OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cardiology 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Inquiries about a patient with a “snail-like” takotsubo syndrome variant. Authors’ reply	70
Laser for a complex PCI with ISR, undilatable, and uncrossable lesions	44
Inside Cardiology Journal: After Journal Citation Reports 2022 have been published	32
The prognostic impact of therapeutic hypothermia after a sudden cardiac arrest in the course of myocardial infarction	26
The occurrence of cardiovascular risk factors and functioning in chronic illness in the Polish population of EUROASPIRE V	20
Systemic inflammation and oxidative stress contribute to acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation	20
Clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention stratified according to duration of pain-to-balloon time and type of myocardial i	19
Concomitant Impella 5.5 with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation via modified single arterial access technique using buried Y-graft	19
Warning indicators for heart transplantation requirement at the time of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis	19
Combination of D-dimer level and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio predicts long-term clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention	18
Swiss national cardiac device registry: Changing trends in implantation procedures over the last two decades	18
Angiography-based coronary flow reserve: The feasibility of automatic computation by artificial intelligence	18
Impella-assisted intracoronary lithotripsy of heavily calcified left main lesion in a patient with severely impaired ejection fraction and the last remaining patent vessel	17
The impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation planning and procedure on acute and chronic renal failure	17
A novel noninvasive method for estimating right ventricular systolic pressure in rodents with pulmonary artery banding	17
Aspiration thrombectomy compared to catheter directed thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism: Outcomes from a tertiary referral center	17
Insights from pulse field energy in patients with prosthetic mechanical heart valves undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation	16
The evolution of concomitant mitral regurgitation in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a prospective multi-center China-DVD2 cohort study	16
Gender differences in clinical features and outcomes of patients over 75 years presenting with acute heart failure. Results of a nationwide study (2016–2019)	16
Catheter-directed therapy to treat intermediateand high-risk pulmonary embolism: Personal experience and review of the literature	15
Meta-analysis of chest compression-only versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation by bystanders for adult with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	15
Diagnostic value of lactate dehydrogenase in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Safety of ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis for central pulmonary embolism in intermediate–high-risk patients with increased bleeding risk in a rural hospital setting	14
Preventing chronic heart failure and improving survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with the need for permanent pacemaker implantation: Rationale and design of the physio	14
Cardiac imaging high-risk features of malignant mitral valve prolapse	13

Should dual antiplatelet treatment be guided by lipoprotein(a) concentration?	12
Pharmacotherapy in Polish patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction — is it optimal?	12
Chronic total occlusions in Artsakh: The last frontier	12
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: an extremely rare entity presenting with palpitations	12
Advances in myocarditis management in the light of the latest research and recent guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology	11
Left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent oral anticoagulation	11
Genetic insights into SGLT2 inhibition and atrial fibrillation: exploring the mediating role of inflammatory proteins	11
Modulation of gut microFLORA with rifaximin to reduce high platelet reactivity in post-ACS patients on ticagrelor: rationale and design of the FLORA-ACS study	11
Diagnostic and prognostic value of cystatin C in acute coronary syndrome: An up-to-date meta-analysis	11
Machine learning models of inflammatory markers used in the prediction of early and late atrial fibrillation recurrence in overweight and obese patients after catheter ablation	11
Can suPAR guide post-resuscitation management?	11
Endothelial dysfunction: Can it differentiate Takotsubo syndrome from spontaneous coronary artery dissection?	10
Post-menopause women show age dependent increased levels in GRACE, PRECISE-DAPT and NCDR mortality risk prediction scores whereas the PARIS thrombotic score is reduced	10
Plasma levels of sirtuin 1 and sirtuin 2 in ascending aortic aneurysm patients — a comparative study	10
Invest-to-treat drug-coated balloon strategy in chronic total occlusion percutaneous intervention for high-risk stent failure patients	10
A survey study of the use of a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in various clinical scenarios by expert electrophysiologists in Poland	10
Long-term outcomes and quality of life following implementation of dedicated mitral valve Heart Team decisions for patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation in tertiary cardiovascular care cente	10
Ulnar artery thrombosis after percutaneous thrombin injection of a pseudoaneurysm with a concomitant radial artery occlusion: Three complications after percutaneous coronary intervention	10
Single left coronary artery to right ventricular fistula with multiple collateral pathways	10
Impact of cancer treatments on coronary plaque as assessed by integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound	10
COVID-19-induced coagulopathy: Experience, achievements, prospects	10
NT-proBNP increase during stress echocardiography predicts significant changes in ischemic mitral regurgitation severity in patients qualified for surgical revascularization	9
