Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Article	Citations
The ‘Predatory Journal’: the quality vs. quantity of the publications	47
Cardioneuroablation: a new treatment for vasovagal syncope	38
Preexisting coronary artery disease among coronavirus disease 2019 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	30
Remodeling of activities of Italian echocardiographic laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown: the SIECoVId study	27
Personalizing configuration for atrial fibrillation external electrical cardioversion to improve first shock efficacy	24
Coronary occlusion after valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement with bioprosthetic or native aortic scallop intentional laceration to prevent iatrogenic coronary artery obstruction (BAS	21
Mitral valve surgery with extensive annular calcification: review of surgical techniques and postoperative complications	19
Pre- and in-hospital anticoagulation therapy in coronavirus disease 2019 patients: a propensity-matched analysis of in-hospital outcomes	17
Prognostic value of systemic inflammatory response syndrome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation	16
Cardiovascular mortality in Northern and Southern European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study at 60-year follow-up	16
Cardiovascular prevention in women: an update by the Italian Society of Cardiology working group on ‘Prevention, hypertension and peripheral disease’	15
Clinical significance and prognostic value of right bundle branch block in permanent pacemaker patients	13
Another meta-analysis on novel oral anticoagulants for left ventricular thrombus: when enough is enough?	13
ObsErvatioNal prospective multicenter stuDy tO characterize the cLinical ANd DiagnoStiC feAtures of endocarditis in the contemPorary Era (ENDO-LANDSCAPE study): rationale and design	12
Effectiveness of 2014 ESC HCM-Risk-SCD score in prediction of appropriate implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator shocks	12
Superior mesenteric artery terminal branch stent failure studied by optical coherence tomography	12
Revascularization strategies in patients with diabetes and stable ischemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials	11
Early prognostic stratification and identification of irreversibly shocked patients despite primary percutaneous coronary intervention	11
Intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism treated with local ultrasound-facilitated thrombolysis: a single-center experience	11
Coronavirus disease 2019 and cardiac surgery: lessons learnt from a round-trip to hell	10
Stress-echocardiography or coronary computed tomography in suspected chronic coronary syndrome after the 2019 European Guidelines? A practical guide	10
Impact of QRS duration on left ventricular remodelling and survival in patients with heart failure	10
Platelet reactivity and clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention in complex higher-risk patients	10
Myocardial iron content by T2 Star cardiac magnetic resonance and serum markers of iron metabolism in patients with heart failure	9
Combined procedure of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and coronary intravascular lithotripsy	9

An attractive endovascular strategy for combined – aneurysmal and stenotic – coronary artery disease	9
Clinical implications of assessing frailty in elderly patients treated with permanent cardiac pacing	9
Do background ischemic heart disease and baseline left ventricular ejection fraction affect cardiovascular efficacy of SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?	9
Clinical management and primary prevention of suspected coronary artery disease guided by computed tomography	8
Modern tools in congenital heart disease imaging and procedure planning: a European survey	8
Trends in age and sex-specific dilated cardiomyopathy mortality in Italy, 2005–2017	8
Left atrial appendage occlusion: from guidelines to real life, where is the gap?	8
Spontaneous coronary dissection in a patient with Beals syndrome	8
Right ventricular thrombosis: from a case report to pathophysiology mechanisms and current treatment options	8
Gender-specific association of risk factors in patients who underwent catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation	8
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the role of early PCI: will patients with non-ST-segment elevation MI get any benefit from an early invasive approach?	8
Large-bore sheath insertion using a slip-through technique in transcatheter aortic valve replacement	8
Alexithymia for cardiologists: a clinical approach to the patient	7
Cryoballoon ablation as initial treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: time to change the standard approach?	7
