OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Art, water and wellbeing	52
Lessons from the short- and mid-term outcome of medical rehabilitation in adults with congenital heart disease	45
Aortic diameter assessment by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: do we really need contrast enhanced images?	32
Tricuspid annular abnormalities in repaired dextro-transposition of the great arteries following Senning and Mustard procedures (Insights from the CSONGRAD Registry and MAGYAR-Path Study)	30
Elevated lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular outcomes in prediabetes and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Vascular aging in adult congenital heart disease-a narrative review	22
A heart failure center model helped to promote the standardized management and improve the prognosis of patients	22
Impact of intracoronary reteplase during primary percutaneous coronary intervention on infarct size in large anterior myocardial infarction: rationale and design of the RECOVER II trial	20
Survival rate and predictors of 36-month mortality in patients with heart failure in Sub Saharan Africa: insights from the Douala Heart Failure Registry (Do-HF)	20
Surgical creation of lower extremity fistula and grafts	19
My Core: conveying the everyday normality of living with congenital heart disease	17
Checkpoint inhibitor-induced fulminant myocarditis, complete atrioventricular block and myasthenia gravis—a case report	16
A letter to the editor regarding the mini review “Assessing observer variability: a user’s guide”	15
Detection of early signs of right ventricular systolic impairment in unoperated Ebstein’s anomaly by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking	15
Surgical treatment of ascending aorta floating thrombus in a patient with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection	14
Interlinking pathways: a narrative review on the role of IL-6 in cancer and atherosclerosis	13
Outcomes of surgical repair of anterior or posterior ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction	13
Quality of life in patients with Fabry’s disease: a cross-sectional study of 86 adults	13
Exploring alternatives to drug-eluting stents: the potential of combining drug coated balloon with bare-metal stents	13
Left ventricular rotational abnormalities in patients with transposition of the great arteries late after atrial switch operation: detailed analysis from the CSONGRAD Registry and MAGYAR-Path Study	12
A narrative review of the surgical management of Paget-Schroetter syndrome: case series and long-term follow-up	12
State-of-the-art narrative review: multimodality imaging in electrophysiology and cardiac device therapies	11
Evaluation of aortic wall strength in human immunodeficiency virus associated thoracic ascending aortic aneurysm: a pilot study	11
Feasibility of emergent reperfusion therapy using paclitaxel-coated balloons for acute coronary syndrome: lessons from the PEBSI Study	11
Real-time CMR guidance for intracardiac and great vessel pressure mapping in patients with congenital heart disease using an MR conditional guidewire—results of 25 patients	11

Personalized antihypertensive treatment guided by pharmacogenomics in China	11
Impact of coronary plaque morphology on the precision of computational fractional flow reserve derived from optical coherence tomography imaging	11
Role of STK38L in atrial fibrillation-associated myocardial fibrosis: findings from RNA-seq analysis	10
Branched endovascular iliac artery repair using the Zenith® Branch Endovascular Iliac Bifurcation graft: outcomes and reinterventions in our retrospective cohort	10
Doppler echocardiography for surveillance of acute cardiac allograft rejection: a 28-year single-center experience	10
Mediation of long-pulsed ultrasound enhanced microbubble recombinant tissue plasminogen activator thrombolysis in a rat model of platelet-rich thrombus	10
Secondary mitral regurgitation surgical management: a narrative review	10
Clinical findings, diagnosis and therapy of patent ductus venosus in children: a case series	10
TXNIP knockout improves cardiac function after myocardial infarction by promoting angiogenesis and reducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis	10
Artificial intelligence machine learning based evaluation of elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure: a Cleveland Clinic cohort study	10
L-shaped association between gamma-glutamyl transferase-to-albumin ratio and dabigatran-related bleeding in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: a multicenter cohort study	10
Acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy for arrhythmia: a Delphi expert consensus survey	10
Non-fasting lipid profile for cardiovascular risk assessments using China ASCVD risk estimator and Europe SCORE risk charts in Chinese participants	10
Impact of body mass index on repeat coronary revascularization rates in patients with LDL-C below 55 mg/dL and LDL-C below 70 mg/dL: a 42-month cohort study in Korea	9
Frozen elephant trunk: the gold standard	9
β3 adrenoceptor agonist mirabegron protects against right ventricular remodeling and drives Drp1 inhibition	9
Magnoflorine attenuates Ang II-induced cardiac remodeling via promoting AMPK-regulated autophagy	9
Age-related wall shear stress changes assessed by vascular vector flow mapping in the carotid arteries of healthy adults: a cross-sectional study	9
