OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Coronary Artery Disease is 2. 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
Trend and outcomes of aspiration thrombectomy use in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: an analysis of the National Inpatient Sampl	95
AI-enhanced recognition of occlusions in acute coronary syndrome (AERO-ACS): a retrospective study	43
Aortic cavity masquerading as right coronary artery occlusion	40
Novel method for predicting the optimal diagnostic catheter by coronary computed tomographic angiography	16
Association between the diagnostic classification of newly diagnosed coronary artery disease and future heart failure development	15
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists do not decrease the risk of coronary revascularization in patients with type 2 diabetes	12
Deep engagement, big trouble: a guide catheter induced aortocoronary dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention	12
Bilateral coronary artery aneurysms with chronic total occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery and apical aneurysm in a 32-year-old man	12
Coronary artery disease and takotsubo syndrome: pathophysiologic considerations	12
Impact of serum cholinesterase on calcified nodules in patients with stable coronary artery disease	11
The prognostic importance of the Naples prognostic score for in-hospital mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	10
Cardiovascular benefits of statin plus ezetimibe combination therapy versus statin monotherapy in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	10
Immediate vs. multistage revascularization of non-infarct coronary artery(-ies) in patients with hemodynamically stable multivessel disease acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-an	9
Serial fractional flow reserve, coronary flow reserve and index of microcirculatory resistance after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients treated for stable angina pectoris assessed with PET	8
Coronary stent infection: a systematic review	7
Enhancing occupational safety in the X-ray laboratory	7
The prothrombin time/international normalized ratio predicts prognosis in cardiogenic shock	7
Single-nucleotide polymorphism of ADRβ2 and CDKN1B genes in Egyptian patients with coronary artery in-stent restenosis	7
Drug-coated balloons for the treatment of stent edge restenosis	7
Rumpel–Leede phenomenon post-transradial cardiac catheterization: a rare clinical entity	7
Left main coronary artery atresia: an extremely rare albeit lethal congenital coronary anomaly	7
Association between coronary artery calcium score and in-stent restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation	7
Anomalous common origin of the coronary arteries from a single ostium in the right sinus of Valsalva without a proper left main stem	7
Burden of cardiovascular disease on coronavirus disease 2019 hospitalizations in the USA	6
Description of a novel retrograde buddy wire jailining technique	6

Separate right sinus origin of right coronary artery, conus artery and anomalous left main with retroaortic course	6
Clinical outcomes and patients’ perspective of fatigue following spontaneous coronary artery dissection	6
Calcified nodule formation following fragmented sheet calcification during balloon angioplasty in a patient on hemodialysis	6
Giant right coronary artery aneurysm with right coronary artery–right atrial fistula	6
Naples score is associated with SYNTAX Score in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	6
Risk factors that predict for presence of clinically significant, noncalcified plaque in younger adults	5
Predictive value of red cell distribution width in intrahospital mortality and postintervention thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction: Erratu	5
Distribution and prognostic impact of coronary artery disease and nonischemic cardiomyopathies in patients with electrical storm	5
Left main coronary artery ‘pseudo bridging’ on angiogram: a rare angiographic entity	5
Hair cortisol concentration, a stress biomarker, is gradually increasing before an acute myocardial infarction	5
Short dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The triglyceride-glucose index as a new predictor of coronary artery complexity in elderly patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome	5
Traditional versus distal radial access for coronary angiography: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	5
Temporal trends in the treatment and outcome of nonagenarians with acute coronary syndrome	5
Treatment of in-stent restenosis with sirolimus-eluting magnesium bioresorbable scaffolds: optical coherence tomography insights	5
Double-barrel coronary sinus: a rare anomaly unveiled during cardiac resynchronization therapy	5
Cooling the forearm puncture site following transradial cardiac catheterization or percutaneous coronary intervention: the hemostatic ‘Cryoband’ pilot study	5
Triggering type and long-term survival following ST segment elevation-myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention	4
Association between the remnant cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and the risk of coronary artery disease	4
Coronary artery aneurysm of ambiguous origin at the left main bifurcation: a rare conundrum	4
A new variant of left single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the distal part of left anterior descending artery	4
Inadequate awareness and attention to non-HDL cholesterol: undertreatment of high-risk patients in cardiology practice in Turkey	4
In the shadows: the retroaortic anomalous coronary artery revealed by transthoracic echocardiography	4
Percutaneous intervention for beating coronary aneurysm in the septal branch	4
Impact of bivalirudin with a post-procedure infusion versus heparin-monotherapy on stent thrombosis and cardiovascular mortality	4
The impact of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalized patients with STEMI in the United States: insights from the National Inpatient Sample	4
Left ventricular ejection fraction and white blood cell count are the two independent risk factors for predicting intramyocardial hemorrhage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	4
Importance of provoked spasms at the sites of nonobstructive stenosis as well as at the sites of obstructive stenosis in patients with obstructive coronary arteries and coronary spasm	4
Stress-T1 mapping: ready for clinical application? A head-to-head comparison with stress-perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance	4
Bilateral large conus artery to main pulmonary artery fistulas	3
The impact of perceived stress on the prognosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention	3
First-in-man study of a novel everolimus-coated balloon for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis	3
Anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the right coronary artery arising the noncoronary sinus	3
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosed by coronary computed tomography angiography: a case report	3
Very long-term outcome of saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention: bare-metal stent versus sirolimus-eluting stent	3
Clinical determinants of coronary artery disease burden and vulnerability using optical coherence tomography co-registered with intravascular ultrasound	3
Myocardial work is independent risk factor for coronary artery lesions in children with Kawasaki disease	3
