OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders is 26. 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
The relationship between leukocyte to albumin ratio and atrial fibrillation severity	228
Post-cardiac injury syndrome triggered by radiofrequency ablation for AVNRT	75
Prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease and breath-holding limitations: a free-breathing cardiac magnetic resonance protocol at 3.0 T	48
Choice of home blood pressure monitoring device: the role of device characteristics among Alaska Native and American Indian peoples	47
Preoperative beta-blocker in ventricular dysfunction patients: need a more granular quality metric	42
Surgical outcomes of bridge-to-bridge therapy with extracorporeal left ventricular assist device for acute myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock	39
Development and evaluation of the model for acute kidney injury in patients with cardiac arrest after successful resuscitation	38
Impact of pericardial fluid glucose level and computed tomography attenuation values on diagnosis of malignancy-related pericardial effusion	37
Treatment outcomes and associated factors among chronic ambulatory heart failure patients at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia: prospective observational study	37
Association between serum apolipoprotein A1 and atrial fibrillation in the Chinese population: a case–control study	35
Electrocardiographic patterns predict the presence of collateral circulation and in-hospital mortality in acute total left main occlusion	34
Magnitude of troponin elevation in patients with biomarker evidence of myocardial injury: relative frequency and outcomes in a cohort study across a large healthcare system	33
Prognosis and role of clinical and imaging features in patients with malignant pericardial effusion: a single-center study in China	33
Assessment of the impact of HIV infection and anti-retroviral treatment on the cardiometabolic health of pregnant mothers and their offspring (ARTMOMSBABES)	32
Prognostic value of D-dimer for adverse outcomes in patients with infective endocarditis: an observational study	31
The prevalence of permanent pacemaker implantation after open-heart surgeries; eight years of experience in Tehran heart center	30
Clinical characteristics and misdiagnosis of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection	30
Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is related to early subclinical myocardial dysfunction, particularly in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case control study	30
Characteristics and correlation of body fat distribution and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in adults aged 20–59 years: a cross-sectional study	29
Left ventricular dissecting haematoma and aneurysm formation in a patient who uses methamphetamines: a case report	28
Ablation by three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping versus anti-arrhythmic drug therapy: a cost-utility analysis in the treatment of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias	28
Association of systemic immune inflammatory index with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among individuals with type 2 diabetes	27
The long-term effects of cardiometabolic risk factors on mortality and life expectancy: evidence from a health check-up cohort study	27
Removal of an entrapped guidewire by excimer laser coronary angioplasty in patients with chronic total occlusion intervention	27
Exploring the relationship between ventricular fibrillation recurrence after defibrillation in myocardial infarction and the effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation therapy	26

The abnormalities of free fatty acid metabolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a single-center retrospective observational study	26
Prolonged pain-to-balloon time still impairs midterm left ventricular function following STEMI	26