An update on takotsubo syndrome	7
Appropriate use criteria for cardiovascular MRI: SIC – SIRM position paper Part 2 (myocarditis, pericardial disease, cardiomyopathies and valvular heart disease)	7
Revolutionizing healthcare: artificial intelligence detection of coronary artery disease paves the way for future tools	7
Albumin use and mortality among intensive care patients with acute heart failure: a retrospective study	7
Age-dependent diagnostic yield of echocardiography as a second-line diagnostic investigation in athletes with abnormalities at preparticipation screening	7
Right ventricular afterload mismatch after transcatheter caval valve implantation for tricuspid regurgitation	6
Prognostic role of coronary artery ectasia in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease	6
Tailoring oral antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndromes: from guidelines to clinical practice	6
Cardiovascular prevention in childhood: a consensus document of the Italian Society of Cardiology Working Group on Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Prevention in Paediatric Age	6
Lights and shadows on left atrial appendage occlusion: mind the gap in knowledge and think twice on long-term outcomes	6
Italian Cardiological Guidelines (COCIS) for Competitive Sport Eligibility in athletes with heart disease: update 2020	6
Reply to usage of NobleStitch EL	6
Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular prevention: new ways will open new doors	6
Stent embolization in stented segment: a diagnostic challenge	6
Soluble ST2 as a possible biomarker for inflammation in patients with acute heart failure	6
World's oldest heart transplant donor: age is just a number	6
Image-based ECG analyzing deep-learning algorithm to predict biological age and mortality risks: interethnic validation	6
EARLY EXPERIENCE IN AORTIC VALVE REPAIR WITH GEOMETRIC RING	5
PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON OCCLUSION OF LVAD OUTFLOW CANNULA TO EVALUATE MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION RECOVERY	5
THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY FOR SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF T4 LUNG TUMOR WITH THORACIC AORTIC INVOLVEMENT	5
From the phenotype to precision medicine: an update on the cardiomyopathies diagnostic workflow	5
TAUSSIG-BING ANOMALY WITH AND WITHOUT AORTIC ARCH PATHOLOGY, SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE WITH ANATOMICAL CORRECTION	5
ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDER 70 YEARS OF AGE WHO UNDERWENT BIOLOGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: INSPIRIS RESILIA VS. PERIMOUNT MAGNA EASE	5
MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY IN ELDERLY	5
PATIENT SELECTION AND OUTCOMES OF TRANSCATHETER TRICUSPID VALVE INTERVENTIONS WITH A DEDICATED HEART TEAM	5
TIME-TO-EVENT ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY AND STROKE IN TRIALS COMPARING TRANS-CATHETER AND SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION WITH DIFFERENT RISK PROFILES.	5
MINIMALLY INVASIVE ISOLATED TRICUSPID VALVE SURGERY: LATE OUTCOME FROM A MULTICENTER STUDY	5
ASSOCIATION OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY REACTION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY WITH INCREASED 30-DAY MORTALITY: A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR RISK PREDICTION	5
THE KONNO–RASTAN PROCEDURE: RESULTS AND OUTCOMES IN CONGENITAL PATIENTS	5
OUTCOMES OF A MODIFIED FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE WITH DEBRANCH FIRST IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC AORTIC ARCH DISEASE	5
RE-INTERVENTION AFTER FAILED MITRAL VALVE REPAIR WITH RING: TRANS-VENTRICULAR BEATING HEART NEOCHORD IMPLANTATION VS STANDARD SURGERY	5
THE PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING	5
THE MODIFIED KONNO PROCEDURE IN PEDIATRIC OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY	5
OCCURRENCE AND SEVERITY OF PARAVALVULAR LEAK (PVL) IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION (TAVI) OR SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (SAVR)	5
CTSCAN EQUIVALENT OF HARLEQUIN SYNDROME FOLLOWING ECMO IMPLANTATION MIMICKING AORTIC DISSECTION	5
THE IMPACT OF STRATEGIC CHANGES ON PAEDIATRIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS RECEIVING BERLIN HEART SUPPORT IN BOLOGNA	5

DETERMINANTS OF POSTOPERATIVE INFECTIONS AND IMPACT ON PERIOPERATIVE HEART TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOMES	5
EARLY RESULTS OF MULTIVESSEL MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING	5
HEART PRESERVATION WITH EX-SITU NORMOTHERMIC PERFUSION VERSUS COLD STORAGE: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHED ANALYSIS	5
