OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is 30. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Is it the atrial arrhythmia or the atrial myopathy? Yes! (It's both)	232
Editorial commentary: Air pollution: The most important environmental threat to the cardiovascular system	129
Editorial commentary: Unraveling intricacies of cardiovascular disease at the single-cell resolution	113
Assessing functional status of cardiac lymphatics: From macroscopic imaging to molecular profiling	109
Editorial Board	97
Cardiac implantable electronic device infection	92
Editorial commentary: The enigma of the left atrial septal pouch	87
Gender and race-related disparities in the management of ventricular arrhythmias	79
Editorial commentary: CardioVerse: Buying the stairway to heaven	77
Percutaneous suture-based patent foramen ovale closure: A state-of-the-art review	58
Editorial commentary: Polygenic risk and coronary artery calcium score: Joining forces in preventive cardiology	56
Editorial commentary: Factors underlying improved mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation	53
Editorial commentary: Role of inflammatory cytokines in genesis and treatment of atherosclerosis. Looking at foam cells through a different lens	45
Editorial commentary: Simplifying diagnostics in wide complex tachycardia: Not so simple	44
Physiologic guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention: State of the evidence	44
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	40
Editorial commentary: The evolution of prosthetic heart valves and related preventative antithrombotic therapy: Different paths with divergent progression	40
Premature ventricular complexes and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in older women	38
Editorial commentary: Heart failure incidence and etiologies at young adult age	38
Editorial Board	37
Thromboembolic risk and oral anticoagulation in subclinical atrial fibrillation	36
Editorial commentary: Respect or resect? Patient tailored approach	35
Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heart Failure.	33
Editorial commentary: “Three steps to ACM diagnosis – is it that easy?”	33
Access routes, devices and guidance methods for intrapericardial delivery in cardiac conditions	32

Spotlight on ATTR cardiomyopathy: the unexpected journey of a once considered “orphan disease”	32
Radial artery or saphenous vein?	32
Unmet clinical needs in the prevention and treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism	31
Editorial commentary: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: Know your strengths well, and know your weaknesses better	31
Innovations in cardiovascular imaging	30