What's Hot In Medicine> 2010
Year: 2010
The Top Ten lists in Medicine feature papers published during the last two years (excluding review articles) that were most cited in current journal articles indexed by Clarivate during a recent two-month period. Papers are ranked according to the latest bimonthly citation count. The articles below are accompanied by expert discussion and analysis (including comments from the papers’ authors) written by one of four veteran scientist-journalists and longtime ScienceWatch.com contributors.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010
Bypass and Stenting Vie For Hearts and Minds
by David W. Sharp
Faced with the necessity of myocardial
revascularizaton, clinicians typically have two choices:
coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG), or less-invasive
percutaneous procedures that usually involve stents. A recent study
has compared these two methods and concluded that CABG should remain
the standard of care, given the decreased likelihood of major
cardiac or cerebrovascular events, although the reduced invasiveness
of percutaneous methods appears to have accounted for their wider
use.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010
Role of Soluble Amyloid-ß Examined in Alzheimer’s
by David W. Sharp
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JULY/AUGUST 2010
Genetic Determinants of Platelet-Inhibitor Response
by David W. Sharp
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MAY/JUNE 2010
Disquieting Details on the 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak
by David W. Sharp
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MARCH/APRIL 2010
Coronary-Artery Calcium: A Risk for Heart Disease?
by David W. Sharp
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010
Prostate Debate: Does PSA Screening Affect Mortality?
by David W. Sharp
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