Table 1.
Chart demonstrating the number of guidelines identified in each journal over the study period.
| Year of publication | Circulation | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | Heart | European Heart Journal | European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 54 | 42 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 |