1359775

Balabanski AH; Nedkoff L; Brown A; Thrift AG; Pearson O; Guthridge S; Dos Santos A; Kleinig TJ; Katzenellenbogen JM, 2023, 'Incidence of Stroke in the Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations of Australia: A Data Linkage Study', Stroke, 54, pp. 2050 - 2058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.041975

Cowell K; Pang TY; Kwok JS; McCrowe C; Langenberg F; Easton D; Williams C; Davis SM; Donnan GA; De Aizpurua H; Balabanski A; Dos Santos A; Fox K, 2023, 'Can We Miniaturize CT Technology for a Successful Mobile Stroke Unit Roll-Out?', Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340965

Balabanski AH; Nedkoff L; Dos Santos A; Brown A; Kleinig TJ; Thrift AG; Katzenellenbogen JM, 2023, 'Stroke incidence in Indigenous, minority populations: a review of methods for studying stroke in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians', Frontiers in Stroke, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fstro.2023.1270136

Cordato D; Blair C; Thomas P; Firtko A; Miller M; Edwards LS; Thomas J; Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Lin L; Hodgkinson S; Cappelen-Smith C; Beran RG; McDougall A; Parsons M, 2022, 'Cerebrovascular Disease Profiles of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in South Western Sydney and New South Wales', Cerebrovascular Diseases, 51, pp. 744 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524242

Bivard A; Zhao H; Churilov L; Campbell BCV; Coote S; Yassi N; Yan B; Valente M; Sharobeam A; Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Ng JL; Yogendrakumar V; Ng F; Langenberg F; Easton D; Warwick A; Mackey E; MacDonald A; Sharma G; Stephenson M; Smith K; Anderson D; Choi P; Thijs V; Ma H; Cloud GC; Wijeratne T; Olenko L; Italiano D; Davis SM; Donnan GA; Parsons MW, 2022, 'Comparison of tenecteplase with alteplase for the early treatment of ischaemic stroke in the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit (TASTE-A): a phase 2, randomised, open-label trial', Lancet Neurology, 21, pp. 520 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00171-5

Bivard A; Zhao H; Coote S; Campbell B; Churilov L; Yassi N; Yan B; Valente M; Sharobeam A; Balabanski A; Dos Santos A; Ng F; Langenberg F; Stephenson M; Smith K; Bernard S; Thijs V; Cloud G; Choi P; Ma H; Wijeratne T; Chen C; Olenko L; Davis SM; Donnan GA; Parsons M, 2022, 'Tenecteplase versus Alteplase for Stroke Thrombolysis Evaluation Trial in the Ambulance (Mobile Stroke Unit - TASTE-A): Protocol for a prospective randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint, phase II superiority trial of tenecteplase versus alteplase for ischaemic stroke patients presenting within 4.5 hours of symptom onset to the mobile stroke unit', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e056573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056573

Santos AD; Mohr K; Jude M; Simon NG; Parsons M; Eades S; Burchill L; Davis S; Donnan G; Churliov L; Delcourt C, 2022, 'Prospective analysis of stroke recognition, stroke risk factors, thrombolysis rates and outcomes in Indigenous Australians from a large rural referral hospital', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 468 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15080

Kwok JS; Fox K; Bil C; Langenberg F; Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Bivard A; Gardiner F; Bladin C; Parsons M; Zhao H; Coote S; Levi C; De Aizpurua H; Campbell B; Davis SM; Donnan GA; Easton D; Pang TY, 2022, 'Bringing CT Scanners to the Skies: Design of a CT Scanner for an Air Mobile Stroke Unit', Applied Sciences Switzerland, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12031560

Dos Santos A; Balabanski A; Cook D; Crozier S; Bialkowski K; Langenberg F; Bivard A; Bishop L; Easton D; Donnan GA; Davis S, 2022, 'Abstract 129: Electromagnetic Portable Brain Imaging For Stroke', Stroke, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/str.53.suppl_1.129

Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Skeats A; Langenberg F; McSkimming T; Bivard A; Gonzales B; Bishop L; Delnooz C; Rowland P; Easton D; Donnan GA; Davis S, 2022, 'Developing Novel Portable Neuroimaging To Deliver Urgent Prehospital Stroke Care', STROKE, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/str.53.suppl_1.TP109

