| Operative classification of thromboembolic disease determines outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2002 | 213 |
| Profiling gene transcription in vivo reveals adipose tissue as an immediate target of tumor necrosis factor-alpha: implications for insulin resistance | Diabetes | 2002 | 196 |
| A novel approach to increase human islet cell mass while preserving beta-cell function | Diabetes | 2002 | 187 |
| Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty for the correction of spinal deformity in painful vertebral body compression fractures | Clinical Imaging | 2002 | 185 |
| Direct external imaging of nascent cancer, tumor progression, angiogenesis, and metastasis on internal organs in the fluorescent orthotopic model | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2002 | 158 |
| Role of capacitative Ca2+ entry in bronchial contraction and remodeling | Journal of Applied Physiology | 2002 | 125 |
| Real-time optical imaging of primary tumor growth and multiple metastatic events in a pancreatic cancer orthotopic model | Cancer Research | 2002 | 124 |
| Biochemical quantification of DNA in human articular and septal cartilage using PicoGreen and Hoechst 33258 | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2002 | 122 |
| Bleeding esophagogastric varices from extrahepatic portal hypertension: 40 years' experience with portal-systemic shunt | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2002 | 113 |
| Tumor necrosis factor-alpha, an initiator, and etanercept, an inhibitor of cochlear inflammation | Laryngoscope | 2002 | 97 |
| Dystrophin deficiency markedly increases enterovirus-induced cardiomyopathy: a genetic predisposition to viral heart disease | Nature Medicine | 2002 | 93 |
| Phagocytosis of different particulate dermal filler substances by human macrophages and skin cells | Dermatologic Surgery | 2002 | 84 |
| Identification of a human telomerase reverse transcriptase peptide of low affinity for HLA A2.1 that induces cytotoxic T lymphocytes and mediates lysis of tumor cells | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2002 | 84 |
| Surgical options for salvage of end-stage hallux rigidus | Foot and Ankle Clinics | 2002 | 82 |
| Treatment of post-traumatic ankle arthrosis with bipolar tibiotalar osteochondral shell allografts | Foot and Ankle International | 2002 | 66 |
| Donor transfer of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in lung transplantation | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2002 | 66 |
| Staging classification of lung cancer. A critical evaluation | Clinics in Chest Medicine | 2002 | 63 |
| Mechanism of parenchymal enhancement of the liver with a microbubble-based US contrast medium: an intravital microscopy study in rats | Radiology | 2002 | 59 |
| Nonoperative management of acute spontaneous renal artery dissection | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2002 | 58 |
| Olfactory event-related potentials in Alzheimer's disease | Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society | 2002 | 58 |
| Surgical and endovascular treatment of lower extremity venous insufficiency | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2002 | 58 |
| Hydroxyapatite/calcium carbonate (HA/CC) vs. plaster of Paris: a histomorphometric and radiographic study in a rabbit tibial defect model | Calcified Tissue International | 2002 | 47 |
| Vestibular rehabilitation using visual displays: preliminary study | Laryngoscope | 2002 | 46 |
| Hypertonicity increases cAMP in PMN and blocks oxidative burst by PKA-dependent and -independent mechanisms | American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology | 2002 | 43 |
| Female gender does not protect blunt trauma patients from complications and mortality | Journal of Trauma | 2002 | 42 |
