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Extending the CONSORT statement to randomized trials of nonpharmacologic treatment: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med (2008) 13.87
Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.19
Radial artery bypass grafts have an increased occurrence of angiographically severe stenosis and occlusion compared with left internal mammary arteries and saphenous vein grafts. Circulation (2004) 4.13
A randomized comparison of radial-artery and saphenous-vein coronary bypass grafts. N Engl J Med (2004) 4.07
The LANSS Pain Scale: the Leeds assessment of neuropathic symptoms and signs. Pain (2001) 3.90
Impact of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest techniques on outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 3.71
EANM/ESC procedural guidelines for myocardial perfusion imaging in nuclear cardiology. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2005) 3.61
Guidelines on myocardial revascularization. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 3.47
Improved survival with radial artery versus vein conduits in coronary bypass surgery with left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery grafting. Circulation (2004) 2.48
Long-term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting after coronary artery bypass grafting. Circulation (2011) 2.44
Impact of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest technique on late coronary artery bypass grafting patient outcomes in the ROOBY (Randomized On/Off Bypass) Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 2.44
Pressure algometry over normal muscles. Standard values, validity and reproducibility of pressure threshold. Pain (1987) 2.22
Radial artery harvesting for coronary bypass operations: neurologic complications and their potential mechanisms. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 2.18
Increased graft occlusion or string sign in composite arterial grafting for mildly stenosed target vessels. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.75
Safety and usefulness of composite grafts for total arterial myocardial revascularization: a prospective randomized evaluation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.69
The radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting: clinical and angiographic results at five years. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1998) 1.49
Postoperative radial artery angiography for coronary artery bypass surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2000) 1.48
Endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvest--is smaller better? J Card Surg (2006) 1.48
Endoscopic Vascular Harvest in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) 2005. Innovations (Phila) (2005) 1.47
Minimally invasive conduit harvesting: a systematic review. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.47
What is the impact of endoscopic vein harvesting on clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery? Heart (2011) 1.46
Development and validation of a novel scar evaluation scale. Plast Reconstr Surg (2007) 1.46
Patency rates of endoscopically harvested radial arteries one year after coronary artery bypass grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.43
The Utah Early Neuropathy Scale: a sensitive clinical scale for early sensory predominant neuropathy. J Peripher Nerv Syst (2008) 1.36
Long-term patency of 1108 radial arterial-coronary angiograms over 10 years. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.32
Reappraisal of a 20-year experience with the radial artery as a conduit for coronary bypass grafting. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.19
Evaluation of the PAS-Port Proximal Anastomosis System in coronary artery bypass surgery (the EPIC trial). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.02
Cardiac imaging: does radiation matter? Eur Heart J (2011) 0.98
Coronary artery bypass grafting using the radial artery: clinical outcomes, patency, and need for reintervention. Circulation (2012) 0.97
The thresholds for statistical and clinical significance - a five-step procedure for evaluation of intervention effects in randomised clinical trials. BMC Med Res Methodol (2014) 0.96
Long-term impact of radial artery harvest on forearm function and symptoms: a comparison with leg vein. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.93
Assessment of collateral circulation to the hand prior to radial artery harvest. Vasc Med (2012) 0.91
Endoscopic radial artery harvesting is better than the open technique. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.91
Radial artery patency: are aortocoronary conduits superior to composite grafting? Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 0.89
Left internal thoracic artery-radial artery composite grafts as the technique of choice for myocardial revascularization in elderly patients: a prospective randomized evaluation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.89
Comparison of radial artery patency according to proximal anastomosis site: direct aorta to radial artery anastomosis is superior to radial artery composite grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.88
Endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: functional and histologic assessment of the conduit. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.88
