| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in treatment of unprotected left main stenosis (NOBLE): a prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial | Lancet, The | 2016 | 620 |
| 2 | All-cause mortality in 272 186 patients hospitalized with incident atrial fibrillation 1995–2008: a Swedish nationwide long-term case–control study | European Heart Journal | 2013 | 353 |
| 3 | Lower risk of stent thrombosis and restenosis with unrestricted use of ‘new-generation’ drug-eluting stents: a report from the nationwide Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR) | European Heart Journal | 2012 | 327 |
| 4 | Improved outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction during the last 20 years are related to implementation of evidence-based treatments: experiences from the SWEDEHEART registry 1995–2014 | European Heart Journal | 2017 | 302 |
| 5 | Harvesting the saphenous vein with surrounding tissue for CABG provides long-term graft patency comparable to the left internal thoracic artery: Results of a randomized longitudinal trial | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2006 | 210 |
| 6 | Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Elevation myocardial infarction in Scandinavia (TASTE trial). A multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical registry trial based on the Swedish angiography and angioplasty registry (SCAAR) platform. Study design and rationale | American Heart Journal | 2010 | 150 |
| 7 | Relations between implementation of new treatments and improved outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction during the last 20 years: experiences from SWEDEHEART registry 1995 to 2014 | European Heart Journal | 2018 | 112 |
| 8 | Stent Thrombosis in New-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in Patients With STEMI Undergoing Primary PCI | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2014 | 110 |
| 9 | Prolonged hypoxic culture and trypsinization increase the pro-angiogenic potential of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells | Cytotherapy | 2011 | 91 |
| 10 | Differences in Restenosis Rate With Different Drug-Eluting Stents in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2009 | 88 |
| 11 | Anxiety and depression among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors | Resuscitation | 2015 | 81 |
| 12 | Slower progression of atherosclerosis in vein grafts harvested with ‘no touch’ technique compared with conventional harvesting technique in coronary artery bypass grafting: an angiographic and intravascular ultrasound study | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2010 | 71 |
| 13 | Capture, Anesthesia, and Disturbance of Free-Ranging Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) during Hibernation | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 69 |
| 14 | Comparison of Human Adipose-Derived Stem cells and Bone Marrow-Derived Stem cells in a Myocardial Infarction Model | Cell Transplantation | 2014 | 68 |
| 15 | Short- and Long-term Individual Variation in Cardiac Troponin in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease | Clinical Chemistry | 2013 | 66 |
| 16 | Prognosis of elderly patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention in 2001 to 2011: A report from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR) registry | American Heart Journal | 2014 | 65 |
| 17 | Influence of left bundle branch block on long-term mortality in a population with heart failure | European Heart Journal | 2007 | 63 |
| 18 | Gender-related differences in risk of cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality in patients hospitalized with incident atrial fibrillation without concomitant diseases: A nationwide cohort study of 9519 patients | International Journal of Cardiology | 2014 | 62 |
| 19 | Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for thromboembolic prevention, are they safe in congenital heart disease? Results of a worldwide study | International Journal of Cardiology | 2020 | 57 |
| 20 | Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation is Not Correlated to C-Reactive Protein | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2007 | 56 |
| 21 | Physical control and coordination in childhood and adult obesity: longitudinal birth cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 56 |
| 22 | Atorvastatin and persistent atrial fibrillation following cardioversion: a randomized placebo-controlled multicentre study | European Heart Journal | 2008 | 55 |
| 23 | Temporal trends in bleeding events in acute myocardial infarction: insights from the SWEDEHEART registry | European Heart Journal | 2020 | 53 |
| 24 | Patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation have a doubled cardiovascular mortality | Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal | 2009 | 51 |
| 25 | The Effect of Music Intervention in Relation to Gender During Coronary Angiographic Procedures: A Randomized Clinical Trial | European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing | 2009 | 47 |
| 26 | Quantitative flow ratio for immediate assessment of nonculprit lesions in patients with ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction—An iSTEMI substudy | Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions | 2019 | 45 |
| 27 | Adipose-derived stem cells from the brown bear (Ursus arctos) spontaneously undergo chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation in vitro | Stem Cell Research | 2011 | 43 |
| 28 | Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) Seem Resistant to Atherosclerosis Despite Highly Elevated Plasma Lipids during Hibernation and Active State | Clinical and Translational Science | 2012 | 43 |
| 29 | The Male Partners' Experiences of the Intimate Relationships after a First Myocardial Infarction | European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing | 2011 | 37 |
| 30 | The safety of flecainide treatment of atrial fibrillation: long-term incidence of sudden cardiac death and proarrhythmic events | Journal of Internal Medicine | 2011 | 34 |
| 31 | Effect of Stent Inflation Pressure and Post-Dilatation on the Outcome of Coronary Artery Intervention. A Report of More than 90 000 Stent Implantations | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 33 |
| 32 | Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation | Free Radical Biology and Medicine | 2014 | 32 |
| 33 | Oxygen therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction | European Heart Journal | 2018 | 32 |
| 34 | Activation of Protease-Activated Receptor 2 Induces VEGF Independently of HIF-1 | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 32 |
| 35 | Vitamin D Status and Bone and Connective Tissue Turnover in Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) during Hibernation and the Active State | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 30 |
| 36 | Renal sympathetic denervation in Sweden | Journal of Hypertension | 2018 | 28 |
| 37 | Epidemiological changes in Eisenmenger syndrome in the Nordic region in 1977–2012 | Heart | 2017 | 26 |
| 38 | Knowledge and attitudes toward seeking medical care for AMI-symptoms | International Journal of Cardiology | 2011 | 25 |
| 39 | No touch vein harvesting technique for CABG improves the long-term clinical outcome | Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal | 2009 | 24 |
| 40 | The female partners' experiences of intimate relationship after a first myocardial infarction | Journal of Clinical Nursing | 2011 | 24 |
| 41 | Initial clinical experience with an everolimus eluting platinum chromium stent (Promus Element) in unselected patients from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR) | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 24 |
| 42 | Economic disadvantage modifies the association of height with low mood in the US, 2004: The disappointment paradox | Economics and Human Biology | 2008 | 22 |
| 43 | Long-Term Effects of Oxygen Therapy on Death or Hospitalization for Heart Failure in Patients With Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction | Circulation | 2018 | 22 |
| 44 | Platelet function in brown bear (Ursus arctos) compared to man | Thrombosis Journal | 2010 | 20 |
| 45 | Low cardiac output as physiological phenomenon in hibernating, free-ranging Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos) – an observational study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2014 | 20 |
| 46 | Multidisciplinary assessment of tako tsubo cardiomyopathy: a prospective case study | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders | 2011 | 19 |
| 47 | Effects of a Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian Diet on the Plasma Lipidome and Its Association with Atherosclerotic Burden in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease—A Randomized, Open-Label, Cross-over Study | Nutrients | 2020 | 17 |
| 48 | Randomized trial of a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy versus guideline‐directed medical therapy in patients with advanced heart failure. Rationale and design of the SWEdish evaluation of left Ventricular Assist Device (SweVAD) trial | European Journal of Heart Failure | 2020 | 17 |
| 49 | Impact of Thrombus Aspiration on Mortality, Stent Thrombosis, and Stroke in Patients With ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report From the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry | Journal of the American Heart Association | 2018 | 16 |
| 50 | Assessing the Nationwide Impact of a Registry-Based Randomized Clinical Trial on Cardiovascular Practice | Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions | 2019 | 16 |
