Published in N Engl J Med on February 18, 2009
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Coronary revascularization trends in the United States, 2001-2008. JAMA (2011) 2.81
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Elevated red blood cell distribution width is associated with higher recourse to coronary artery bypass graft. Cardiology (2012) 2.73
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Unprotected left main revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J (2009) 1.66
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Factors associated with statin treatment for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people within 2 years following diagnosis of diabetes in Scotland, 2006-2008. Diabet Med (2014) 1.49
COPD patients' rights: Can they be won? J Thorac Dis (2012) 1.48
Preoperative C-reactive protein can predict early clinical outcomes following elective off-pump CABG surgery in patients with severe left ventricle dysfunction. Saudi J Anaesth (2013) 1.43
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Angiographic score assessment improves cardiovascular risk prediction: the clinical value of SYNTAX and Gensini application. Clin Res Cardiol (2013) 1.16
Trends in acute kidney injury, associated use of dialysis, and mortality after cardiac surgery, 1999 to 2008. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.10
Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (ERICCA): rationale and study design of a multi-centre randomized double-blinded controlled clinical trial. Clin Res Cardiol (2011) 1.08
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Challenges and prospects of a clinical database linked to the board certification system. Surg Today (2014) 1.07
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Clinical and angiographic risk stratification and differential impact on treatment outcomes in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial. Circulation (2012) 1.04
Quality of life after PCI vs CABG among patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA (2013) 1.01
Pathophysiology of native coronary, vein graft, and in-stent atherosclerosis. Nat Rev Cardiol (2015) 1.01
Chronic coronary artery disease: diagnosis and management. Mayo Clin Proc (2009) 1.00
Quantification and impact of untreated coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention: the residual SYNTAX (Synergy Between PCI with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) score. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 0.97
Korean guidelines for the appropriate use of cardiac CT. Korean J Radiol (2015) 0.96
What the cardiothoracic surgeon wants to know from the radiologist: from X-ray reporting to imaging consultancy and Heart Team membership. Pediatr Radiol (2015) 0.95
miRNA-21 is dysregulated in response to vein grafting in multiple models and genetic ablation in mice attenuates neointima formation. Eur Heart J (2013) 0.95
Impact of clopidogrel on bleeding complications and survival in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 0.95
Guidelines for revascularization: The evidence base matures. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract (2013) 0.94
Coronary revascularization in the elderly with stable angina. J Geriatr Cardiol (2015) 0.93
Acute coronary syndromes: Diagnosis and management, part II. Mayo Clin Proc (2009) 0.93
Minimizing the risk of perioperative stroke by clampless off-pump bypass surgery: a retrospective observational analysis. J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 0.91
Would SYNTAX have been a positive trial if XIENCE V had been used instead of TAXUS?: A meta-analysis of a first-generation vs. a second-generation drug-eluting stent system. Neth Heart J (2010) 0.91
Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide, a Gut Microbe-Generated Phosphatidylcholine Metabolite, Is Associated With Atherosclerotic Burden. J Am Coll Cardiol (2016) 0.91
Weighting composite endpoints in clinical trials: essential evidence for the heart team. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.90
Does imaging-guided selection of patients with ischemic heart failure for high risk revascularization improve identification of those with the highest clinical benefit?: Myocardial imaging should not exclude patients with ischemic heart failure from coronary revascularization. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2012) 0.90
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in elderly patients. J Geriatr Cardiol (2012) 0.90
New drug-eluting stent concepts. Nat Rev Cardiol (2010) 0.89
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Circulating cells as predictors of secondary manifestations of cardiovascular disease: design of the CIRCULATING CELLS study. Clin Res Cardiol (2013) 0.88
Hotline update of clinical trials and registries presented at the German Cardiac Society Meeting 2009. Clin Res Cardiol (2009) 0.88
The Relationship between GRACE Score and Epicardial Fat Thickness in non-STEMI Patients. Arq Bras Cardiol (2016) 0.88
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Lipoprotein(a) and SYNTAX Score Association with Severity of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in North India. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J (2012) 0.87
Debate over patient-centered care: percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting? Surg Today (2011) 0.87
Stenting of complex lesions: an overview. Nat Rev Cardiol (2010) 0.87
Coronary revascularization in diabetic patients: Current state of evidence. Exp Clin Cardiol (2011) 0.87
New concepts in the design of drug-eluting coronary stents. Nat Rev Cardiol (2013) 0.87
Randomized trials in surgery. Surgery (2009) 0.87
ASCERT: the American College of Cardiology Foundation--the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2010) 0.86
Coronary revascularization in context. N Engl J Med (2009) 0.86
