E M Antman

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1 Cumulative meta-analysis of therapeutic trials for myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1992 17.33
2 Knowledge and practices of generalist and specialist physicians regarding drug therapy for acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1994 8.80
3 TIMI risk score for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A convenient, bedside, clinical score for risk assessment at presentation: An intravenous nPA for treatment of infarcting myocardium early II trial substudy. Circulation 2000 5.15
4 ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure). J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 4.89
5 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure): Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation; Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America. Circulation 2001 4.24
6 1999 update: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 4.15
7 ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: executive summary. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): developed in Collaboration With the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 3.65
8 ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 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 2000 3.54
9 ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) Developed in Collaboration With the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Circulation 2001 3.13
10 ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary and recommendations. 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). Circulation 2000 3.02
11 ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). J Am Coll Cardiol 1996 2.81
12 A simple risk index for rapid initial triage of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an InTIME II substudy. Lancet 2001 2.78
13 1999 update: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary and Recommendations: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). Circulation 1999 2.58
14 Efficacy and safety of quinidine therapy for maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion. A meta-analysis of randomized control trials. Circulation 1990 2.51
15 Geographic variation in patient and hospital characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis. Results from InTIME-II. Eur Heart J 2001 2.28
16 An evaluation of technologies for identifying acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: a report from a National Heart Attack Alert Program Working Group. Ann Emerg Med 1997 2.27
17 Calcium channel blocking agents in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders. Part II: Hemodynamic effects and clinical applications. Ann Intern Med 1980 2.19
18 Calcium channel blocking agents in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders. Part I: Basic and clinical electrophysiologic effects. Ann Intern Med 1980 2.08
19 Application of the TIMI risk score for ST-elevation MI in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 3. JAMA 2001 2.07
20 C-reactive protein is a potent predictor of mortality independently of and in combination with troponin T in acute coronary syndromes: a TIMI 11A substudy. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 1.96
21 An integrated clinical approach to predicting the benefit of tirofiban in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. Application of the TIMI Risk Score for UA/NSTEMI in PRISM-PLUS. Eur Heart J 2002 1.73
22 Analysis of possible triggers of acute myocardial infarction (the MILIS study). Am J Cardiol 1990 1.68
23 Bolus fibrinolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction. JAMA 2001 1.67
24 Ventricular septal and free wall rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: experience in the Multicenter Investigation of Limitation of Infarct Size. Am Heart J 1989 1.62
25 Clinical efficacy of three assays for cardiac troponin I for risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes: a Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 11B Substudy. Clin Chem 2000 1.58
26 Trends in the use of pharmacotherapies for acute myocardial infarction among physicians who design and/or implement randomized trials versus physicians in routine clinical practice: the MILIS-TIMI experience. Multicenter Investigation on Limitation of Infarct Size. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction. Am Heart J 1999 1.58
27 An evaluation of technologies for identifying acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: executive summary of a National Heart Attack Alert Program Working Group Report. Ann Emerg Med 1997 1.50
28 Early coronary intervention following pharmacologic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (the combined TIMI 10B-TIMI 14 experience). Am J Cardiol 2001 1.49
29 Equivalence trials. N Engl J Med 1997 1.48
30 Availability of on-site catheterization and clinical outcomes in patients receiving fibrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2001 1.47
31 Prevention of supraventricular arrhythmias after coronary artery bypass surgery. A meta-analysis of randomized control trials. Circulation 1991 1.42
32 Risk factors for the development of recurrent atrial fibrillation: role of pacing and clinical variables. Am Heart J 1995 1.42
33 ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction: executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). Circulation 1996 1.42
34 Digitalis glycosides: mechanisms and manifestations of toxicity. Part I. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1984 1.41
