OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cardiovascular Pathology is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Rapid versus slow degeneration and complications of biomaterials in patients with congenital heart disease	46
Isolated cardiac valve involvement in smoldering adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma	41
Characterization of heart disease in mucopolysaccharidosis type II mice	33
Intracardiac echocardiography-guided endomyocardial biopsy for the early detection of giant cell myocarditis causing recurrent ventricular tachycardia	30
Necrotizing plasma cell-rich aortitis and sudden cardiac death: Late sequelae of COVID-19?	22
COVER 3: Editorial Board	21
The spectrum of macrophage-predominant inflammatory myocardial disease presenting as fulminant heart failure	20
Circ_0005372 targets the miR-153-3p/ITGB3 axis to stimulate the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to facilitate the occurrence and development of congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension	15
Diagnosing myocarditis in endomyocardial biopsies: survey of current practice	14
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Ruptured pulmonary artery aneurysm with prior dissection and persistent ductus arteriosus: Autopsy case report	13
Exploring the role of pericardial miRNAs and exosomes in modulating cardiac fibrosis	13
Primary myocardial fibrosis — a distinct entity characterized by heterogeneous histology	12
The role of adiponectin in cardiovascular disease	10
A case with two faces: noncompaction or phospholamban cardiomyopathy?	10
Unexpected case of chagas disease reactivation in endomyocardial biopsy for evaluation of cardiac allograft rejection	10
Response to Commentary on development of the “molecular microscope (MMDx) assay for heart transplant rejection surveillance: SCVP journal club”	10
A case of endomyocardial biopsy-proven early stage cardiac involvement in heterozygous Fabry disease	10
Commentary on development of the “molecular microscope (MMDX)” assay for heart transplant biopsy rejection surveillance: SCVP journal club	10
Seeing beyond apoptosis: ultrastructural aspects of necrosis in human atherosclerosis	9
Right atrial cardiac myxoma with malignant transformation to undifferentiated sarcoma: A case report	9
Effect of sex, age and body measurements on heart weight, atrial, ventricular, valvular and sub-epicardial fat measurements of the normal heart	9
Reply to: “Analysis of the association of clinical, surgical and genetic factors with aneurysm sac remodeling after endovascular repair” by Martins et al.	9
A fetal rat model of ventricular noncompaction caused by intrauterine hyperglycemia	9

COVER 3: Editorial Board	8
COVER 3: Editorial Board	8
An autopsy case of sudden unexpected death with Barlow's disease	7
Recurrent arrhythmic storms and unsuccessful catheter ablation in chronic ischemic heart disease	7
Pathology Musings - Society for Cardiovascular Pathology Distinguished Achievement awardee lecture 2023	7
Frequent protein kinase A regulatory subunit A1 mutations but no GNAS mutations as potential driver in sporadic cardiac myxomas	6
Commentary on an inflammatory discussion: Society for Cardiovascular Pathology journal club	6
COVER 3: Editorial Board	6
Unusual cardiac aneurysms: a surgical pathology experience	6
Pathological capillary analysis of ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries in a Fabry disease patient receiving enzyme replacement therapy	6
Cause of death for heart transplant patients, an autopsy study	5
Histopathological evaluation of chronic rheumatic mitral valve stenosis: the association with clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and management at a National Cardiac Institute, Tanzania.	5
3D models of the cardiac conduction system in healthy neonatal human hearts	5
Trimethylamine N-oxide drives bioprosthetic heart valve calcification via macrophage pyroptosis in juvenile rats	5
Unfavorable left ventricular remodeling due to experience of chronic sleep restriction after myocardial infarction: The role of matrix metalloproteinases & oxidative stress	5
Digital pathology in cardiac transplant diagnostics: from biopsies to algorithms	5
Intravenous leiomyomatosis in the inferior vena cava and right atrium with pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma secondary to a pelvic arteriovenous fistula: A case report and literature review	5
Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the heart: A rare case of heart failure	5
Racially related risk factors for cardiovascular disease: society for cardiovascular pathology symposium 2022	5
Rare primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma in adolescence: Diagnostic challenges and surgical insights.	4
COVER 3: Editorial Board	4
Post-treatment bacterial endocarditis mimicking fungal organisms: a morphologic comparison and tips for avoiding this diagnostic pitfall	4
An effective rehydrating formula for reconditioning dried, irreplaceable heart specimens for teaching	4
Detailed study of collagen, vasculature, and innervation in the human cardiac conduction system	4
Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed after orthotopic heart transplantation and clinically mimicking arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy	4
Glandular cardiac myxoma with intraepithelial ductal neoplasia features: Report of the first case	4
COVER 4: Table of Contents/Barcode PMS 200	4
Intimal sarcoma of the lower pulmonary vein diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (EBUS-FNA): A case report and comprehensive literature review	4
Myocarditis and endomyocardial biopsy: achieving consensus diagnosis on 100 cases	4
Takayasu arteritis with medio-medial intussusception?	4
The application of autopsy and explanted heart samples in scientific research	4
Lymphocytic myocarditis: A histopathologic definition and classification from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology. I: Endomyocardial biopsy	4
COVER 3: Editorial Board	4
Molecular features and cell composition of left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy reveals key pathways and therapeutic targets	4
Aortic wall lamellar structure in phylogeny and in humans: insights from bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve morphology	3
COVER 3: Editorial Board	3
Reply to Halloran and Madill-Thomsen letter to editor	3
Immuhistochemically-confirmed mitochondrial cardiomyopathy presenting as a conduction system hamartoma: A case report	3
COVER 3: Editorial Board	3
COVER 4: Table of Contents/Barcode PMS 200	3
Corrigendum to “Comparative evaluation of local and downstream responses in two commercially available paclitaxel-coated balloons in healthy peripheral arteries of a swine model”	3
The mitochondrial uncoupler 2,4-dinitrophenol modulates inflammatory and oxidative responses in Trypanosoma cruzi-induced acute myocarditis in mice	3
The influence of glutaraldehyde on the microscopic structure of human pericardium	3
COVER 3: Editorial Board	3
Current concepts in the epigenetic regulation of cardiac fibrosis	3
Cardiac pathology in a patient with a novel pathogenic variant c.703del (p.Ile235SerfsTer4) of the TAFAZZIN gene	3
COVER 3: Editorial Board	3
Cardiac myxoma with atypical cell population mimicking malignancy – a diagnostic pitfall	3
Extracellular vesicles and atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease	3
Aortic regurgitation as a cause of sudden cardiac death with aortic and left ventricular remodelling - the role of the bicuspid valve	3

COVER 4: Table of Contents/Barcode PMS 200	3
COVER 4: Table of Contents/Barcode PMS 200	3
Quantitative assessment of myocardial fibrosis by digital image analysis: An adjunctive tool for pathologist “ground truth”	3
Sanfilippo syndrome type A: early cardiac involvement of two patients with cardiac manifestations	3
Pericardial lymphangioma: a rare benign albeit variably symptomatic tumefactive lesion	3
Cardiac fibroma: A clinicopathologic study of a series of 12 cases	3
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Decreased smooth muscle cells and fibrous thickening of the tunica media in peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis in Alagille syndrome	3
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a complex clinical course leading to heart transplantation	3
The role of the bicuspid aortic valve in sudden cardiac death–findings at cardiac autopsy	3
The cardiovascular pathologist in the aortic team	3
Prevalence of amyloid deposition in patients undergoing surgical myectomy for presumed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3