Impact of renal denervation on patients with coronary microvascular dysfunction: study rationale and design	4
Cardiac imaging correlates and predictors of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis	4
Exergames in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure: a systematic review	4
Left-to-right ventricular volume ratio predicts prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: when simple is better	4
Pericarditis in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review	4
Effectiveness and safety of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor and sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis	4
Invasive evaluation of coronary artery compliance modification after intracoronary lithotripsy	4
Cancer survivors and cardiovascular diseases: from preventive strategies to treatment	4
Prognostic value of right ventricle to pulmonary artery coupling in transcatheter aortic valve implantation recipients	4
Effects of different exercise types on quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Endothelial function predicts 5-year adverse outcome in patients hospitalized in an emergency department chest pain unit	4
Serum albumin and prognosis in elderly patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: Erratum	4
Coronary artery disease: novel insights in a long-standing disease	4
The Peguero–Lo Presti ECG criteria improve diagnostic accuracy of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients	4
Evaluating anxiety in elective coronary angiography study: rationale, design, and study methodology	4
Impact of comorbidities on older patients undergoing open heart surgery	4
Smoking and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: a prospective observational study	4
Evolving concepts in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis: from endothelial dysfunction to thrombus formation through multiple shades of inflammation	4
Sport activity in patients with cardiomyopathies: a review	4
‘Shining’ infective endocarditis with a ‘ring of fire’ in the spleen	4
Prevalence and predictors of persistent sinus rhythm after elective electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation	4
Surgery in severe valvular heart diseases: when it is too late, too early or right on time?	4
The influence of sex on left ventricular remodeling in patients with aortic dissection	4
Three-year results of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with a prespecified bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation strategy: bVS STEMI STRATEGY-IT long-term	3
Prognostic value of coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with aortic stenosis and nonobstructed coronary arteries	3
Impact of mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair on pulmonary vein flow in patients with functional mitral regurgitation	3
Echocardiography in the preparticipation screening: an old topic revisited	3
Coronary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula: a rare congenital heart disease from cardiovascular imaging to the intraoperative findings	3
Could Home Monitoring parameters provide information about the impact of the pandemic period on CIED patients? A comparison between 2019 and 2020	3
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with tricuspid regurgitation and advanced heart failure	3
Biventricular versus left ventricular only stimulation: an echocardiographic substudy of the B-LEFT HF trial	3
Ventriculo-arterial uncoupling in acute heart failure: right heart is the matter	3
Possible gastrointestinal tract involvement in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis identified by echnitium-99m pyrophosphate scan	3
Telemedicine for adult congenital heart disease patients during the first wave of COVID-19 era: a single center experience	3
A report on short-term follow-up cardiac imaging and clinical outcomes of myocarditis after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination	3
Unveiling the gender gap in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a retrospective analysis of a single Italian center gender disparities in STEMI-ACS	3
Fractional flow reserve in patients with type 1 or type 2 non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction	3
Diagnosis and treatment of fetal and pediatric age patients (0–12 years) with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome and atrioventricular accessory pathways	3
Association between ethnicity and degree of improvement in cardiac function following initiation of sacubitril/valsartan	3
Interventional cardiology and X-ray exposure of the head: overview of clinical evidence and practical implications	3
Association of cardiac preservation solution with short-term outcomes after heart transplantation	3
