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These articles scored the most hits on Heart’s website during March 2003

1 Management of ischaemic mitral regurgitation

B Iung

April 2003;89:459–64. (Education in Heart)

2 Position and Mobilisation Post-Angiography Study (PAMPAS): a comparison of 4.5 hours and 2.5 hours bed rest

SD Pollard, K Munks, C Wales, DC Crossman, DC Cumberland, GDG Oakley, J Gunn

April 2003;89:447–8. (Scientific letter)

3 Differential diagnosis of cardiogenic syncope and seizure disorders

L Bergfeldt

March 2003;89:353–8. (Education in Heart)

4 Lipid lowering to delay the progression of coronary artery disease

MD Feher

April 2003;89:451–8. (Education in Heart)

5 Diagnosis of culture negative endocarditis: novel strategies to prove the suspect guilty

CK Naber, R Erbel

March 2003;89:241–3. (Editorial)

6 Challenges in the care of adult patients with congenital heart defects

GD Webb

April 2003;89:465–9. (Education in Heart)

7 Multicentre evaluation of the diagnostic value of cardiac troponin T, CK-MB mass, and myoglobin for assessing patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes in routine clinical practice

PO Collinson, PJ Stubbs, A-C Kessler

March 2003;89:280–6. (Cardiovascular medicine)

8 Contrast echocardiography

MJ Stewart

March 2003;89:342–8. (Education in Heart)

9 Evolution of statin prescribing 1994-2001: a case of agism but not of sexism?

S DeWilde, IM Carey, SA Bremner, N Richards, SR Hilton, D G Cook

April 2003;89:417–21. (Cardiovascular medicine)

10 Clinical assessment of left ventricular diastolic function

DG Gibson, DP Francis

February 2003;89:231–8. (Education in Heart)

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