OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders is 27. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The prevalence of permanent pacemaker implantation after open-heart surgeries; eight years of experience in Tehran heart center	315
Surgical outcomes of bridge-to-bridge therapy with extracorporeal left ventricular assist device for acute myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock	73
Choice of home blood pressure monitoring device: the role of device characteristics among Alaska Native and American Indian peoples	61
Preoperative beta-blocker in ventricular dysfunction patients: need a more granular quality metric	60
Treatment outcomes and associated factors among chronic ambulatory heart failure patients at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia: prospective observational study	55
Missense mutations in the CITED2 gene may contribute to congenital heart disease	49
Risk factors and the CCTA application in patients with vulnerable coronary plaque in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study	48
Improving outcomes in single chamber leadless pacemakers: strategies for minimizing vascular complications	46
The role and mechanism of NRG1/ErbB4 in inducing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes	44
Clinical prognostic impact of C-NLR in heart failure patients with different ejection fractions: a retrospective study	40
Association between serum uric acid and homocysteine levels among adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study	39
Prolonged pain-to-balloon time still impairs midterm left ventricular function following STEMI	39
Recovery time of atrioventricular conduction and its influencing factors in patients presenting late with inferior wall acute myocardial infarction and atrioventricular block	38
Exploring the relationship between ventricular fibrillation recurrence after defibrillation in myocardial infarction and the effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation therapy	36
Safety and efficacy of lesion size index guided 50 W radiofrequency ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation	35
Clinical characteristics and misdiagnosis of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection	34
The clinical effectiveness and safety of low/moderate-intensity statins & ezetimibe combination therapy vs. high-intensity statin monotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	34
Triglyceride glucose-body mass index as a novel predictor of slow coronary flow phenomenon in patients with ischemia and nonobstructive coronary arteries (INOCA)	32
Magnitude of troponin elevation in patients with biomarker evidence of myocardial injury: relative frequency and outcomes in a cohort study across a large healthcare system	31
Why follow-up matters in survival analysis: comparing cox proportional hazard regression and random survival forest for predicting heart failure outcomes	31
CAVI (Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index) as an independent predictor of hypertensive response to exercise	31
The abnormalities of free fatty acid metabolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a single-center retrospective observational study	30
Exploratory analysis of predictors of ventricular aneurysm in a cohort of 291 patients with acute myocardial infarction	29
Evaluation of the effectiveness of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation training on willingness to perform CPR among high school students	29

Impact of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone-system inhibitor drugs on mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and hypertension	28
Electrogram transition patterns in left bundle branch pacing: a case report	28
Left ventricular dissecting haematoma and aneurysm formation in a patient who uses methamphetamines: a case report	27
An effective prediction model based on XGBoost for the 12-month recurrence of AF patients after RFA	27
Efficacy and safety of drug-coated balloons in chronic total coronary occlusion recanalization: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Association of systemic immune inflammatory index with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among individuals with type 2 diabetes	27
Integrated analysis and validation of ferroptosis-related genes and immune infiltration in acute myocardial infarction	27