OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Heart Journal is 107. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Meet the European Society of Cardiology Gold Medallists 2022	4594
Correction to: The year in cardiovascular medicine 2022: the top 10 papers in heart failure and cardiomyopathies	3539
Weekly journal scan: a hard RAFTing to improve long-term survival in heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction	2776
Elevated serum xylitol levels and cardiovascular risk: an active component or an innocent bystander?	2708
Pulmonary haemodynamics and pulmonary congestion: where are we now?	2646
A rare case of a dorsal mass caused by descending thoracic aortic dissection	2625
Residual leaks after transcatheter left atrial appendage closure: why and how to assess it?	2473
Intricacies of aortic risk assessment studies: not a simple matter	2251
Bulgarian Society of Cardiology: 50 years on	2174
Weekly Journal Scan: no CLEAR evidence of cardiovascular benefits of colchicine after acute myocardial infarction	1607
Early vascular disease of Olympian Paavo Nurmi despite a healthy lifestyle	1423
Weekly Journal Scan: The promise of small interfering RNA in reducing lipoprotein(a)	1231
Dementia in individuals with severe hypercholesterolemia: Korean nationwide cohort study	1011
Recent cardiac rehabilitation and its impact on cardiopulmonary exercise test variables in Brazilian cardiac transplant recipients	934
Differences in left atrial stain, endothelial glycocalyx, arterial elasticity and myocardial efficiency between ESUS, lacunar, cardioembolic and atherosclerotic type of stroke	820
The gender difference in cause of death in Japanese atrial fibrillation patients: The Fushimi AF Registry	702
Acute infections and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with acute pulmonary embolism	482
Multiparametric risk predictions for morbidity and mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from a nation-wide registry	468
Cardiac troponin fragmentation in marathon runners. The MaraCat2 study	458
Echocaridographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: improving the probability	356
Evaluating the safety and long-term efficacy of triple vasodilator therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease	346
Cumulative accelerometer-based light physical activity from childhood through young adulthood progressively decreases left ventricular mass in British youth: a 13-year longitudinal study	337
Physiological disease pattern as assessed by PPGI in vessels with FFR and iFR discordance	337
Clinical outcomes of deferred lesions by IVUS versus FFR-guided treatment decision: the FLAVOUR trial substudy	334
Novel cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging heterogeneity biomarkers to diagnose and predict cardiovascular disease: a UK Biobank CMR strain study	327

T regulatory cells lose their protective phenotype in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)	298
Prevalence of diabetic nephropathy and subsequent cardiovascular outcomes: a nationwide study of 74,014 patients with type 2 diabetes	290
Real-time electrophysiological characterization of acute and chronic radiofrequency ablation lesions	287
Association between the changes in walking speed during 6 months after discharge and subsequent prognosis in older patients with heart failure: report from a multicenter prospective cohort study	286
New definition of hypotension in patients with reflex syncope using 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (SynABPM Study)	284
Spontaneous, independent, single-center renal denervation registry of a resistant hypertension multidisciplinary team	278
Deep learning for fully automated echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular wall thickness and chamber dimensions in the parasternal long-axis view	264
Management of hospital resources for patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) - an approach to deescalate ?	232
The expression of selected microRNAs enables identification of patients with functional atrial tricuspid regurgitation. New insights into TR pathophysiology	231
Early diastolic strain rate and its associations with estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria	225
Atherogenic lipoprotein profile associated with anthropometric indices of obesity and their association with cardiometabolic risk markers: a cross-sectional study in community	223
Post-systolic shortening index by echocardiography evaluation of dyssynchrony in the non-dilated and hypertrophied left ventricle	215
Right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWSL) a new outcome predictor in patients candiate for TAVI	212
Survival penalty in patients undergoing transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement: is it just a question of frailty? Insights from a large cohort with demographic matching	211
Permanent pacemaker implantation is associated with an increased risk of heart failure hospitalization in transcatheter aortic valve implantation patients with reduced systolic function	206
Implementing dynamic atrioventricular delay optimization for cardiac resynchronization therapy: an economic analysis in the EU5 countries	205
Practicing what you preach. Do cardiology trainees in the United Kingdom follow the lifestyle advice that they would give to patients?	203
Improving early mortality risk detection in light-chain cardiac amyloidosis patients with routine echocardiographic indicators and mayo staging	200
What is there to EAARN with a CRT implantation? Predictive factors of mortality or clinical deterioration in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy based on pre-implant factors	200
Extraction of leadless and tranvenous pacemakers: occurrence, causes and complications from a national US database	191
Factors for incorrect automated atrial fibrillation identification in large-scale screening	189
Dietary sodium intake and outcomes: a secondary analysis from SODIUM - HF	188
Does the quality index of adherence to the evidence-based guidelines predict mortality in patients with myocardial infarction?	184
iRight4Me: individualisation of P2Y12 inihibitors in the realworld practice - an interim report	174
Duration of sinus rhythm after direct current cardioversion does not predict recurrence of atrial fibrillation after subsequent catheter ablation: a multicentre study	174
Basal natriuresis as a predictor of diuretic resistance and clinical evolution in acute heart failure	171
Quantitative assessment of myocardial fibrosis by digital image analysis: an adjunctive tool for pathologist ground truth	170
Atrial fibrillation organisation correlates with ventricular response regularity in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation	170
Optimal CW-Doppler derived parameter for the diagnosis of iatrogenic mitral stenosis during transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for mitral regurgitation	164
Impact of aortic valve calcium score on conductive disturbances after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a monocentre retrospective study	163
