| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade and Low-Dose Heparin during Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization | New England Journal of Medicine | 1997 | 1,797 |
| 2 | Coronary artery anomalies in 126,595 patients undergoing coronary arteriography | Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis | 1990 | 1,717 |
| 3 | Heart-Rate Recovery Immediately after Exercise as a Predictor of Mortality | New England Journal of Medicine | 1999 | 1,582 |
| 4 | Prevalence of Conventional Risk Factors in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2003 | 1,200 |
| 5 | Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Graft Disease | Circulation | 1998 | 1,008 |
| 6 | Our Preoccupation With Coronary Luminology | Circulation | 1995 | 945 |
| 7 | New Doppler echocardiographic applications for the study of diastolic function | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1998 | 915 |
| 8 | Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography to Guide Cardioversion in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation | New England Journal of Medicine | 2001 | 889 |
| 9 | Randomised trial of coronary intervention with antibody against platelet IIb/IIIa iritegrin for reduction of clinical restenosis: results at six months | Lancet, The | 1994 | 864 |
| 10 | Definitions for a Common Standard for 2D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Consensus Document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to Standardize Deformation Imaging | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography | 2015 | 855 |
| 11 | Definitions for a common standard for 2D speckle tracking echocardiography: consensus document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging | European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging | 2015 | 830 |
| 12 | Prospects forin vivoRaman spectroscopy | Physics in Medicine and Biology | 2000 | 815 |
| 13 | Profile and prevalence of aspirin resistance in patients with cardiovascular disease | American Journal of Cardiology | 2001 | 760 |
| 14 | Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptors in Cardiovascular Medicine | New England Journal of Medicine | 1995 | 748 |
| 15 | Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a preload insensitive index of left ventricular relaxation: animal and human validation | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2000 | 729 |
| 16 | A Comparison of Directional Atherectomy with Coronary Angioplasty in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease | New England Journal of Medicine | 1993 | 680 |
| 17 | Comparison of Two Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors, Tirofiban and Abciximab, for the Prevention of Ischemic Events with Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization | New England Journal of Medicine | 2001 | 675 |
| 18 | High Prevalence of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Asymptomatic Teenagers and Young Adults | Circulation | 2001 | 607 |
| 19 | Heart Rate Recovery and Treadmill Exercise Score as Predictors of Mortality in Patients Referred for Exercise ECG | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2000 | 586 |
| 20 | Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Evolving Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Left Bundle-Branch Block | New England Journal of Medicine | 1996 | 577 |
| 21 | Cause of death in clinical research | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1999 | 550 |
| 22 | Pre-existent left atrial scarring in patients undergoing pulmonary vein antrum isolation | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2005 | 525 |
| 23 | Impaired Chronotropic Response to Exercise Stress Testing as a Predictor of Mortality | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1999 | 501 |
| 24 | Low Circulating Folate and Vitamin B 6 Concentrations | Circulation | 1998 | 479 |
| 25 | Homocysteine and coronary atherosclerosis | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1996 | 466 |
| 26 | Doppler-Derived Myocardial Systolic Strain Rate Is a Strong Index of Left Ventricular Contractility | Circulation | 2002 | 462 |
| 27 | Clinical and Echocardiographic Characteristics of Papillary Fibroelastomas | Circulation | 2001 | 461 |
| 28 | Myonecrosis After Revascularization Procedures | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1998 | 459 |
| 29 | Heart Rate Recovery after Submaximal Exercise Testing as a Predictor of Mortality in a Cardiovascularly Healthy Cohort | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2000 | 453 |
| 30 | An Index of Early Left Ventricular Filling That Combined With Pulsed Doppler Peak E Velocity May Estimate Capillary Wedge Pressure | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1997 | 445 |
| 31 | Impaired Heart Rate Response to Graded Exercise | Circulation | 1996 | 428 |
| 32 | Myeloperoxidase-generated reactive nitrogen species convert LDL into an atherogenic form in vitro | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 1999 | 428 |
| 33 | Differentiation of constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy: Assessment of left ventricular diastolic velocities in longitudinal axis by doppler tissue imaging | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1996 | 424 |
| 34 | Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Insights into Pathogenesis, Diagnostic Challenges, and Therapeutic Options | American Journal of Medicine | 2008 | 411 |
| 35 | Circular mapping and ablation of thepulmonary vein for treatment of atrial fibrillation | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2002 | 398 |
| 36 | Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Clinical Outcome in the Thrombolytic Era of Acute Myocardial Infarction fn1fn1The GUSTO-I study was supported by a combined grant from Bayer, New York, New York; CIBA-Corning, Medfield, Massachusetts; Genetech, South San Francisco, California; ICI Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Delaware; and Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Paris, France. | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1997 | 392 |
| 37 | Response of Atrial Fibrillation to Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation Is Directly Related to Resumption and Delay of Pulmonary Vein Conduction | Circulation | 2005 | 392 |
| 38 | Ergonovine maleate provocative test for coronary arterial spasm | American Journal of Cardiology | 1978 | 389 |
| 39 | Accuracy and limitations of exercise echocardiography in a routine clinical setting | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1992 | 376 |
| 40 | Time from symptom onset to treatment and outcomes after thrombolytic therapy | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1996 | 376 |
| 41 | Cell adhesion molecules in coronary artery disease | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1994 | 375 |
| 42 | Role of prophylactic anticoagulation for direct current cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1992 | 372 |
| 43 | Complementary Clinical Benefits of Coronary-Artery Stenting and Blockade of Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptors | New England Journal of Medicine | 1999 | 369 |
| 44 | Prognosis of patients with left ventricular dysfunction, with and without viable myocardium after myocardial infarction. Relative efficacy of medical therapy and revascularization. | Circulation | 1994 | 368 |
| 45 | Effect of Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors on the Progression of Calcific Aortic Stenosis | Circulation | 2001 | 361 |
| 46 | Increased Mortality With Oral Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Antagonists | Circulation | 2001 | 359 |
| 47 | Prospective randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic therapy versus first-line radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial flutter | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2000 | 358 |
| 48 | Long-term protection from myocardial ischemic events in a randomized trial of brief integrin beta3 blockade with percutaneous coronary intervention. EPIC Investigator Group. Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibition for Prevention of Ischemic Complication | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1997 | 341 |
| 49 | Defining the Optimal Activated Clotting Time During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | Circulation | 2001 | 336 |
| 50 | Coronary artery surgery in women compared with men: Analyses of risks and long-term results | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1983 | 331 |
