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Papers

(The TQCC of Netherlands Heart Journal is 3. 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
Older patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: which treatment strategies do we currently use?	43
A young man with DiGeorge syndrome and tachycardia	31
Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation with prominent R waves in precordial leads	19
Does it take two to tango?	17
Reply to ‘Cost-effectiveness of long term left ventricular assist devices’	17
Impact of geriatric co-management on outcomes in hospitalised cardiology patients aged 85 and over	16
Current gaps in knowledge in inherited arrhythmia syndromes	16
Studies on ICD guidelines, cardiac amyloidosis in HFpEF, and remote monitoring outcomes	15
Omega-3 fatty acids in heart disease—why accurately measured levels matter	13
Changes in demographics, treatment and outcomes in a consecutive cohort who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation between 2005 and 2020	13
Renal denervation revisited; should we pay attention?	12
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy in optima forma	11
Arterial stiffness and atrial fibrillation recurrence: another risk marker or a call for better management of concomitant disease?	11
Stacking of antithrombotic drugs in cardiology: evidence-based customisation	11
COVID-19-mediated patient delay caused increased total ischaemic time in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	10
2021 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronisation therapy	10
No substantial excess all-cause mortality among cardiac implantable electronic device patients during the first COVID‑19 lockdown in the Leiden area	10
The benefit of vaccination against COVID-19 outweighs the potential risk of myocarditis and pericarditis	10
Impact of lesion preparation and stent optimisation on lesion-oriented events in PCI with drug-eluting stents: 5-year results from the AIDA trial	9
A young man with DiGeorge syndrome and tachycardia	9
Defining left bundle branch block according to the new 2021 European Society of Cardiology criteria	9
SCN5A-1795insD founder variant: a unique Dutch experience spanning 7 decades	9
Data quality and auditing within the Netherlands Heart Registration: using the PCI registry as an example	9
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks and nonsustained rapid ventricular rhythms	9
The spells of iatrogeny	8

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: impact of pre-procedural FEops HEARTguide assessment on device size selection in borderline annulus size cases	8
Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in heart transplantation recipients in the Netherlands	8
Improved prehospital triage for acute cardiac care: results from HART-c, a multicentre prospective study	8
Contemporary management of patients with atrial fibrillation in the Netherlands and Belgium: a report from the EORP-AF long-term general registry	8
Pulsed field versus cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: a real-world observational study on procedural outcomes and efficacy	8
Intramyocardial left anterior descending unroofing using a minimally invasive off-pump approach	8
The impact of the multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team on the management of infective endocarditis	7
Novel sites for pacemaker lead implantation and different routes for their extraction	7
A rare finding on computed tomography angiography performed to exclude pulmonary embolism	7
Demographics and outcomes of patients younger than 75 years undergoing aortic valve interventions in Rotterdam	7
The role of artificial intelligence in coronary CT angiography	7
A rare cause of narrow QRS complex tachycardia: the tortoise and the hare	7
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: a need or not?	7
CT is the new standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in daily practice	7
Essential thrombocytosis: diagnosis, differential diagnosis, complications and treatment considerations of relevance for a cardiologist	7
How often are imaging studies for thoracic aortic aneurysm necessary?	7
Abnormal repolarisation after a game of Jass	7
Subclinical congestion assessed by whole-body bioelectrical impedance analysis in HFrEF outpatients	6
‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’	6
Diagnostic accuracy of on-site coronary computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve in the diagnosis of stable coronary artery disease	6
The Netherlands Heart Tissue Bank	6
Yield of family screening for dilated cardiomyopathy: 10-year experience at a multidisciplinary cardiogenetic outpatient clinic	6
Atrial fibrillation and what else?	6
The Dutch Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry: progress report on the quest to identify the unidentifiable	6
Data quality within the Netherlands Heart Registration: Ready for prime time?	6
Pre-hospital rule-out of acute coronary syndrome by modified HEART score assessment including point-of-care troponin	5
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation under 75 years of age: only for high surgical risk patients; but for how long?	5
Ethnic minorities treated with new-generation drug-eluting coronary stents in two European randomised clinical trials	5
Rationale and design of the iCORONARY trial: improving the cost-effectiveness of coronary artery disease diagnosis	5
Global longitudinal strain: an early marker for cardiotoxicity in patients treated for breast cancer	5
The MIS-HF in clinical practice	5
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest: an overview of current practice and evidence	5
CT-derived FFR: beyond anatomy	5
Cardiac rehabilitation for patients with obesity: lessons learned from the OPTICARE XL trial	4
Welcome from the new editor-in-chief	4
National indication document and aortic valve replacement landscape in the Netherlands	4
Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation with prominent R waves in precordial leads	4
The WOEST 2 registry	4
The PLN Foundation is striving for a cure, but who owns the disease?	4
Initial experience with combined heart-liver transplantation in the Netherlands: Exploring the boundaries of isolated and combined transplantation	4
Atrial fibrillation and what else?	4
Should we offer preventive treatment to all carriers of PLN p.(Arg14del) variant?	4
Report on outcomes of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation and redo surgical aortic valve replacement in the Netherlands	4
Extraction of non-infected redundant pacing and defibrillator leads does not result in better patient outcomes	4
An appeal to our government for nationwide policies in the prevention of cardiovascular disease	4
Major threats to early safety after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a contemporary cohort of real-world patients	4
NuRse-led home CardiovErsion for control of atrial fibrillation—RACE 6	4
Integration of sex and gender in cardiovascular medicine: a scientific and clinical imperative	4
Is there anything else to fish out of this “fishy” electrocardiogram?	4
A rare electrocardiographic sign of acute inferior myocardial infarction	4

Interventions to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation in Dutch cardiothoracic centres: a survey study	4
Percutaneous left stellate ganglion block for refractory ventricular tachycardia in structural heart disease: our single-centre experience	4
Building a patient-centred nationwide integrated cardiac care registry: intermediate results from the Netherlands	4
Medications that interact with direct-acting oral anticoagulant exposure	3
Impact of symptom duration and mechanical circulatory support on prognosis in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction	3
Percutaneous closure of postsurgical thoracic aorta pseudoaneurysms: the why, when, and how	3
Combined strategy of upfront CTCA and optimal treatment for stable chest pain: rationale and design of the CLEAR-CAD trial	3
Primary prevention ICD in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: an ongoing search for improvement of current indications	3
Bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis	3
Left bundle branch pacing: a promising modality for cardiac resynchronisation therapy	3
Coronary subclavian steal	3
Sex difference in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: follow-up data of the Netherlands Heart Registration	3
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in stable angina pectoris: a narrative review on current evidence and underlying physiological mechanisms	3
Design and rationale of the South-East Netherlands Heart Registry (ZON-HR)	3
Welcome to the new editor-in-chief	3
Prevalence of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in an unselected cohort with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	3
Myocardial infarction care in low and high socioeconomic environments: claims data analysis	3
Focal myocardial effects in infective endocarditis	3
Advancing cardiovascular care—key insights from the Netherlands Heart Journal 2024	3
ECPELLA as a bridge-to-decision in refractory cardiogenic shock: a single-centre experience	3
Desmoplakin cardiomyopathy—an inherited cardiomyopathy presenting with recurrent episodes of acute myocardial injury	3
Detection of atrial fibrillation in persons aged 65 years and above using a mobile electrocardiogram device	3
Biomarkers for cardiovascular risk prediction: from pioneering to evidence-based use in clinical practice	3
Towards individualised treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: an update on technical innovations in the prehospital chain of survival	3
Coronary computed tomographic angiograph as gatekeeper?—The gate is wide open	3