| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Lack of Efficacy of Drug Therapy in Preventing Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Recurrence: A Meta‐analysis | Clinical Cardiology | 2014 | 116 |
| 2 | C-reactive protein in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Correlation with diagnosis, myocardial damage, ejection fraction and angiographic findings | International Journal of Cardiology | 2006 | 82 |
| 3 | Telecardiology improves quality of diagnosis and reduces delay to treatment in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction and atypical presentation | European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | 2010 | 55 |
| 4 | Coronary artery ectasia is related to coronary slow flow and inflammatory activation | Atherosclerosis | 2014 | 55 |
| 5 | Ventricular outflow tract obstruction, systolic anterior motion and acute mitral regurgitation in Tako-Tsubo syndrome | International Journal of Cardiology | 2008 | 52 |
| 6 | Increased Troponin Levels in Nonischemic Cardiac Conditions and Noncardiac Diseases | Journal of Interventional Cardiology | 2008 | 47 |
| 7 | Telecardiology applied to a region-wide public emergency health-care service | Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | 2009 | 46 |
| 8 | Incremental value and safety of oral ivabradine for heart rate reduction in computed tomography coronary angiography | International Journal of Cardiology | 2012 | 45 |
| 9 | Hemodynamic Effects, Safety, and Feasibility of Intravenous Esmolol Infusion During Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy With Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Results From A Multicenter Registry | Cardiovascular Therapeutics | 2016 | 45 |
| 10 | Pre-hospital electrocardiogram triage with tele-cardiology support is associated with shorter time-to-balloon and higher rates of timely reperfusion even in rural areas: data from the Bari- Barletta/Andria/Trani public emergency medical service 118 registry on primary angioplasty in ST-elevation myocardial infarction | European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care | 2014 | 43 |
| 11 | Atrial fibrillation with symptoms other than palpitations: incremental diagnostic sensitivity with at-home tele-cardiology assessment for emergency medical service | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | 2012 | 40 |
| 12 | A Regional Prehospital Electrocardiogram Network with a Single Telecardiology “Hub” for Public Emergency Medical Service: Technical Requirements, Logistics, Manpower, and Preliminary Results | Telemedicine Journal and E-Health | 2011 | 38 |
| 13 | Acute phase proteins in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Correlations with diagnosis, clinical features, and angiographic findings | European Journal of Internal Medicine | 2007 | 35 |
| 14 | Recurrent angina after coronary angioplasty: mechanisms, diagnostic and therapeutic options | European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care | 2012 | 34 |
| 15 | Heart rate control with oral ivabradine in computed tomography coronary angiography: A randomized comparison of 7.5mg vs 5mg regimen | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 33 |
| 16 | Potential links between neurological disease and Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: A literature review | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 33 |
| 17 | Acute urticaria presenting in the emergency room of a general hospital | European Journal of Internal Medicine | 2014 | 32 |
| 18 | HIV‐associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: from bedside to the future | European Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2015 | 31 |
| 19 | Scared for the scar: fearsome impact of acute cardiovascular disease on perceived kinesiophobia (fear of movement) | Clinical Cardiology | 2017 | 27 |
| 20 | Combined exogenous and endogenous catecholamine release associated with Tako-Tsubo like syndrome in a patient with atrio-ventricular block undergoing pace-maker implantation | Acute Cardiac Care | 2011 | 26 |
| 21 | Prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias in pre-hospital tele-cardiology electrocardiograms of emergency medical service patients referred for syncope | Journal of Electrocardiology | 2012 | 25 |
| 22 | Quinidine for the management of electrical storm in an old patient with Brugada syndrome and syncope | Acta Cardiologica | 2013 | 25 |
