OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine is 57. 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
Unraveling mitochondrial crosstalk: a new frontier in heart failure pathogenesis	202
Impact of myocardial bridge on lesion morphology and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing IVUS-guided PCI for LAD CTO	181
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Preeclampsia: Correlation and Influencing Factors	164
Innovative nomogram for predicting 1-year clinically driven revascularization outcomes in endovascular femoropopliteal disease	159
The Clinical Impact of Proton Pump Inhibitors When Co-Administered With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Having Acute Myocardial Infarction With Low Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Insights Fr	159
Old woman with Sheehan's syndrome suffered severe hyponatremia following percutaneous coronary intervention: a case report and review of literature	129
Recommendations for prediction models in clinical practice guidelines for cardiovascular diseases are over-optimistic: a global survey utilizing a systematic literature search	118
Computed tomographic angiography measures of coronary plaque in clinical trials: opportunities and considerations to accelerate drug translation	106
Associations of albumin and nutritional index factors with delirium in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit	106
Editorial: Mechanical circulatory support therapy for biventricular failure	101
Global burden of stroke attributable to high systolic blood pressure in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019	96
Healthcare needs in elderly patients with chronic heart failure in view of a personalized blended collaborative care intervention: a cross sectional study	96
Editorial: Global excellence in cardiovascular medicine: Central and South America	95
Sex-specific differences in the association between triglyceride glucose index and carotid plaque in a cardiovascular high-risk population: a cross-sectional study based on a Chinese community-dwellin	94
Development and validation of LCMM prediction algorithms to estimate recovery pattern of postoperative AKI in type A aortic dissection: a retrospective study	88
The promise of pulsed field ablation and the challenges ahead	86
Building a successful minimally invasive mitral valve repair program before introducing the robotic approach: The Massachusetts General Hospital experience	85
Predictive model for severe thrombocytopenia after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement	85
The Scientific Rationale for the Introduction of Renalase in the Concept of Cardiac Fibrosis	82
Concomitant ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: combined energy versus cryoablation alone	82
Positron Emission Tomography Techniques to Measure Active Inflammation, Fibrosis and Angiogenesis: Potential for Non-invasive Imaging of Hypertensive Heart Failure	82
Tricuspid regurgitation: a hidden risk factor for atrial fibrillation related stroke?	79
Endocan: A Key Player of Cardiovascular Disease	78
Cardiac ultrasound simulation for autonomous ultrasound navigation	77
Right subaxillary small incision on low-age and low-weight infants with congenital heart disease	77

Consensus statement—graft treatment in cardiovascular bypass graft surgery	77
Effect of concurrent mitral valve surgery for secondary mitral regurgitation upon mortality after aortic valve replacement or coronary artery bypass surgery	77
Gender-based time discrepancy in diagnosis of coronary artery disease based on data analytics of electronic medical records	75
Editorial: Insights in heart failure and transplantation: 2023	74
Assessing the performance of genetic risk score for stratifying risk of post-sepsis cardiovascular complications	72
Dysregulation and imbalance of innate and adaptive immunity are involved in the cardiomyopathy progression	72
Convergent approach to persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: long-term single-centre safety and efficacy	69
Relevance of lipoproteins, membranes, and extracellular vesicles in understanding C-reactive protein biochemical structure and biological activities	68
Pediatric Acute Myocarditis With Short-Term Outcomes and Factors for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in Vietnam	67
Case Report: Stepwise noninvasive diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an elderly patient–From ECG clues to echocardiographic and CTA confirmation	66
Novel insights into exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury: Focusing on mitochondrial quality control	65
A case report on pheochromocytoma mimicking as fulminant myocarditis—a diagnostic challenge	64
Correlation of left ventricular myocardial work indices with invasive measurement of stroke work in patients with advanced heart failure	64
Salivary cardiac troponin does not correlate with serum levels	64
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging in human placenta: insights into fetal growth restriction and congenital heart disease	64
Cardiovascular health of offspring conceived by assisted reproduction technology: a comprehensive review	64
Dynamic arterial elastance as a predictor of arterial pressure response to norepinephrine weaning in mechanically ventilated patients with vasoplegic syndrome—a systematic review and meta-analysis	64
The association between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and cardiovascular disease: evidence from a cross-sectional study	64
The Role of AI in Characterizing the DCM Phenotype	63
Single-Cell RNA sequencing investigation of female-male differences under PAD conditions	63
Association Between Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Peripheral Blood and Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review	63
The role of retinal vessel geometry as an indicator of systemic arterial stiffness assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index	61
Two-year clinical outcome of patients with mildly reduced ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction: insights from the prospective KAMIR-NIH Registry	61
Cardiomyopathy related desmocollin-2 prodomain variants affect the intracellular cadherin transport and processing	60
Electrocardiographic criteria for localization of ventricular premature complexes from the inferior right ventricular outflow tract	60
Case report: Mitral valve replacement for Libman-Sacks endocarditis and cerebral embolism of primary antiphospholipid syndrome	60
Incidence of Arterial Hypertension in People With Periodontitis and Characterization of the Oral and Subgingival Microbiome: A Study Protocol	59
Impact of advanced liver fibrosis on atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients	59
Editorial: Oxidative Stress in Cardiovascular Diseases and Pulmonary Hypertension	59
Arterial and Venous Thrombosis Complicated in COVID-19: A Retrospective Single Center Analysis in Japan	57
Patient Prosthesis Mismatch After SAVR and TAVR	57
Monte Carlo Simulation and Reconstruction: Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging of Tracer Dynamics With Cardiac Motion Due to Deformation and Respiration Using Gamma Camera With Continuous Acqui	57