Gardiner FW; Rallah-Baker K; Dos Santos A; Sharma P; Churilov L; Donnan GA; Davis SM; Quinlan F; Worley P, 2021, 'Indigenous Australians have a greater prevalence of heart, stroke, and vascular disease, are younger at death, with higher hospitalisation and more aeromedical retrievals from remote regions', Eclinicalmedicine, 42, pp. 101181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101181

Balabanski AH; Dos Santos A; Woods JA; Thrift AG; Kleinig TJ; Suchy-Dicey A; Siri SR; Boden-Albala B; Krishnamurthi R; Feigin VL; Buchwald D; Ranta A; Mienna CS; Zavaleta C; Churilov L; Burchill L; Zion D; Longstreth WT; Tirschwell DL; Anand S; Parsons MW; Brown A; Warne DK; Harwood M; Katzenellenbogen JM, 2021, 'The Incidence of Stroke in Indigenous Populations of Countries With a Very High Human Development Index: A Systematic Review Protocol', Frontiers in Neurology, 12, pp. 661570, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.661570

Dos Santos A; Balabanski AH; Katzenellenbogen JM; Thrift AG; Burchill L; Parsons MW, 2021, 'A narrative review of stroke incidence, risk factors and treatment in Indigenous Peoples of the world', Vessel Plus, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2020.69

Walter S; Fassbender K; Easton D; Schwarz M; Gardiner FW; Langenberg F; Santos AD; Bil C; Fox K; Bishop L; Coote S; Zhao H; Middleton S; Bladin C; Davis SM; Donnan GA, 2021, 'Stroke care equity in rural and remote areas - novel strategies', Vessel Plus, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2020.102

Gardiner FW; Bishop L; Dos Santos A; Sharma P; Easton D; Quinlan F; Churilov L; Schwarz M; Walter S; Fassbender K; Davis SM; Donnan GA, 2020, 'Aeromedical Retrieval for Stroke in Australia', Cerebrovascular Diseases, 49, pp. 334 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000508578

Hill MD; Goyal M; Menon BK; Nogueira RG; McTaggart RA; Demchuk AM; Poppe AY; Buck BH; Field TS; Dowlatshahi D; van Adel BA; Swartz RH; Shah RA; Sauvageau E; Zerna C; Ospel JM; Joshi M; Almekhlafi MA; Ryckborst KJ; Lowerison MW; Heard K; Garman D; Haussen D; Cutting SM; Coutts SB; Roy D; Rempel JL; Rohr AC; Iancu D; Sahlas DJ; Yu AYX; Devlin TG; Hanel RA; Puetz V; Silver FL; Campbell BCV; Chapot R; Teitelbaum J; Mandzia JL; Kleinig TJ; Turkel-Parrella D; Heck D; Kelly ME; Bharatha A; Bang OY; Jadhav A; Gupta R; Frei DF; Tarpley JW; McDougall CG; Holmin S; Rha JH; Puri AS; Camden MC; Thomalla G; Choe H; Phillips SJ; Schindler JL; Thornton J; Nagel S; Heo JH; Sohn SI; Psychogios MN; Budzik RF; Starkman S; Martin CO; Burns PA; Murphy S; Lopez GA; English J; Tymianski M; Barber P; Smith E; Bal S; Subramaniam S; Peters S; Couillard P; Klein G; Stys P; Wong J; Mitha A; Eesa M; Morrish W; Alqatani S; Kashani N; Venkatesan P; Teleg E; Sitaram A; Graham B; Van Gaal S; Moussaddy A; Chakraborty D; Maraj N; Loockey A; Chen S; Singh R; Alsultan A; Asuncion R; Tse D; Doshi D, 2020, 'Efficacy and safety of nerinetide for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (ESCAPE-NA1): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial', Lancet, 395, pp. 878 - 887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30258-0

Dos Santos A; Balabanski A; Kleinig T; Thrift A; Brown A; Katzenellenbogen J; Cheong E, 2019, 'Stroke Incidence and Outcomes in Indigenous Australians', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S56 - S56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.145

Dos Santos A; Mohr K; Jude M; Simon N; Delcourt C, 2019, 'Stroke Risk Factors and Outcomes in Indigenous Verse Non-Indigenous Australians', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S57 - S57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.146

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