OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Korean Circulation Journal 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Korea Heart Disease Fact Sheet 2020: Analysis of Nationwide Data	62
Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Korea and Japan	27
Thirty-six Year Trends in Mortality from Diseases of Circulatory System in Korea	27
Ethnic Difference of Thrombogenicity in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: a Pandora Box to Explain Prognostic Differences	27
Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: Distinct Features of Pathogenesis and Clinical Implication	19
Lifestyle Modification in the Management of Metabolic Syndrome: Statement From Korean Society of CardioMetabolic Syndrome (KSCMS)	19
The 10-Year Trend of Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrests: a Korean Nationwide Population-Based Study	17
Role of Inflammation in Arterial Calcification	17
Challenges and Limitations of Strategies to Promote Therapeutic Potential of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Cell-Based Cardiac Repair	17
Sodium/glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitor, Empagliflozin, Alleviated Transient Expression of SGLT2 after Myocardial Infarction	16
Optimal Rhythm Control Strategy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	15
Biomaterials-based Approaches for Cardiac Regeneration	15
Physiologic Assessment after Coronary Stent Implantation	14
Ticagrelor Monotherapy After 3-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome by High Bleeding Risk: The Subanalysis From the TICO Trial	14
Prevalence and Predictors of Clinically Relevant Atrial High-Rate Episodes in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices	13
Economic Burden of Heart Failure in Asian Countries with Different Healthcare Systems	13
Global Awareness of Myocardial Infarction Symptoms in General Population	13
IgA Levels Are Associated with Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease	12
Major Clinical Issues in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	12
Association of Quantitative Flow Ratio with Lesion Severity and Its Ability to Discriminate Myocardial Ischemia	12
Pulsatile Hemodynamics and Coronary Artery Disease	12
Genetics of Cardiomyopathy: Clinical and Mechanistic Implications for Heart Failure	12
Consumption of Ultra-Processed Food and Blood Pressure in Korean Adults	12
Reimbursement of Digital Therapeutics: Future Perspectives in Korea	11
Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy Versus Rotational Atherectomy in an Asian Population: Clinical Outcomes in Real-World Patients	11

2021 Korean Society of Myocardial Infarction Expert Consensus Document on Revascularization for Acute Myocardial Infarction	11
Stem Cell and Exosome Therapy in Pulmonary Hypertension	10
Impact of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants on the Change of Antithrombotic Regimens in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	10
Long-term Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Factors After Endovascular Treatment in Patients With Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia	10
Long-Term Efficacy of Prophylactic Cavotricuspid Isthmus Ablation during Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients Without Typical Atrial Flutter: a Prospective, Multicentre, Randomized Trial	10
The Role of Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Sarcoidosis	9
The Advent of Cuffless Mobile Device Blood Pressure Measurement: Remaining Challenges and Pitfalls	9
Interventions for Adherence Improvement in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: Expert Consensus Statement	9
Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors: a New Path for Heart Failure Treatment	9
Medical Management of Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction	9
Pearls and Pitfalls of Pulsed Field Ablation	9
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Infants from the Perspective of Cardiomyocyte Maturation	9
Comparative Surgical Outcomes of Prosthetic and Native Valve Endocarditis	8
Comparison of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement between Self-Expanding versus Balloon-Expandable Valves in Patients with Small Aortic Annulus	8
Sex-Specific Trends in the Prevalence of Hypertension and the Number of People With Hypertension: Analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 1998–2018	8
Prasugrel-based De-Escalation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With STEMI	7
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Hypertension Screening in the Korea National Health Screening Program	7
Global Awareness of Myocardial Infarction Symptoms in General Population: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	7
Suboptimal Management Status of Younger Hypertensive Population in Korea	7
Association between Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease after Endovascular Therapy: Data from K-VIS ELLA Registry	6
Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Yields Favorable Neurological Outcomes in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation	6
High Level of Real Urban Air Pollution Promotes Cardiac Arrhythmia in Healthy Mice	6
Prevention of Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation	6
End-of-Life Care for End-stage Heart Failure Patients	6
Sudden Death and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	6
Economic Burden of Heart Failure in Asian Countries Based on Real-world Data	6
Sex- and Age-Specific Trends in Cardiovascular Health in Korea, 2007–2018	6
Association between a Multidisciplinary Team Approach and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Emergency Department	6
Ventricular Arrhythmia Burden as a Marker of Success Following Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structural Heart Disease	6
Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Patients with Trans-annular Incision: More than 20 Years of Follow-up	5
Recurrent Infective Endocarditis Following Transcatheter edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip System	5
Causal Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Atrial Fibrillation: A Mendelian Randomization Study	5
Prognostic Impact of Left Atrial Strain After Mitral Valve Repair Surgery in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation	5
Updates in Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation	5
Pathophysiology of Cardiorenal Syndrome and Use of Diuretics and Ultrafiltration as Volume Control	5
An Open-label, Single-arm, Multicenter Feasibility Study Evaluating the Safety of Catheter-based Renal Denervation with DENEX™ in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension on Standard Medical Therapy	5
The Importance of Arrhythmia Burden for Outcomes and Management Related to Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation	5
