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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease and breath-holding limitations: a free-breathing cardiac magnetic resonance protocol at 3.0 T	271
Choice of home blood pressure monitoring device: the role of device characteristics among Alaska Native and American Indian peoples	57
Preoperative beta-blocker in ventricular dysfunction patients: need a more granular quality metric	53
Surgical outcomes of bridge-to-bridge therapy with extracorporeal left ventricular assist device for acute myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock	46
Treatment outcomes and associated factors among chronic ambulatory heart failure patients at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia: prospective observational study	45
Electrocardiographic patterns predict the presence of collateral circulation and in-hospital mortality in acute total left main occlusion	39
The prevalence of permanent pacemaker implantation after open-heart surgeries; eight years of experience in Tehran heart center	39
Characteristics and correlation of body fat distribution and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in adults aged 20–59 years: a cross-sectional study	37
Left ventricular dissecting haematoma and aneurysm formation in a patient who uses methamphetamines: a case report	37
Clinical characteristics and misdiagnosis of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection	37
Removal of an entrapped guidewire by excimer laser coronary angioplasty in patients with chronic total occlusion intervention	36
Prolonged pain-to-balloon time still impairs midterm left ventricular function following STEMI	34
Exploring the relationship between ventricular fibrillation recurrence after defibrillation in myocardial infarction and the effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation therapy	33
Association between serum uric acid and homocysteine levels among adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study	32
Recovery time of atrioventricular conduction and its influencing factors in patients presenting late with inferior wall acute myocardial infarction and atrioventricular block	32
The CADILLAC risk score accurately identifies patients at low risk for in-hospital mortality and adverse cardiovascular events following ST elevation myocardial infarction	31
Does overnight duty affect vascular endothelial function?	31
Missense mutations in the CITED2 gene may contribute to congenital heart disease	31
The role and mechanism of NRG1/ErbB4 in inducing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes	29
Clinical prognostic impact of C-NLR in heart failure patients with different ejection fractions: a retrospective study	28
Risk factors and the CCTA application in patients with vulnerable coronary plaque in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study	28
Improving outcomes in single chamber leadless pacemakers: strategies for minimizing vascular complications	28
The expression of miR-211-5p in atherosclerosis and its influence on diagnosis and prognosis	27
Exploratory analysis of predictors of ventricular aneurysm in a cohort of 291 patients with acute myocardial infarction	27
Clinical outcomes of His bundle pacing vs. right ventricular pacing in patients with conduction disturbances following transcatheter aortic valve replacement	26

Safety and efficacy of lesion size index guided 50 W radiofrequency ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation