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1Hemodynamic shear stress and the endothelium in cardiovascular pathophysiologyNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2009918
2Epicardial adipose tissue: anatomic, biomolecular and clinical relationships with the heartNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005815
3Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy—a novel pathophysiological hypothesis to explain catecholamine-induced acute myocardial stunningNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008694
4Adverse cardiovascular effects of air pollutionNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2009619
5Mechanisms of Disease: genetic causes of familial hypercholesterolemiaNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007479
6Oxidative stress in vascular disease: causes, defense mechanisms and potential therapiesNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008471
7Mitochondrial oxidative metabolism is required for the cardiac differentiation of stem cellsNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007438
8Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy—a novel pathophysiological hypothesis to explain catecholamine-induced acute myocardial stunningNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008390
9Therapy Insight: adipocytokines in metabolic syndrome and related cardiovascular diseaseNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006374
10The role of shear stress in the generation of rupture-prone vulnerable plaquesNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005279
11Antiatherogenic small, dense HDL—guardian angel of the arterial wall?Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006278
12Mechanisms of Disease: Toll-like receptors in cardiovascular diseaseNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007267
13Will heart valve tissue engineering change the world?Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005263
14The role of shear stress in the destabilization of vulnerable plaques and related therapeutic implicationsNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005247
15Technology Insight: the evolution of tissue-engineered vascular grafts—from research to clinical practiceNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007246
16Protective vascular and myocardial effects of adiponectinNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2009240
17Technology Insight: in vivo cell tracking by use of MRINature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006237
18Measurement of carotid intima–media thickness to assess progression and regression of atherosclerosisNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008221
19Mechanisms of Disease: molecular genetics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathyNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008207
20Obesity cardiomyopathy: pathogenesis and pathophysiologyNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007202
21C-reactive protein comes of ageNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005187
22Inhibition of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein alone or with ezetimibe in patients with moderate hypercholesterolemiaNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008187
23No-reflow phenomenon and prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarctionNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006182
24Mechanisms of action of mesenchymal stem cells in cardiac repair: potential influences on the cardiac stem cell nicheNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007176
25Rapid regression of atherosclerosis: insights from the clinical and experimental literatureNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008174
26Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the genetic determinants of clinical disease expressionNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008165
27KATP channel mutation confers risk for vein of Marshall adrenergic atrial fibrillationNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007159
28Fulminant myocarditisNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008159
29Plasticity of human adipose stem cells toward endothelial cells and cardiomyocytesNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006150
30Resident human cardiac stem cells: role in cardiac cellular homeostasis and potential for myocardial regenerationNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006150
31Arithmetic of vulnerable plaques for noninvasive imagingNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008150
32Evaluation of a screening protocol using auscultation and portable echocardiography to detect asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease in Tongan schoolchildrenNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008148
33Observational study of mortality risk stratification by ischemic presentation in patients with acute type A aortic dissection: the Penn classificationNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2009147
34Mechanisms of Disease: pathologic structural remodeling is more than adaptive hypertrophy in hypertensive heart diseaseNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005143
35Calcific aortic stenosis: an updateNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007142
36Fibrates and future PPARα agonists in the treatment of cardiovascular diseaseNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008141
37Genetic determinants of the metabolic syndromeNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006138
38Mechanisms of Disease: macrophage-derived foam cells emerging as therapeutic targets in atherosclerosisNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005127
39Popular weight-loss diets: from evidence to practiceNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007126
40Retrospective study to identify predictors of the presence and rapid progression of aortic dilatation in patients with bicuspid aortic valvesNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008125
41The use of high-sensitivity assays for C-reactive protein in clinical practiceNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008123
42Mechanisms of Disease: apoptosis in heart failure—seeing hope in deathNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006122
43The Fontan circulation: a challenge to William Harvey?Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005120
44Surgery Insight: septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—the Mayo Clinic experienceNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007120
45Combined delivery approach of bone marrow mononuclear stem cells early and late after myocardial infarction: the MYSTAR prospective, randomized studyNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2009118
46Apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptides and their role in atherosclerosis preventionNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2006117
47The adult human heart as a source for stem cells: repair strategies with embryonic-like progenitor cellsNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007115
48The cardiac sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase: a potent target for cardiovascular diseasesNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2008112
49Mechanisms of Disease: β-adrenergic receptors—alterations in signal transduction and pharmacogenomics in heart failureNature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2005111
50Drug Insight: aspirin resistance—fact or fashion?Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine2007111