OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is 10. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Artery With Intramural Course	331
More Than Meets the Eye	146
Multimodality Imaging to Assess Leaflet Height in Mitral Bioprosthetic Valves	137
Entry Tear Hemodynamics Detect Patients With Adverse Aorta-Related Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection	137
Full issue PDF	134
Myocardial Tissue Characterization With CT-Derived Extracellular Volume	131
Myocardial Tissue Characterization to Predict Ventricular Arrhythmic Risk	129
Editorial Board	127
Medium-Term Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Myocardial Injury	123
Prognostic Relevance and Lower Limit of the Reference Range of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain	107
Editorial Board	106
Type I Carpentier Classification for aFMR Definition	105
Stress-Related Neural Activity Associates With Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events	104
Cardiac CT and PET for Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients	101
Aortic Size Matters	101
Long-Term Favorable Cardiac Remodeling in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Treated With Mavacamten for Up to 128 Weeks	99
Full Issue PDF	97
Air Pollution and Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Instability	95
Rebound Effect in Left Ventricular Structure, Tissue Characteristics, and Function in HOCM After Mavacamten Discontinuation	95
The Role of Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Edema in the Pathophysiology of Takotsubo Syndrome	95
Challenges and Opportunities in Evaluating Severity of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	95
Detection and Characterization of Thrombosis in Humans Using Fibrin-Targeted Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance	92
Echocardiographic Outcomes After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation	90
Mechanistic Basis for Differential Effects of Interatrial Shunt Treatment in HFrEF vs HFpEF	89
Diagnosis of Mitral Valve Prolapse Using Artificial Intelligence	87

A Deep Learning Model to Identify Mitral Valve Prolapse From the Echocardiogram	86
Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Stratification Using Ultrasonographic Measurements of Plaque	83
5-Year Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	82
When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?	82
Diabetes and Myocardial Fibrosis	81
Changes in Right Ventricular–to–Pulmonary Artery Coupling After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation	81
Statin Therapy Persistence Following Opportunistic Screening for Coronary Artery Calcium on Nongated Chest CTs	80
Coronary Plaque and the Adjacent Fat	78
Anatomic Description of Tricuspid Apparatus Interference From Implantable Intracardiac Devices	78
Reply	77
Long-Term Left Atrial Function After Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients	77
Editorial Board	77
Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis	77
Atrial Longitudinal Strain Predicts New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation	77
Concomitant Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	76
CTA-Derived Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Predicts Allograft Rejection and Cardiovascular Events in Heart Transplant Recipients	75
Editorial Board	74
The PROMISE Minimal Risk Score Improves Risk Classification of Symptomatic Patients With Suspected CAD	74
American Society of Echocardiography Algorithm for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	74
Prognostic Value of CT-FFR–Based Functional Duke Jeopardy Score in Patients With Suspected CAD	68
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of MINOCA Caused by Atherosclerotic and Nonatherosclerotic Mechanisms Assessed by OCT	67
Association of Sex, Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve, and Long-Term Mortality Across Spectrum of Atherosclerotic Disease	66
Peripulmonary Vein Adipose Tissue Attenuation as a Novel Marker of Atrial Fibrillation Risk	62
The REPAIR Study	61
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Statins to Reduce Inflammation in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms	61
Cholesterol, Atherosclerotic, and Inflammatory Risks Among Patients With Statin Therapy	61
Noninvasive Imaging Methods for Quantification of Pulmonary Edema and Congestion	59
Coronary Atherosclerosis Phenotypes in Focal and Diffuse Disease	59
Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle	58
Clinical Validation of a Virtual Planner for Coronary Interventions Based on Coronary CT Angiography	58
Correction	57
Editorial Board	57
3D Navigation and Intraprocedural Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging for Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	56
Full Issue PDF	55
Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Ischemic Stroke	54