35 Combination therapy with abciximab reduces angiographically evident thrombus in acute myocardial infarction: a TIMI 14 substudy. Circulation 2001 1.34
36 External noninvasive temporary cardiac pacing: clinical trials. Circulation 1985 1.26
37 Atherosclerotic aneurysms of aortocoronary vein grafts. Am J Cardiol 1988 1.21
38 Prospective temporal analysis of the onset of preinfarction angina versus outcome: an ancillary study in TIMI-9B. Circulation 1998 1.19
39 Nonlinear dynamics in sudden cardiac death syndrome: heartrate oscillations and bifurcations. Experientia 1988 1.13
40 Efficacy and safety of perhexiline maleate in refractory angina. A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of a novel antianginal agent. Circulation 1990 1.12
41 Abciximab improves both epicardial flow and myocardial reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Observations from the TIMI 14 trial. Circulation 2000 1.11
42 Uncertainty of the time of first significance in random effects cumulative meta-analysis. Control Clin Trials 1996 1.11
43 Low-molecular-weight heparins: an intriguing new twist with profound implications. Circulation 1998 1.10
44 Potentiation of the cardiovascular effects of nitroglycerin by N-acetylcysteine. Circulation 1983 1.07
45 Fatal cardiac rupture among patients treated with thrombolytic agents and adjunctive thrombin antagonists: observations from the Thrombolysis and Thrombin Inhibition in Myocardial Infarction 9 Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 1.07
46 Rupture of the interventricular septum complicating acute myocardial infarction: a multicenter analysis of clinical findings and outcome. Am Heart J 1988 1.05
47 ST-segment resolution and infarct-related artery patency and flow after thrombolytic therapy. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 14 investigators. Am J Cardiol 2000 1.05
48 Impaired coronary blood flow in nonculprit arteries in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. The TIMI Study Group. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 1.03
49 Efficacy and safety of timolol for prevention of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after coronary artery bypass surgery. Circulation 1984 1.01
50 Digitalis glycosides: mechanisms and manifestations of toxicity. Part III. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1984 1.01
51 Digitalis glycosides: mechanisms and manifestations of toxicity. Part II. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1984 1.00
52 Serum amyloid A predicts early mortality in acute coronary syndromes: A TIMI 11A substudy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 0.98
53 Cardiac troponin I for stratification of early outcomes and the efficacy of enoxaparin in unstable angina: a TIMI-11B substudy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 0.98
54 Risk of initiating antiarrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation in patients admitted to a university hospital. Ann Intern Med 1997 0.97
55 Angioplasty guidewire velocity: a new simple method to calculate absolute coronary blood velocity and flow. Am J Cardiol 1997 0.97
56 In vivo electrophysiological effects of lidocaine in canine acute myocardial infarction. Circ Res 1975 0.95
57 Propafenone versus sotalol for suppression of recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1993 0.95
58 Detailed analysis of 24 hour ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings during ventricular fibrillation or torsade de pointes. J Am Coll Cardiol 1983 0.93
59 Low-pressure cardiac tamponade. Ann Intern Med 1979 0.93
60 The length of the hospital stay after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 2000 0.92
61 Combined use of nitroglycerin and N-acetylcysteine in the management of unstable angina pectoris. Circulation 1988 0.91
62 Advantages and limitations of metaanalytic regressions of clinical trials data. Online J Curr Clin Trials 1994 0.91
63 Amiodarone therapy and autoimmune thyroid disease. Increase in a new monoclonal antibody-defined T cell subset. Am J Med 1986 0.91
64 Myoglobin, creatine-kinase-MB and cardiac troponin-I 60-minute ratios predict infarct-related artery patency after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: results from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction study (TIMI) 10B. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 0.91
65 Physiologic determinants of the electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy. Circulation 1979 0.91
66 The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) trials: the first decade. J Interv Cardiol 1995 0.90
67 Assessment of the efficacy and safety of antiarrhythmic therapy for chronic atrial fibrillation: observations on the role of trial design and implications of drug-related mortality. Am Heart J 1992 0.89
68 Lower-dose heparin with fibrinolysis is associated with lower rates of intracranial hemorrhage. Am Heart J 2001 0.89
69 Propafenone for the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis. Am J Cardiol 1998 0.88
70 Effects of prior aspirin and anti-ischemic therapy on outcome of patients with unstable angina. TIMI 7 Investigators. Thrombin Inhibition in Myocardial Ischemia. Am J Cardiol 1998 0.88
71 Degree of residual stenosis in the culprit coronary artery after thrombolytic administration (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction [TIMI] trials). Am J Cardiol 2000 0.88
