OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Cardiology is 35. 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
The axillary vein puncture for implantable cardiac defibrillator implantation: 14 years of experience. Analysis of the results	103
Can cuproptosis-related genes be involved in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy?	99
Patterns of atrial fibrillation, relevant cardiac structural and functional changes predict functional and cognitive outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation	75
Three-dimensional echocardiography reveals early mitral valve alterations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy genetic mutation carriers	71
Coronary plaque and clinical characteristics of South Asian (Indian) patients with acute coronary syndromes: An optical coherence tomography study	69
Sex differences outcomes in conduction system pacing for patients with typical left bundle branch block	66
Drug-induced increase in dispersion of ventricular repolarization in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	65
Complete electrical reverse remodeling of native conduction after resynchronization therapies	59
Prognostic value of exercise tolerance and exercise-induced diastolic dysfunction in elderly patients referred for exercise stress echocardiography	55
Comparative efficacy of vericiguat to sacubitril/valsartan for patients with heart failure reduced ejection fraction: Systematic review and network meta-analysis	54
Assessment of the left atrial volume and function following percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: Insights into acute and late impact of atrial fibrillation on atrial remodeling	54
Frailty in acute coronary syndromes. A systematic review and narrative synthesis of frailty assessment tools and interventions from randomised controlled trials	52
Electroanatomical voltage mapping with contact force sensing for diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy	52
Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease as a Barometer of Effective Policy Implementation	51
Admission and discharge sodium: Chloride ratio in acute heart failure – The importance of electrolytes	47
Editorial Board	46
Myocardial infarction with no obstructive coronary artery (MINOCA): Prevalence, demographic pattern and 1-month outcome from Serdang PPCI STEMI Registry over 7 years	44
Female, the dominant gender– a study of the Serdang Pulmonary Hypertension Registry	43
Indications, implications and safety of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in Malaysian population from the Multicentre Malaysian CMR Registry	43
TASH Two TASH	42
Inflammation in chronic kidney disease – Something old, something new	42
Acute heart failure admission and outcome: A single centre contemporary appraisal	42
Clinical outcomes, management, healthcare resource utilization, and cost according to the CHA2DS2-VASc scores in Asian patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation	39
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A look back to build momentum	39
Corrigendum to “Syncope in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (part I): An updated systematic review and meta-analysis” [International Journal of Cardiology Volume 357, 15 June 2022, Pages 88–94].	39

Corrigendum to “Molecular genetic testing in athletes: Why and when a position statement from the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology” [International Journal of Cardiology Volume 364, 1 October 2022,	39
Apical ballooning and the rogue clot: A risky affair in Takotsubo syndrome	38
Domain-specific association of single-nucleotide variants in the LMNA gene with the phenotypic expression of dilated cardiomyopathy	37
Impact of veno-venous collaterals on outcome after the total cavopulmonary connection	37
Utilization rates and heart transplantation outcomes of donation after circulatory death donors with prior cardiopulmonary resuscitation	36
Risk score for early risk prediction by cardiac magnetic resonance after acute myocardial infarction	36
Signature of standard modifiable CV factors as unrecognizable risk factor of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction	35
Non-hyperemic, non pressure wire, coronary physiology. A further step towards the generalization of physiology in the cath-lab?	35
Long-term outcome of left atrial appendage occlusion with multiple devices	35
Fibroblast growth factor 5 as a target for atrial fibrillation treatment: Evidence from mendelian randomization	35