Noninvasive evaluation of arterial grafts with newly released multidetector computed tomography. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 0.86
Reliability and validity of indices of hand-grip strength and endurance. Aust Occup Ther J (2011) 0.86
Arm complications after radial artery procurement for coronary bypass operation. Ann Thorac Surg (2001) 0.85
Persistent sensitivity disorders at the radial artery and saphenous vein graft harvest sites: a neglected side effect of coronary artery bypass grafting procedures. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 0.85
Is it better to use the radial artery as a composite graft? Clinical and angiographic results of aorto-coronary versus Y-graft. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.84
Arterial revascularization in primary coronary artery bypass grafting: Direct comparison of 4 strategies--results of the Stand-in-Y Mammary Study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.82
Neurologic sequelae of the donor arm after endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvesting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.82
Endoscopic radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: initial clinical experience. Heart Surg Forum (2004) 0.82
Radial artery as a graft for coronary artery bypass grafting. Circ J (2009) 0.81
Endoscopic radial artery harvesting may be the procedure of choice for coronary artery bypass grafting. Circ J (2007) 0.81
Vasoreactivity and histology of the radial artery: comparison of open versus endoscopic approaches. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 0.80
Endoscopic radial artery harvesting: results of first 300 patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.80
Radial artery free and T graft patency as coronary artery bypass conduit over a 15-year period. Circulation (2012) 0.80
Endoscopic radial artery harvest: a new approach. Heart Surg Forum (2001) 0.80
Exclusive Y graft operation for multivessel coronary revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg (1999) 0.79
Harvesting radial artery and neurologic complications. J Card Surg (2004) 0.77
Endoscopic radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: the initial clinical experience and results of the first 50 patients. Heart Surg Forum (2009) 0.76
Use of radial artery for coronary revascularization. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 0.76
Extended use of radial artery with Y-graft technique for complete arterial revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg (2001) 0.76
The results of radial artery Y-graft for complete arterial revascularization. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 0.76
Limb performance and patient satisfaction after radial artery harvesting: endoscopic versus open techniques. Surg Endosc (2008) 0.76
Multislice CT evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft patients. J Thorac Imaging (2007) 0.76
Y grafting for coronary artery bypass: is it as good as single grafting? Curr Opin Cardiol (2009) 0.76
Endoscopic radial artery harvesting reduces postoperative pain and neurologic complications. Heart Surg Forum (2007) 0.76
Endoscopic versus direct vision for saphenous vein graft harvesting in coronary artery bypass surgery. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) (2011) 0.76
Mortality in randomized trials of antioxidant supplements for primary and secondary prevention: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2007) 11.87
Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study. BMJ (2008) 11.08
Association of funding and conclusions in randomized drug trials: a reflection of treatment effect or adverse events? JAMA (2003) 8.21
Methylphenidate for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2015) 7.31
Antioxidant supplements for prevention of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2004) 6.35
Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves. N Engl J Med (2015) 6.28
Perioperative beta blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis. Lancet (2008) 5.05
Peginterferon alpha-2a is associated with higher sustained virological response than peginterferon alfa-2b in chronic hepatitis C: systematic review of randomized trials. Hepatology (2010) 4.19
Trial sequential analysis may establish when firm evidence is reached in cumulative meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 4.06
Transarterial (chemo)embolisation for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2011) 3.73
Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomized, controlled trials. Ann Intern Med (2012) 3.63
Carotid artery stenting vs carotid endarterectomy: meta-analysis and diversity-adjusted trial sequential analysis of randomized trials. Arch Neurol (2010) 2.83
Antihypertensive drugs and risk of cancer: network meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of 324,168 participants from randomised trials. Lancet Oncol (2010) 2.77
Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 2.74
Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2011) 2.72
Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive--Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 2.66
Trial sequential analysis reveals insufficient information size and potentially false positive results in many meta-analyses. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 2.61
Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses. BMC Med Res Methodol (2009) 2.39
Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses? Int J Epidemiol (2008) 2.31
Treatment in a specialised out-patient mood disorder clinic v. standard out-patient treatment in the early course of bipolar disorder: randomised clinical trial. Br J Psychiatry (2013) 2.22
No major differences in 30-day outcomes in high-risk patients randomized to off-pump versus on-pump coronary bypass surgery: the best bypass surgery trial. Circulation (2010) 2.21
Targeting intensive glycaemic control versus targeting conventional glycaemic control for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 2.18
Safety and efficacy of recombinant activated factor VII: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in the setting of bleeding after cardiac surgery. Circulation (2009) 2.17
The journal impact factor as a predictor of trial quality and outcomes: cohort study of hepatobiliary randomized clinical trials. Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 2.12
Transit-time flow measurement as a predictor of coronary bypass graft failure at one year angiographic follow-up. J Card Surg (2014) 2.02
The number of patients and events required to limit the risk of overestimation of intervention effects in meta-analysis--a simulation study. PLoS One (2011) 2.02
Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 2.01
Effect of increasing pump speed during exercise on peak oxygen uptake in heart failure patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. A double-blind randomized study. Eur J Heart Fail (2014) 1.99
Computed tomography angiography and perfusion to assess coronary artery stenosis causing perfusion defects by single photon emission computed tomography: the CORE320 study. Eur Heart J (2013) 1.98
Effect of hepatitis B immunisation in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2006) 1.88
Disclosure of investigators' recruitment performance in multicenter clinical trials: a further step for research transparency. PLoS Med (2011) 1.86
Banding ligation versus beta-blockers as primary prophylaxis in esophageal varices: systematic review of randomized trials. Am J Gastroenterol (2007) 1.86
Randomised controlled trial of total compared with subtotal hysterectomy with one-year follow up results. BJOG (2003) 1.82
Compassionate use of interventions: results of a European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (ECRIN) survey of ten European countries. Trials (2010) 1.77
Commentary: The evolution of methods to assess the effects of treatments, illustrated by the development of treatments for diphtheria, 1825-1918. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 1.76
Non-absorbable disaccharides for hepatic encephalopathy: systematic review of randomised trials. BMJ (2004) 1.64
Screening of KCNN3 in patients with early-onset lone atrial fibrillation. Europace (2011) 1.63
Myocardial CT perfusion imaging and SPECT for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a head-to-head comparison from the CORE320 multicenter diagnostic performance study. Radiology (2014) 1.62
Functional and structural nerve fiber findings in heterozygote patients with Fabry disease. Pain (2009) 1.62
Artificial and bioartificial support systems for acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure: a systematic review. JAMA (2003) 1.62
Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A as a marker for myocardial infarction and death in patients with stable coronary artery disease: a prognostic study within the CLARICOR Trial. Atherosclerosis (2010) 1.60
Cognitive outcomes in elderly high-risk patients after off-pump versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized trial. Circulation (2006) 1.60
Effect of pamidronate 30 mg versus 90 mg on physical function in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (Nordic Myeloma Study Group): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol (2010) 1.57
Sexuality after total vs. subtotal hysterectomy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2004) 1.57
Morphine metabolism after major liver surgery. Anesth Analg (2007) 1.54
Ribavirin monotherapy for chronic hepatitis C infection: a Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Am J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.52
Prognostic implications of nonobstructive coronary plaques in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a multidetector computed tomography study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 1.50
Ursodeoxycholic acid for patients with primary biliary cirrhosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials using Bayesian approach as sensitivity analyses. Am J Gastroenterol (2007) 1.48
Effects of levosimendan for low cardiac output syndrome in critically ill patients: systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis. Intensive Care Med (2014) 1.48
HIV infection and arterial inflammation assessed by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET): a prospective cross-sectional study. J Nucl Cardiol (2014) 1.46
Systematic Reviews of Anesthesiologic Interventions Reported as Statistically Significant: Problems with Power, Precision, and Type 1 Error Protection. Anesth Analg (2015) 1.45
Skin care education and individual counselling versus treatment as usual in healthcare workers with hand eczema: randomised clinical trial. BMJ (2012) 1.45
Risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting: effect of age and comorbidities. Stroke (2011) 1.43
Targeting intensive glycaemic control versus targeting conventional glycaemic control for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2011) 1.42
[The Mechanical Heart--HeartMate 1--Danish results]. Ugeskr Laeger (2007) 1.40
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for people with acute cholecystitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 1.40
[Percutaneous coronary intervention requires heart centers and volume]. Ugeskr Laeger (2011) 1.39
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for ischaemic heart disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 1.39
[Physicians' skills with evidence-based medicine. Concepts, information retrieval and use]. Ugeskr Laeger (2004) 1.39
[Patients with acute critical pulmonary embolism should be evaluated and treated in a centre with medical and surgical possibilities]. Ugeskr Laeger (2013) 1.37
Citation bias of hepato-biliary randomized clinical trials. J Clin Epidemiol (2002) 1.36
Evolution of heterogeneity (I2) estimates and their 95% confidence intervals in large meta-analyses. PLoS One (2012) 1.33
Hypothermia after cardiac arrest should be further evaluated--a systematic review of randomised trials with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis. Int J Cardiol (2010) 1.31
Combined PET/MR imaging in neurology: MR-based attenuation correction implies a strong spatial bias when ignoring bone. Neuroimage (2013) 1.28
Instructor feedback versus no instructor feedback on performance in a laparoscopic virtual reality simulator: a randomized trial. Ann Surg (2013) 1.20
Hospital doctors' self-rated skills in and use of evidence-based medicine - a questionnaire survey. J Eval Clin Pract (2004) 1.19
Human recombinant protein C for severe sepsis and septic shock in adult and paediatric patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 1.18
Correction: reported methodologic quality and discrepancies between large and small randomized trials in meta-analyses. Ann Intern Med (2008) 1.17
Image artifacts from MR-based attenuation correction in clinical, whole-body PET/MRI. MAGMA (2012) 1.17
Evaluation of the TEG platelet mapping assay in blood donors. Thromb J (2007) 1.16
Evidence at a glance: error matrix approach for overviewing available evidence. BMC Med Res Methodol (2010) 1.16
Quantification of MRI measured myocardial perfusion reserve in healthy humans: a comparison with positron emission tomography. J Magn Reson Imaging (2008) 1.15
Feasibility of simultaneous PET/MR of the carotid artery: first clinical experience and comparison to PET/CT. Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2013) 1.15
Milk thistle for alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C liver diseases--a systematic cochrane hepato-biliary group review with meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials. Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 1.14
Clinical outcomes in randomized trials of off- vs. on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses. Eur Heart J (2008) 1.14
Medicinal herbs for hepatitis C virus infection: a Cochrane hepatobiliary systematic review of randomized trials. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 1.14
Mindfulness: top-down or bottom-up emotion regulation strategy? Clin Psychol Rev (2012) 1.14
EuroHYP-1: European multicenter, randomized, phase III clinical trial of therapeutic hypothermia plus best medical treatment vs. best medical treatment alone for acute ischemic stroke. Int J Stroke (2014) 1.13
64Cu loaded liposomes as positron emission tomography imaging agents. Biomaterials (2011) 1.13
Cognitive outcomes in elderly high-risk patients 1 year after off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. A randomized trial. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.13
High serum YKL-40 concentration is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J (2009) 1.12
The SafeBoosC phase II randomised clinical trial: a treatment guideline for targeted near-infrared-derived cerebral tissue oxygenation versus standard treatment in extremely preterm infants. Neonatology (2013) 1.10
Randomized comparison of distal protection versus conventional treatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention: the drug elution and distal protection in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (DEDICATION) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 1.08
Effectiveness of human recombinant activated protein C for severe sepsis and septic shock in adult and pediatric patients: randomized clinical trial versus nonrandomized study. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.07
Antioxidant supplements for preventing gastrointestinal cancers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2008) 1.07
Commentary: Europe needs a central, transparent, and evidence based regulation process for devices. BMJ (2013) 1.06
Good from far. Far from good. Pain (2012) 1.06
Early detection of response to experimental chemotherapeutic Top216 with [18F]FLT and [18F]FDG PET in human ovary cancer xenografts in mice. PLoS One (2010) 1.06
Antioxidant supplements and mortality. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care (2014) 1.05
Chinese herbal medicine for severe acute respiratory syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Altern Complement Med (2004) 1.05