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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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Older patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: which treatment strategies do we currently use?	47
A young man with DiGeorge syndrome and tachycardia	33
Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation with prominent R waves in precordial leads	22
Does it take two to tango?	18
Impact of geriatric co-management on outcomes in hospitalised cardiology patients aged 85 and over	17
Reply to ‘Cost-effectiveness of long term left ventricular assist devices’	17
Current gaps in knowledge in inherited arrhythmia syndromes	16
Omega-3 fatty acids in heart disease—why accurately measured levels matter	15
Studies on ICD guidelines, cardiac amyloidosis in HFpEF, and remote monitoring outcomes	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
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
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy in optima forma	11
The benefit of vaccination against COVID-19 outweighs the potential risk of myocarditis and pericarditis	10
2021 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronisation therapy	10
Data quality and auditing within the Netherlands Heart Registration: using the PCI registry as an example	10
No substantial excess all-cause mortality among cardiac implantable electronic device patients during the first COVID‑19 lockdown in the Leiden area	10
Timelines, targets, and transitions in cardiovascular care	10
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks and nonsustained rapid ventricular rhythms	9
Intramyocardial left anterior descending unroofing using a minimally invasive off-pump approach	9
COVID-19-mediated patient delay caused increased total ischaemic time in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	9
Defining left bundle branch block according to the new 2021 European Society of Cardiology criteria	9
A young man with DiGeorge syndrome and tachycardia	9
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

SCN5A-1795insD founder variant: a unique Dutch experience spanning 7 decades	9
Pulsed field versus cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: a real-world observational study on procedural outcomes and efficacy	8
Improved prehospital triage for acute cardiac care: results from HART-c, a multicentre prospective study	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
Abnormal repolarisation after a game of Jass	7
Demographics and outcomes of patients younger than 75 years undergoing aortic valve interventions in Rotterdam	7
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: a need or not?	7
The spells of iatrogeny	7
Essential thrombocytosis: diagnosis, differential diagnosis, complications and treatment considerations of relevance for a cardiologist	7
A heart shaped coronary aneurysm	7
The role of artificial intelligence in coronary CT angiography	7
Contemporary management of patients with atrial fibrillation in the Netherlands and Belgium: a report from the EORP-AF long-term general registry	7
CT is the new standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in daily practice	7
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	6
How often are imaging studies for thoracic aortic aneurysm necessary?	6
The Netherlands Heart Tissue Bank	6
A rare cause of narrow QRS complex tachycardia: the tortoise and the hare	6
Yield of family screening for dilated cardiomyopathy: 10-year experience at a multidisciplinary cardiogenetic outpatient clinic	6
A rare finding on computed tomography angiography performed to exclude pulmonary embolism	6
The Dutch Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry: progress report on the quest to identify the unidentifiable	6
‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’	5
The MIS-HF in clinical practice	5
Atrial fibrillation and what else?	5
Ethnic minorities treated with new-generation drug-eluting coronary stents in two European randomised clinical trials	5
Subclinical congestion assessed by whole-body bioelectrical impedance analysis in HFrEF outpatients	5
Data quality within the Netherlands Heart Registration: Ready for prime time?	5
Diagnostic accuracy of on-site coronary computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve in the diagnosis of stable coronary artery disease	5
Should we offer preventive treatment to all carriers of PLN p.(Arg14del) variant?	4
Integration of sex and gender in cardiovascular medicine: a scientific and clinical imperative	4
Rationale and design of the iCORONARY trial: improving the cost-effectiveness of coronary artery disease diagnosis	4
Global longitudinal strain: an early marker for cardiotoxicity in patients treated for breast cancer	4
Initial experience with combined heart-liver transplantation in the Netherlands: Exploring the boundaries of isolated and combined transplantation	4
Cardiac rehabilitation for patients with obesity: lessons learned from the OPTICARE XL trial	4
An appeal to our government for nationwide policies in the prevention of cardiovascular disease	4
Is there anything else to fish out of this “fishy” electrocardiogram?	4
Major threats to early safety after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a contemporary cohort of real-world patients	4
CT-derived FFR: beyond anatomy	4
Percutaneous left stellate ganglion block for refractory ventricular tachycardia in structural heart disease: our single-centre experience	4
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest: an overview of current practice and evidence	4
Building a patient-centred nationwide integrated cardiac care registry: intermediate results from the Netherlands	4
Welcome from the new editor-in-chief	4
National indication document and aortic valve replacement landscape in the Netherlands	4
The PLN Foundation is striving for a cure, but who owns the disease?	4
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation under 75 years of age: only for high surgical risk patients; but for how long?	4
NuRse-led home CardiovErsion for control of atrial fibrillation—RACE 6	4
Pre-hospital rule-out of acute coronary syndrome by modified HEART score assessment including point-of-care troponin	4
Atrial fibrillation and what else?	4
Desmoplakin cardiomyopathy—an inherited cardiomyopathy presenting with recurrent episodes of acute myocardial injury	3

Combined strategy of upfront CTCA and optimal treatment for stable chest pain: rationale and design of the CLEAR-CAD trial	3
Myocardial infarction care in low and high socioeconomic environments: claims data analysis	3
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in stable angina pectoris: a narrative review on current evidence and underlying physiological mechanisms	3
Sex difference in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: follow-up data of the Netherlands Heart Registration	3
Design and rationale of the South-East Netherlands Heart Registry (ZON-HR)	3
Biomarkers for cardiovascular risk prediction: from pioneering to evidence-based use in clinical practice	3
A rare electrocardiographic sign of acute inferior myocardial infarction	3
Advancing cardiovascular care—key insights from the Netherlands Heart Journal 2024	3
Detection of atrial fibrillation in persons aged 65 years and above using a mobile electrocardiogram device	3
Coronary subclavian steal	3
ECPELLA as a bridge-to-decision in refractory cardiogenic shock: a single-centre experience	3
Coronary computed tomographic angiograph as gatekeeper?—The gate is wide open	3
Bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis	3
Focal myocardial effects in infective endocarditis	3
Extraction of non-infected redundant pacing and defibrillator leads does not result in better patient outcomes	3
The WOEST 2 registry	3
Primary prevention ICD in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: an ongoing search for improvement of current indications	3
Prevalence of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in an unselected cohort with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	3
Left bundle branch pacing: a promising modality for cardiac resynchronisation therapy	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
Interventions to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation in Dutch cardiothoracic centres: a survey study	3
Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation with prominent R waves in precordial leads	3