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Variation exists in rates of admission to intensive care units for heart failure patients across hospitals in the United States. Circulation (2013) 1.37

Development and validation of an integrated diagnostic algorithm derived from parameters monitored in implantable devices for identifying patients at risk for heart failure hospitalization in an ambulatory setting. Eur Heart J (2013) 1.04

Acculturation and outcomes among patients with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2012) 0.95

Characteristics, adverse events, and racial differences among delivering mothers with peripartum cardiomyopathy. JACC Heart Fail (2013) 0.86

Predicting mortality in patients with acute heart failure: Role of risk scores. World J Cardiol (2015) 0.83

Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions--a consensus document from the SAEM/HFSA acute heart failure working group. Acad Emerg Med (2014) 0.82

Comorbidity profiles and inpatient outcomes during hospitalization for heart failure: an analysis of the U.S. Nationwide inpatient sample. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2014) 0.82

Hypotension during hospitalization for acute heart failure is independently associated with 30-day mortality: findings from ASCEND-HF. Circ Heart Fail (2014) 0.81

Stratifying patients at the risk of heart failure hospitalization using existing device diagnostic thresholds. Heart Lung (2014) 0.80

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute decompensated heart failure developing after hospital admission. Am J Cardiol (2014) 0.80

European Society of Cardiology - Acute Cardiovascular Care Association position paper on safe discharge of acute heart failure patients from the emergency department. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care (2016) 0.80

N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) -based score can predict in-hospital mortality in patients with heart failure. Sci Rep (2016) 0.79

Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions. A consensus document from the society for academic emergency medicine/heart failure society of America acute heart failure working group. J Card Fail (2014) 0.79

Validation and Comparison of Seven Mortality Prediction Models for Hospitalized Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail (2016) 0.79

Metabonomics analysis of plasma reveals the lactate to cholesterol ratio as an independent prognostic factor of short-term mortality in acute heart failure. PLoS One (2013) 0.78

Mitral peak early diastolic filling velocity to deceleration time ratio as a predictor of prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved or reduced ejection fraction. J Geriatr Cardiol (2015) 0.77

Quality markers in cardiology: measures of outcomes and clinical practice-a perspective of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Eur Heart J (2015) 0.76

Heart Failure: Diagnosis, Severity Estimation and Prediction of Adverse Events Through Machine Learning Techniques. Comput Struct Biotechnol J (2016) 0.75

Time Interval from Symptom Onset to Hospital Care in Patients with Acute Heart Failure: A Report from the Tokyo Cardiac Care Unit Network Emergency Medical Service Database. PLoS One (2015) 0.75

TNM-like classification: a new proposed method for heart failure staging. ScientificWorldJournal (2013) 0.75

Risk-adjustment models for heart failure patients' 30-day mortality and readmission rates: the incremental value of clinical data abstracted from medical charts beyond hospital discharge record. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75

Elevation in systolic blood pressure during heart failure hospitalization is associated with increased short and long-term mortality. Medicine (Baltimore) (2017) 0.75

Preliminary investigation of multiparametric strain Z-score (MPZS) computation using displacement encoding with simulated echoes (DENSE) and radial point interpretation method (RPIM). J Magn Reson Imaging (2016) 0.75

Congestive heart failure disease management program: 1-Year population experience from a tertiary center heart failure registry in Saudi Arabia. J Saudi Heart Assoc (2016) 0.75

Inpatient Mortality Risk Scores and Postdischarge Events in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients: A Community-Based Study. Circ Heart Fail (2017) 0.75

Creation and validation of the acute heart failure risk score: AHFRS. Intern Emerg Med (2016) 0.75

Acute Heart Failure Registry: Risk Assessment Model in Decompensated Heart Failure. Arq Bras Cardiol (2016) 0.75

2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2013) 16.52

Defining and setting national goals for cardiovascular health promotion and disease reduction: the American Heart Association's strategic Impact Goal through 2020 and beyond. Circulation (2010) 13.28

Association of testosterone therapy with mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in men with low testosterone levels. JAMA (2013) 12.37

Diuretic strategies in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. N Engl J Med (2011) 11.99

2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 11.88

Ethical and scientific implications of the globalization of clinical research. N Engl J Med (2009) 11.42

2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the assessment of cardiovascular risk: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2013) 10.24

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. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 10.19

2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines. Circulation (2013) 10.07

Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med (2015) 9.70

Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography. N Engl J Med (2010) 9.38

Ultrafiltration in decompensated heart failure with cardiorenal syndrome. N Engl J Med (2012) 8.28

Application of new cholesterol guidelines to a population-based sample. N Engl J Med (2014) 8.22

Door-to-balloon time and mortality among patients undergoing primary PCI. N Engl J Med (2013) 8.08

AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update: endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Circulation (2006) 8.01

2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 7.94

Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation. JAMA (2006) 7.81

Risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors following acute coronary syndrome. JAMA (2009) 7.78

ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR 2006 appropriateness criteria for cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, American College of Radiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, North American Society for Cardiac Imaging, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Interventional Radiology. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 7.77

Effect of medication nonadherence on hospitalization and mortality among patients with diabetes mellitus. Arch Intern Med (2006) 7.54

Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life: the Heart and Soul Study. JAMA (2003) 7.01

2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2012) 6.94

Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. JAMA (2010) 6.91

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

2009 focused updates: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (updating the 2004 guideline and 2007 focused update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI guidelines on percutaneous coronary intervention (updating the 2005 guideline and 2007 focused update) a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 6.61

HFSA 2010 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline. J Card Fail (2010) 6.37

Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure in the United States: rationale, design, and preliminary observations from the first 100,000 cases in the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE). Am Heart J (2005) 6.34

Efficacy and safety of edifoligide, an E2F transcription factor decoy, for prevention of vein graft failure following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: PREVENT IV: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2005) 5.93

Comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies. N Engl J Med (2012) 5.49

Medication adherence: its importance in cardiovascular outcomes. Circulation (2009) 5.30

Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.19

Non-evidence-based ICD implantations in the United States. JAMA (2011) 5.05

Time to treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and outcome from acute ischemic stroke. JAMA (2013) 5.05

2013 AHA/ACC/TOS guideline for the management of overweight and obesity in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society. Circulation (2013) 5.02

Forecasting the impact of heart failure in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circ Heart Fail (2013) 4.98

Sex and racial differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among patients hospitalized with heart failure. JAMA (2007) 4.89

Epidemiology and risk profile of heart failure. Nat Rev Cardiol (2010) 4.88

Effect of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition on exercise capacity and clinical status in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA (2013) 4.85

2009 Focused Updates: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (updating the 2004 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (updating the 2005 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2009) 4.75

AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients with Coronary and other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation. Circulation (2011) 4.65

Association between performance measures and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure. JAMA (2007) 4.59

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

Impact of medication therapy discontinuation on mortality after myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2006) 4.44

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 1--coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 4.39

Appropriateness of percutaneous coronary intervention. JAMA (2011) 4.33

Systolic blood pressure at admission, clinical characteristics, and outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. JAMA (2006) 4.30

Clinical presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes of patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure with preserved systolic function: a report from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) Database. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 4.26

Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006. JAMA (2009) 4.24

Compliance with results reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov. N Engl J Med (2015) 4.17

Variation in use of blood transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. JAMA (2010) 4.13

Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure. JAMA (2011) 4.13

Effect of door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 4.11

An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 4.10

Incidence of death and acute myocardial infarction associated with stopping clopidogrel after acute coronary syndrome. JAMA (2008) 4.06

Get With the Guidelines-Stroke is associated with sustained improvement in care for patients hospitalized with acute stroke or transient ischemic attack. Circulation (2008) 4.00

Characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with preserved systolic function hospitalized for heart failure: a report from the OPTIMIZE-HF Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 3.92

2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines. Circulation (2013) 3.86

Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 3.86

Clinical and economic implications of the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-II. Ann Intern Med (2005) 3.83

Pay for performance, quality of care, and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction. JAMA (2007) 3.79

Economic analysis of influenza vaccination and antiviral treatment for healthy working adults. Ann Intern Med (2002) 3.77

Excess dosing of antiplatelet and antithrombin agents in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. JAMA (2005) 3.72

Conversion of cardiovascular conference abstracts to publications. Circulation (2012) 3.71

Importance of therapy intensification and medication nonadherence for blood pressure control in patients with coronary disease. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.68

Association between stroke center hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke and mortality. JAMA (2011) 3.68

Association of age and sex with myocardial infarction symptom presentation and in-hospital mortality. JAMA (2012) 3.66

2013 AHA/ACC guideline on lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular risk: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2013) 3.63

An updated definition of stroke for the 21st century: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke (2013) 3.60

2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2014) 3.59

Linking inpatient clinical registry data to Medicare claims data using indirect identifiers. Am Heart J (2009) 3.57

Prevention of heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, and High Blood Pressure Research; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group; and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Group. Circulation (2008) 3.56

Comparative efficacy of dronedarone and amiodarone for the maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 3.54

Digoxin reduces 30-day all-cause hospital admission in older patients with chronic systolic heart failure. Am J Med (2013) 3.46

Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of premature discontinuation of thienopyridine therapy after drug-eluting stent placement: results from the PREMIER registry. Circulation (2006) 3.45