Unrecognized Myocardial Fibrosis Detected by Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular MRI in Patients With Ischemic Stroke	53
Myocardial Work in Cardio-Oncology	52
Molecular Stratification of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis With 18F-Florbetapir and 68Ga-FAPI-04 for Enhanced Prognostic Precision	52
Editorial Board	52
Parsing the Shades of Gray of Myocardial Fibrosis in Aortic Stenosis	52
Should Every Patient With MINOCA Have Cardiac Magnetic Resonance?	51
Chronic Myocardial Iron After Myocardial Infarction	51
Is the Diagnosis of Erosion on OCT Reliable in the Presence of Thrombus?	50
Doing a Deep Dive on Patent Foramen Ovale	50
Myocarditis in Children	49
Right Ventricular Longitudinal Contractility Mismatch	49
Multiparametric Approach to Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis	49
The Predictive Accuracy of Aortic Valve Calcium Score in Mediastinal Radiation Therapy Survivors	48
Coronary Microvascular Health in Patients With Prior COVID-19 Infection	47
Pulmonary Hypertension in Mitral Regurgitation	47

Preoperative Left Atrial Strain Predicts Outcome in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy after Myectomy	47
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	47
Deep Learning-Derived Myocardial Strain	46
Predictors for Vulnerable Plaque in Functionally Significant Lesions	45
Prognostic Impact of Extra–Mitral Valve Cardiac Involvement in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation	45
Bone Marrow Cells Improve Coronary Flow Reserve in Ischemic Nonrevascularized Myocardium	45
Machine Learning-Derived Echocardiographic Phenotypes Predict Heart Failure Incidence in Asymptomatic Individuals	45
Myocardial Work and Work Index	45
CMR Is Often Abnormal Despite Normal Echocardiography in Suspected Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries	44
Comparison of RA Volumes Obtained Using the Standard Apical 4-Chamber and the RV-Focused Views	43
Utility of Baseline Left Atrial Reservoir Strain in Predicting Cardiotoxicity After Chemotherapy	43
Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging	43
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Coronary Microvascular Function	42
Unknowing the Unknown	42
Serial Native T1 Assessment for LV Functional Recovery in Recent-Onset DCM	42
Incremental Prognostic Value of Carotid Plaque–RADS Over Stenosis Degree in Relation to Stroke Risk	42
Clinical Significance of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	42
18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context	41
Evaluating Acute Ischemic Myocardial Injury With Photon-Counting Computed Tomography	41
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views for Cardiac Dimensions and Left Ventricular Function	41
Improving Precision and Refining Risk Prediction of CTRCD With Cardiovascular CT	41
Assessment of the Extracellular Matrix by CT Extracellular Volume Fraction	40
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After TAVR	40
Right Ventricular Reverse Remodeling Following Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	40
Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Progressive Systemic Ventricular Dysfunction in Adults With Fontan Palliation	40
Towards Noninvasive Evaluation of the Right Heart-Pulmonary Circulation Unit	39
The So-Called “Conservative Diving” Was Highly Provocative	39
Myocardial Strain Is Not in Vain	38
Fibrin-Targeted PET/CMR in Atrial Fibrillation	38
Bicuspid Aortopathy	38
Myocardial Iron Overload Causes Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease	38
Imaging Coronary Inflammatory Risk	38
Further Insights Into the Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Strain in Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	37
Blood-Oxygen-Level Dependent (BOLD) T2-Mapping Reflects Invasively Measured Central Venous Oxygen Saturation in Cardiovascular Patients	37
Full issue PDF	37
CT-FFR	36
Left Atrial Strain Is an Independent Predictor of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy	36
The Evolving Concept of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Phenotypes	36
Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Imaging	36
From Paroxysmal to Persistent Atrial Fibrillation	36
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation and Exercise-Induced Changes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	36
Accelerating Drug Translation	35
Microvascular Obstruction and Intramyocardial Hemorrhage in Reperfused Myocardial Infarctions	34
Imaging in Amyloidosis	34
Prognostic Value of Preprocedural LV Global Longitudinal Strain for Post-TAVR-Related Morbidity and Mortality	34
Effect of Alirocumab on Carotid Inflammation by [18F]FDG PET in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	34
Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation	33
Reduced Left Atrial Rotational Flow Is Independently Associated With Embolic Brain Infarcts	33
Full Issue PDF	33
Linking Amyloid Burden to Prognosis	33
Full Issue PDF	33