Prognostic role of data transmitted by implanted cardiac electric devices in patients with advanced heart failure referred for heart transplantation	162
Incidentally induced atrial fibrillation during programmed electrical stimulation in patients with depressed left ventricular systolic function after an acute myocardial infarction: a CARISMA substudy	162
Impact of the thin-walled sheath on the distal radial artery occlusion: a randomized trial	162
Comparative study of the effects of left ventricular and biventricular pacing on indices of cardiac function and clinical status of heart failure patients: preliminary results of READAPT study	160
The role of seasonal influenza immunisation in cardiovascular care: a survey of cardiologists	160
Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of cardiovascular mortality in Australia: preliminary results from prospective observational study	156
Acute deterioration in dyssynchrony and systolic function from Lot-CRT to LBBB pacing	156
Dynamic changes of excessive trabeculation in dilated cardiomyopathy: a longitudinal cardiovascular magnetic resonance study	151
Comparison of fully angiography-derived versus a hybrid of angiography and pressure-wire-derived approach to assess coronary microvascular resistance: the OxAMI-Hybrid study	150
Multi-biomarker approach for predicting cardiac magnetic resonance parameters at 30 days after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	148
The added value of advanced echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy: looking at the right heart	147
Prognosis of diastolic dysfunction in patients with preserved LVEF. Value of left atrial strain	142
Trimethylamine N-oxide as a Novel Biomarker for Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Functional Remodeling in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients	142
Endothelial dysfunction in acute coronary syndrome: a complex association with cardiovascular risk factors, sleep quality and cardiorespiratory capacity	140
Cumulative accelerometer-based sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood with progressive left ventricular remodelling in British youth: a 13-year longitudinal study	140
Feasibility and efficacy of a novel 6 french sheathless guiding catheter equipped with peel-off type external dilator for PCI with distal radial approach - a Japanese multicenter study	140
Survival in STEMI in resource limited settings - obstacles and potential solutions. Critical lesson learnt thorough a prospective observational study	139
Long-term outcomes following DCB vs. DES for ISR treatment	138
Associated factors and clinical implications of dynamic changes in late gadolinium enhancement after acute myocarditis	137
Plaque phenotyping using deep learning in optical coherence tomography imaging	135

Real-world data from the use of ranolazine in patients with stable angina pectoris: the RANGER study	134
Evaluating off-target drug effects seen in RCTs using proteomics and mendelian randomisation	134
Ischemic stroke in patients with congenital heart disease and atrial fibrillation	134
Association between plasma desmosine, a marker of elastin degradation, and total atherosclerotic burden measured by whole body magnetic resonance angiography	134
NOAC in adult congenital heart disease patients: a single-center experience	133
Usefulness of CineECG method in identification of P-wave morphology variants in an elderly epidemiologic cohort	132
Echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism for the prediction of subsequent CTEPH	131
Phenotyping of heart failure with preserved ejection faction using health electronic records and echocardiography	130
Phenotyping coronary plaque by computed tomography in premature coronary artery disease	129
Impaired right ventricular strain is associated with worse prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis	127
Microvascular functional assessment using microvascular resistance reserve in patients undergoing elective fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention	126
Discovering an unknown risk. The unnoticed, potientially life-threatening risk to people with an inherited cardaic arrhythmia during the non-cardiac perioperative period.	124
How can the detection of AF be improved? Insights from patient journeys and primary care clinicians	123
Safety, tolerability, and basic pharmacokinetic parameters of AUX-001, a once-daily extended release nicorandil in healthy volunteers under fasting and fed conditions	122
The impact of worsening heart failure (WHF) status on subsequent outcomes among patients with HFrEF: History of WHF events is associated with worse subsequent outcomes regardless of extent of GDMT	122
Safety and effectiveness of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: insights from the SPUM-ACS study	122
Prediction of outcome in malignant hypertension patients using machine learning: a report from the West Birmingham malignant hypertension registry	121
Safety of electrophysiological study in atrioventricular block risk stratification in new-onset persistent left bundle brunch block following transcathether aortic valve implantation	120
Artificial intelligence-assisted examination of cardiac health status through electrocardiogram	119
Much ado about nothing: the impact of coronary angiography on kidney function in individuals with chronic kidney disease	118
Cardiovascular etiologies and risk factors of survival outcomes after resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: data from the KoCARC registry	116
Quantifying cardiac tissue heterogeneity using high-density grid catheter: validation in porcine model	115
Diagnostic accuracy of handheld single-lead electrocardiographic devices to detect atrial fibrillation: an examination using more than 30,000 rhythm traces in a randomised control trial	114
Blood pressure polygenic risk scores associate with resistant hypertension in individuals with type 1 diabetes	113
Calculation of intraprocedural hemodynamics with computational functional dynamic in mitral valve edge-to-edge repair	112
Further prognostic stratification in patients with oscillatory ventilation with exercise: is there more to it than just ups and downs?	112
AD-9308 ameliorates the impacts of 4-HNE on the progress of pulmonary arterial hypertension in aldehyde dehydrogenase 212 knock-in mice	111
Mortality and predictors of death in women and men with congestive heart failure of different types of cardiomyopathies	111
ARNI effects in HFrEF. Risk reduction beyond LVEF	110
Association between quantitative flow ratio and non-target-vessel-related events before planned staged percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome	108
Efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin in non-diabetic patients with primary anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction initiated in early hospital period	107
Cardiometabolic outcomes in patients with overweight and obesity undergoing weight loss trials : a network meta-analysis	107