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These articles scored the most hits onHeart's web site during August 2000

 1  The diagnosis of heart failure A D Struthers September 2000;84:334–8 (Education in Heart)

 2  Timing of aortic valve surgery C M Otto August 2000;84:211–18 (Education in Heart)

 3  Treatment of atrial flutter A L Waldo August 2000;84:227–232 (Education in Heart)

 4  Joint British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice December 1998;80(suppl 2):S1–29

 5  Antiarrhythmic drugs: from mechanisms to clinical practice D M Roden September 2000;84:339–46 (Education in Heart)

 6  The impact of time to thrombolytic treatment on outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction P Chareonthaitawee, R J Gibbons, R S Roberts, T F Christian, R Burns August 2000;84:142–8 (Cardiovascular medicine)

 7  Treatment of cardiac diseases: evidence based or experience based medicine? W Kubler August 2000;84:134–6 (Review)

 8  Identifying failure to achieve complete (TIMI 3) reperfusion following thrombolytic treatment: how to do it, when to do it, and why it's all worth doing K G Oldroyd August 2000;84:113–15 (Editorial)

 9  Low dose amiodarone and sotalol in the treatment of recurrent, symptomatic atrial fibrillation: a comparative, placebo controlled study G E Kochiadakis, N E Igoumenidis, M E Marketou, M D Kaleboubas, E N Simantirakis, P E Vardas September 2000;84:251–7 (Cardiovascular medicine)

10  Failure of thrombolysis by streptokinase: detection with a simple electrocardiographic method A G C Sutton, P G Campbell, D J A Price, E D Grech, J A Hall, A Davies, M J Stewart, M A de Belder Aug 2000;84:149–56 (Cardiovascular medicine)