OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cardiology Journal is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Inquiries about a patient with a “snail-like” takotsubo syndrome variant. Authors’ reply	59
Laser for a complex PCI with ISR, undilatable, and uncrossable lesions	35
Inside Cardiology Journal: After Journal Citation Reports 2022 have been published	32
The prognostic impact of therapeutic hypothermia after a sudden cardiac arrest in the course of myocardial infarction	23
The occurrence of cardiovascular risk factors and functioning in chronic illness in the Polish population of EUROASPIRE V	23
Aspiration thrombectomy compared to catheter directed thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism: Outcomes from a tertiary referral center	22
Combination of D-dimer level and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio predicts long-term clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention	21
Angiography-based coronary flow reserve: The feasibility of automatic computation by artificial intelligence	20
Systemic inflammation and oxidative stress contribute to acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation	20
The impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation planning and procedure on acute and chronic renal failure	19
Swiss national cardiac device registry: Changing trends in implantation procedures over the last two decades	18
Clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention stratified according to duration of pain-to-balloon time and type of myocardial i	18
Low-dose ticagrelor with or without acetylsalicylic acid in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Rationale and design of the ELECTRA-SIRIO 2 trial	17
Impella-assisted intracoronary lithotripsy of heavily calcified left main lesion in a patient with severely impaired ejection fraction and the last remaining patent vessel	17
A novel noninvasive method for estimating right ventricular systolic pressure in rodents with pulmonary artery banding	16
Insights from pulse field energy in patients with prosthetic mechanical heart valves undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation	15
Gender differences in clinical features and outcomes of patients over 75 years presenting with acute heart failure. Results of a nationwide study (2016–2019)	15
Preventing chronic heart failure and improving survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with the need for permanent pacemaker implantation: Rationale and design of the physio	15
Catheter-directed therapy to treat intermediateand high-risk pulmonary embolism: Personal experience and review of the literature	14
Pushing the envelope: A drug-coated balloon for left main intervention	14
Diagnostic value of lactate dehydrogenase in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Meta-analysis of chest compression-only versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation by bystanders for adult with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	14
The evolution of concomitant mitral regurgitation in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a prospective multi-center China-DVD2 cohort study	14
Advances in myocarditis management in the light of the latest research and recent guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology	13
Left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent oral anticoagulation	13

Cardiac imaging high-risk features of malignant mitral valve prolapse	13
Should dual antiplatelet treatment be guided by lipoprotein(a) concentration?	13
Genetic insights into SGLT2 inhibition and atrial fibrillation: exploring the mediating role of inflammatory proteins	13
The plague of unexpected drug recalls and the pandemic of falsified medications in cardiovascular medicine as a threat to patient safety and global public health: A brief review	13
Chronic total occlusions in Artsakh: The last frontier	13
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: an extremely rare entity presenting with palpitations	12
Transfermoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation using self-expanding Allegra bioprosthesis: One-year single-center outcomes	12
Diagnostic and prognostic value of cystatin C in acute coronary syndrome: An up-to-date meta-analysis	12
Genesis of arrhythmia in the course of COVID-19	12
Endothelial dysfunction: Can it differentiate Takotsubo syndrome from spontaneous coronary artery dissection?	12
A survey study of the use of a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in various clinical scenarios by expert electrophysiologists in Poland	12
Long-term outcomes and quality of life following implementation of dedicated mitral valve Heart Team decisions for patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation in tertiary cardiovascular care cente	11
COVID-19-induced coagulopathy: Experience, achievements, prospects	11
Ulnar artery thrombosis after percutaneous thrombin injection of a pseudoaneurysm with a concomitant radial artery occlusion: Three complications after percutaneous coronary intervention	11
Contrast-enhanced transesophageal echocardiography predicts neo-intimal coverage of device post-left atrial appendage closure	11
Troponin T in COVID-19 hospitalized patients: Kinetics matter	11
Plasma levels of sirtuin 1 and sirtuin 2 in ascending aortic aneurysm patients: a comparative study	11
Single left coronary artery to right ventricular fistula with multiple collateral pathways	11
Epicardial ablation of left ventricular arrhythmias originating from the left ventricular summit area without fluoroscopy	10
Current understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a purported interview with a purported expert	10
NT-proBNP increase during stress echocardiography predicts significant changes in ischemic mitral regurgitation severity in patients qualified for surgical revascularization	10
Post-menopause women show age dependent increased levels in GRACE, PRECISE-DAPT and NCDR mortality risk prediction scores whereas the PARIS thrombotic score is reduced	10