Severe hypocalcemia mimicking acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Paradigmatic case and review of literature	9
Current understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a purported interview with a purported expert	9
First clinical experience of high-power ablation of atrial fibrillation with a novel contact force-sensing gold-tip catheter	9
Endoscopic implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis with a flexible support frame	9
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients at high bleeding risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with severe chest pain: A wolf in sheep’s clothing	8
Perioperative parameters and myocardial necrosis: a real-world comparison of Farapulse and Varipulse	8
Impella-rota-shock percutaneous coronary intervention: Three weapons, one last remaining vessel	8
Treatment of intraprocedural stent thrombosis with intracoronary argatroban injection in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	7
Lipid-lowering therapy in patients with hypercholesterolemia in terms of the POLSCORE and SCORE2 scales. A single-center retrospective analysis	7
A giant primary monophasic synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum	7
GENTLE-PACE — A multicenter, randomized, double-blinded research study comparinG the Efficacy and safety of cardioNeuroablaTion vs. permanent pacing in patients with an implantabLE PACEmaker for sympt	7
Hyperoxaluria as a form of cardiorenal syndrome	7
Enhancing non-invasive differentiation in NSTE-ACS: role of PCAT radiomics	7
Catheter-induced coronary artery and aortic dissections. A study of mechanisms, risk factors and propagation causes	7
Long-term safety and efficacy of self-apposing Stentys drug-eluting stent in left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention: final results of multicentre LM-STENTYS registry	7
Study design and rationale for comparison of the incidence of slow flow following rotational atherectomy to severely calcified coronary artery lesions between short single session and long single sess	7
The importance of etiologic factor identification in patients with infective endocarditis — results of tertiary center analysis (2015–2023)	7
The impact of readiness to discharge from hospital on adherence to treatment in patients after myocardial infarction	7
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: diagnostic value of HFA-PEFF score, H₂FPEF score, and the diastolic stress echocardiography	6
Procedural outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute kidney injury	6
Early treatment with inhibitors of P2Y12 receptor in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction — 2023 ESC recommendations and scientific evidence. Is clinical evidence sufficient to sug	6
Ticagrelor effectively inhibits platelet aggregation in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia	6
Sodium restriction in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: A randomized controlled trial	6
Electrophysiology lab efficiency using cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in central and eastern Europe: A sub-analysis of the cryo global registry study	6
Clinical characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction before and during COVID-19 pandemic	6
Functional tricuspid regurgitation and efficacy of electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial functional mitral regurgitation	6
Quality of life in heart failure: New data, new drugs and devices	6

The efficacy and safety of quantitative flow ratio-guided complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: A pilot randomized controlled	6
Differences in coronary microcirculation measurements during regadenoson vs. adenosine – induced hyperemia	5
The diagnostic and prognostic value of copeptin in patients with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The head-up cardiopulmonary resuscitation method: Improving neurological outcomes	5
Bicuspid aortic valve in transplanted hearts. Systematic study	5
First clinical experience using the DiamondTemp catheter and a novel omnipolar high-resolution mapping system for atrial fibrillation ablation	5
TIMES TO ACT. Italian-Spanish-Polish-Uzbek Expert Forum Position Paper 2022. Dyslipidemia and arterial hypertension: The two most important and modifiable risk factors in clinical practice	5
Adiposity, fat depots and the prediction of stroke	5
Association of pre-existing comorbidities and complications with inpatient COVID-19 mortality — a single-center retrospective study	5
Shaping cardiac diagnostics: The role of myocardial tissue mapping in unraveling ring-like fibrosis	5
A patient with heart failure, who is frail: How does this affect therapeutic decisions?	5
Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in infants weighing less than 6 kilograms – a two-center experience. Technical considerations	5
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy in a long-term follow-up after heart transplantation: Role of remnant cholesterol in residual inflammation	5
Heart rate control and its predictors in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm. Data from the European Society of Cardiology Long-Term Registry	5
First use of the Impella 5.5 in a patient with cardiogenic shock to bridge to heart transplantation in Poland	5
Prediction of the hypertension risk in teenagers	5
Changes in the exposure to cardiovascular disease risk factors in an 18 year follow-up study of a cohort of middle age urban residents. The Polish arm of the HAPIEE study	4
Extended emphysematous aortitis of the ascending aorta: An unusual fatal presentation of aortic valve endocarditis due to Clostridium Septicum	4
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in obese patients with heart failure	4
Factors influencing Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation 2 (SCORE2)	4
Laser speckle contrast imaging to assess microcirculation	4
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions: comparative outcomes from the right ventricular outflow tract and other ventricular sites	4
Safety of coronary revascularization deferral based on fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio in patients with chronic kidney disease	4
