These articles scored the most hits on Heart’s web site during August 2002

1 Acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion treatment

F Ribichini, W Wijns

September 2002;88;298–305. (Education in Heart)

2 Antiplatelet treatment in unstable angina: aspirin, clopidogrel, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, or all three?

SA Harding, NA Boon, AD Flapan

July 2002;88:11–14. (Viewpoint)

3 Cardiovascular and coronary risk estimation in hypertension management

EJ Wallis, LE Ramsay, PR Jackson

September 2002;88:306–12. (Education in Heart)

4 Adherence to statin treatment and readmission of patients after myocardial infarction: a six year follow up study

L Wei, J Wang, P Thompson, S Wong, AD Struthers, TM MacDonald

September 2002;88:229–33. (Cardiovascular medicine)

5 Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

PP Th de Jaegere, WJL Suyker

September 2002;88:313–18. (Education in Heart)

6 New insights into the mechanism of neurally mediated syncope

MA Mercader, PJ Varghese, SJ Potolicchio, GK Venkatraman, SW Lee

September 2002;88:217–21. (Cardiovascular medicine)

7 Clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty or fibrinolysis

LF Hsu, KH Mak, KW Lau, LL Sim, C Chan, TH Koh, SC Chuah, R Kam, ZP Ding, WS Teo, YL Lim

September 2002;88:260–5. (Interventional cardiology and surgery)

8 Heart failure in the young

M Burch

August 2002;88:198–202. (Education in Heart)

9 Long term efficacy and safety of atorvastatin in the treatment of severe type III and combined dyslipidaemia

M van Dam, M Zwart, F de Beer, AHM Smelt, MH Prins, MD Trip, LM Havekes, PJ Lansberg, JJP Kastelein

September 2002;88:234–8. (Cardiovascular medicine)

10 Arteriosclerotic renal artery stenosis: conservative versus interventional management

C Haller

August 2002;88:193–7. (Education in Heart)

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