Acute expansion of nitinol-based self-expandable device in patients undergoing transfemoral aortic valve implantation	3
Mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock: it is not just a matter of device	3
Intracardiac echocardiography made easy: a safe and simplified technique for left atrial appendage closure	3
Lipid-lowering therapy in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in Italy: an expert opinion paper of Interventional Cardiology Working Group of Italian S	3
Cost-effectiveness of empagliflozin in heart failure patients irrespective of ejection fraction in England	3
B-type natriuretic peptide ability to predict mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement	3
Lung ultrasound at discharge predicts outcomes in heart failure: a pilot study	3
Prognostic value of 6-min walk test compared to cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with severe heart failure	3
The unbearable lightness of the instantaneous wave-free ratio/fractional flow reserve discordance	3
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation 20 years later: early discharge after transfemoral minimalist procedures as a proof of effectiveness	3
Challenges of redo cardiac surgery: forewarned is forearmed?	3
Determinants of worse prognosis in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators. Are ventricular arrhythmias an adjunctive risk factor?	3
Trends in age-specific and sex-specific pulmonary hypertension mortality in Italy between 2005 and 2017	3
Coronary computed tomography angiography and optical coherence tomography imaging of an intraplaque hemorrhage	3
Derivation and validation of the incomplete ST-segment resolution score and its usefulness for treatment with glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitors	3
Effects of statin therapies on individuals taking antipsychotics: a systematic review	3
Unusual localization of huge fibroelastoma in a patient with previous reiterative chest radiotherapy	3
Correlation between epicardial adipose tissue and atrial fibrillation burden in coronary artery bypass graft surgery	3
Aortic arch branching variations and risk of cerebrovascular accidents in patients with a left ventricular assist device	3
An incidental finding of a challenging mitral mass: cardiac surgery or not?	3
Longitudinal analysis of pump parameters over long-term support with the HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device	3
Trends in age- and sex-specific atrial fibrillation/flutter mortality in Italy between 2003 and 2017	3
Impact of posterior pericardial drain and risk factors on late pericardial effusion after coronary artery bypass surgery	3
Novel percutaneous strategy to chronic total occlusion of the native right coronary artery and associated vein graft aneurysm and giant pseudoaneurysm	3
Arterial stiffness and pulse wave morphology in Chagas heart failure: insights from noninvasive applanation tonometry	3
Arterial stiffness and left ventricular structure assessed by cardiac computed tomography in a multiethnic population	3
Natural history and clinical burden of moderate aortic stenosis: a systematic review and explorative meta-analysis	3
Transcatheter heterotopic valve implantation with the TricValve system: focus on preoperative assessment and patient selection	3
Accuracy of noninvasive screening exercise tests for detecting coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients with mitral valve prolapse: a systematic review	2
Determinants of supraventricular extra beats in elite athletes practicing different sporting disciplines	2
LOWER VALUES OF INTRAOPERATIVE CORONARY GRAFTS TRANSIT TIME FLOW MEASUREMENTS OBSERVED IN FEMALE GENDER DO NOT AFFECT EARLY OUTCOME AFTER CABG	2
CAN CORONARY ANATOMY INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION FOR TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES?	2
RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT RECONSTRUCTION WITH BIOPULMONIC CONDUIT: A WORD OF CAUTION	2
SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE OF NORWOOD PROCEDURE FOR HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME: BLALOCK-TAUSSIG SHUNT OR RIGHT VENTRICLE–PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT?	2
Sodium-dependent glucose transporter 2 inhibition and the atrial antiremodelling effects in HFrEF patients	2
30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON GROWN-UP CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE	2

COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF SUBVALVULAR PROCEDURE VERSUS ISOLATED ANNULOPLASTY IN MITRAL VALVE REPAIR: A META- ANALYSIS ON MORTALITY AND MITRAL REGURGITATION RECURRENCE	2
BODY MASS INDEX IMPACT ON MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY: REPORT FROM A MULTICENTER REGISTRY	2
EXTERNAL STENTING FOR SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE	2
