OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Association of endothelial function and lower extremity perfusion in peripheral artery disease	54
TIPIC Syndrome – an entity that deserves more attention	29
Duration of post-sclerotherapy hyperpigmentation in patients with and without anticoagulation	28
Wall shear rate and energy loss coefficient measures using conventional Doppler ultrasound do not predict carotid plaque progression	24
Weakness of lower limb muscle in symptomatic peripheral artery disease with media sclerosis detected by ultrasound shear wave elastography	23
BioMimics 3D vascular stent system for femoropopliteal interventions	22
Intravascular lithotripsy in peripheral lesions with severe calcification and its use in TAVI procedure – a meta-analysis	20
Prognostic interaction between age and sex on outcomes following carotid endarterectomy	19
An 18 year data-linkage study on the association between air pollution and acute limb ischaemia	18
Cardiovascular risk factors in Sub-Saharan African women	16
Hospital frailty risk and CHA2DS2-VA scores in the mortality assessment of older patients with peripheral artery disease	15
Doubts reduced – end of paclitaxel discussion in sight	14
Exercise therapy for chronic symptomatic peripheral artery disease	14
The right lymphatic duct: basic anatomy and clinical relevance	14
Endovascular salvage of thrombosed haemodialysis vascular access	13
Lower prevalence of stump reflux after endovenous laser flush ablation of the great saphenous vein	13
Meta-analysis and meta-regression of the total endovascular aortic repair in aortic arch	13
Incidence of myocardial injury in patients submitted to carotid endarterectomy	13
Clinical outcomes of a balloon-expandable stent for symptomatic obstructions of the subclavian or innominate arteries	12
Daily fenugreek intake does not attenuate abdominal aortic aneurysm growth in rats	12
VA-ECMO and thrombus aspiration in a pulmonary embolism patient with cardiac arrest and contraindications to thrombolytic therapy	11
Optimised CT Pulmonary angiography in pregnant women – first line or last resort?	11
Vascular handlebar syndrome with blunt injury of common femoral artery	11
Vascular risk assessment and management	10
4PEPS – a new pretest probability score to reduce imaging testing for suspected pulmonary embolism?	10

High prevalence of peripheral and carotid artery disease in patients with interstitial lung diseases	10
Cutting-edge European guidelines for managing lower extremity peripheral arterial disease – Featuring selected insights on PAD management	9
“Cul-de-sac” or hope for the future?	9
Efficacy and safety of aspirin in venous thromboembolism prevention after total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty or fracture	8
Combined chocolate drug-coatedballoon treatment of femoropopliteal artery lesions in patients with Rutherford Grade 3–6	8
The year in vascular medicine: Highlights in Vasa – European Journal of Vascular Medicine 2023	8
The Postthrombotic syndrome, where are we now?	7
Mixed reality: a promising technology for Therapeutic Patient Education	7
Lower extremity arterial disease – call for a standardized and comprehensive name of the disease to improve public awareness	7
Safety and effectiveness of Phoenix atherectomy for endovascular treatment in calcified common femoral artery lesions	7
Ultrasound-guided venous pressure measurement	7
Endothelial inflammation and dysfunction in COVID-19	7
Association between atherogenic index of plasma and peripheral arterial disease	7
Chronic unilateral arm lymphedema correlates with increased intima-media thickness in the brachial artery	6
Intracranial pressure and veins	6
Diagnostic test accuracy of the walking impairment questionnaire in individuals with intermittent claudication	6
Management of isolated distal deep vein thrombosis	6
Swirling flow vascular stent for the treatment of femoropopliteal lesions	6
Large-bore rotational thrombectomy and balloon angioplasty for thrombus fragmentation and removal from occluded iliofemoral or inferior vena cava stents	6
When the largest organ meets the longest one	5
Health effects of e-cigarettes and their use for smoking cessation from a vascular perspective	5
Clinical evolution of patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease during the COVID-19 pandemic (the COVID-PAD study)	5
Intravascular ultrasound for peripheral vessels – what are we waiting for?	5
The interrelationship between diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease	5
Awareness of smoking cessation amongst German vascular surgeons	5
Relationship between LE8 score and peripheral arterial disease from NHANES perspective	5
Post-thrombotic syndrome	5
Short and long-term outcome after common femoral artery hybrid procedure in patients with intermittent claudication and chronic limb threatening ischemia	5
Perioperative risk prediction using the POSSUM and V-POSSUM models in symptomatic carotid stenosis	4
CXCR4 – a possible serum marker for risk stratification of abdominal aortic aneurysms	4
Impact of concomitant popliteal vein thrombosis in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis treated with endovascular early thrombus removal	4
Spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery related to COVID-19	4
Influence of pseudoxanthoma elasticum on the lipid profile and prognostic implications	4
Photoablative atherectomy followed by a paclitaxel-coated balloon to inhibit restenosis in instent femoro-popliteal obstructions (PHOTOPAC)	4
Statins and statin intensity in peripheral artery disease	4
Prevalent use of high-intensity statin therapy and LDL-C target attainment among PAD patients undergoing angioplasty	4
A personal obituary for Prof. Dr. med. Giancarlo Biamino	4
Combined treatment of dysfunctional dialysis access with cutting balloon and paclitaxel-coated balloon in real world	4
Prognostic impact of optimal lifestyle advice and medical therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease	4