Assessing technological change in cardiothoracic surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.86
Complete versus incomplete revascularization for treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era. Heart Vessels (2011) 0.86
Hotlines and clinical trial updates presented at the European Society of Cardiology Meeting 2009: data from RE-LY, PLATO, MADIT-CRT, PROTECT, SYNTAX, TRITON and more. Clin Res Cardiol (2009) 0.86
Synergy between direct coronary stenting technique and use of the novel thin strut cobalt chromium Skylor™ stent: the MACE in follow up patients treated with Skylor stent [MILES Study]. Curr Cardiol Rev (2012) 0.85
The effect of cardiac rehabilitation on anxiety and depression in patients undergoing cardiac bypass graft surgery in Iran. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2012) 0.85
Prognostic significance of bleeding location and severity among patients with acute coronary syndromes. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2013) 0.85
Implementation of standardized assessment and reporting of myocardial infarction in contemporary randomized controlled trials: a systematic review. Eur Heart J (2013) 0.84
Coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Recent treatment strategies and future perspectives. World J Cardiol (2015) 0.84
Reduced risk of myocardial infarct and revascularization following coronary artery bypass grafting compared with percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int (2016) 0.84
Socioeconomic inequalities in quality of care and outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome in the modern era of drug eluting stents. J Am Heart Assoc (2014) 0.84
Relation between the ankle-brachial index and the complexity of coronary artery disease in older patients. Clin Interv Aging (2013) 0.84
The role of combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting in the era of carotid stenting in view of long-term results. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 0.84
Renal studies provide an insight into cardiac extracellular matrix remodeling during health and disease. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2009) 0.84
Best way to revascularize patients with main stem and three vessel lesions: patients should undergo PCI! Clin Res Cardiol (2010) 0.84
Appraising the impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on outcomes of percutaneous drug-eluting stenting for unprotected left main disease: insights from a multicenter registry of 975 patients. Clin Res Cardiol (2010) 0.83
Drug-eluting stents in multivessel coronary artery disease: cost effectiveness and clinical outcomes. Adv Pharmacol Sci (2012) 0.83
Second generation drug-eluting stents: a review of the everolimus-eluting platform. Clin Med Insights Cardiol (2013) 0.83
Patients with aortic stenosis referred for TAVI: treatment decision, in-hospital outcome and determinants of survival. Neth Heart J (2012) 0.83
Optimal revascularization for complex coronary artery disease. Nat Rev Cardiol (2013) 0.83
Invasive assessment modalities of unprotected left main stenosis. J Saudi Heart Assoc (2014) 0.82
Status quo of hybrid coronary revascularization for multi-vessel coronary artery disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.82
Comparison of one-year clinical outcomes between intravascular ultrasound-guided versus angiography-guided implantation of drug-eluting stents for left main lesions: a single-center analysis of a 1,016-patient cohort. Patient Prefer Adherence (2014) 0.82
Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Long-Term Outcome in Coronary Bypass Candidates Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Korean Circ J (2016) 0.82
γ-Secretase inhibitor DAPT attenuates intimal hyperplasia of vein grafts by inhibition of Notch1 signaling. Lab Invest (2014) 0.81
Robotic coronary artery bypass grafting decreases 30-day complication rate, length of stay, and acute care facility discharge rate compared with conventional surgery. Innovations (Phila) (2014) 0.81
Inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia in a rabbit vein graft model following non-viral transfection with human iNOS cDNA. Gene Ther (2013) 0.81
Impact of the introduction of drug eluting stents on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous and surgical coronary artery revascularisation procedures in Western Australia. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2013) 0.81
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Transcatheter versus surgical aortic-valve replacement in high-risk patients. N Engl J Med (2011) 15.70
Sirolimus-eluting stents versus standard stents in patients with stenosis in a native coronary artery. N Engl J Med (2003) 13.29
A randomized comparison of a sirolimus-eluting stent with a standard stent for coronary revascularization. N Engl J Med (2002) 12.84
Dabigatran versus warfarin in patients with mechanical heart valves. N Engl J Med (2013) 11.14
Twelve or 30 months of dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stents. N Engl J Med (2014) 10.54
Incidence, predictors, and outcome of thrombosis after successful implantation of drug-eluting stents. JAMA (2005) 9.81
From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part I. Circulation (2003) 8.61
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Cyclosporine before PCI in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.90
Bivalirudin for patients with acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med (2006) 5.49
Safety and efficacy of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stents. N Engl J Med (2007) 5.37
Comparison of stenting with minimally invasive bypass surgery for stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. N Engl J Med (2002) 5.24
Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.19
The SYNTAX Score: an angiographic tool grading the complexity of coronary artery disease. EuroIntervention (2005) 5.16
