Chili Pepper Consumption and Mortality in Italian Adults by Marialaura Bonaccio, PhD, et al. received the most online attention among research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) in 2019.

Meanwhile, topics including the associations between recreational cannabis use and cardiac structure and function, a practical guide to prescribing SGLT2 inhibitors, and the association of Celecoxib with dystrophic calcification and aortic valve stenosis were the focus of the most talked about articles published in JACC specialty journals.

For the two new journals, Learning From a Heart Transplant Patient was the most talked about JACC: Case Report article, and Pre-Diagnosis Exercise and Cardiovascular Events in Primary Breast Cancer was the most talked about JACC: CardioOncology article.

The Most Talked About lists are based on Altmetric scoring, which measures the digital impact and reach of peer-reviewed papers worldwide. According to altmetrics, articles published in JACC Journals garnered more than 239,000 online media and social media mentions in 2019. This number encompasses online news outlets, Twitter, Facebook and other credible online mentions.

See the full list and explore conversations about the top articles for all eight JACC Journals.