OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editor’s choice to the november 2021 issue	63
Usefulness of a multiparametric evaluation including global longitudinal strain for an early diagnosis of acute myocarditis	26
New approach of contrast echocardiography: differential diagnosis between pulmonary thrombi and tumors in the pulmonary arteries	25
Value of echocardiography using knowledge-based reconstruction in determining right ventricular volumes in pulmonary sarcoidosis: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	23
Do we need cardiovascular computed tomography angiography in the setting of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?	22
Association between exposure to heavy occupational lifting and cardiac structure and function: a cross-sectional analysis from the Copenhagen City Heart Study	21
Gender differences in primary mitral regurgitant volumes at specific regurgitant fractions as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging	21
Optical coherence tomography tissue coverage and characterization at six months after implantation of bioresorbable scaffolds versus conventional everolimus eluting stents in the ISAR-Absorb MI trial	19
Implantation depth and its influence on complications after TAVI with self-expanding valves	19
Estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV) as a potential gatekeeper for MRI-assessed PWV: a linear and deep neural network based approach in 2254 participants of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity stu	18
Long term effects of mild severity COVID‑19 on right ventricular functions	18
The incidence of stroke in patients with early echocardiography after acute myocardial infarction	15
Features of a covert cardiomyopathy are present in patients with unexplained syncope and incident ventricular tachycardia	14
Assessing left main disease with FFR-CT and its challenges	14
Prognostic impact of non-improvement of global longitudinal strain in patients with revascularized acute myocardial infarction	14
Left atrial contractile longitudinal strain determines intrinsic left atrial function regardless of load status and left ventricular deformation	14
Normal values of MAPSE and TAPSE in the paediatric population established by cardiovascular magnetic resonance	14
Clinical implication of multimodality imaging of aortic root intramural hematoma	13
Exploration of the efficacy of radiomics applied to left ventricular tomograms obtained from D-SPECT MPI for the auxiliary diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in CAD	13
Application progress of multiple imaging modalities in Takayasu arteritis	12
Low-gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction: how fast should we act?	11
Clinical experience with regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: insights into patient characteristics, safety, and impact of results on clinical management	11
Statistical shape analysis of the left atrial appendage predicts stroke in atrial fibrillation	11
Accuracy of echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension: thinking outside of the box beyond the Achilles’ heel of right atrial pressure estimation	11
INtra-procedural ultraSound Imaging for DEtermination of atrial wall thickness and acute tissue changes after isolation of the pulmonary veins with radiofrequency, cryoballoon or laser balloon energy:	10

Association of whole blood viscosity with thrombus presence in patients undergoing transoesophageal echocardiography	10
How does iron deposition modify the myocardium? A feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance study	10
Femoral plaque burden by ultrasound is a better indicator of significant coronary artery disease over ankle brachial index	10
Assessing the prevalence and predicting factors of an abnormal gated myocardial perfusion SPECT in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes	10
Relationship among clinical characteristics, morphological culprit plaque features, and long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome	10
Correction to: Usefulness of echocardiography for predicting ventricular tachycardia detected by implantable loop recorder in syncope patients	9
Aortic root dimensions as a correlate for aortic regurgitation’s severity	9
Abnormal pulmonary flow is associated with impaired right ventricular coupling in patients with COPD	9
Applications designed to successfully implant in challenging left atrial appendage occlusion cases: a new tool for the interventional cardiologist	9
Cardiac magnetic resonance features of left dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: differential diagnosis with myocarditis	9
Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in early detection and treatment of cardiac dysfunction in oncology patients	8
Risk stratification in coronary artery disease using NH3-PET myocardial flow reserve and CAD-RADS on coronary CT angiography	8
Myocardial strain and refractory angina: an intriguing puzzle	8
Pericardial effusion in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients: increased right atrial pressure as a common denominator	8
Cardiac MRI findings to differentiate athlete's heart from hypertrophic (HCM), arrhythmogenic right ventricular (ARVC) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathy	8
Anterior STEMI associated with decreased strain in remote cardiac myocardium	8
3D-printed visualization of a double right coronary artery with intra-atrial course	8
Effect of age and sex on fully automated deep learning assessment of left ventricular function, volumes, and contours in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	8
Impaction of regurgitation jet on anterior mitral leaflet is associated with diastolic dysfunction in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and mild insufficiency: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance st	7
The multiform sonographic spectrum of arterial duct in right aortic arch	7
Sex differences in the manifestation and evolution of coronary artery plaques	7
Functional recovery after percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions: insights from cardiac magnetic resonance tissue tracking	7
Evaluation of ımpact of sigmoid septum on periprocedural outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve ımplantation	7
Development of a nomogram for predicting the risk of left ventricular diastolic function in subjects with type-2 diabetes mellitus	7
Layer-specific and whole wall global longitudinal strain predict major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with stable angina pectoris	7
Editor’s Note to the July 2021 issue	6
Editor’s choice to the January 2022 issue	6
In vivo assessment of endothelial permeability of coronary lesions with variable degree of stenosis using an albumin-binding MR probe	6
Value of layer-specific speckle tracking echocardiography for early detection of myocardial injury caused by chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with cardiovascular risk	6
Comprehensive echocardiographic prediction of postprocedural transmitral pressure gradient following transcatheter mitral valve repair	6