Straining to See the Future in Subclinical Heart Failure	33
Distance and Likelihood of Cardiovascular Imaging Receipt Among Medicare Beneficiaries	33
Full issue PDF	32
Editorial Board	32
Reply	32
Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	31
Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Imaging and the Need for Standardized Measurement of Coronary Inflammation	31
Additive Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Dispersion and Deformation in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis	31
Subclinical Pulmonary Congestion and Abnormal Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	31
Understanding Myocardial Biomechanics Through the Lens of Cardiac Imaging	31
Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Ischemia Burden and Cardiovascular Events	31
3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Prediction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area Prior to Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement	31
Diagnosis and Outcomes Using Magnetic Resonance Positron Emission Tomography in Known or Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	31
Perivascular Fat	31
Extent and Features of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Stratify Arrhythmic Risk in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Sarcoidosis	31
Systemic Inflammation With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression	30
Effect of Immunosuppressive Therapy and Biopsy Status in Monitoring Therapy Response in Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	30
Toward a Standardized Threshold of Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation	30
Coronary Flow Assessment Using 3-Dimensional Ultrafast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy	30
The Future of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Clinical Trials	30
Precision Medicine in Ischemic Heart Disease Through Point-of-Care Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography	30
Carotid Plaque Characteristics Predict Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and TIA	30
A Noncontrast CMR Risk Score for Long-Term Risk Stratification in Reperfused ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction	30
The Rise of T2	30
Full Issue PDF	30
Reply	29
Onwards and Upwards	29
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?	29
Editorial Board	29

The Authors Reply	29
Editorial Board	28
Guide for Authors	28
Coronary Artery Calcium Association With Diseases	28
Editorial Board	27
Correction	27
Are You a Robot?	27
Reply	27
Probing the Depths	26
Prognostic Impact of Culprit Lesion Calcified Nodule After Emergency Coronary Intervention	26
Getting Closer to Predicting SCD in TOF	26
Myocardial Hypoperfusion in Severe Aortic Stenosis Is Reversed Early After Aortic Valve Replacement	25
Intraprocedural Doppler and Invasive Hemodynamic Profiling Predict Clinical Outcomes After Mitral TEER	25
Impaired Myocardial Calcium Uptake in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus	25
The Specificity of Left Ventricular Bite-Like Fibrofatty Replacement for Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	25
Reply	25
Incidence and Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Sarcoidosis	25
Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity Really Healthy for the Heart?	25
Sex-Specific Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Early Observations on Effects of Mavacamten on Left Atrial Function in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients	25
Angiography-Derived and Sensor-Wire Methods to Assess Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	24
AI Evaluation of Stenosis on Coronary CTA, Comparison With Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve	24
2-Dimensional Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal Strain With Artificial Intelligence Using Open Data From a UK-Wide Collaborative	24
Reply	24
Prognostic Value of AI-Based Quantitative Coronary CTA vs Human Reader-Based Visual Assessment	24
Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain	24
Machine Learning–Based Phenogrouping in MVP Identifies Profiles Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiovascular Events	24
The Case for Measurement of Left Atrial Strain in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation	24
Coronary Plaque Characteristics Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Patients and Lesions	24
Feasibility of 68Ga-Labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor PET/CT in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis	24
Editorial Board/Officers	24
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	23
The True Power of Zero	23
Symptoms, Outcomes, and Regurgitant Severity in Guideline-Directed Mitral Valve Surgery	23
Full issue PDF	23
Estimating LV Filling Pressures Noninvasively	23
Reply	23
Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography	23
Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Is Associated With a Lower Prevalence of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma	23
Full Issue PDF	23
Visual Presence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony Combined With Septal Scarring Identifies Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy	23
Myocardial Fibrosis by Magnetic Resonance and Outcomes in Chagas Disease	23
Editorial Board/Officers	22
Parametric Imaging of Biologic Activity of Atherosclerosis Using Dynamic Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography	21
Longitudinal Assessment of Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	21
Hepatic Steatosis and High-Risk Coronary Plaque	21
AI-Based Coronary Plaque Quantification	21
Ischemia, Wall Motion, and Functional Mitral Regurgitation	21
Improving Preoperative Abscess Detection in Infective Endocarditis by Adding Troponin I	20
Ultrasonic Texture Analysis for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction	20
PRIME 2.0: Proposed Requirements for Cardiovascular Imaging-Related Multimodal-AI Evaluation	20
Pulmonary Artery 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by PET/CMR as a Marker of Pulmonary Hypertension in Sarcoidosis	20
Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries	20
Of Invasive Hemodynamics, Shear Waves, and Echocardiography	20
Impact of Loading and Myocardial Mechanical Properties on Natural Shear Waves	20
Guiding Automated Implementation Strategies for Patients With Atherosclerotic Plaque on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography	20
Dapagliflozin Effects on Cardiac Deformation in Heart Failure and Secondary Clinical Outcome	20
Editorial Board	20
18F-GP1 Positron Emission Tomography and Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombus	20
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular 18F-Florbetapir Uptake in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis	20
Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis	19
Automated Echocardiographic Detection of Severe Coronary Artery Disease Using Artificial Intelligence	19
Hybrid Imaging for Better Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies	19
Total-Body Positron Emission Tomography	19
Machine Learning to Optimize the Echocardiographic Follow-Up of Aortic Stenosis	19
Editorial Board	19
Angiography-Derived FFR as Novel Parameter in Assessing Flow-Limiting CAD?	19
Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Left-Sided Valvular Regurgitation	19
Physical and Computational Modeling for Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions	19
Coronary CT Angiography as a Guide to Timing of Invasive Treatment in Patients With NSTEACS	19
Full issue PDF	18
Post-Myocardial Infarction Risk Prediction	18
Behind the Age Cutoff in the Chest Pain Guidelines	18
Machine Learning–Based CT Angiography–Derived Fractional Flow Reserve for Diagnosis of Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Disease	18
Abnormal Right Ventricular–Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Patients With Coarctation of Aorta Presenting With Aortic Stenosis	18
Editorial Board	18
CMR 4D-Flow Wall Shear Stress and Aortic Dilation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve	18
Editorial Board	18
Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TAVR Planning with Contrast-Enhanced CT vs Noncontrast CT and CMR	17
Myocardial Injury on CMR in Patients With COVID-19 and Suspected Cardiac Involvement	17
Prevalence of Abnormal Atrial and Ventricular Mechanics and Its Reversibility in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	17
Advancing Precision Cardiovascular Medicine	17
Molecular Imaging in Acute Aortic Syndrome	17
Revisiting Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Hypertensive and Nonhypertensive Patients	17
Comparison of 99mTc-DPD Scintigraphy, CMR Imaging, and Echocardiography in Patients With V30M-Associated Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis	17
Relationship of Mechanical Dyssynchrony and LV Remodeling With Improvement of Mitral Regurgitation After CRT	17
Calcified Coronary Lesion Number and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the 75-and-Older Population	17
Validation of Noninvasive Left Atrial Stiffness Against Left Atrial Operating Chamber Stiffness by Cardiac Catheterization	16
Machine Learning in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	16
Coronary Atherosclerosis in an Asymptomatic U.S. Population	16
Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis of the Myocardium Predicts Outcome in Moderate and Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis	16
Advanced Analyses of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Predict Future Cardiac Events	16
Mitral Annular Disjunction in the Context of Mitral Valve Prolapse	16
Too Little of a Good Thing	16
Pulmonary Hypertension by Catheterization Is More Accurately Detected by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4D-Flow Than Echocardiography	16