| 23 | Improvement in Endothelium Dysfunction in Diabetics Treated with Statins: A Randomized Comparison of Atorvastatin 20 mg versus Rosuvastatin 10 mg | Journal of Interventional Cardiology | 2007 | 24 |
| 24 | Subacute Inflammatory Activation in Subjects with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Left Ventricular Dysfunction | Inflammation | 2012 | 24 |
| 25 | Inflammatory activation in an unselected population of subjects with atrial fibrillation: links with structural heart disease, atrial remodeling and recent onset | Internal and Emergency Medicine | 2013 | 24 |
| 26 | Inflammatory Cytokines Imbalance in the Very Early Phase of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Correlations with Angiographic Findings and In-Hospital Events | Inflammation | 2011 | 23 |
| 27 | Redefining biomarkers in heart failure | Heart Failure Reviews | 2018 | 23 |
| 28 | Acute phase proteins and systolic dysfunction in subjects with acute myocardial infarction | Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | 2008 | 22 |
| 29 | Cardiovascular sequelae of radiation therapy | Clinical Research in Cardiology | 2014 | 21 |
| 30 | Right heart dysfunction assessed with echography, B-type natriuretic peptide and cardiopulmonary test in patients with chronic heart failure | Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine | 2008 | 18 |
| 31 | ANMCO/SIT Consensus Document: telemedicine for cardiovascular emergency networks | European Heart Journal Supplements | 2017 | 18 |
| 32 | Inflammatory Cytokine Imbalance after Coronary Angioplasty: Links with Coronary Atherosclerosis | Journal of Interventional Cardiology | 2007 | 17 |
| 33 | Systemic inflammation in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy | Heart and Vessels | 2008 | 17 |
| 34 | Early inflammatory cytokine response: A direct comparison between spontaneous coronary plaque destabilization vs angioplasty induced | Atherosclerosis | 2014 | 15 |
| 35 | Acute phase proteins activation in subjects with coronary atherosclerosis and micro-vessel coronary circulation impairment | Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | 2009 | 14 |
| 36 | Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy after influenza vaccination | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 14 |
| 37 | All for one, one for all: Remote telemedicine hub pre-hospital triage for public Emergency Medical Service 1-1-8 in a regional network for primary PCI in Apulia, Italy | European Research in Telemedicine | 2014 | 14 |
| 38 | Additional Prognostic Value of EAS index in predicting the occurrence of rehospitalizations in chronic heart failure: data from the Daunia Heart Failure Registry | European Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2015 | 13 |
| 39 | Carbohydrate-antigen-125 levels predict hospital stay duration and adverse events at long-term follow-up in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy | Internal and Emergency Medicine | 2016 | 13 |
| 40 | Th2-dependent cytokine release in patients treated with coronary angioplasty | Coronary Artery Disease | 2008 | 12 |
| 41 | Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy in a teen girl with pheochromocytoma | International Journal of Cardiology | 2012 | 12 |
| 42 | Statin Therapy in Heart Failure: For Good, for Bad, or Indifferent? | Current Atherosclerosis Reports | 2014 | 12 |
| 43 | Correlations between NT-proBNP, outcome and haemodynamics in patients with septic shock | Acta Cardiologica | 2015 | 12 |
| 44 | Pheochromocytoma mimicking Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A cardiac magnetic resonance study | American Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 12 |
| 45 | Intra day ECG variation after general anesthesia in Brugada syndrome | Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | 2008 | 11 |
| 46 | Transient apical ballooning accompanying respiratory infection | Acute Cardiac Care | 2012 | 11 |
| 47 | Fast and furious: Telecardiology in acute myocardial infarction triage in the emergency room setting | European Research in Telemedicine | 2013 | 11 |
| 48 | Lymphocyte subset characterization in patients with early clinical presentation of coronary heart disease | Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | 2012 | 10 |
| 49 | Recurrent Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy apparently induced by opposite triggers | International Journal of Cardiology | 2013 | 10 |
| 50 | YOUng Football Italian amateur players Remote electrocardiogram Screening with Telemedicine (YOU FIRST) study: Preliminary results | International Journal of Cardiology | 2014 | 10 |