72 Comparison of a 60- versus 90-minute determination of ST-segment resolution after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. In TIME-II Investigators. Intravenous nPA for Treatment of Infarcting Myocardium Early-II. Am J Cardiol 2000 0.87
73 Efficacy of intravenous propafenone for the acute management of atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1989 0.86
74 Intravenous nitroglycerin. A review of pharmacology, indications, therapeutic effects and complications. Chest 1981 0.86
75 Prior aspirin users with acute non-ST-elevation coronary syndromes are at increased risk of cardiac events and benefit from enoxaparin. Am Heart J 2001 0.85
76 A second look at bivalirudin. Am Heart J 2001 0.85
77 Magnesium in acute myocardial infarction: still an open question. Can J Cardiol 1998 0.84
78 Determinants of coronary blood flow after thrombolytic administration. TIMI Study Group. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 0.83
79 The role of magnesium therapy in acute myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol 1996 0.83
80 Blood oxygen measurements in the assessment of intracardiac left to right shunts: a critical appraisal of methodology. Am J Cardiol 1980 0.83
81 Ventricular arrhythmias in trials of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. A meta-analysis. Circulation 1993 0.83
82 Methodologic drift in the assessment of TIMI grade 3 flow and its implications with respect to the reporting of angiographic trial results. The TIMI Study Group. Am Heart J 1999 0.83
83 Experimental and clinical observations on the efficacy of esmolol in myocardial ischemia. Am J Cardiol 1985 0.81
84 Evidence-based coronary care. Ann Intern Med 1997 0.81
85 Myoglobin, creatine kinase MB, and cardiac troponin-I to assess reperfusion after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: results from TIMI 10A. Am Heart J 1997 0.81
86 Randomized trials of magnesium in acute myocardial infarction: big numbers do not tell the whole story. Am J Cardiol 1995 0.81
87 Somatized psychiatric disorder presenting as palpitations. Arch Intern Med 1996 0.81
88 Use of an ultra short-acting beta-blocker in patients with acute myocardial ischemia. Circulation 1985 0.80
89 Abciximab and early adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention are associated with improved ST-segment resolution after thrombolysis: Observations from the TIMI 14 Trial. Am Heart J 2001 0.80
90 Hypotension and sinus arrest with exercise-induced hyperkalemia and combined verapamil/propranolol therapy. Am J Med 1986 0.80
91 Pacemaker backup-mode reversion and injury during cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 1986 0.80
92 Magnesium in acute MI. Timing is critical. Circulation 1995 0.80
93 High levels of platelet inhibition with abciximab despite heightened platelet activation and aggregation during thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: results from TIMI (thrombolysis in myocardial infarction) 14. Circulation 2000 0.79
94 Digitalis toxicity. Annu Rev Med 1985 0.79
95 Efficacy of propafenone in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: electrophysiologic findings and long-term follow-up. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987 0.79
96 Transtelephonic electrocardiographic transmission for management of cardiac arrhythmias. Am J Cardiol 1986 0.78
97 New heparin dosing recommendations for patients with acute coronary syndromes. Am J Med 2001 0.78
98 Heart-type fatty acid binding protein as a marker of reperfusion after thrombolytic therapy. Clin Chim Acta 2000 0.78
99 Are activated clotting times helpful in the management of anticoagulation with subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin? Am Heart J 2001 0.78
100 Very early risk stratification after thrombolytic therapy with a bedside myoglobin assay and the 12-lead electrocardiogram. Am Heart J 2000 0.78
101 Differential effects of reperfusion on incidence of ventricular arrhythmias and recovery of ventricular function at 4 days following coronary occlusion. Am Heart J 1987 0.78
102 The role of cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) in risk stratification of patients with unstable coronary artery disease. Clin Cardiol 1999 0.77
103 Antiarrhythmic drug therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1997 0.77
104 Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Coron Artery Dis 1999 0.77
105 Troponin measurements in ischemic heart disease: more than just a black and white picture. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 0.77
106 Use of an ultrashort-acting beta-receptor blocker (esmolol) in patients with acute myocardial ischemia and relative contraindications to beta-blockade therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 1988 0.76
107 Addition of nifedipine to maximal nitrate and beta-adrenoreceptor blocker therapy in coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 1985 0.76
108 Myoglobin levels at 12 hours identify patients at low risk for 30-day mortality after thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction: a Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 10B substudy. Am Heart J 2001 0.76
109 Early noninvasive detection of failed epicardial reperfusion after fibrinolytic therapy. Am J Cardiol 2001 0.76
110 Can we replace the 90-minute thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grades with those at 60 minutes as a primary end point in thrombolytic trials? TIMI Study Group. Am J Cardiol 2001 0.76
111 Diagnostic performance of cardiac troponin I in suspected acute myocardial infarction: implications for clinicians. Am Heart J 1999 0.76
