OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is 30. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Is it the atrial arrhythmia or the atrial myopathy? Yes! (It's both)	232
Editorial commentary: Air pollution: The most important environmental threat to the cardiovascular system	129
Editorial commentary: Unraveling intricacies of cardiovascular disease at the single-cell resolution	113
Assessing functional status of cardiac lymphatics: From macroscopic imaging to molecular profiling	109
Editorial Board	97
Cardiac implantable electronic device infection	92
Editorial commentary: The enigma of the left atrial septal pouch	87
Gender and race-related disparities in the management of ventricular arrhythmias	79
Editorial commentary: CardioVerse: Buying the stairway to heaven	77
Percutaneous suture-based patent foramen ovale closure: A state-of-the-art review	58
Editorial commentary: Polygenic risk and coronary artery calcium score: Joining forces in preventive cardiology	56
Editorial commentary: Factors underlying improved mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation	53
Editorial commentary: Role of inflammatory cytokines in genesis and treatment of atherosclerosis. Looking at foam cells through a different lens	45
Physiologic guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention: State of the evidence	44
Editorial commentary: Simplifying diagnostics in wide complex tachycardia: Not so simple	44
Head-to-head comparison between left atrial appendage occlusion and non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis study	40
Editorial commentary: The evolution of prosthetic heart valves and related preventative antithrombotic therapy: Different paths with divergent progression	40
Editorial commentary: Heart failure incidence and etiologies at young adult age	38
Premature ventricular complexes and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in older women	38
Editorial Board	37
Thromboembolic risk and oral anticoagulation in subclinical atrial fibrillation	36
Editorial commentary: Respect or resect? Patient tailored approach	35
Editorial commentary: “Three steps to ACM diagnosis – is it that easy?”	33
Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heart Failure.	33
Spotlight on ATTR cardiomyopathy: the unexpected journey of a once considered “orphan disease”	32

Radial artery or saphenous vein?	32
Access routes, devices and guidance methods for intrapericardial delivery in cardiac conditions	32
Unmet clinical needs in the prevention and treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism	31
Editorial commentary: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: Know your strengths well, and know your weaknesses better	31
Innovations in cardiovascular imaging	30