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Cardiology Top Ten

Bringing you our top ten most highly cited, most highly downloaded and most viral articles from 2015. These are all free to view* for a limited time only. Be sure to click through to read the full list but as a little sneak preview, we have include the top three from each category below.

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Top Ten Most Highly Cited Articles of 2015

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Biology of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations with a Focus on Inflammation

Number of cites: 15

Predictive Value of Admission Platelet Volume Indices for In-hospital Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Number of cites: 9

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Traffic-related air pollution and noise and children's blood pressure: Results from the PIAMA birth cohort

Number of cites: 8

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 9 Inhibitors: An Emerging Lipid-Lowering Therapy?

Number of cites: 8

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Metabolic syndrome across Europe: Different clusters of risk factors

Number of cites:7

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing for the Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Number of cites: 6

Perfusion

Prognostic significance of red cell distribution width in acute mesenteric ischemia

Number of cites: 5

Angiology

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: An "All or None" Phenomenon?

Number of cites: 5

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Describing self-care in Italian adults with heart failure and identifying determinants of poor self-care

Number of cites: 4

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Can Admission Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Predict Infarct-Related Artery Patency in ST-Segment

Number of cites: 4

Top Ten Most Highly Downloaded

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Triggering of acute coronary occlusion by episodes of anger

Number of downloads: 4149

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic

Number of downloads: 3217

Vascular Medicine

Thrombophilia

Number of downloads: 2891

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

A core curriculum for the continuing professional development of nurses: Developed by the Education Committee on behalf of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions of the ESC

Number of downloads: 2891

Medication adherence interventions for heart failure patients: A meta-analysis

Number of downloads: 2155

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Pre-hospital management of patients with chest pain and/or dyspnoea of cardiac origin. A position paper of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) of the ESC.

Number of downloads: 1882

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Pharmacotherapy Update on the Use of Vasopressors and Inotropes in the Intensive Care Unit

Number of downloads: 1010

Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

The renin-angiotensin system meets the hallmarks of cancer

Number of downloads: 755

Angiology

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Polymorphism, Venous Thrombosis, Cardiovascular Risk, and Other Effects

Number of downloads: 689

Perfusion

Conditions and procedures for in-hospital extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of adult patients

Number of downloads: 540

Top Ten Most Viral – Ranked by article Altmetrics score from all time

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

The effectiveness of yoga in modifying risk factors for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Alzheimer's Disease Is Type 3 Diabetes — Evidence Reviewed

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Triggering of acute coronary occlusion by episodes of anger

JRSM Cardiovascular Disease

JRSM Cardiovascular Disease

The physician's role in prescribing physical activity for the prevention and treatment of essential

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality.

Vascular Medicine

Vascular Medicine

Consumption of a boiled Greek type of coffee is associated with improved endothelial function: The Ikaria Study

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Prevention of influenza episodes with colostrum compared with vaccination in healthy and high-risk cardiovascular subjects: the epidemiologic study in San Valentino

Perfusion

Perfusion

2010 Survey on cell phone use while performing cardiopulmonary bypass

The Diabetes Educator

The Diabetes Educator

Illness Perceptions Among Adults at Risk for Diabetes.

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Medication adherence interventions for heart failure patients: A meta-analysis

*Altmetrics sourced February 29th