OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Europace is 45. 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
Late gadolinium enhancement is a strong predictor of life threatening arrhythmias in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing ICD implantation for primary prevention of sudden card	235
Interpolation of electrophysiology parameters using OpenEP: technology development and clinical application	231
Left bundle branch area pacing: predictors of success	220
Prevalence and clinical impact of major incidental findings detected on routine cardiovascular resonance imaging prior to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation	208
Discussions on implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation in patients receiving radiation therapy	208
Failed shocks in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients: prevalence, predictors and outcome	177
Utilising the pericardial CO2 insufflation technique to facilitate endo-epicardial AF ablation, achieving linear radiofrequency lesion sets, for persistent atrial fibrillation	156
Impaired heart rate variability triangular index predicts stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation	146
Pre-diabetes increases the risk of heart failure among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation	137
High-density sequential mapping of repetitive atrial conduction patterns during atrial fibrillation	130
Atrial endomysial fibrosis is associated with sex, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and age in cardiac surgery patients: results from the Catch-Me consortium	126
Advanced vascular aging in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - Data from RACE V	108
Effect of infarct size on the risk of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with chronic total coronary occlusion	85
Clinical impact of capsulectomy during cardiac implantable electronic device generator replacement: a prospective randomized trial	83
Coronary sinus cannulation as real time anatomical landmark to facilitate left bundle branch area pacing	77
Adherence to a mobile health-based atrial fibrillation screening program: a subanalysis from STROKESTOP I and II	75
Identification of a real-world clinical model associated with atrial fibrillation in a large french primary care database	74
Early detection of fluid retention with a multisensory algorithm in chronic heart failure patients	74
The novel POLARx ablation system improves cryothermal single-shot guided pulmonary vein isolation: impact of individual pulmonary vein anatomy	73
The role of local impedance drop in the acute lesion efficacy during pulmonary vein isolation performed with a new contact force sensing catheter	69
EHRA certification: a 15-year journey of attesting excellence in arrhythmia healthcare	68
Zero-fluoroscopy trans-septal puncture and catheter ablation of a left atrial tachycardia in a pregnant woman with a prosthetic mitral valve	66
Anti-tachycardia pacing in ARVC: should a transvenous or subcutaneous system be used?	65
Prevalence of glucose metabolism disorders and its association with left atrial remodelling before and after catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation	64
The link between ischaemic stroke, ischaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation	63

Initial heart rate score predicts new-onset atrial tachyarrhythmias in pacemaker patients	61
Pulmonary vein isolation with the novel radiofrequency balloon catheter: predictors of single-shot isolation	60
Prevalence and characteristics of arrhythmias during the pregnancy	60
Management of modifiable risk factors and comorbidities in atrial fibrillation: suggestions for improvement from a patient perspective	58
New onset, recurrence and progression of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery during 2.5 years of continuous rhythm monitoring	58
Appropriate therapy for implantable cardioverter defibrillators used as primary versus secondary prophylaxis	58
Extended use of preprocedural data to detect expiratory airflow limitation in patients with atrial fibrillation scheduled for ablation	57
The predictive ability of the QT response in supine-standing test for drug induced QT prolongation	56
Benefit of integrated care in patients with atrial fibrillation- a predictive heterogeneous treatment effect analysis of the ALL-IN trial	54
Optimisation of decrementing evoked potential mapping for functional substrate identification in ischaemic ventricular tachycardia ablation	51
Imaging-derived tissue visualization guides catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions	48
Scar architecture determinants of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a cardiac magnetic resonance study	48
Ventricular pre-excitation in young patients: long term follow-up and natural history in a contemporary cohort	48
Impact of additional pulsed field ablation in unsuccessful radiofrequency linear lesions -acute and chronic data	47
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia ablation (avnrt), a female disease. insights from the german ablation registry	47
Genetic and clinical risk factors for stroke recurrence with different impact by assessment age: data from the UK Biobank	47
Different predictors of AF recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation with cryoballoon and radiofrequency ablation: insights from clinical and electroanatomical mapping data of the NO-PERSAF study	46
Computed tomography as a predictive tool for ventricular tachycardia	46
Cardiac magnetic resonance - aided ventricular tachycardia substrate ablation	45
Rhythm matters: sinus and pace rhythm map significantly differ in endo/epicardial 3D electroanatomic mapping	45
Ultra-high density mapping and ablation of localized microreentrant tachycardias: insight from the CHARISMA registry	45