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

1 Indications for percutaneous and surgical revascularisation: how far does the evidence base guide us?

PM Schofield

May 2003;89:565–70. (Education in Heart)

2 Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the management of hypertension

E O’Brien

May 2003;89:571–6. (Education in Heart)

3 Diagnosing cardiac contusion: old wisdom and new insights

KC Sybrandy, MJM Cramer, C Burgersdijk

May 2003;89:485–9. (Review)

4 Stress and myocardial infarction

JS Chi, RA Kloner

May 2003;89:475–6. (Editorial)

5 Are we underestimating the full potential of early thrombolytic treatment in patients with acute myocardial infarction?

CJ Terkelsen, JF Lassen, BL Norgaard, JC Gerdes, TT Nielsen, HR Andersen

May 2003;89:483–4. (Viewpoint)

6 Who would I not give IIb/IIIa inhibitors to during percutaneous coronary intervention?

JM McLenachan

May 2003;89:477–8. (Editorial)

7 Injection drug use and right sided endocarditis

R Moss, B Munt

May 2003;89:577–81. (Education in Heart)

8 Which heart valve prosthesis for patients aged between 60 and 70 years?

G Hanania

May 2003;89:481–2. (Editorial)

9 What level of physical activity protects against premature cardiovascular death? The Caerphilly study

S Yu, JWG Yarnell, PM Sweetnam, L Murray

May 2003;89:502–6. (Cardiovascular medicine)

10 Management of ischaemic mitral regurgitation

B Iung

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

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