OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders is 27. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease and breath-holding limitations: a free-breathing cardiac magnetic resonance protocol at 3.0 T	285
Choice of home blood pressure monitoring device: the role of device characteristics among Alaska Native and American Indian peoples	64
Preoperative beta-blocker in ventricular dysfunction patients: need a more granular quality metric	55
Surgical outcomes of bridge-to-bridge therapy with extracorporeal left ventricular assist device for acute myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock	52
Treatment outcomes and associated factors among chronic ambulatory heart failure patients at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia: prospective observational study	47
Electrocardiographic patterns predict the presence of collateral circulation and in-hospital mortality in acute total left main occlusion	44
The prevalence of permanent pacemaker implantation after open-heart surgeries; eight years of experience in Tehran heart center	41
Clinical characteristics and misdiagnosis of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection	40
Removal of an entrapped guidewire by excimer laser coronary angioplasty in patients with chronic total occlusion intervention	38
Left ventricular dissecting haematoma and aneurysm formation in a patient who uses methamphetamines: a case report	38
Characteristics and correlation of body fat distribution and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in adults aged 20–59 years: a cross-sectional study	38
Prolonged pain-to-balloon time still impairs midterm left ventricular function following STEMI	37
Recovery time of atrioventricular conduction and its influencing factors in patients presenting late with inferior wall acute myocardial infarction and atrioventricular block	35
Exploring the relationship between ventricular fibrillation recurrence after defibrillation in myocardial infarction and the effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation therapy	35
Missense mutations in the CITED2 gene may contribute to congenital heart disease	34
Association between serum uric acid and homocysteine levels among adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study	34
Does overnight duty affect vascular endothelial function?	33
The CADILLAC risk score accurately identifies patients at low risk for in-hospital mortality and adverse cardiovascular events following ST elevation myocardial infarction	32
The role and mechanism of NRG1/ErbB4 in inducing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes	32
Improving outcomes in single chamber leadless pacemakers: strategies for minimizing vascular complications	29
Exploratory analysis of predictors of ventricular aneurysm in a cohort of 291 patients with acute myocardial infarction	28
Risk factors and the CCTA application in patients with vulnerable coronary plaque in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study	28
Safety and efficacy of lesion size index guided 50 W radiofrequency ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation	28
Clinical prognostic impact of C-NLR in heart failure patients with different ejection fractions: a retrospective study	28
The relationship between leukocyte to albumin ratio and atrial fibrillation severity	27

Clinical outcomes of His bundle pacing vs. right ventricular pacing in patients with conduction disturbances following transcatheter aortic valve replacement	27
Prognosis and role of clinical and imaging features in patients with malignant pericardial effusion: a single-center study in China	27
Post-cardiac injury syndrome triggered by radiofrequency ablation for AVNRT	27