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| Timeliness of tissue-type plasminogen activator therapy in acute ischemic stroke: patient characteristics, hospital factors, and outcomes associated with door-to-needle times within 60 minutes | Circulation | 2011 | 426 |
| Clinically significant cardiac disease in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma treated with mediastinal irradiation | Blood | 2011 | 169 |
| Consensus document: antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary stenting. A North-American perspective | Thrombosis and Haemostasis | 2011 | 152 |
| Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in adults with repaired tetralogy of fallot | American Journal of Cardiology | 2011 | 126 |
| Cardiac natriuretic peptides, obesity, and insulin resistance: evidence from two community-based studies | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2011 | 114 |
| Myocardial ischemia induced by rapid atrial pacing causes troponin T release detectable by a highly sensitive assay: insights from a coronary sinus sampling study | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2011 | 107 |
| Growth differentiation factor-15 and risk of recurrent events in patients stabilized after acute coronary syndrome: observations from PROVE IT-TIMI 22 | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2011 | 103 |
| Late-term clinical outcomes with zotarolimus- and sirolimus-eluting stents. 5-year follow-up of the ENDEAVOR III (A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions) | JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions | 2011 | 84 |
| Quantitative relationship between the extent and morphology of coronary atherosclerotic plaque and downstream myocardial perfusion | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2011 | 71 |
| Cathepsin L activity is essential to elastase perfusion-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2011 | 64 |
| Management of coronary chronic total occlusion | Circulation | 2011 | 63 |
| Percutaneous coronary intervention of moderate to severe calcified coronary lesions: insights from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry | Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions | 2011 | 62 |
| Iron deficiency in community-dwelling US adults with self-reported heart failure in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III: prevalence and associations with anemia and inflammation | Circulation: Heart Failure | 2011 | 58 |
| Coronary circulatory function in patients with the metabolic syndrome | Journal of Nuclear Medicine | 2011 | 56 |
| Benefit of intensive statin therapy in women: results from PROVE IT-TIMI 22 | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | 2011 | 50 |
| Improved survival in heart transplant recipients in the United States: racial differences in era effect | Circulation: Heart Failure | 2011 | 50 |
| Human cardiomyopathy mutations induce myocyte hyperplasia and activate hypertrophic pathways during cardiogenesis in zebrafish | DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms | 2011 | 49 |
| Cardiac masses, part 1: imaging strategies and technical considerations | American Journal of Roentgenology | 2011 | 46 |
| Highly sensitive troponin assays and the cardiology community: a love/hate relationship? | Clinical Chemistry | 2011 | 42 |
| No association between markers of inflammation and osteoarthritis of the hands and knees | Journal of Rheumatology | 2011 | 40 |
| Resource use among adult congenital heart surgery admissions in pediatric hospitals: risk factors for high resource utilization and association with inpatient death | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | 2011 | 38 |
| Cardiac PET/CT for the evaluation of known or suspected coronary artery disease | Radiographics | 2011 | 38 |
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