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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial commentary: Simplifying diagnostics in wide complex tachycardia: Not so simple	216
Editorial commentary: Factors underlying improved mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation	125
Is it the atrial arrhythmia or the atrial myopathy? Yes! (It's both)	111
Editorial commentary: Air pollution: The most important environmental threat to the cardiovascular system	107
Editorial commentary: Role of inflammatory cytokines in genesis and treatment of atherosclerosis. Looking at foam cells through a different lens	95
Percutaneous suture-based patent foramen ovale closure: A state-of-the-art review	92
Physiologic guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention: State of the evidence	82
Gender and race-related disparities in the management of ventricular arrhythmias	77
Pulmonary artery denervation for pulmonary arterial hypertension	73
Editorial commentary: Unraveling intricacies of cardiovascular disease at the single-cell resolution	57
Assessing functional status of cardiac lymphatics: From macroscopic imaging to molecular profiling	56
Editorial Board	55
Editorial commentary: The evolution of prosthetic heart valves and related preventative antithrombotic therapy: Different paths with divergent progression	50
Editorial commentary: Polygenic risk and coronary artery calcium score: Joining forces in preventive cardiology	44
Cardiac implantable electronic device infection	44
Editorial commentary: The enigma of the left atrial septal pouch	42
Editorial commentary: Heart failure incidence and etiologies at young adult age	38
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	38
Editorial commentary: CardioVerse: Buying the stairway to heaven	38
Innovations in cardiovascular imaging	36
Unmet clinical needs in the prevention and treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism	34
Editorial commentary: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: Know your strengths well, and know your weaknesses better	33
Invasive management of unroofed coronary sinus: A systematic review	33
Editorial Board	33
Role of platelet function and genetic testing in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention	32

Editorial commentary: Respect or resect? Patient tailored approach	32
Non-invasive ablation of arrhythmias with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy	31
Radial artery or saphenous vein?	30
Editorial commentary: “Three steps to ACM diagnosis – is it that easy?”	29
Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heart Failure.	29