Cardiovascular outcomes with glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis	10
GENTLE-PACE — A multicenter, randomized, double-blinded research study comparinG the Efficacy and safety of cardioNeuroablaTion vs. permanent pacing in patients with an implantabLE PACEmaker for sympt	9
Spectrum of lesions visualized in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in COVID-19-related myocarditis: Findings from a pilot study of the TRICITY-CMR trial	9
Success rate and safety of catheter ablation in preexcitation syndrome: A comparison between adult and pediatric patients	9
Long-term safety and efficacy of self-apposing Stentys drug-eluting stent in left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention: final results of multicentre LM-STENTYS registry	9
A case of apixaban-associated idiopathic interstitial pneumonia	9
Rota-lithotripsy: A combination of rotational atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy (Shockwaves) as a novel strategy for a rotablation-resistant lesion in a patient with ST-segment elevation myoca	9
Cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with severe chest pain: A wolf in sheep’s clothing	9
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients at high bleeding risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
First clinical experience of high-power ablation of atrial fibrillation with a novel contact force-sensing gold-tip catheter	9
Post-COVID-19 postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome	9
Severe hypocalcemia mimicking acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Paradigmatic case and review of literature	9
Treatment of intraprocedural stent thrombosis with intracoronary argatroban injection in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	9
Catheter-induced coronary artery and aortic dissections. A study of mechanisms, risk factors and propagation causes	8
Treatment prospects for post-COVID-19 cardiac patients	8
A giant primary monophasic synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum	8
Sodium restriction in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: A randomized controlled trial	8
The impact of readiness to discharge from hospital on adherence to treatment in patients after myocardial infarction	8
Cardiac tamponade caused by an ectopic intrapericardial thymic carcinoma	8
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: diagnostic value of HFA-PEFF score, H₂FPEF score, and the diastolic stress echocardiography	8
The importance of etiologic factor identification in patients with infective endocarditis — results of tertiary center analysis (2015–2023)	8
Impella-rota-shock percutaneous coronary intervention: Three weapons, one last remaining vessel	8
Percutaneous coronary intervention using a mechanical circulatory support system with an Impella centrifugal pump device combined with subsequent cryoablation for atrial fibrillation	8
Study design and rationale for comparison of the incidence of slow flow following rotational atherectomy to severely calcified coronary artery lesions between short single session and long single sess	8
Ticagrelor effectively inhibits platelet aggregation in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia	7
Heart rate control and its predictors in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm. Data from the European Society of Cardiology Long-Term Registry	7
Enhancing non-invasive differentiation in NSTE-ACS: role of PCAT radiomics	7
Clinical characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction before and during COVID-19 pandemic	7

Functional tricuspid regurgitation and efficacy of electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial functional mitral regurgitation	7
Procedural outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute kidney injury	7
Serum uric acid is an independent risk factor of worse mid- and long-term outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes	7
Mean platelet volume-to-platelet count ratio after elective cardiac surgical procedures is superior in reflecting platelets metabolic hyperactivity compared to other routine morphological platelet ind	7
Quality of life in heart failure: New data, new drugs and devices	7
Zofenopril: Blood pressure control and cardio-protection	7
Increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with higher incidence of acute kidney injury and worse survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation	7
Association of pre-existing comorbidities and complications with inpatient COVID-19 mortality — a single-center retrospective study	6
First use of the Impella 5.5 in a patient with cardiogenic shock to bridge to heart transplantation in Poland	6
Differences in coronary microcirculation measurements during regadenoson vs. adenosine – induced hyperemia	6
Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in infants weighing less than 6 kilograms – a two-center experience. Technical considerations	6
TIMES TO ACT. Italian-Spanish-Polish-Uzbek Expert Forum Position Paper 2022. Dyslipidemia and arterial hypertension: The two most important and modifiable risk factors in clinical practice	6
Selected matrix metalloproteinases activity and hypertension-mediated organ damage in relation to uric acid serum level	6
Prediction of the hypertension risk in teenagers	6
Predictors of left atrial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation referred for catheter ablation	6
Shaping cardiac diagnostics: The role of myocardial tissue mapping in unraveling ring-like fibrosis	6
Adiposity, fat depots and the prediction of stroke	6
The head-up cardiopulmonary resuscitation method: Improving neurological outcomes	6
A patient with heart failure, who is frail: How does this affect therapeutic decisions?	6
Right ventricular involvement in left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy	6
Myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administration in adult female	6
