WEB TOP 10

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These articles scored the most hits onHeart's web site during August 2001

1 Impact of diabetes mellitus on long term survival after acute myocardial infarction in patients with single vessel disease M Ishihara, H Sato, T Kawagoe, Y Shimatani, S Kurisu, K Nishioka, Y Kouno, T Umemura, S Nakamura August 2001;86:133–8. (Cardiovascular medicine)

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

3 Management of pericardial effusion J Soler-Soler, J Sagrista-Sauleda, G Permanyer- Miralda August 2001;86:235–40. (Education in Heart)

4 Differential diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis EW Hancock September 200186;343–9. (Education in Heart)

5 Architecture of the pulmonary veins: relevance to radiofrequency ablation SY Ho, JA Cabrera, VH Tran, J Farre, RH Anderson, D Sanchez-Quintana September 2001;86:265–70. (Cardiovascular medicine)

6 Implantable cardioverter–defibrillators DT Connelly August 2001;86:221–6. (Education in Heart)

7 Matching the right drug to the right patient in essential hypertension MJ Brown July 2001:86:113–20. (Education in Heart)

8 Permanent pacing: new indications MR Gold September 2001;86:355–60. (Education in Heart)

9 Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and acute coronary syndromes: summary report of the full submission to NICE, and beyond G Manoharan, AAJ Adgey September 2001;86:259–61. (Summary report)

10 Angiotensin receptor blockers for chronic heart failure and acute myocardial infarction JJV McMurray July 2001;86:97–103. (Education in Heart)

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