Impact of prior coronary artery bypass grafting on periprocedural and short-term outcomes of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Long-term multimodality imaging follow-up of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with bioresorbable vascular scaffold: advantages and challenges	3
Congenital systemic and coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas with a coronary aneurysm rupture	3
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome who present with atypical symptoms: a systematic review, pooled analysis and meta-analysis	3
What is the most appropriate follow-up time for detecting the epidemiological relationship between coronary artery disease and its main risk factors: novel findings from a 35-year follow-up study	3
SARS-CoV-2 in coronary blood from thrombus aspiration in a patient with myocardial infarction	3
Obesity paradox in coronary artery disease: national inpatient sample analysis	3
Computed tomography angiography and coronary artery disease–reporting and data system and a 5-year prognostic major adverse cardiovascular and cerebral event outcome study in a symptomatic Southeast A	3
Burden and predictors of thirty-day readmission in patients with NSTEMI: a retrospective analysis of the 2020 NRD database	3
Impact of the fibrosis-4 index in patients with ST-elevated myocardial infarction	3
A very rare variant of single coronary artery	3
Effect of PCSK9 inhibitors on major cardiac adverse events and lipoprotein-a in patients with coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis	3
Intraplaque hemorrhage and angina in a low-risk young female	3

Multi-vessel spontaneous coronary artery dissections	3
Zero-contrast intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with high-risk iodinated contrast allergy: navigating in the dark through a brighter inner light	3
Recurrent coronary in-stent restenosis and rapidly progressive coronary artery disease as initial manifestation of immunoglobulin G4-related disease	3
Vigilance against coronary heart disease in patients with multiple tuberous xanthomas	2
Lipoprotein(a) is associated with premature coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis	2
Erosion and thrombus organization as a potential cause of very late stent failure after the implantation of the first-generation sirolimus-eluting stents: in-vivo multimodality imaging assessment	2
Elevated white blood cell count and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with vasospastic angina	2
Prevalence of low-attenuation plaques and statin therapy in plaque rupture type of acute coronary syndrome	2
Comment on: ‘The triglyceride-glucose index as a new predictor of coronary artery complexity in elderly patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome’	2
Stratification of acute myocardial and endothelial cell injury, salvage index and final infarct size by systematic microRNA profiling in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction	2
Complete versus partial revascularization for older adults with acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized and multivariable adjusted data	2
Impact of initial very low-level low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on the prognosis of acute myocardial infarction patients	2
Right ventricular-pulmonary artery coupling is an independent risk factor for coronary artery lesions in children with Kawasaki disease	2
‘Evaluation of beta-2-microglobulin and neuron-specific enolase as prognostic factors in patients over 65 years of age with frailty syndrome hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome’	2
Effectiveness of low-dose rivaroxaban in preventing recurrent major adverse cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	2
Recurrent events after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: predictors and features of plaque progression and stent failure	2
Diabetes is associated with Smaller Coronary Lumen Volumes	2
A large ventricular septal rupture detected by cardiac point-of-care ultrasound	2
Controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol attenuates cardiovascular risk mediated by elevated lipoprotein(a) after percutaneous coronary intervention	2
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm post primary angioplasty	2
Predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome	2
Living alone predicts poor prognosis among patients with acute myocardial infarction	2
Comparison of the outcomes of concurrent versus staged TAVR combined with PCI in patients with severe aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Effect of different doses of atorvastatin on collateral formation in coronary artery disease patients with coronary atherosclerosis	2
Lethal ventricular septal rupture post successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention of an anomalous right coronary artery	2
Large right coronary artery aneurysm with small fistula to coronary sinus: multimodality imaging	2
Is the predictive value of systemic immune-inflammation index superior to traditional markers in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients?	2
The value of fractional flow reserve based on coronary computed tomography angiography with low-dose contrast agent in noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease	2
The illness perceptions of patients with percutaneous coronary intervention compared to patients with no percutaneous intervention, for acute myocardial infarction, in cardiac rehabilitation	2
The effectiveness of HALP score in predicting mortality in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients	2
Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right aortic cusp: prepulmonic and subpulmonic courses along with superdominant right coronary artery	2
Number of segments with motion abnormalities is better correlated with infarct size in acute myocardial infarction	2
Drug-coated balloon angioplasty for an acute anastomotic stenosis after coronary artery bypass grafting	2
The impact of carbohydrate restriction-induced elevations in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on progression of coronary atherosclerosis: the ketogenic diet trial study design	2
Low attenuation plaque volume on coronary computed tomography angiography is associated with plaque progression	2
Usefulness of intravascular ultrasound assessment after development of the slow flow phenomenon during percutaneous coronary intervention	2
Prediction of medial damage by rotational atherectomy using intravascular ultrasound	2
Age shock index as an early predictor of cardiovascular death in acute coronary syndrome patients	2
The “curious graft”: when LIMA’s fate depends on SVG PCI	2
Scoring-balloon fenestration for abrupt closure caused by spiral coronary artery dissection and hematoma immediately after intravascular lithotripsy	2
The clinical implications of choroidal thickness combined with tear VEGFA in coronary artery disease	2
A novel coronary angiographic index for predicting correlation between fractional flow reserve and resting full-cycle ratio	2
Proximal migration of in-stent neoatherosclerosis debris following cutting balloon angioplasty leading to catastrophic no-flow phenomenon	2
Intracoronary thrombus assessment with cardiac computed tomography angiography in a deferred stenting strategy: the MATURE prospective study (MSCT to Assess ThrombUs REsolution)	2
Heart’s hidden link: intercoronary communication in a geriatric patient	2
Percutaneous coronary intervention or medical therapy in patients with severe aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a real-world analysis usin	2
Comparison of ticagrelor and clopidogrel in primary percutaneous coronary intervention patients: a single-center retrospective study	2