New scoring system for predicting percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion success: Impact of operator’s experience	4
Repeat cryoablation as a redo procedure for atrial fibrillation ablation: Is it a good choice?	4
Congestive heart failure clinics and telemedicine: The key to reducing hospital readmissions in the United States	4
An innovative snaring technique to retrieve a dislodged invisible scaffold	4
Clinical presentation and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction with vs. without ST elevation in octogenarians	4
Spectrum of transthyretin gene mutations and clinical characteristics of Polish patients with cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis	4
Evaluation of left ventricular function in patients with coronary slow flow: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following a successful electrical cardioversion — narrative review	4
Cangrelor — Expanding therapeutic options in patients with acute coronary syndrome	4
Complete intramyocardial course of dominant left anterior descending coronary artery and its branches: “Myocardial bridging of the whole ventricular coronary tree”	4
Fulminant myocarditis and acute heart failure in the light of new American Heart Association 2020 guidelines. Mechanical cardiac support and endomyocardial biopsy. What should be first?	4
Beyond the guidelines. Advanced endovascular therapies in a most challenging aortic coarctation case	4
A real-life clinical application of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute myocarditis — one-center observational retrospective study	4
Are we at dawn of the drug-coated balloons era? Current evidence, future directions, and tasks of the newly established working group of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions	4
Prognostic role of the serum uric acid-to-serum creatinine ratio in patients with st-elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary artery disease	4
Cardiac exercise imaging using a 3-tesla magnetic resonance-conditional pedal ergometer: Preliminary results in healthy volunteers and patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease	4
The usefulness of His bundle pacing in a heterogeneous population of patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function	4
Continuous mechanical aspiration thrombectomy for STEMI with high thrombus burden	4
EASY OR NOT. European-Asian Six countries Yearly consensus On Recent guidelines: arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, chronic coronary syndromes, and peripheral artery diseases. Novel Or conven	4
Myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administration in adult female	4
Risk of cardiovascular events and death according to COVID-19 reinfection	4
A systematic review of nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system	4
Air embolism resulting from atrioesophageal fistula following thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation	3
Vasomotor function and optical coherence tomography follow-up 4 years after Fantom bioresorbable scaffold implantation: A case report	3
STRUGGLE FOR. Italian-Polish-Spanish-Uzbek-Vietnamese Expert Forum Position Paper 2023 for better control of classical modifiable risk factors in clinical practice	3
Hydropneumopericardium after pericardiocentesis in a transplant patient	3
Percutaneous aspiration of a right atrial thrombus with the AngioVac system	3
Response to letter: “The effect of P2Y12 receptor inhibitors on clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing PCI and receiving abciximab”	3
Device-based antegrade dissection re-entry versus parallel wire techniques for the percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions	3
Utility of contrast-enhanced echocardiography in the diagnosis of left ventricular aneurysm	3
Cardiovascular sequelae in symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection survivors	3
Left-anterior descending chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention complicated by great cardiac vein fistula: An unusual route for intravascular ultrasound guided successful recanaliz	3
Murray law-based quantitative flow ratio for assessment of nonculprit lesions in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	3
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol to apolipoprotein A-1 ratio is an important indicator predicting in-hospital death in patients with acute coronary syndrome	3
Long-term follow-up of patients with complex coronary artery disease treated with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass	3
Influence of xanthine oxidase inhibitors on all-cause mortality in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
J-chronic total occlusion score predictive capacity for percutaneous coronary intervention success of chronic total occlusion: Results from a European single center cohort with progressive experience	3
Pre-hospital treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome: Recommendations for medical emergency teams. Expert position update 2022	3
Single-stage pulmonary vein isolation combined with percutaneous implantation of left atrial appendage occluder in patients with recent onset ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation (PILOS-AF): A stud	3
Modified ticagrelor loading doses according to the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein phosphorylation index improve the clinical outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients with high on-	3
Prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy in invasively treated acute coronary syndrome patients with different lipoprotein(a) concentrations	3
COVID-19 and elevated coronary thrombus burden — a persistent risk even after recovery?	3
Long-term clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock according to the application and initiation time of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Sou	3
Treatment of dyslipidemia in Poland — common diagnostics, early combined therapy. Expert position statement endorsed by the Polish Cardiac Society Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 5th	3
Should targeted temperature management be used in cardiogenic shock patients? Systematic review and meta-analysis	3