These articles scored the most hits on Heart's web site during April 2002

1 The medical management of valvar heart disease

NA Boon, P Bloomfield

April 2002;87:395–400. (Education in Heart)

2 Joint British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice

December 1998;80(suppl 2):S1–29.

3 Fibrinolytic treatment for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

JM Estess, EJ Topol

April 2002;87:308–11. (Editorial)

4 Contemporary criteria for the selection of patients for percutaneous balloon mitral valvulopathy

BD Prendergast, TRD Shaw, B Iung, A Vahanian, DB Northridge

May 2002;87:401–4.(Editorial)

5 Lipid lowering in patients with diabetes mellitus: what coronary heart disease risk threshold should we use?

K Rowland Yeo, WW Yeo

May 2002;87:423–7. (Cardiovascular medicine)

6 Rapamycin eluting stent: the onset of a new era in interventional cardiology

P W Serruys, E Regar, A J Carter

April 2002;87:305–7. (Editorial)

7 Inflammation in acute coronary syndromes

T Mulvihill, J B Foley

March 2002;87:201–4. (Review)

8 Arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease

JK Triedman

April 2002;87:383–9. (Education in Heart)

9 Apoptosis in the cardiovascular system

MR Bennett

May 2002;87:480–7. (Education in Heart)

10 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: management, risk stratification, and prevention of sudden death

WJ McKenna, ER Behr

February 2002;87:169–76. (Education in Heart)

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