OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology is 38. 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
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	355
miRNAs: new biomarkers of cardiac rehabilitation response?	200
Impact of neighbourhood socio-economic status on cardiovascular risk factors in a French urban population	169
Early adulthood exercise capacity, but not muscle strength, associates with subclinical atherosclerosis 40 years later in Swedish men	160
A systematic review of mobile health opportunities for atrial fibrillation detection and management	130
Integrating lipoprotein(a) into preventive cardiology: probably important to get the measurement right	127
Anabolic steroids in athletes: the interplay of hormones and inflammation leading to the heart’s vulnerability	102
Burden of cardiometabolic disorders and lifetime risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation among men and women: the Rotterdam Study	93
The association between short-term, chronic localized and chronic widespread pain and risk for cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank	91
Prime Time for (im) Precision Medicine: From Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Evidence	86
Association of apolipoprotein levels with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality	85
Impact of cumulative LDL cholesterol and other risk factors on coronary artery disease prevalence in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia	82
Flexible addition of risk modifiers on top of SCORE2 to improve long-term risk prediction in healthy individuals	71
Validation and comparison of cardiovascular risk prediction equations in Chinese patients with Type 2 diabetes	69
Cardiovascular health is the essential but overlooked aspect in the management of cancer survivors	68
The relevance of competing risk adjustment in cardiovascular risk prediction models for clinical practice	63
The ‘environmental exposome’ as a target to reimagine the cardiovascular prevention	61
Body weight and physical fitness in women with ischaemic heart disease: does physical fitness contribute to our understanding of the obesity paradox in women?	59
Impact of activity trackers on secondary prevention in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	59
Global magnitude and temporal trend of infective endocarditis, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study	58
Treatment of iron deficiency anemia after cardiac surgery	56
The prevalence and clinical significance of a reduced ventricular ejection fraction in asymptomatic young elite endurance athletes	56
Impact of type D personality on clinical outcomes in Spanish patients with myocardial infarction	54
Factors associated with hospital arrival time of acute stroke patients in rural India	49
Influence of age and sex on the diagnostic yield of inherited cardiac conditions in sudden arrhythmic death syndrome decedents	48

Gender differences in cardiovascular events among patients with sleep apnoea syndrome: a real-world data analysis of a nationwide epidemiological dataset	48
An artificial intelligence model to predict 12-month mortality among patients with myocardial infarction	47
LDL-C target attainment in the secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Albania: barriers and strategies to reach the goals	46
Prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in apparently healthy workers: results from Ferrari Formula Benessere	46
Clinical and instrumental follow-up and return to sport after surgical correction of anomalous origin of coronary arteries in young athletes	45
Human intravenous immunoglobulins for recurrent pericarditis: a multicentre cohort study	43
A comprehensive analysis of the impact of high-intensity interval vs. moderate-intensity continuous training on global and regional myocardial function in patients early after acute myocardial infarct	42
Women-focused cardiac rehabilitation delivery around the world and program enablers to support broader implementation	42
Safety and efficacy of antiplatelet cessation after transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure	42
Comparison of radial artery occlusion occurrence (RAO) between compression band device and manually applied gauze compression after transradial coronary procedure, a PROBE study	41
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity of HFrEF patients is strongly associated with age, but not with functional capacity (6MWT), ejection fraction, NYHA, NT-proBNP, sex or BMI	40
Increased cancer incidence in patients with pre-existing heart failure: results from a French nationwide cohort study	39
Prolonged troponin elevation after high-intensity exercise may indicate coronary artery disease	39
Cardiorespiratory fitness in relation to systolic and diastolic function in patients with heart failure and chronic coronary syndromes	38
Does early initiation of non-statin therapy, evolocumab with LDL-C <50mg/dL contribute to the reduction of hospital readmissions in patients with ACS?: a single center real world evidence from	38
Effect of dapagliflozin on pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance and renal function in patients with diabetic kidney disease to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events	38