Everything about ABC

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: ABCA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: 2024 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/APMA/ABC/SCAI/SVM/SVN/SVS/SIR/VESS Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice GuidelinesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The Gold-BugThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Use of avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) in immunoperoxidase techniques: a comparison between ABC and unlabeled antibody (PAP) procedures.Cited 10,542 times
5. Go sideways: BBC (disambiguation)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: PlusA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Use of avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) in immunoperoxidase techniques: a comparison between ABC and unlabeled antibody (PAP) procedures.

  S M Hsu, L Raine, H Fanger · 1981 · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry · 10,542 citations

• A powerful and efficient algorithm for numerical function optimization: artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm

  Dervis Karaboga, Bahriye Basturk · 2007 · Journal of Global Optimization · 6,680 citations

• 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults

  Paul K. Whelton, Robert M. Carey, Wilbert S. Aronow · 2018 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 4,309 citations

• 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

  Paul K. Whelton, Robert M. Carey, Wilbert S. Aronow · 2018 · Hypertension · 3,407 citations

• ABC Transporters: From Microorganisms to Man

  Christopher F. Higgins · 1992 · Annual Review of Cell Biology · 3,344 citations

• On the performance of artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm

  D. Karaboga, B. Basturk · 2008 · Applied Soft Computing · 3,089 citations

• The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale

  L. E. Powell, A. M. Myers · 1995 · The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences · 2,343 citations

• 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol

  Scott M. Grundy, Neil J. Stone, Alison L. Bailey · 2019 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2,262 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• 2024 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/APMA/ABC/SCAI/SVM/SVN/SVS/SIR/VESS Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

  Heather L. Gornik, Herbert D. Aronow, Philip P. Goodney · 2024 · Circulation · 799 citations

• 2026 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia

  Roger S. Blumenthal, Pamela B. Morris, Mario Gaudino · 2026 · JACC · 400 citations

• 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

  Writing Committee Members*, Daniel W. Jones, Keith C. Ferdinand · 2025 · Hypertension · 350 citations

• 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults

  Daniel W. Jones, Keith C. Ferdinand, Sandra J. Taler · 2025 · JACC · 329 citations

• 2024 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/APMA/ABC/SCAI/SVM/SVN/SVS/SIR/VESS Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease

  Heather L. Gornik, Herbert D. Aronow, Philip P. Goodney · 2024 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 303 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Gold-BugEdgar Allan Poe · 1845
• The Classic Tale of the Velveteen RabbitMargery Williams Bianco · 1900
• Pippi LångstrumpAstrid Lindgren · 1945
• The Mouse and the MotorcycleBeverly Cleary · 1965
• Otherwise Known as Sheila the GreatJudy Blume · 1972
• BunniculaDeborah Howe, James Howe · 1979
• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyMark Twain · 1867
• The Ransom of Red ChiefO. Henry · 1918

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