Incidence and prognostic importance of acute renal failure after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation (2002) 4.99
Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral-valve surgery. N Engl J Med (2015) 4.77
Noninvasive identification of patients with early coronary atherosclerosis by assessment of digital reactive hyperemia. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 4.62
2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2014) 4.57
Rescue angioplasty after failed thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (2005) 4.45
Esophageal perforation during left atrial radiofrequency ablation: Is the risk too high? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 4.03
Percutaneous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in routine clinical practice: early and midterm outcomes from the European multicentre GHOST-EU registry. EuroIntervention (2015) 4.00
Association of myocardial enzyme elevation and survival following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. JAMA (2011) 3.97
From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II. Circulation (2003) 3.94
Polymer-free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk. N Engl J Med (2015) 3.81
Drug-eluting coronary-artery stents. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.69
Culprit vessel only versus multivessel and staged percutaneous coronary intervention for multivessel disease in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a pairwise and network meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 3.66
Mitraclip therapy and surgical mitral repair in patients with moderate to severe left ventricular failure causing functional mitral regurgitation: a single-centre experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 3.50
Randomized clinical trial of long-acting somatostatin for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney and liver disease. J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 3.47
Long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 3.38
Renal Insufficiency Following Contrast Media Administration Trial (REMEDIAL): a randomized comparison of 3 preventive strategies. Circulation (2007) 3.34
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for degenerative bioprosthetic surgical valves: results from the global valve-in-valve registry. Circulation (2012) 3.30
Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with drug-eluting stenting for the treatment of left main and/or three-vessel disease: 3-year follow-up of the SYNTAX trial. Eur Heart J (2011) 3.29
Cystatin C and contrast-induced acute kidney injury. Circulation (2010) 3.23
Percutaneous treatment with drug-eluting stent implantation versus bypass surgery for unprotected left main stenosis: a single-center experience. Circulation (2006) 3.22
Incidence, retrieval methods, and outcomes of stent loss during percutaneous coronary intervention: a large single-center experience. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2005) 3.20
Cessation of dual antiplatelet treatment and cardiac events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PARIS): 2 year results from a prospective observational study. Lancet (2013) 3.17
Consensus document: antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary stenting. A North-American perspective. Thromb Haemost (2011) 3.16
Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: increasing prevalence and improved outcomes reported in a nationwide population-based study of more than 14,000 cases from 1987 to 2002. Circulation (2006) 3.08
A randomized multicenter study comparing a paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon with a paclitaxel-eluting stent in small coronary vessels: the BELLO (Balloon Elution and Late Loss Optimization) study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 3.02
5-year outcomes in the FRISC-II randomised trial of an invasive versus a non-invasive strategy in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: a follow-up study. Lancet (2006) 3.01
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation in patients taking chronic oral anticoagulation. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2008) 2.90
Initial worldwide experience with the WATCHMAN left atrial appendage system for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.88
A long-term perspective on the protective effects of an early invasive strategy in unstable coronary artery disease: two-year follow-up of the FRISC-II invasive study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 2.87
Coronary endothelial dysfunction is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular events. Circulation (2003) 2.81
Meta-analysis of positron emission tomographic and computed tomographic imaging in detecting mediastinal lymph node metastases in nonsmall cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 2.80
Minimally invasive hybrid coronary artery revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 2.79
Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 2.78
Visualisation and quantification of peri-operative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Heart J (2004) 2.77
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction, resuscitated cardiac arrest, and cardiogenic shock: the role of primary multivessel revascularization. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2013) 2.75
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2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2011) 2.69
Quality of life after PCI with drug-eluting stents or coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med (2011) 2.65
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: assessing the learning curve. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 2.63
Predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery delirium: effect of beating-heart (off-pump) surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 2.59