OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cardiology Journal is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Inquiries about a patient with a “snail-like” takotsubo syndrome variant. Authors’ reply	71
Laser for a complex PCI with ISR, undilatable, and uncrossable lesions	46
Inside Cardiology Journal: After Journal Citation Reports 2022 have been published	34
The prognostic impact of therapeutic hypothermia after a sudden cardiac arrest in the course of myocardial infarction	28
Concomitant Impella 5.5 with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation via modified single arterial access technique using buried Y-graft	21
The occurrence of cardiovascular risk factors and functioning in chronic illness in the Polish population of EUROASPIRE V	21
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	20
Swiss national cardiac device registry: Changing trends in implantation procedures over the last two decades	19
Angiography-based coronary flow reserve: The feasibility of automatic computation by artificial intelligence	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	19
Aspiration thrombectomy compared to catheter directed thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism: Outcomes from a tertiary referral center	18
The impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation planning and procedure on acute and chronic renal failure	18
A novel noninvasive method for estimating right ventricular systolic pressure in rodents with pulmonary artery banding	16
Impella-assisted intracoronary lithotripsy of heavily calcified left main lesion in a patient with severely impaired ejection fraction and the last remaining patent vessel	16
Systemic inflammation and oxidative stress contribute to acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation	16
Insights from pulse field energy in patients with prosthetic mechanical heart valves undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation	15
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	15
Gender differences in clinical features and outcomes of patients over 75 years presenting with acute heart failure. Results of a nationwide study (2016–2019)	15
Meta-analysis of chest compression-only versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation by bystanders for adult with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	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
Catheter-directed therapy to treat intermediateand high-risk pulmonary embolism: Personal experience and review of the literature	14
Diagnostic value of lactate dehydrogenase in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
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	13
Chronic total occlusions in Artsakh: The last frontier	12

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: an extremely rare entity presenting with palpitations	12
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
Cardiac imaging high-risk features of malignant mitral valve prolapse	12
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
Endothelial dysfunction: Can it differentiate Takotsubo syndrome from spontaneous coronary artery dissection?	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
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
Diagnostic and prognostic value of cystatin C in acute coronary syndrome: An up-to-date meta-analysis	11
Advances in myocarditis management in the light of the latest research and recent guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology	11
Can suPAR guide post-resuscitation management?	11
A survey study of the use of a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in various clinical scenarios by expert electrophysiologists in Poland	10
Impact of cancer treatments on coronary plaque as assessed by integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound	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
Single left coronary artery to right ventricular fistula with multiple collateral pathways	10
Endoscopic implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis with a flexible support frame	9
Plasma levels of sirtuin 1 and sirtuin 2 in ascending aortic aneurysm patients — a comparative study	9
COVID-19-induced coagulopathy: Experience, achievements, prospects	9
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	9
Invest-to-treat drug-coated balloon strategy in chronic total occlusion percutaneous intervention for high-risk stent failure patients	9
Ulnar artery thrombosis after percutaneous thrombin injection of a pseudoaneurysm with a concomitant radial artery occlusion: Three complications after percutaneous coronary intervention	9
NT-proBNP increase during stress echocardiography predicts significant changes in ischemic mitral regurgitation severity in patients qualified for surgical revascularization	8
Perioperative parameters and myocardial necrosis: a real-world comparison of Farapulse and Varipulse	8
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients at high bleeding risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with severe chest pain: A wolf in sheep’s clothing	8
First clinical experience of high-power ablation of atrial fibrillation with a novel contact force-sensing gold-tip catheter	8
Treatment of intraprocedural stent thrombosis with intracoronary argatroban injection in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	8
Impella-rota-shock percutaneous coronary intervention: Three weapons, one last remaining vessel	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
The importance of etiologic factor identification in patients with infective endocarditis — results of tertiary center analysis (2015–2023)	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
A giant primary monophasic synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum	7
Current understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a purported interview with a purported expert	7
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: diagnostic value of HFA-PEFF score, H₂FPEF score, and the diastolic stress echocardiography	6
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	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
Enhancing non-invasive differentiation in NSTE-ACS: role of PCAT radiomics	6
Hyperoxaluria as a form of cardiorenal syndrome	6
Functional tricuspid regurgitation and efficacy of electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial functional mitral regurgitation	6
Lipid-lowering therapy in patients with hypercholesterolemia in terms of the POLSCORE and SCORE2 scales. A single-center retrospective analysis	6
Clinical characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction before and during COVID-19 pandemic	6
Heart rate control and its predictors in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm. Data from the European Society of Cardiology Long-Term Registry	6
Risk of cardiovascular events and death according to COVID-19 reinfection	5
Shaping cardiac diagnostics: The role of myocardial tissue mapping in unraveling ring-like fibrosis	5
Procedural outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute kidney injury	5
Electrophysiology lab efficiency using cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in central and eastern Europe: A sub-analysis of the cryo global registry study	5
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	5

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy in a long-term follow-up after heart transplantation: Role of remnant cholesterol in residual inflammation	5
Adiposity, fat depots and the prediction of stroke	5
Complete intramyocardial course of dominant left anterior descending coronary artery and its branches: “Myocardial bridging of the whole ventricular coronary tree”	5
Quality of life in heart failure: New data, new drugs and devices	5
First use of the Impella 5.5 in a patient with cardiogenic shock to bridge to heart transplantation in Poland	5
Differences in coronary microcirculation measurements during regadenoson vs. adenosine – induced hyperemia	5
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	5
A patient with heart failure, who is frail: How does this affect therapeutic decisions?	5
Myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administration in adult female	5
Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in infants weighing less than 6 kilograms – a two-center experience. Technical considerations	5
Association of pre-existing comorbidities and complications with inpatient COVID-19 mortality — a single-center retrospective study	5
Prediction of the hypertension risk in teenagers	5
The head-up cardiopulmonary resuscitation method: Improving neurological outcomes	5
Bicuspid aortic valve in transplanted hearts. Systematic study	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
First clinical experience using the DiamondTemp catheter and a novel omnipolar high-resolution mapping system for atrial fibrillation ablation	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
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions: comparative outcomes from the right ventricular outflow tract and other ventricular sites	4
Predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following a successful electrical cardioversion — narrative review	4
New scoring system for predicting percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion success: Impact of operator’s experience	4
Utility of contrast-enhanced echocardiography in the diagnosis of left ventricular aneurysm	4
The usefulness of His bundle pacing in a heterogeneous population of patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function	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
Congestive heart failure clinics and telemedicine: The key to reducing hospital readmissions in the United States	4
Laser speckle contrast imaging to assess microcirculation	4
A systematic review of nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system	4
Evaluation of left ventricular function in patients with coronary slow flow: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Cangrelor — Expanding therapeutic options in patients with acute coronary syndrome	4
Continuous mechanical aspiration thrombectomy for STEMI with high thrombus burden	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
Air embolism resulting from atrioesophageal fistula following thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation	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
Spectrum of transthyretin gene mutations and clinical characteristics of Polish patients with cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis	4
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in obese patients with heart failure	4
A real-life clinical application of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute myocarditis — one-center observational retrospective study	4
Repeat cryoablation as a redo procedure for atrial fibrillation ablation: Is it a good choice?	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
Beyond the guidelines. Advanced endovascular therapies in a most challenging aortic coarctation case	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
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	4
Should targeted temperature management be used in cardiogenic shock patients? Systematic review and meta-analysis	4
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	4
Factors influencing Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation 2 (SCORE2)	4