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The collateral circulation of the heart

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medicine, June 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (76th percentile)

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Title
The collateral circulation of the heart
Published in
BMC Medicine, June 2013
DOI 10.1186/1741-7015-11-143
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Authors

Pascal Meier, Stephan H Schirmer, Alexandra J Lansky, Adam Timmis, Bertram Pitt, Christian Seiler

Abstract

The coronary arteries have been regarded as end arteries for decades. However, there are functionally relevant anastomotic vessels, known as collateral arteries, which interconnect epicardial coronary arteries. These vessels provide an alternative source of blood supply to the myocardium in cases of occlusive coronary artery disease. The relevance of these collateral arteries is a matter of ongoing debate, but increasing evidence indicates a relevant protective role in patients with coronary artery disease. The collateral circulation can be assessed by different methods; the gold standard involves intracoronary pressure measurements. While the first clinical trials to therapeutically induce growth of collateral arteries have been unavailing, recent pilot studies using external counterpulsation or growth factors such as granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) have shown promising results.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 140 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 16%
Student > Bachelor 22 16%
Researcher 14 10%
Other 11 8%
Student > Postgraduate 11 8%
Other 34 24%
Unknown 26 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 61 43%
Engineering 14 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 6%
Unspecified 6 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 4%
Other 10 7%
Unknown 36 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 January 2024.
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#5,920,582
of 24,223,370 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#2,370
of 3,710 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#47,068
of 201,090 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#46
of 59 outputs
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