| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | A systematic review: Burden and severity of subclinical cardiovascular disease among those with nonalcoholic fatty liver; Should we care? | Atherosclerosis | 2013 | 301 |
| 2 | Effect of Early Initiation of Mechanical Circulatory Support on Survival in Cardiogenic Shock | American Journal of Cardiology | 2017 | 280 |
| 3 | Two long QT syndrome loci map to chromosomes 3 and 7 with evidence for further heterogeneity | Nature Genetics | 1994 | 263 |
| 4 | Procedural results and acute complications in stenting native and recurrent coarctation of the aorta in patients over 4 years of age: A multi‐institutional study | Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions | 2007 | 227 |
| 5 | Vascular function and carotid intimal-medial thickness in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2003 | 206 |
| 6 | Efficacy and Safety of Oral Conivaptan: A V1A/V2Vasopressin Receptor Antagonist, Assessed in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Patients with Euvolemic or Hypervolemic Hyponatremia | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2006 | 185 |
| 7 | Homocysteine and Reclassification of Cardiovascular Disease Risk | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2011 | 176 |
| 8 | Peripartum cardiomyopathy: A comprehensive review | International Journal of Cardiology | 2007 | 158 |
| 9 | Crack Whips the Heart: A Review of the Cardiovascular Toxicity of Cocaine | American Journal of Cardiology | 2007 | 135 |
| 10 | The role of inflammation and cell death in the pathogenesis, progression and treatment of heart failure | Heart Failure Reviews | 2016 | 132 |
| 11 | Myocardial fibrosis on cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis | Heart | 2015 | 123 |
| 12 | Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging | 2008 | 99 |
| 13 | National Trends in Admission and In‐Hospital Mortality of Patients With Heart Failure in the United States (2001–2014) | Journal of the American Heart Association | 2017 | 86 |
| 14 | Four-Dimensional Ultrasonography of the Fetal Heart Using Color Doppler Spatiotemporal Image Correlation | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine | 2004 | 81 |
| 15 | Two-dimensional strain profiles in patients with physiological and pathological hypertrophy and preserved left ventricular systolic function: a comparative analyses | BMJ Open | 2012 | 75 |
| 16 | Uric acid and cardiovascular disease risk reclassification: Findings from NHANES III | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | 2015 | 75 |
| 17 | Diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging and stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of left main and triple vessel coronary artery disease: a comparative meta-analysis | Heart | 2010 | 74 |
| 18 | High extracellular glucose impairs cardiac E-C coupling in a glycosylation-dependent manner | American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 1997 | 72 |
| 19 | Comparative analysis of red cell distribution width and high sensitivity C-reactive protein for coronary heart disease mortality prediction in multi-ethnic population: Findings from the 1999–2004 NHANES | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 72 |
| 20 | Functional and clinical repercussions of myocyte apoptosis in the multifaceted damage by ischemia/reperfusion injury: old and new concepts after 10 years of contributions | Cell Death and Differentiation | 2004 | 65 |
| 21 | Masked hypertension and cardiovascular outcomes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis | Integrated Blood Pressure Control | 2018 | 61 |
| 22 | Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis: State of the Art | Current Cardiology Reports | 2017 | 57 |
| 23 | Association of novel biomarkers with future cardiovascular events is influenced by ethnicity: Results from a multi-ethnic cohort | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 56 |
| 24 | Angiogenesis in peripheral arterial disease | Current Opinion in Pharmacology | 2018 | 56 |
| 25 | A Systematic Approach to Prenatal Diagnosis of Transposition of the Great Arteries Using 4-Dimensional Ultrasonography With Spatiotemporal Image Correlation | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine | 2004 | 53 |
| 26 | Nephropathy in patients after Fontan palliation | International Journal of Cardiology | 2009 | 53 |
| 27 | Treatment of Coexistent Coarctation and Aneurysm of the Aorta with Covered Stent in a Pediatric Patient | Pediatric Cardiology | 2003 | 51 |
| 28 | Diastolic filling in acute left ventricular dysfunction: Role of the pericardium | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1988 | 50 |
| 29 | Does tissue-type plasminogen activator have direct beneficial effects on the myocardium independent of its ability to lyse intracoronary thrombi? | Circulation | 1989 | 48 |
| 30 | The Association of Red Cell Distribution Width with Glycated Hemoglobin among Healthy Adults without Diabetes Mellitus | Cardiology | 2012 | 48 |
| 31 | Red cell distribution width and risk of peripheral artery disease: Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2004 | Vascular Medicine | 2012 | 48 |
| 32 | Cardiac Troponin-I: A Predictor of Prognosis in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | Neurocritical Care | 2008 | 47 |
| 33 | Does mild paravalvular regurgitation post transcatheter aortic valve implantation affect survival? A meta‐analysis | Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions | 2018 | 47 |
| 34 | Dose response characterization of the association of serum digoxin concentration with mortality outcomes in the Digitalis Investigation Group trial | European Journal of Heart Failure | 2016 | 44 |
| 35 | Prevalence, Determinants, and Clinical Significance of Cardiac Troponin‐I Elevation in Individuals Admitted for a Hypertensive Emergency | Journal of Clinical Hypertension | 2011 | 43 |
| 36 | Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Complicating Massive Verapamil Overdose | Chest | 1994 | 43 |
| 37 | Effect of pregnancy on pressure gradient in mitral stenosis | American Journal of Cardiology | 1989 | 40 |
| 38 | Myocardial Cleft, Crypt, Diverticulum, or Aneurysm? Does it Really Matter? | Clinical Cardiology | 2009 | 40 |
| 39 | Gender and Ethnic Differences in Red Cell Distribution Width and Its Association With Mortality Among Low Risk Healthy United State Adults | American Journal of Cardiology | 2012 | 40 |
| 40 | Experimental model of chronic global left ventricular dysfunction secondary to left coronary microembolization | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1991 | 39 |
| 41 | Cardiac structure and function, remodeling, and clinical outcomes among patients with diabetes after myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular systolic dysfunction, heart failure, or both | American Heart Journal | 2011 | 39 |
| 42 | Clinical development of pharmacologic agents for acute heart failure syndromes: A proposal for a mechanistic translational phase | American Heart Journal | 2011 | 38 |
| 43 | Relationship between Red Cell Distribution Width and Microalbuminuria: A Population-Based Study of Multiethnic Representative US Adults | Nephron Clinical Practice | 2011 | 38 |
| 44 | A Gender-Stratified Comparative Analysis of Various Definitions of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk in a Multiethnic U.S. Population | Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders | 2012 | 38 |
| 45 | Cardiac rehabilitation in older adults: New options | Clinical Cardiology | 2020 | 34 |
| 46 | Pericardial effusion impending tamponade: a look beyond Beck's triad | American Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2009 | 33 |
| 47 | Cardiovascular Impact of Nutritional Supplementation With Omega-3 Fatty Acids | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2021 | 33 |
| 48 | Thoracic Aortic Distensibility and Thoracic Aortic Calcium (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]) | American Journal of Cardiology | 2010 | 32 |
| 49 | Strain and strain rate imaging using speckle tracking in acute allograft rejection in children with heart transplantation | Pediatric Transplantation | 2015 | 31 |
| 50 | Warm blood cardioplegic arrest induces mitochondrial-mediated cardiomyocyte apoptosis associated with increased urocortin expression in viable cells | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 30 |
