OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is 29. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial commentary: The enigma of the left atrial septal pouch	316
Editorial Board	155
Editorial commentary: Is it the atrial arrhythmia or the atrial myopathy? Yes! (It's both)	126
Cardiac implantable electronic device infection	122
Editorial: Artificial intelligence in cardio-obstetrics — A technological leap toward safer pregnancies	117
Percutaneous suture-based patent foramen ovale closure: A state-of-the-art review	116
Head-to-head comparison between left atrial appendage occlusion and non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis study	111
Editorial commentary: CardioVerse: Buying the stairway to heaven	69
Editorial commentary: Factors underlying improved mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation	67
Editorial commentary: Simplifying diagnostics in wide complex tachycardia: Not so simple	61
Physiologic guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention: State of the evidence	55
Editorial commentary: Unraveling intricacies of cardiovascular disease at the single-cell resolution	54
Editorial commentary: Role of inflammatory cytokines in genesis and treatment of atherosclerosis. Looking at foam cells through a different lens	51
Editorial commentary: Air pollution: The most important environmental threat to the cardiovascular system	50
Editorial commentary: Ventricular arrhythmias and older women	49
Gender and race-related disparities in the management of ventricular arrhythmias	44
Editorial commentary: Polygenic risk and coronary artery calcium score: Joining forces in preventive cardiology	42
Premature ventricular complexes and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in older women	42
Editorial commentary: The evolution of prosthetic heart valves and related preventative antithrombotic therapy: Different paths with divergent progression	42
Editorial commentary: “Three steps to ACM diagnosis – is it that easy?”	40
Surgical vs transcatheter aortic valve replacement in bicuspid aortic valve stenosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Advances in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: New insights and future directions	36
Editorial commentary: Finerenone as an additional therapeutic strategy in heart failure	35
Invasive management of unroofed coronary sinus: A systematic review	35
Regression and stabilization of atherogenic plaques	34

Editorial commentary: Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heart Failure.	34
Coronary artery embolism and acute coronary syndrome: A critical appraisal of existing data	32
Radial artery or saphenous vein?	32
Editorial commentary: Respect or resect? Patient tailored approach	31