Objective To analyze the trends in published articles of cardiovascular diseases in Capital Medical University (CMU), and to provide good foundation for subject development of cardiovascular diseases. Methods Articles published in Science Citation Index Expanded (attached to Web of Science) from 2001 to 2014 were searched, and quantity of the articles, rankings, H index and cited frequency were analyzed by using bibliometrics principles and citation analysis. Results After we analyzed the quantity of the articles in different cardiovascular sub-disciplines, we found that the proportion of articles published by CMU increased year by year. In the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, the quantities of the articles in most sub-disciplines of CMU ranked within the top 5 in China, except for arrhythmia. H index of CMU increased significantly since the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period. Beijing Anzhen Hospital was not as good as Fuwai Hospital in both the quantity of the articles and cited frequencies. Conclusions The development momentum of cardiovascular discipline in CMU is strong in these years. The quantities of published articles increase year by year while the article quality still needs to be improved. In future, we should pay more attention to the promotion of scientific research management, and strengthen the cooperation to foreign advanced research groups and institutes to make further development of cardiovascular discipline in CMU.