OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders is 33. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk factors and the CCTA application in patients with vulnerable coronary plaque in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study	448
The role and mechanism of NRG1/ErbB4 in inducing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes	92
Exploring the relationship between ventricular fibrillation recurrence after defibrillation in myocardial infarction and the effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation therapy	77
Ablation by three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping versus anti-arrhythmic drug therapy: a cost-utility analysis in the treatment of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias	74
Developing a risk score for B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) ≥ 100 pg/ml levels: the suita study	68
Removal of an entrapped guidewire by excimer laser coronary angioplasty in patients with chronic total occlusion intervention	60
Experiences and management of breathing and shortness of breath in patients with chronic heart failure – a qualitative study	55
Association between serum apolipoprotein A1 and atrial fibrillation in the Chinese population: a case–control study	55
The effect of non-insulin dependent insulin resistance indices on the prediction in the recurrence of late atrial fibrillation after modified maze procedure concomitant with valvular heart surgery	54
Left ventricular dissecting haematoma and aneurysm formation in a patient who uses methamphetamines: a case report	53
Clinical prognostic impact of C-NLR in heart failure patients with different ejection fractions: a retrospective study	47
Management of under-expansion stent using intravascular lithotripsy under OCT guidance: a case report and systematic review	46
Why follow-up matters in survival analysis: comparing cox proportional hazard regression and random survival forest for predicting heart failure outcomes	42
Exploratory analysis of predictors of ventricular aneurysm in a cohort of 291 patients with acute myocardial infarction	42
Electrogram transition patterns in left bundle branch pacing: a case report	40
Association between serum uric acid and homocysteine levels among adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study	38
The effect of catheter-based sham renal denervation in hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Treatment outcomes and associated factors among chronic ambulatory heart failure patients at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia: prospective observational study	37
Prolonged pain-to-balloon time still impairs midterm left ventricular function following STEMI	36
Spatial correction improves accuracy of catheter positioning during ablation of premature ventricular contractions: differences between ventricular outflow tracts and other localizations	36
Association between sleep duration and CVD mortality: a prospective cohort study based on middle-aged and elderly chest pain patients	36
Validity and reliability studies of the Indonesian version of Atrial Fibrillation Severity Scale (AFSS)	36
Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is related to early subclinical myocardial dysfunction, particularly in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case control study	35
The relationship between leukocyte to albumin ratio and atrial fibrillation severity	34
A global analysis of the burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to diet low in fiber between 1990 and 2019	34

Role of electrograms recorded from mini electrodes in catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: a retrospective study	34
Improving outcomes in single chamber leadless pacemakers: strategies for minimizing vascular complications	34
The association between diabetes and abdominal aortic aneurysms in men: results of two Danish screening studies, a systematic review, and a meta-analysis of population-based screening studies	34
Focal ischemic myocardial fibrosis assessed by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	34
Indobufen versus aspirin after percutaneous coronary intervention in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome	34
Clinical outcomes of His bundle pacing vs. right ventricular pacing in patients with conduction disturbances following transcatheter aortic valve replacement	34
Comparing functional and quality of life outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
CAVI (Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index) as an independent predictor of hypertensive response to exercise	33