Safety, effectiveness, and complications of the first-in-human minimally invasive transthoracic ventricular septal defect closure using a bioabsorbable occluder: a cohort study with 12-month follow-up	9
Narrative review of the contemporary surgical treatment of unicuspid aortic valve disease	8
Predictive models of in-hospital deterioration of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention shock stage in patients with acute myocardial infarction initially presenting with stable hemod	8
Thrombectomy approach for access maintenance in the end stage renal disease population: a narrative review	8
The prognostic value of the left atrial strain rate determined using cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking imaging in patients with severe idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy	8
Extrinsic compression of coronary and pulmonary vasculature	8
Energy loss and adults with congenital heart disease: a novel marker of cardiac workload beyond right ventricular size	8
Sirolimus-coated balloons for peripheral arterial disease: walking free into the future of endovascular treatment	8
Angiographic quantitative flow ratio in acute coronary syndrome: beyond a tool to define ischemia-causing stenosis—a literature review	8
Normothermic frozen elephant trunk: our experience and literature review	8
Plaque microstructures during metformin therapy in type 2 diabetic subjects with coronary artery disease: optical coherence tomography analysis	8
Greater than the sum of its parts: multimodality imaging in adults with congenital heart disease	8
Healthcare status of adults with pulmonary hypertension due to congenital heart disease	8
Evidence-based frozen elephant trunk practice: a narrative review	8
Impact of preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump on outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left-main coronary artery disease	8
The relation of aortic dimensions and obesity in adults with Marfan or Loeys-Dietz syndrome	7
Erratum to microRNA-221 promotes proliferation and migration of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) by targeting tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP3)	7
Left ventricular strains correlate with aortic elastic properties in adult patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (Results from the CSONGRAD Registry and MAGYAR-Path Study)	7
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification in the pathophysiology of heart failure: a narrative review	7
MicroRNA-155 inhibition attenuates myocardial infarction-induced connexin 43 degradation in cardiomyocytes by reducing pro-inflammatory macrophage activation	7
Feasibility of 3.0 T balanced fast field echo non-contrast-enhanced whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography	7
Multinational experience with next-generation sequencing: opportunity to identify transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis and Fabry disease	7
Median arcuate ligament syndrome (Dunbar syndrome)	7
The role of imaging in pulmonary hypertension	6
Subcutaneous versus transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Safe and effective profile of the VSTENT bioresorbable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent in the treatment of patients with de novo coronary artery lesions: a prospective, cohort, multicenter study	6
Treatment of advanced heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease: a narrative review and clinical cases	6
Introduction to the focused series on “Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part V”	6
Staging complex pulmonary and right heart problems in mitral annular calcification with mitral valve dysfunction	6
Guide to functional mitral regurgitation: a contemporary review	6
Lipopolysaccharide induces pyroptosis through regulation of autophagy in cardiomyocytes	6
Sarsasapogenin blocks ox-LDL-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration, and invasion through suppressing STIM1 expression	6

Differences in socio-demographic and risk factor profile, clinical presentation, and outcomes between patients with and without RHD heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF regi	6
Cardiovascular and bleeding risks of inactive cancer in patients with acute myocardial infarction who received primary percutaneous coronary intervention using drug-eluting stent and dual/triple antit	6
Transient global amnesia after radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia: a case report	6
Quantitative plaque characterisation and association with acute coronary syndrome on medium to long term follow up: insights from computed tomography coronary angiography	6
Factors affecting the efficacy of SGLT2is on heart failure events: a meta-analysis based on cardiovascular outcome trials	6
Prognostic value of CT-derived myocardial blood flow, CT fractional flow reserve and high-risk plaque features for predicting major adverse cardiac events	6
Safety of conservative management for non-stenotic culprit lesions in STEMI patients treated with a two-step reperfusion strategy: a SUPER-MIMI sub-study	6
Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in children	5
Very long-term efficacy and safety of paclitaxel-eluting balloon after a bare-metal stent for the treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: 8-year results of a randomized clinical trial (PEBSI	5
