OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cardiovascular Ultrasound is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis	53
A review of current trends in three-dimensional analysis of left ventricular myocardial strain	30
Usefulness of speckle-tracking echocardiography for early detection in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis	17
Left atrial longitudinal strain as a predictor of Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction in patients with breast Cancer	16
Myocarditis successfully diagnosed and controlled with speckle tracking echocardiography	15
Evaluation of prenatal changes in fetal cardiac morphology and function in maternal diabetes mellitus using a novel fetal speckle-tracking analysis: a prospective cohort study	13
Prognostic implications of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/pulmonary arterial systolic pressure ratio in septic shock patients	13
Contribution of sarcomere gene mutations to left atrial function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	10
Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by non-invasive pressure-strain loop area in young male strength athletes	10
Global and regional right ventricular mechanics in repaired tetralogy of Fallot with chronic severe pulmonary regurgitation: a three-dimensional echocardiography study	10
Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts elevated cardiac pressures and poor clinical outcomes in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy	9
Comparison of left atrial and left atrial appendage mechanics in the risk stratification of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation	9
Post Procedural Peak Left Atrial Contraction Strain Predicts Recurrence of Arrhythmia after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation	9
Comparison of global and regional myocardial strains in patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction vs hypertension vs age-matched control	8
Acute changes of global and longitudinal right ventricular function: an exploratory analysis in patients undergoing open-chest mitral valve surgery, percutaneous mitral valve repair and off-pump coron	8
A multicentric quality-control study of exercise Doppler echocardiography of the right heart and the pulmonary circulation. The RIGHT Heart International NETwork (RIGHT-NET)	8
Feasibility of focused cardiac ultrasound during cardiac arrest in the emergency department	8
Fragmented QRS as an early predictor of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in healthy individuals: a nested case-control study in the era of speckle tracking echocardiography	7
Improved diagnosis of pulmonary embolism causing cardiac arrest by combined endobronchial ultrasound and echocardiography	7
Speckle tracking echocardiographically-based analysis of ventricular strain in children: an intervendor comparison	7
Quantification of left ventricular mass by echocardiography compared to cardiac magnet resonance imaging in hemodialysis patients	7
2D-echocardiography vs cardiac MRI strain: a prospective cohort study in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer undergoing trastuzumab	7
Usefulness of speckle tracking echocardiography and biomarkers for detecting acute cellular rejection after heart transplantation	7
Blood speckle imaging compared with conventional Doppler ultrasound for transvalvular pressure drop estimation in an aortic flow phantom	6
Evaluation of intraventricular flow by multimodality imaging: a review and meta-analysis	6

Myocardial contrast echocardiography assessment of perfusion abnormalities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	6
Diastolic function and its association with diabetes, hypertension and age in an outpatient population with normal stress echocardiography findings	6
Left atrial functional assessment and mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis with sinus rhythm	6
Feasibility and accuracy of a novel automated three-dimensional ultrasonographic analysis system for abdominal aortic aneurysm: comparison with two-dimensional ultrasonography and computed tomography	6
Left atrial morpho-functional remodeling in atrial fibrillation assessed by three dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography and its value in atrial fibrillation screening	6
Cardiac amyloidosis screening using a relative apical sparing pattern in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy	6
Predictors of worsening TR severity after right ventricular lead placement: any added value by post-procedural fluoroscopy versus three –dimensional echocardiography?	5
Association between multi-site atherosclerotic plaques and systemic arteriosclerosis: results from the BEST study (Beijing Vascular Disease Patients Evaluation Study)	5
Ultrasonography to detect cardiovascular damage in children with essential hypertension	5
Comparison of left atrial deformation parameters between renal transplant and hemodialysis patients	5
Local myocardial stiffness variations identified by high frame rate shear wave echocardiography	5
Incremental prognostic value of echocardiography of left ventricular remodeling and diastolic function in STICH trial	5
Layer‐specific strain echocardiography may reflect regional myocardial impairment in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	5
Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast occurring in patients with low CHADS2 or CHA2DS2-VASc scores	5
Usefulness of tissue Doppler-derived atrial electromechanical delay for identifying patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation	5
Galectin-3 and sST2: associations to the echocardiographic markers of the myocardial mechanics in systemic sclerosis – a pilot study	5
Associations of 2D speckle tracking echocardiography-based right heart deformation parameters and invasively assessed hemodynamic measurements in patients with pulmonary hypertension	5
Prognostic effect of increased left ventricular wall thickness in severe aortic stenosis	5
Mitral early-diastolic inflow peak velocity (E)-to-left atrial strain ratio as a novel index for predicting elevated left ventricular filling pressures in patients with preserved left ventricular ejec	5
Afterload-related reference values for myocardial work indices	5