OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis	68
Evaluation of prenatal changes in fetal cardiac morphology and function in maternal diabetes mellitus using a novel fetal speckle-tracking analysis: a prospective cohort study	17
Contribution of sarcomere gene mutations to left atrial function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	11
Comparison of global and regional myocardial strains in patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction vs hypertension vs age-matched control	11
Global and regional right ventricular mechanics in repaired tetralogy of Fallot with chronic severe pulmonary regurgitation: a three-dimensional echocardiography study	11
Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by non-invasive pressure-strain loop area in young male strength athletes	10
Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts elevated cardiac pressures and poor clinical outcomes in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy	10
Pre- and postoperative left atrial and ventricular volumetric and deformation analyses in severe aortic regurgitation	9
Post Procedural Peak Left Atrial Contraction Strain Predicts Recurrence of Arrhythmia after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation	9
Comparison of left atrial and left atrial appendage mechanics in the risk stratification of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation	9
Myocardial contrast echocardiography assessment of perfusion abnormalities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	8
Left atrial functional assessment and mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis with sinus rhythm	8
Feasibility of focused cardiac ultrasound during cardiac arrest in the emergency department	8
A multicentric quality-control study of exercise Doppler echocardiography of the right heart and the pulmonary circulation. The RIGHT Heart International NETwork (RIGHT-NET)	8
Layer‐specific strain echocardiography may reflect regional myocardial impairment in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	8
Usefulness of speckle tracking echocardiography and biomarkers for detecting acute cellular rejection after heart transplantation	8
Left atrial morpho-functional remodeling in atrial fibrillation assessed by three dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography and its value in atrial fibrillation screening	8
Cardiac amyloidosis screening using a relative apical sparing pattern in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy	8
Afterload-related reference values for myocardial work indices	7
2D-echocardiography vs cardiac MRI strain: a prospective cohort study in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer undergoing trastuzumab	7
Peak left atrial longitudinal strain is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with ventricular functional mitral regurgitation	7
Evaluation of intraventricular flow by multimodality imaging: a review and meta-analysis	7
Blood speckle imaging compared with conventional Doppler ultrasound for transvalvular pressure drop estimation in an aortic flow phantom	7
Diastolic function and its association with diabetes, hypertension and age in an outpatient population with normal stress echocardiography findings	7
Mitral early-diastolic inflow peak velocity (E)-to-left atrial strain ratio as a novel index for predicting elevated left ventricular filling pressures in patients with preserved left ventricular ejec	7

Reduced left atrial contractile strain with speckle tracking analysis predicts abnormal plasma NTproBNP in an asymptomatic community population	6
Galectin-3 and sST2: associations to the echocardiographic markers of the myocardial mechanics in systemic sclerosis – a pilot study	6
Left atrial contraction strain and controlled preload alterations, a study in healthy individuals	6
Ultrasonography to detect cardiovascular damage in children with essential hypertension	6
Characteristics and prognosis of patients with cryptogenic stroke and suggestive of patent foramen ovale	5
Comparison of left atrial deformation parameters between renal transplant and hemodialysis patients	5
Predictors of worsening TR severity after right ventricular lead placement: any added value by post-procedural fluoroscopy versus three –dimensional echocardiography?	5
Prognostic effect of increased left ventricular wall thickness in severe aortic stenosis	5
Echocardiographic characteristics of PRKAG2 syndrome: a research using three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography compared with sarcomeric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	5
Noninvasive right ventricular work in patients with atrial septal defects: a proof-of-concept study	5
Feasibility and reproducibility of semi-automated longitudinal strain analysis: a comparative study with conventional manual strain analysis	5
The feasibility, reliability, and incremental value of two-dimensional speckle-tracking for the detection of significant coronary stenosis after treadmill stress echocardiography	5
Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic dysfunction in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis before and after aortic valve replacement	4
Safety and effects of volume loading during transesophageal echocardiography in the pre-procedural work-up for left atrial appendage closure	4
Medical student medium-term skill retention following cardiac point-of-care ultrasound training based on the American Society of Echocardiography curriculum framework	4
Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in assessing the subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus	4
Emergency cardiac imaging for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in practice: a case of takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy	4
Impact of concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty on right ventricular remodeling in patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease	4
The effectiveness of a blended POCUS curriculum on achieving basic focused bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) proficiency. A formalized pilot study	4
Comprehensive evaluation of left ventricular deformation using speckle tracking echocardiography in normal children: comparison of three-dimensional and two-dimensional approaches	3
The impact of native Fallot anatomy on future therapeutic requirements and outcomes at follow-up	3
Preoperative false-negative transthoracic echocardiographic results in native valve infective endocarditis patients: a retrospective study from 2001 to 2018	3
Left atrial reservoir strain measurements derived from intracardiac echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation: comparison with transthoracic echocardiography	3
Left ventricular high frame rate echo-particle image velocimetry: clinical application and comparison with conventional imaging	3
Global longitudinal strain for detection of cardiac iron overload in patients with thalassemia: a meta-analysis of observational studies with individual-level participant data	3
Fetal cardiac parameters for predicting postnatal operation type of fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot	3
Feasibility and safety of reprocessing of intracardiac echocardiography catheters for electrophysiology procedures – a large single center experience	3
Global longitudinal strain assessment in contrast-enhanced echocardiography in breast cancer patients: a feasibility study	3