OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging is 2. 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
Editor’s choice to the november 2021 issue	19
New approach of contrast echocardiography: differential diagnosis between pulmonary thrombi and tumors in the pulmonary arteries	15
Value of echocardiography using knowledge-based reconstruction in determining right ventricular volumes in pulmonary sarcoidosis: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	14
Gender differences in primary mitral regurgitant volumes at specific regurgitant fractions as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging	12
Do we need cardiovascular computed tomography angiography in the setting of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?	12
Assessing left main disease with FFR-CT and its challenges	11
Association between exposure to heavy occupational lifting and cardiac structure and function: a cross-sectional analysis from the Copenhagen City Heart Study	11
Normal values of MAPSE and TAPSE in the paediatric population established by cardiovascular magnetic resonance	9
Clinical implication of multimodality imaging of aortic root intramural hematoma	8
Low-gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction: how fast should we act?	7
Exploration of the efficacy of radiomics applied to left ventricular tomograms obtained from D-SPECT MPI for the auxiliary diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in CAD	7
Association of whole blood viscosity with thrombus presence in patients undergoing transoesophageal echocardiography	7
3D-printed visualization of a double right coronary artery with intra-atrial course	6
Assessing the prevalence and predicting factors of an abnormal gated myocardial perfusion SPECT in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes	6
Cardiac magnetic resonance features of left dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: differential diagnosis with myocarditis	6
INtra-procedural ultraSound Imaging for DEtermination of atrial wall thickness and acute tissue changes after isolation of the pulmonary veins with radiofrequency, cryoballoon or laser balloon energy:	6
Anterior STEMI associated with decreased strain in remote cardiac myocardium	6
Development of a nomogram for predicting the risk of left ventricular diastolic function in subjects with type-2 diabetes mellitus	5
Evaluation of ımpact of sigmoid septum on periprocedural outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve ımplantation	5
Editor’s choice to the October 2021 issue	5
Pericardial effusion in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients: increased right atrial pressure as a common denominator	5
Editor’s choice to the January 2022 issue	5
Bachmann bundle impairment following linear ablation of left anterior wall: impact on left atrial function	4
Subclinical leaflet thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: no association with left ventricular reverse remodeling at 1-year follow-up	4
Determinants and prognostic relevance of aortic stiffness in patients with recent ST-elevation myocardial infarction	4

Importance of saline contrast transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating large right-to-left shunt in patent foramen ovale associated with cryptogenic stroke	4
Impact of sigmoid septum on periprocedural outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation using current-generation valves	3
Patterns of vascular response immediately after passive mobilization in patients with sepsis: an observational transversal study	3
ESCR Abstracts 2021	3
Correction to: Effect of long term CPAP therapy on cardiac parameters assessed with cardiac MRI	3
Clinical, echocardiographic and cardiac MRI predictors of outcomes in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3
The role of three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography novel-score in the success of redo percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty	3
Myocardial early systolic lengthening predicts mid-term outcomes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3
A very rare cause of mitral regurgitation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the quadricuspid mitral valve	3
Global longitudinal strain in heart transplantation recipients using different vendors: reliability and validity in a tertiary hospital in Colombia	2
4D imaging of fetal right ventricle—feasibility study and a review of the literature	2
Ventriculo-arterial coupling in patients with stable ischemic heart disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention	2
Prospective analysis of myocardial strain through the evolution of Chagas disease in the hamster animal model	2
The relation between left ventricular systolic function parameters and preceding or prepreceding beat-to-beat distance in patients with atrial fibrillation: an echocardiographic study	2
Computed tomography derived left ventricular inward displacement as a novel tool for quantification of segmental wall motion abnormalities	2
Mechanical concordance between left atrium and left atrial appendage in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: can it be exploited to avoid transesophageal echocardiography prior to electrical cardioversion	2
Idiopathic pericardial effusion in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	2
Major adverse cardiac events in symptomatic women with non-obstructive CAD on coronary CTA: pooled analysis from PROMISE and SCOT-HEART	2