Contemporary multimodality imaging evaluation and management of heart valve disease and related conditions	5
Reference intervals for cardiometabolic risk factors in China: a national multicenter cross-sectional study on an adult population sample	5
Prevalence of obesity related hypertension among overweight or obese adults in River Nile State in Northern Sudan: a community based cross-sectional study	5
Persistence of coronavirus in the cardiac tissue in patients following recovery from COVID-19	5
The association between intravascular ultrasound-derived echo-attenuation and quantitative flow ratio in intermediate coronary lesions	5
Concomitant cardiovascular malformations in isolated bicuspid aortic valve disease: a retrospective cross-sectional study and meta-analysis	5
Fabry disease: what the cardiologist should consider in non-cardiac screening, diagnosis, and management—narrative review	5
Addressing kidney health disparities with new national policy: the time is now	5
Treatment of adults with Eisenmenger syndrome—state of the art in the 21st century: a short overview	5
Narrative review of: risk stratification and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in adults with congenital heart disease	5
The m6A demethylase fat mass and obesity-associated protein mitigates pyroptosis and inflammation in doxorubicin-induced heart failure via the toll-like receptor 4/NF-κB pathway	5
Update from the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension 2018: does the new hemodynamic definition of pediatric pulmonary hypertension have an impact on treatment strategies?	5
Associations between daytime napping, sleep duration, and depression and 15 cardiovascular diseases: a Mendelian randomization study	5
Drug coated balloons and bare metal stents in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: eternal life or return of the living dead?	5
Right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit: a comparison of long-term graft-related events between bovine jugular vein conduit, aortic homograft, and porcine-valved conduits	5
Impact of apical and mid-ventricular transmural infarcts in patients with acute myocardial infarction determined by using late gadolinium enhancement combined with feature tracking magnetic resonance	5
Surgical strategy and long-term outcomes of dissected carotid artery with false lumen thrombus in acute type A aortic dissection	5
The implications of an integrated management model of prenatal diagnosis/postnatal treatment for premature infants with critical congenital heart disease—a case-control study	4
Comparing patient outcomes following minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting surgery vs. coronary artery bypass grafting: a single-center retrospective cohort study	4
Impact of educational intervention and pedometer-based self-monitoring on physical activity levels in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension	4
Carotid massive intraplaque hemorrhage, lipid-rich necrotic core, and heavy circumferential calcification were associated with new ipsilateral ischemic cerebral lesions after carotid artery stenting:	4
Three-dimensional optical coherence tomography for guidance of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary bifurcation disease: a review of current clinical applications	4
Cuproptosis, the novel therapeutic mechanism for heart failure: a narrative review	4
Myocardial involvement in post-COVID-19 condition: a note from the surgical approach	4
Hybrid total arterial minimally invasive off-pump coronary revascularization and percutaneous coronary intervention strategy for multivessel coronary artery disease: a cohort study with a median 11-ye	4
The need for custom made frozen elephant trunk: when and where	4
Pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart defects (ACHDs) in light of the 2022 ESC PAH guidelines—part II: supportive therapy, special situations (pregnancy, contraception, non-cardiac su	4
Assessing the impact of evolocumab on thin-cap fibroatheroma and endothelial function in patients with very high-risk atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a study protocol for a randomized controll	4
The challenging surgical vascular access creation	4
Number of attempts and interventions to obtain a valid pulmonary artery wedge pressure	4
Management of the left subclavian artery during aortic arch replacement using a frozen elephant trunk approach: a review	4
M3 subtype of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor inhibits cardiac fibrosis via targeting microRNA-29b/beta-site app cleaving enzyme 1 axis	4
Circulating miRNA-21 as a diagnostic biomarker for acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy study	4
Efficacy and safety of leadless ventricular pacemaker: a single-center retrospective observational study	4
The clinical diagnostic value of right-to-left shunt in cryptogenic stroke under right heart contrast echocardiography: a retrospective case-control study	4
Let us pay more attention to performing coronary function assessment for multivessels!	4
The efficacy, safety, and related factors of bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis with subgroup analysis	4
Percutaneous closure of postoperative residual ventricular septal defects, including dehiscence of surgical patches	4