These articles scored the most hits on Heart's website during December 2002

1 Timing of surgery in mitral regurgitation

C Otto

January 2003;89:100–5.(Education in Heart)

2 Stress echocardiography

TH Marwick

January 2003;89:113–8.(Education in Heart)

3 Doppler echocardiographic assessment of valvar regurgitation

J D Thomas

December 2002;88:651–7. (Education in Heart)

4 Pacing for atrial fibrillation

C-P Lau

January 2003;89:106–12.(Education in Heart)

5 Heart failure: aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment

C George

December 2002;88:567–9.

6 Dissection of the aorta: a new approach

B Mikich

January 2003;89:6–8.(Viewpoint)

7 Therapeutic inhibition of tumour necrosis factor α in patients with heart failure: cooling an inflamed heart

PA Henriksen, DE Newby

January 2003;89:14–18.(Review)

8 Mode of death in heart failure: findings from the ATLAS trial

PA Poole-Wilson, BF Uretsky, K Thygesen, JGF Cleland, BM Massie, L Ryden

January 2003;89:42–8.(Cardiovascular medicine)

9 Treatment of atrial fibrillation

Y Blaauw, IC Van Gelder, HJGM Crijns

October 2002;88:432–7. (Education in Heart)

10 Coronary risk factors predicting early and late coronary deaths

A Menotti, M Lanti

January 2003;89:19–24. (Cardiovascular medicine)

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