Top Ten articles

This listing displays the articles that have been downloaded most often, in PDF format, from the Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine website in recent weeks. It does not rank the quality, scientific significance or citation impact of the content. Its aim is to highlight popular articles that you may have missed. We hope you enjoy them.

January 2008

1. Review

   

   Rapid regression of atherosclerosis: insights from the clinical and experimental literature

   Kevin Jon Williams, Jonathan E Feig and Edward A Fisher

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1086 | Full Text | PDF (573K)

2. Review

   

   Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy—a novel pathophysiological hypothesis to explain catecholamine-induced acute myocardial stunning

   Alexander R Lyon, Paul SC Rees, Sanjay Prasad, Philip A Poole-Wilson and Sian E Harding

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1066 | Full Text | PDF (300K)

3. Review

   Statins and polyunsaturated fatty acids for treatment of atrial fibrillation

   Irina Savelieva and John Camm

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1038 | Full Text | PDF (284K)

4. Viewpoint

   The role of salt in hypertension: the complexity seems to become clearer

   Edward D Frohlich

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1087 | Full Text | PDF (121K)

5. Research Highlights

   Low HDL despite statin-lowered LDL cholesterol levels raises risk of cardiovascular events

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1070 | Full Text | PDF (68K)

6. Case Study

   

   Pheochromocytoma: cyclic attacks of hypertension alternating with hypotension

   Sergio L Kobal, Esther Paran, Aamer Jamali, Solly Mizrahi, Robert J Siegel and Jonathan Leor

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1054 | Full Text | PDF (245K)

7. Review

   

   Mechanisms of Disease: genetic causes of familial hypercholesterolemia

   Anne K Soutar and Rossi P Naoumova

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0836 | Full Text | PDF (424K)

8. Editorial

   Drug-eluting stent pathology—should we still be cautious?

   Gaku Nakazawa, Aloke V Finn and Renu Virmani

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1093 | Full Text | PDF (104K)

9. Editorial

   Focus on mechanical assist devices for the treatment of heart failure

   Philip A Poole-Wilson

   doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1114 | Full Text | PDF (99K)

10. Review

    Late medical versus interventional therapy for stable ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

    Sammy Elmariah, Sidney C Smith Jr and Valentin Fuster

    doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1056 | Full Text | PDF (257K)

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