112 Low-molecular-weight heparins in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes. Arch Intern Med 2001 0.75
113 Caeteris paribus - all things being equal. Eur Heart J 2001 0.75
114 'I can see clearly now': a new view on the use of IV GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J 2002 0.75
115 Enoxaparin in unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: treatment benefits in prespecified subgroups. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2001 0.75
116 Cardiac marker elevation after cardioversion: sorting out chicken and egg. Eur Heart J 2000 0.75
117 T-type calcium channel blockade in the management of chronic ischemic heart disease. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2000 0.75
118 Another chapter of the antithrombin story has been written... Eur Heart J 1997 0.75
119 Pacemaker malfunction after nitrous oxide anesthesia. Am J Cardiol 1985 0.75
120 Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia initiated by coincident P-wave undersensing and ventricular blanking period. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1985 0.75
121 A neural network system for detection of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory electrocardiograms. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1994 0.75
122 Drug interactions with cardiac glycosides: evaluation of a possible digoxin-ethmozine pharmacokinetic interaction. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1987 0.75
123 Impact of injections during diagnostic coronary arteriography on coronary patency in the setting of acute myocardial infarction from the TIMI trials. Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction. Am J Cardiol 2000 0.75
124 Magnesium use in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in the United States (observations from the Second National Registry of Myocardial Infarction). Am J Cardiol 2001 0.75
125 Trials and tribulations of thrombin inhibition. Eur Heart J 1996 0.75
126 Electrocardiogram by Einthoven 63 years earlier. Am J Cardiol 1984 0.75
127 Sinus arrest and hypotension with combined amiodarone-diltiazem therapy. Am Heart J 1985 0.75
128 Comparison of nifedipine and isosorbide dinitrate when added to maximal propranolol therapy in stable angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol 1987 0.75
129 Magnesium in acute myocardial infarction: scientific, statistical, and economic rationale for its use. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 1996 0.75
130 Current incidence and determinants of perioperative myocardial infarction in coronary artery surgery. Am Heart J 1996 0.75
131 Early treatment with intravenous metoprolol for suspected acute myocardial infarction: a phase IV United States trial. Phase IV Metoprolol in Myocardial Infarction Study Group. Int J Cardiol 1989 0.75
132 The scintigraphic evaluation of myocardial infarction and regional ventricular performance using technetium-99m hexakis (t-butylisonitrile) technetium (I) (TBI): a new myocardial imaging agent. Eur J Nucl Med 1986 0.75
133 Effects of milrinone on complex ventricular arrhythmias in congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1987 0.75
134 Demonstration of the mechanism by which mitral regurgitation mimics aortic stenosis. Am J Cardiol 1978 0.75
135 Case studies: Simultaneous intermittent intraatrial and intraventricular conduction defects mimicking trifascicular conduction delay. J Electrocardiol 1977 0.75
136 Respiratory difficulty after use of disopyramide. N Engl J Med 1980 0.75
137 Nifedipine in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Pharmacotherapy 1986 0.75
138 Nitroglycerine/N-acetylcysteine in the management of unstable angina pectoris. Eur Heart J 1988 0.75
139 Treatment options in unstable angina: a clinical update. Eur Heart J 1998 0.75
140 Correction of intraoperative diastolic myocardial dysfunction with nifedipine. Clin Cardiol 1983 0.75
141 Nifedipine therapy for coronary vasospasm. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1983 0.75
142 [Magnesium in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Review and controversies]. Arch Cardiol Mex 2002 0.75
143 Impact of enoxaparin low molecular weight heparin in patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2000 0.75
144 Pathogenesis and pathology of coronary heart disease syndromes. J Thromb Thrombolysis 1999 0.75
145 Superiority of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin for unstable angina/non-Q-wave myocardial infarction regardless of activated partial thromboplastin time. Am Heart J 2000 0.75
146 Documented symptomatic bradycardia and symptom relief in patients receiving permanent pacemakers: an evaluation of the joint ACC/AHA pacing guidelines. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1988 0.75
147 Comparison of effects of propranolol versus pindolol on sinus rate and pacing frequency in sick sinus syndrome. Am J Cardiol 1993 0.75
148 Asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism. JAMA 1977 0.75
149 Calcium channel blockers. New treatment for cardiovascular disease. Am J Nurs 1983 0.75
150 A simple, readily available method for risk stratification of patients with unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2001 0.75
151 Impact of contrast agent type (ionic versus nonionic) used for coronary angiography on angiographic, electrocardiographic, and clinical outcomes following thrombolytic administration in acute myocardial infarction. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2001 0.75