Men with erectile dysfunction (ED) should be screened for cardiovascular risk factors – Cost-benefit considerations in Swiss men	3
Quality of warfarin anticoagulation in adults with short bowel syndrome on home parenteral nutrition	3
Lipid-lowering and anti-thrombotic therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease	3
Intraluminal thrombus volume correlates with the crural vessel runoff in popliteal artery aneurysms upon initial presentation	3
Subclinical vascular damage in Schistosoma spp. endemic regions	3
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of femoropopliteal veins for treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome	3
Association between carotid revascularization for asymptomatic stenosis and cognitive functions	3
Clinical outcomes in intermittent claudication – time for a change?	3
Best crossing of peripheral chronic total occlusions	3
Early outcomes of the Third-generation of ClosureFast radiofrequency ablation for great saphenous vein reflux	3
S3-Leitlinie zur Diagnostik, Therapie und Nachsorge der peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit	3

Structured magnetic resonance imaging-based characterization of the marginal vein reveals limits of the Weber-classification	3
Ovarian vein embolization in recurrent varicose veins – how invasive should varicose treatment be?	3
Mechanical atherothrombectomy improves endothelial function through plaque burden reduction in PAD	2
Prospective study of the duo-hybrid venous stent for treatment of iliac vein obstruction	2
Association between platelet distribution width and peripheral arterial disease in elderly patients	2
Ta panta rhei in vascular medicine	2
4D – Designer D-dimer DVT diagnosis	2
Walking instead of standing	2
Regulation of cells of the arterial wall by hypoxia and its role in the development of atherosclerosis	2
Polyvascular disease, pulse pressure and mortality	2
Role of Lp(a) in patients with erectile dysfunction undergoing angioplasty for symptomatic pelvic artery disease	2
Inferior vena cava-syndrome	2
International public awareness of peripheral artery disease	2
Do we need another position paper?	2
The effect of diabetes on abdominal aortic aneurysm growth – updated systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Co-prevalence of arterial aneurysm location – a correlation analysis based on a retrospective cross-sectional observational study	2
Correction to Wei et al. (2022)	2
53. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Angiologie – Gesellschaft für Gefäßmedizin e.V. und 8. DGA-Interventionskongress	2
The prognostic value of clinical frailty and American Society of Anesthesiology score in patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia	2
The MULAN Trial – RCT on the use of MUsic in Cath-Lab to reduce ANxiety during peripheral vascular interventions	2
Anticoagulation in embolic acute limb ischaemia-an observational study	2
Factors predicting long-term outcomes of percutaneous angioplasty and stenting of the superior mesenteric artery for chronic mesenteric ischemia	2
High-density lipoprotein dysfunction in carotid artery stenosis	2
A systematic review of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury	2
50 years Vasa	1
First experiences of local pulse wave velocity measurements in 4D-MRI in focally stented femoropopliteal arteries	1
First experiences of ultrasound vector flow imaging at the femoropopliteal artery in peripheral arterial disease	1
Effect of ACEI and ARB treatment on nitric oxide-dependent endothelial function	1
Effects of standing on leg volume – not all people respond equally	1
Pelvic congestion syndrome: A widespread disease of women, but a gap of knowledge of medical professionals	1
Dual pathway inhibition in patients with peripheral artery disease in Germany	1
Correction to Mühlberger et al. (2020)	1
Transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome	1
Association between circulating Galectin-3 and arterial stiffness in older adults	1
Supervised exercise training in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease	1
Temporal trends and outcomes for the treatment of acute aortic occlusion from 2009 to 2020 in Germany	1
Venous disorders as an occupational disease – a systematic review on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and modification strategies	1
51. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Angiologie – Gesellschaft für Gefäßmedizin e.V. und 6. DGA-Interventionskongress in Kooperation mit der DDG Herbsttagung	1
Caffeine and nicotine acutely inhibit flow-mediated vasodilation, but not both are necessarily harmful in the long term	1
From acute pulmonary embolism to post-pulmonary embolism sequelae	1
A novel management strategy for treatment of pelvic venous disorders utilizing a clinical screening score and non-invasive imaging	1
The TOPOS study	1
Distinct patient characteristics are associated with clinical presentation and prognosis in thromboangiitis obliterans	1
Cost-effectiveness analysis of intravascular ultrasound-guided peripheral vascular interventions in patients with femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease	1
Reinhardt Sternitzky	1
Advances in the management of venous thromboembolism	1
Large language models in rare disease: accuracy in addressing fibromuscular dysplasia questions	1
Hepatocyte growth factor as indicator for subclinical atherosclerosis	1
Impact of ovarian vein embolization in recurrent varicose veins of the lower extremity	1
Prof. Dr. Hans Jörg Leu	1
Spontaneous walking characteristics of patients with peripheral arterial disease	1
Socioeconomic factors and the onset of peripheral artery disease in older adults	1
Bailout stenting in femoropopliteal arterial segment	1
21. Unionstagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Gefässkrankheiten gemeinsam mit der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin Sektion Ge	1
Comparison of ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy in intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism	1
The prospective GermanVasc cohort study	1