| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Synergism between vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor contributes to angiogenesis and plasma extravasation in pathological conditions | Nature Medicine | 2001 | 1,484 |
| 2 | Myocytes Die by Multiple Mechanisms in Failing Human Hearts | Circulation Research | 2003 | 524 |
| 3 | Structural correlate of atrial fibrillation in human patients | Cardiovascular Research | 2002 | 448 |
| 4 | Ultrastructural quantitation of mitochondria and myofilaments in cardiac muscle from 10 different animal species including man | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 1992 | 359 |
| 5 | Factors Regulating Arteriogenesis | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2003 | 314 |
| 6 | The collateral circulation of the heart | Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases | 1988 | 282 |
| 7 | Ultrastructure and molecular histology of rabbit hind-limb collateral artery growth (arteriogenesis) | Virchows Archiv Fur Pathologische Anatomie Und Physiologie Und Fur Klinische Medizin | 2000 | 282 |
| 8 | Ultrastructural, functional, and biochemical criteria for estimation of reversibility of ischemic injury: A study on the effects of global ischemia on the isolated dog heart | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 1979 | 238 |
| 9 | Role of Ischemia and of Hypoxia-Inducible Genes in Arteriogenesis After Femoral Artery Occlusion in the Rabbit | Circulation Research | 2001 | 203 |
| 10 | Connexin 43 expression and distribution in compensated and decompensated cardiac hypertrophy in patients with aortic stenosis | Cardiovascular Research | 2004 | 182 |
| 11 | Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in pressure-overloaded human myocardium during heart failure progression | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2004 | 169 |
| 12 | Gap junction remodeling and altered connexin43 expression in the failing human heart | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 2003 | 156 |
| 13 | Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium: Ultrastructural and histochemical aspects | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1983 | 139 |
| 14 | Angiogenesis but not collateral growth is associated with ischemia after femoral artery occlusion | American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 1997 | 139 |
| 15 | The role of Fas/APO 1 and apoptosis in the development of human atherosclerotic lesions | Atherosclerosis | 1997 | 133 |
| 16 | The activity of xanthine oxidase in heart of pigs, guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, and humans | Basic Research in Cardiology | 1987 | 132 |
| 17 | The internal and external protein scaffold of the T-tubular system in cardiomyocytes | Cell and Tissue Research | 1998 | 128 |
| 18 | Spatiotemporal Development and Distribution of Intercellular Junctions in Adult Rat Cardiomyocytes in Culture | Circulation Research | 1999 | 120 |
| 19 | Expression of adhesion molecules is specific and time-dependent in cytokine-stimulated endothelial cells in culture | Cell and Tissue Research | 1996 | 113 |
| 20 | Influence of collateral blood flow and of variations in MV̇O2 on tissue-ATP content in ischemic and infarcted myocardium | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 1987 | 102 |
| 21 | Human fetal heart development after mid-term: Morphometry and ultrastructural study | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 1992 | 98 |
| 22 | Cardiomyocyte apoptosis in acute and chronic conditions | Basic Research in Cardiology | 1998 | 98 |
| 23 | Transgenic Myocardial Overexpression of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 Increases Coronary Artery Density and Branching | Circulation Research | 2000 | 93 |
| 24 | Gap junction remodeling and altered connexin43 expression in the failing human heart | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 2003 | 92 |
| 25 | Involvement of the Fibroblast Growth Factor System in Adaptive and Chemokine-Induced Arteriogenesis | Circulation Research | 2003 | 86 |
| 26 | The role of apoptosis in myocardial ischemia: a critical appraisal | Basic Research in Cardiology | 2001 | 84 |
| 27 | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is expressed by monocytes/macrophages following cardiac microembolization and is antagonized by cyclosporine | Basic Research in Cardiology | 1998 | 82 |
| 28 | Effects of a New Na+/H+ Antiporter Inhibitor on Postischemic Reperfusion in Pig Heart | Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology | 1994 | 80 |
| 29 | Differential expression of GAPDH and beta3-actin in growing collateral arteries | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 2002 | 75 |
| 30 | Microvascular and collateral adaptation in swine hearts following progressive coronary artery stenosis | Basic Research in Cardiology | 1989 | 74 |
| 31 | Ischemia-induced phosphorylation and translocation of stress protein αB-crystallin to Z lines of myocardium | American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 1998 | 71 |
| 32 | Ischaemic preconditioning - time course of renewal in the pig | Cardiovascular Research | 1993 | 70 |
| 33 | Apoptosis in myocardial infarction | Annals of Medicine | 2002 | 67 |
| 34 | Apoptosis: measurement and technical issues | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 2005 | 60 |
| 35 | Dipyridamole, an Underestimated Vascular Protective Drug | Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy | 2005 | 54 |
| 36 | Interaction of hCLIM1, an enigma family protein, with ?-actinin 2 | Journal of Cellular Biochemistry | 2000 | 53 |
| 37 | Expression of Nuclear Proto-oncogenes in Isoproterenol-induced Cardiac Hypertrophy | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 1993 | 51 |
| 38 | Angiogenesis-independent cardioprotection in FGF-1 transgenic mice | Cardiovascular Research | 2002 | 51 |
| 39 | Bone marrow transplantation abolishes inhibition of arteriogenesis in placenta growth factor (PlGF) –/– mice | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 2003 | 50 |
| 40 | The extracellular matrix in the failing human heart | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 1992 | 46 |
| 41 | Tumor necrosis factor-α in macrophages of heart, liver, kidney, and in the pituitary gland | Cell and Tissue Research | 1996 | 46 |
| 42 | Platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) is localized over the entire plasma membrane of endothelial cells | Cell and Tissue Research | 1997 | 46 |
| 43 | The role of apoptosis in dilated cardiomyopathy | Herz | 1999 | 45 |
| 44 | Ischemia depletes dystrophin and inhibits protein synthesis in the canine heart:Mechanisms of myocardial ischemic injury | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 2005 | 45 |
| 45 | Cardiac overexpression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in transgenic mice mimics ischemic preconditioning through SAPK/JNK1/2 activation | Cardiovascular Research | 2003 | 43 |
| 46 | Changes in gene expression following short coronary occlusions studied in porcine hearts with run-on assays | Cardiovascular Research | 1994 | 42 |
| 47 | Short- and long-term swimming exercise training increases myocardial insulin-like growth factor-I gene expression | Growth Hormone and IGF Research | 2003 | 41 |
| 48 | Generation and localisation of monoclonal antibodies against fibroblast growth factors in ischaemic collateralised porcine myocardium | Cardiovascular Research | 1993 | 40 |
| 49 | Cardiac microvascular endothelial cells express α-smooth muscle actin and show low NOS III activity | American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 1999 | 37 |
| 50 | Angiogenesis and myogenesis as two facets of inflammatory post-ischemic tissue regeneration | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 2003 | 34 |