Multi-plane echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function in adults with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot	6
Safety and tolerability of regadenoson in comparison with adenosine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Data from a multicentre prospective registry	6
Importance of saline contrast transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating large right-to-left shunt in patent foramen ovale associated with cryptogenic stroke	6
The prognostic value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and 3D ejection fraction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy	6
Editor’s choice to the October 2021 issue	6
Comparing downstream consequences of normal exercise stress echocardiograms and cardiac computed tomography angiography scans in patients suspected of having of obstructive coronary artery disease: a	6
Impaired left atrial strain in the presence of interatrial block in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	6
Left atrial ejection fraction is an indicator of left ventricular diastolic function	5
Role of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular risk prediction and outcomes: comparison of machine-learning and conventional statistical approaches for the analysis of carotid ultrasound features a	5
Determinants and prognostic relevance of aortic stiffness in patients with recent ST-elevation myocardial infarction	5
Subclinical myocardial dysfunction and reduced left ventricular global longitudinal strain in patients with COVID-19	5
Bachmann bundle impairment following linear ablation of left anterior wall: impact on left atrial function	5
Echocardiography and EuroSCORE II for the stratification of low-gradient severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction	5
Subclinical leaflet thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: no association with left ventricular reverse remodeling at 1-year follow-up	5
Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is associated with left atrial functional measures by echocardiography	5
Predicting the need of aortic valve surgery in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation: a comparison between cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and transthoracic echocardiography	5
Appropriate use criteria implementation with modified Haller index for predicting stress echocardiographic results and outcome in a population of patients with suspected coronary artery disease	4
Myocardial early systolic lengthening predicts mid-term outcomes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	4
Impact of sigmoid septum on periprocedural outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation using current-generation valves	4
Optical coherence tomography and coronary angioscopy assessment of healed coronary plaque components	4

Assessment of biventricular function in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome	4
Determinants of exercise intolerance symptoms considered non-specific for heart failure in patients with stage A and B: role of the left atrium in the transition phase to overt heart failure	4
Impaired left atrial strain in the presence of interatrial block in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	4
Impairment of left atrial function in pediatric patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study	4
Role of 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in diagnosis of right ventricular involvement in patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary inte	4
ESCR Abstracts 2021	4
Coronary CT angiography derived FFR in patients with left main disease	4
Preoperative coupling between right ventricle and pulmonary vasculature is an important determinant of residual symptoms after the closure of atrial septal defect	4
Is mechanical dispersion superior to global longitudinal strain in the assessment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus?	4
The role of three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography novel-score in the success of redo percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty	4
Cardiac magnetic resonance left atrial volumes and function to predict appropriate device therapy and death	4
Importance of neonatal strain imaging: what are we measuring?	3
Quantification of myocardial ischemia and subtended myocardial mass at adenosine stress cardiac computed tomography: a feasibility study	3
Does merged three-dimensional mapping improve contact force and long-term procedure outcome in atrial fibrillation ablation? (MICRO-AF study): a prospective randomized controlled study	3
Atrial strain: an important addition to the armamentarium of non-invasively assessing Fontan function?	3
Impact of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on coronary collaterals in patients with a chronic total occlusion (CTO)	3
The arterial duct and the right aortic arch: telescope into the prenatal defective heart	3
Age-changes in right ventricular function–pulmonary circulation coupling: from pediatric to adult stage in 1899 healthy subjects. The RIGHT Heart International NETwork (RIGHT-NET)	3
The relationship between triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and coronary slow-flow phenomenon	3
Cardiac remodeling induced by exercise in Caucasian male master athletes: a cross-sectional study	3
Left ventricular dyssynchrony in long-term childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracyclines: a retrospective cross-sectional study	3
Clinical, echocardiographic and cardiac MRI predictors of outcomes in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3
COVID 19 disease independently predicted endothelial dysfunction measured by flow-mediated dilatation	3
Idiopathic pericardial effusion in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3
Right ventricle free wall longitudinal strain for diagnosis of right ventricular infarction in inferior wall myocardial infarction	3
4D imaging of fetal right ventricle—feasibility study and a review of the literature	3
Patterns of vascular response immediately after passive mobilization in patients with sepsis: an observational transversal study	3
A very rare cause of mitral regurgitation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the quadricuspid mitral valve	3
Correction to: Effect of long term CPAP therapy on cardiac parameters assessed with cardiac MRI	3
Transthoracic echocardiographic reference values of the aortic root: results from the Hamburg City Health Study	3
How to get the optimal defibrillation lead parameters using myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients with coronary artery disease	3
Echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular structure and diastolic function and their relation to coronary artery calcification	3
The relation between left ventricular systolic function parameters and preceding or prepreceding beat-to-beat distance in patients with atrial fibrillation: an echocardiographic study	3
Usefulness of echocardiography for predicting ventricular tachycardia detected by implantable loop recorder in syncope patients	3
Subclinic arterial and left ventricular systolic impairment in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with preserved renal functions	3