OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia is 32. 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
Editorial Board	162
Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Women with Congenital Heart Disease	77
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study	73
Airway Management for Tracheal Resections – Comments on a Controversial Approach	70
Norepinephrine Salt Formulations and Risk of Therapeutic Error: Results of a National Survey	65
Contents	57
Requiem for Routine Self-Expanding TAVR Valves? A Commentary on the Comparative Analysis of Evolut PRO Versus Sapien Ultra Valves for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Registry (OPE	56
Pandiastolic Antegrade Flow To The Main Pulmonary Artery	55
Using CSEPT as a New Echocardiographic Approach for Identifying Risk of Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction After Cardiopulmonary Bypass	55
Articles to Appear in Future Issues	54
Semiquantitative Chest CT Severity Score Predicts Failure of Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Pneumonia	54
Acute Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation After Non-Mitral Valve Cardiac Surgery—Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony as a Potential Mechanism	52
Surgical Site Infections and Inflammatory Reaction After Cardiac Surgery; Bedside Artificial Pancreas Versus Conventional Insulin Therapy: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis	51
Editorial Board	48
Severe Myxomatous Mitral Regurgitation With Normal Left Ventricular Function in a Woman With an Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery	47
Cardiac Calendar 2021-2022	45
Mitral Regurgitation in Patients With Coexisting Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review	42
THE IMPACT OF PRESSURE RECOVERY ADJUSTMENT ON AORTIC VALVE AREA DISEASE SEVERITY IN TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT PATIENTS	41
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Due to a Rare Anterior Mediastinal Venous Malformation	41
COMBINED TREATMENT WITH IGM ENRICHED IMMONOGLOBULIN AND CYTOSORB IN INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: CASE SERIES	41
Diagnostic significance of highly sensitive troponins in cardiac surgery	40
Tubular and not glomerular damage affects cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury	38
EP.02	37
Effect of a national guideline on postoperative troponin surveillance: A retrospective cohort study in a single institution in Canada	37
Myocardial Work: Going Down A Rabbit Hole?	36

Efficacy of Quantra-Qplus System for Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypofibrinogenemia and Thrombocytopenia After Cardiopulmonary Bypass	35
Recurrent Use of VV ECMO in Refractory Hypoxemia After Penetrating Lung Injury and Multifocal Pneumonia in a Single Individual's ICU Stay	35
Editorial Board	34
Articles to Appear in Future Issues	34
Anteroposterior Length Using Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery Patients	34
Awaiting the Renaissance of the Anesthesiologist-Scientist	33
Continuous Right Ventricular Pressure Monitoring in Cardiac Surgery	33