Stroke and Bleeding Risk Assessment in Atrial Fibrillation: Where Are We Now?	5
Establishment of an International Evidence Sharing Network Through Common Data Model for Cardiovascular Research	5
Clinical Outcomes of Atherectomy Plus Drug-coated Balloon Versus Drug-coated Balloon Alone in the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Artery Disease	5
Gender Difference of Cardiac Remodeling in University Athletes: Results from 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade	5
Aortic Stenosis: New Insights in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention	5
Esophageal Thermal Injury after Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with High-Power (50 Watts) Radiofrequency Energy	5
Benefit of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation before Revascularization in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Profound Cardiogenic Shock after Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest	5
Implementation of National Health Policy for the Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease in South Korea: Regional-Local Cardio-Cerebrovascular Center and Nationwide Registry	4
Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices	4
Treatment Strategies of Improving Quality of Care in Patients With Heart Failure	4
Role of Genetics in Preventive Cardiology: Focused on Dyslipidemia	4
Effectiveness and Approach of Rehabilitation in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: A Review	4
Heart Failure Is Associated with Increased Risk of Long-Term Venous Thromboembolism	4

Community-Dwelling Individuals with Coronary Artery Disease Have Higher Risk of Depression than the General Population in Female, But Not in Male	4
Electrical Remodeling of Left Atrium Is a Better Predictor for Recurrence Than Structural Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Undergoing Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation	4
Esophageal Endoscopy after High-power and Short-duration Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation Patients	4
Effect of Vitamin D on YKL-40: Rat Hypercholesterolemia Model	4
Pericardial Versus Porcine Valves for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement	4
Hospital Case Volume, Health Care Providers, and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: a Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea	4
Advancing Cardio-Oncology in Asia	4
Erectile Dysfunction in Men With Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Prevalent but Neglected Issue	4
Korean Society of Heart Failure Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure: Management of the Underlying Etiologies and Comorbidities of Heart Failure	4
Balancing Between Ischemic and Bleeding Risk in PCI Patients With ‘Bi-Risk’	4
Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure and Feed-back Using APP in TReatment of UnconTrolled Hypertension (SMART-BP): A Randomized Clinical Trial	4
LncRNA AC005332.7 Inhibited Ferroptosis to Alleviate Acute Myocardial Infarction Through Regulating miR-331-3p/CCND2 Axis	3
Ischemic Burden Assessment Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Single Vessel Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary Artery	3
Revascularization Strategies in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease: Is FFR-Guided Strategy Still Valuable?	3
The Clinical Outcomes of Marginal Donor Hearts: A Single Center Experience	3
Development of a Zebrafish Larvae Model for Diabetic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction	3
CircZNF609 Aggravated Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury via Mediation of miR-214-3p/PTGS2 Axis	3
Differential Prognostic Implications of Pre- and Post-Stent Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	3
Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure After Stroke	3
Clinical Results of Drug-Coated Balloon Treatment in a Large-Scale Multicenter Korean Registry Study	3
Cardiac Toxicities Associated with Immune Checkpoints Inhibitors: Mechanisms, Manifestations and Management	3
Strategy of Patient-Specific Therapeutics in Cardiovascular Disease Through Single-Cell RNA Sequencing	3
Elevated On-Treatment Diastolic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Presence of Achieved Systolic Blood Pressure Targets	3
Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Congenital Ventricular Septal Defects	3
Growth Pattern of the Neo-Aorta after Arterial Switch Operation during Childhood	3
Korean Society of Heart Failure Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure: Advanced and Acute Heart Failure	3
A First-in-Man Clinical Evaluation of Sirolimus and Ascorbic Acid-Eluting Stent Systems: a Multicenter, Subject-Blinded, Randomized Study	3
Korean Multicenter Registry Study of EPIC Stents for the Treatment of Iliac Artery Disease: K-EPIC Registry	3
Association of Gender With Clinical Outcomes in a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Oral Anticoagulants	3
Clinical Usefulness of Virtual Ablation Guided Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Targeting Restitution Parameter-Guided Catheter Ablation: CUVIA-REGAB Prospective Randomized Study	3
Coronary Physiology-Based Approaches for Plaque Vulnerability: Implications for Risk Prediction and Treatment Strategies	3
Effects of Smoking on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes and Lung Cancer in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction	3
Cardiovascular Regeneration via Stem Cells and Direct Reprogramming: A Review	3
The Outcome of Long QT Syndrome, a Korean Single Center Study	3
The Gut-Heart Axis: Updated Review for The Roles of Microbiome in Cardiovascular Health	3
Korean Society of Heart Failure Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure: Treatment	3
Long-term Outcome of Fontan-Associated Protein-Losing Enteropathy: Treatment Modality and Predictive Factor of Mortality	3
The Association of Smoking Status and Clustering of Obesity and Depression on the Risk of Early–Onset Cardiovascular Disease in Young Adults: A Nationwide Cohort Study	3
Antiarrhythmic Effect of Artemisinin in an Ex-vivo Model of Brugada Syndrome Induced by NS5806	3
Late Coronary Aneurysm Formation after Kawasaki Disease: a Review of Mechanistic and Clinical Aspects	3
Critical Determinants of Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia After Endovascular Treatment	3
Korean Society of Heart Failure Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure: Definition and Diagnosis	3
Nlrp3, Csf3, and Edn1 in Macrophage Response to Saturated Fatty Acids and Modified Low-Density Lipoprotein	3
Comparison of Mobile Application-Based ECG Consultation by Collective Intelligence and ECG Interpretation by Conventional System in a Tertiary-Level Hospital	3