Early treatment with inhibitors of P2Y12 receptor in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction — 2023 ESC recommendations and scientific evidence. Is clinical evidence sufficient to sug	6
The efficacy and safety of quantitative flow ratio-guided complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: A pilot randomized controlled	6
Successful treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia with tocilizumab: A series of three cases	6
Bicuspid aortic valve in transplanted hearts. Systematic study	6
First clinical experience using the DiamondTemp catheter and a novel omnipolar high-resolution mapping system for atrial fibrillation ablation	6
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy in a long-term follow-up after heart transplantation: Role of remnant cholesterol in residual inflammation	6
The diagnostic and prognostic value of copeptin in patients with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Electrophysiology lab efficiency using cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in central and eastern Europe: A sub-analysis of the cryo global registry study	6
Continuous mechanical aspiration thrombectomy for STEMI with high thrombus burden	5
Association between dose of catecholamines and markers of organ injury early after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	5
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions: comparative outcomes from the right ventricular outflow tract and other ventricular sites	5
Beyond the guidelines. Advanced endovascular therapies in a most challenging aortic coarctation case	5
Risk of cardiovascular events and death according to COVID-19 reinfection	5
The feasibility of using remote magnetic navigation system as the primary technological training tool for novice cardiac electrophysiology operators in the catheter ablation of left-sided accessory pa	5
Complete intramyocardial course of dominant left anterior descending coronary artery and its branches: “Myocardial bridging of the whole ventricular coronary tree”	5
The progress of pulmonary artery denervation	5
Fulminant myocarditis and acute heart failure in the light of new American Heart Association 2020 guidelines. Mechanical cardiac support and endomyocardial biopsy. What should be first?	5
Left atrial dissection due to massive atrioventricular separation following a redo mitral valve replacement	5
New scoring system for predicting percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion success: Impact of operator’s experience	5
Outcomes and mortality associated with atrial arrhythmias among patients hospitalized with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Antiplatelet effects of prostacyclin analogues: Which one to choose in case of thrombosis or bleeding?	4
Factors influencing Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation 2 (SCORE2)	4
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in obese patients with heart failure	4
Extended emphysematous aortitis of the ascending aorta: An unusual fatal presentation of aortic valve endocarditis due to Clostridium Septicum	4
Does left ventricular reverse remodeling influence long-term outcomes in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy?	4
A real-life clinical application of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute myocarditis — one-center observational retrospective study	4
The novel TRPM4 c.448G>T variant is associated with familial conduction disorders, cardiomyopathy, and sudden cardiac death	4
Safety of coronary revascularization deferral based on fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio in patients with chronic kidney disease	4
Laser speckle contrast imaging to assess microcirculation	4
Evaluation of left ventricular function in patients with coronary slow flow: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The usefulness of His bundle pacing in a heterogeneous population of patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function	4
Spectrum of transthyretin gene mutations and clinical characteristics of Polish patients with cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis	4
Prognostic role of the serum uric acid-to-serum creatinine ratio in patients with st-elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary artery disease	4
Cardiac exercise imaging using a 3-tesla magnetic resonance-conditional pedal ergometer: Preliminary results in healthy volunteers and patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease	4
Changes in the exposure to cardiovascular disease risk factors in an 18 year follow-up study of a cohort of middle age urban residents. The Polish arm of the HAPIEE study	4
Repeat cryoablation as a redo procedure for atrial fibrillation ablation: Is it a good choice?	4
EASY OR NOT. European-Asian Six countries Yearly consensus On Recent guidelines: arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, chronic coronary syndromes, and peripheral artery diseases. Novel Or conven	4
Congestive heart failure clinics and telemedicine: The key to reducing hospital readmissions in the United States	4
COVID-19, long flights, and deep vein thrombosis: What we know so far	4
Are we at dawn of the drug-coated balloons era? Current evidence, future directions, and tasks of the newly established working group of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions	4
The influence of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on maximal lipid core burden indexing thin cap fibrous atheroma lesions as assessed by near infrared spectroscopy	4
Recanalization of in-stent chronic total occlusion using intravascular lithotripsy and Firehawk® rapamycin target eluting coronary stents: A case report	4
Clinical presentation and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction with vs. without st elevation in octogenarians	4
A systematic review of nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system	4
Cangrelor — Expanding therapeutic options in patients with acute coronary syndrome	4
Predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following a successful electrical cardioversion — narrative review	4