Chest conformation spuriously influences strain parameters of myocardial contractile function in healthy pregnant women	2
Transcatheter closure of fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: feasibility and long-term results	2
Concerning the unexpected prothrombotic state following some coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines	2
Physical signs and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolemia: the HELLAS-FH Registry	2
Edge-to-edge repair for tricuspid regurgitation: 1-year follow-up and clinical implications from the TR-Interventional Study	2
Design of the PERSEO Registry on the management of patients treated with oral anticoagulants and coronary stent	2
Long-term outcomes and worse clinical course in Takotsubo syndrome patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	2
Mechanical heart valves between myths and new evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Atrial cardiomyopathy: a derangement in atrial volumes, geometry, function, and pathology with important clinical implications	2
STERNAL CERCLAGE BAND SYSTEM: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF PADUA EXPERIENCE	2
MID-TERM OUTCOMES OF MODIFIED BENTALL USING A SELF- ASSEMBLED BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITE GRAFT WITH INSPIRIS RESILIA VALVE	2
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR NATIVE PURE AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION: SINGLE–CENTER EXPERIENCE	2
SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF HEART TRANSPLANT FROM DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH VERSUS DONATION AFTER BRAIN DEATH.	2
A HUGE IMPELLA-RELATED AORTIC THROMBUS IN A D-LVAD PATIENT SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH THE INARI FLOWTRIEVER SYSTEM	2
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgery for failed bioprosthesis: a meta-analysis of over 20 000 patients	2
TRANS-CATHETER CLOSURE OF NATIVE AORTIC VALVE WITH AMPLATZER OCCLUDER IN A LVAD PATIENT: STILL A RELIABLE OPTION?	2
Age-related variations in hospital events and outcomes in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a nationwide cohort study	2
Empagliflozin ameliorates ventricular arrhythmias by inhibiting sympathetic remodeling via nerve growth factor/tyrosine kinase receptor A pathway inhibition	2
Overcoming limitations in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: optimizing assessment and patient selection for future clinical trials	2
Recurrent idiopathic carotid and coronary artery vasospasm treated by stent implantations	2
Direct oral anticoagulants for the treatment of left ventricular thrombosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Left bundle branch pacing for atrio-ventricular block after heart transplant: a safe and effective therapy?	2
Heart failure, sudden cardiac death and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: sex matters	2
SEE IT BEST: A PROPENSITY-MATCHED ANALYSIS OF ULTRASOUND- GUIDED VERSUS BLIND FEMORAL ARTERY PUNCTURE IN BALLOON- EXPANDABLE TAVI	2
SURGERY FOR NEONATES WITH UNIVENTRICULAR PHYSIOLOGY: DATA FROM THE EUROPEAN CONGENITAL HEART SURGEONS ASSOCIATION CONGENITAL DATABASE	2
LONG-TERM IMPACT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING	2
EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION SUPPORT AS TREATMENT FOR CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS	2
Atrial fibrillation before and after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: an intertwine between survival and quality of life	2
RISK FACTORS IN POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN CARDIAC SURGERY: MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY	2
INFLUENCE OF SURGICAL EXPERTISE ON REPAIR OF ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION. A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHED ANALYSIS.	2
Porcine bioprostheses for surgical aortic valve replacement: very long-term performance of a third-generation device	2
TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE REPAIR IN A SURGICAL UNIT: UPDATED RESULTS	2
AGE EFFECT ON EARLY AND LATE VARC-3 OUTCOMES IN REDO AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A MULTICENTER STUDY	2
A challenging recanalization of long iliacal stent malposition	2
Endomyocardial biopsy through the left internal jugular vein in heart transplant recipients: a single center experience	2
Short- and long-term survival in patients over 90 years old undergoing pacemaker implantation	2
Left atrial volumetric/mechanical coupling index and atrial fibrillation in the embolic stroke of undetermined source	2
Type A acute aortic dissection complicated by lower limb ischemia: simultaneous ascending aortic replacement and femoro-femoral crossover bypass	2