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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
A multiple testing procedure for clinical trials.
|
Biometrics
|
1979
|
26.80
|
|
2
|
Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable coronary disease.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
25.17
|
|
3
|
Heart disease and stroke statistics--2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
19.43
|
|
4
|
The TIMI risk score for unstable angina/non-ST elevation MI: A method for prognostication and therapeutic decision making.
|
JAMA
|
2000
|
12.86
|
|
5
|
Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2000
|
9.52
|
|
6
|
Myocardial infarction redefined--a consensus document of The Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2000
|
8.43
|
|
7
|
ACCF/SCAI/STS/AATS/AHA/ASNC 2009 Appropriateness Criteria for Coronary Revascularization: a report by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriateness Criteria Task Force, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Endorsed by the American Society of Echocardiography, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2009
|
7.36
|
|
8
|
ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction): developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons: endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
|
Circulation
|
2007
|
6.78
|
|
9
|
A clinical trial of a chest-pain observation unit for patients with unstable angina. Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Room (CHEER) Investigators.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1998
|
5.67
|
|
10
|
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina).
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2002
|
4.64
|
|
11
|
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1997 Exercise Testing Guidelines).
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2002
|
4.48
|
|
12
|
The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments.
|
Med J Aust
|
2006
|
4.08
|
|
13
|
A randomized controlled trial of multi-slice coronary computed tomography for evaluation of acute chest pain.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2007
|
3.83
|
|
14
|
Myocardial perfusion imaging for evaluation and triage of patients with suspected acute cardiac ischemia: a randomized controlled trial.
|
JAMA
|
2002
|
3.65
|
|
15
|
Off-pump vs conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: early and 1-year graft patency, cost, and quality-of-life outcomes: a randomized trial.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
3.48
|
|
16
|
Noninvasive diagnosis of ischemia-induced wall motion abnormalities with the use of high-dose dobutamine stress MRI: comparison with dobutamine stress echocardiography.
|
Circulation
|
1999
|
3.44
|
|
17
|
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled multicenter trial of adenosine as an adjunct to reperfusion in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMISTAD-II).
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2005
|
3.15
|
|
18
|
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 emergency department summary.
|
Adv Data
|
2006
|
3.06
|
|
19
|
Assessment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2004
|
2.88
|
|
20
|
ACC/AHA/ASNC guidelines for the clinical use of cardiac radionuclide imaging--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASNC Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging).
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2003
|
2.88
|
|
21
|
Coronary multidetector computed tomography in the assessment of patients with acute chest pain.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
2.82
|
|
22
|
Cardiac magnetic resonance with T2-weighted imaging improves detection of patients with acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department.
|
Circulation
|
2008
|
2.74
|
|
23
|
Exercise-induced ST depression in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. A meta-analysis.
|
Circulation
|
1989
|
2.70
|
|
24
|
Is the initial diagnostic impression of "noncardiac chest pain" adequate to exclude cardiac disease?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2004
|
2.38
|
|
25
|
Adenosine as an adjunct to thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: results of a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial: the Acute Myocardial Infarction STudy of ADenosine (AMISTAD) trial.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
1999
|
2.23
|
|
26
|
ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
2.16
|
|
27
|
Detecting acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
|
Circulation
|
2003
|
2.14
|
|
28
|
Clinical value of acute rest technetium-99m tetrofosmin tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with acute chest pain and nondiagnostic electrocardiograms.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
1998
|
2.10
|
|
29
|
The use of empiric clinical data in the evaluation of practice guidelines for unstable angina.
|
JAMA
|
1996
|
2.09
|
|
30
|
Prognosis of negative adenosine stress magnetic resonance in patients presenting to an emergency department with chest pain.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
2.08
|
|
31
|
Decreased health care quality associated with emergency department overcrowding.
|
Eur J Emerg Med
|
1999
|
2.01
|
|
32
|
Magnetic resonance imaging determination of cardiac prognosis.
|
Circulation
|
2002
|
1.99
|
|
33
|
Treatment and outcomes of patients with evolving myocardial infarction: experiences from the SYNERGY trial.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2007
|
1.95
|
|
34
|
The diagnostic accuracy of the exercise electrocardiogram: a meta-analysis of 22 years of research.
|
Prog Cardiovasc Dis
|
1989
|
1.88
|
|
35
|
Methodology, feasibility, safety and diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
1997
|
1.72
|
|
36
|
Effect of exercise treadmill testing and stress imaging on the triage of patients with chest pain: CHEER substudy.
|
Mayo Clin Proc
|
2005
|
1.69
|
|
37
|
Methodologic discussions for using and interpreting composite endpoints are limited, but still identify major concerns.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.63
|
|
38
|
Racial differences in cardiac revascularization rates: does "overuse" explain higher rates among white patients?
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2001
|
1.61
|
|
39
|
Validated risk stratification model accurately predicts low risk in patients with unstable angina.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2000
|
1.54
|
|
40
|
Comprehensive strategy for the evaluation and triage of the chest pain patient.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
1997
|
1.46
|
|
41
|
Safety of stress testing during the evolution of unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2004
|
1.40
|
|
42
|
Electronic medical record review as a surrogate to telephone follow-up to establish outcome for diagnostic research studies in the emergency department.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2005
|
1.32
|
|
43
|
A clinical prediction rule for early discharge of patients with chest pain.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2005
|
1.23
|
|
44
|
Computed tomography coronary angiography for rapid disposition of low-risk emergency department patients with chest pain syndromes.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2007
|
1.15
|
|
45
|
Technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging in the emergency room evaluation of chest pain.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
1994
|
1.07
|
|
46
|
Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2004
|
1.04
|
|
47
|
An economic analysis of an aggressive diagnostic strategy with single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and early exercise stress testing in emergency department patients who present with chest pain but nondiagnostic electrocardiograms: results from a randomized trial.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2000
|
1.00
|
|
48
|
Adverse cardiac events in emergency department patients with chest pain six months after a negative inpatient evaluation for acute coronary syndrome.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2002
|
0.95
|
|
49
|
Are we appropriately triaging patients with unstable angina?
|
Am Heart J
|
2005
|
0.88
|
|
50
|
Initial risk stratification and presenting characteristics of patients with evolving myocardial infarctions.
|
Emerg Med J
|
2008
|
0.83
|
|
51
|
Stress CMR reduces revascularization, hospital readmission, and recurrent cardiac testing in intermediate-risk patients with acute chest pain.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
52
|
Contribution of the diagnostic test to the physician's diagnostic thinking: new method to evaluate the effect.
|
Acad Radiol
|
2003
|
0.77
|
|
53
|
Economic consequences of routine coronary angiography in low- and intermediate-risk patients with unstable angina pectoris.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2003
|
0.75
|