OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology is 40. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	364
miRNAs: new biomarkers of cardiac rehabilitation response?	212
Impact of neighbourhood socio-economic status on cardiovascular risk factors in a French urban population	175
Early adulthood exercise capacity, but not muscle strength, associates with subclinical atherosclerosis 40 years later in Swedish men	163
A systematic review of mobile health opportunities for atrial fibrillation detection and management	140
Integrating lipoprotein(a) into preventive cardiology: probably important to get the measurement right	133
Anabolic steroids in athletes: the interplay of hormones and inflammation leading to the heart’s vulnerability	123
Association of apolipoprotein levels with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality	99
Impact of cumulative LDL cholesterol and other risk factors on coronary artery disease prevalence in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia	96
Impact of activity trackers on secondary prevention in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	88
Prime Time for (im) Precision Medicine: From Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Evidence	87
Effect of semaglutide on mortality and cardiovascular events in patients at high cardiovascular risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	87
Effect of acetaminophen on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	82
Treatment of iron deficiency anemia after cardiac surgery	72
Impact of type D personality on clinical outcomes in Spanish patients with myocardial infarction	71
Factors associated with hospital arrival time of acute stroke patients in rural India	69
Gender differences in cardiovascular events among patients with sleep apnoea syndrome: a real-world data analysis of a nationwide epidemiological dataset	62
An artificial intelligence model to predict 12-month mortality among patients with myocardial infarction	61
Influence of age and sex on the diagnostic yield of inherited cardiac conditions in sudden arrhythmic death syndrome decedents	61
Prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in apparently healthy workers: results from Ferrari Formula Benessere	60
LDL-C target attainment in the secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Albania: barriers and strategies to reach the goals	60
Human intravenous immunoglobulins for recurrent pericarditis: a multicentre cohort study	56
Clinical and instrumental follow-up and return to sport after surgical correction of anomalous origin of coronary arteries in young athletes	56
Safety and efficacy of antiplatelet cessation after transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure	52
A comprehensive analysis of the impact of high-intensity interval vs. moderate-intensity continuous training on global and regional myocardial function in patients early after acute myocardial infarct	52

Women-focused cardiac rehabilitation delivery around the world and program enablers to support broader implementation	51
Comparison of radial artery occlusion occurrence (RAO) between compression band device and manually applied gauze compression after transradial coronary procedure, a PROBE study	51
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity of HFrEF patients is strongly associated with age, but not with functional capacity (6MWT), ejection fraction, NYHA, NT-proBNP, sex or BMI	49
Prolonged troponin elevation after high-intensity exercise may indicate coronary artery disease	48
Effect of dapagliflozin on pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance and renal function in patients with diabetic kidney disease to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events	46
Does early initiation of non-statin therapy, evolocumab with LDL-C <50mg/dL contribute to the reduction of hospital readmissions in patients with ACS?: a single center real world evidence from	46
Cardiorespiratory fitness in relation to systolic and diastolic function in patients with heart failure and chronic coronary syndromes	46
Sex specific association of body composition with sphingosine-1-phosphate levels-results from the study of health in pomerania (SHIP) analysis	44
Exercise doppler Echocardiography of the right heart and pulmonary circulation in patients with cardiovascular risk factors: observations from the RIGHT Heart International NETwork (RIGHT-NET)	43
Education training on physical activity in italian medical university courses: a call for action	43
Effects of a behavioral psychological intervention in addition to an exercise rehabilitation program in chronic heart failure patients	42
Modulation of sympathetic nervous system activity through various therapeutic approaches in patients with resistant hypertension and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	42
Association of cardiorespiratory fitness measured by cardiopulmonary exercise testing with covid-19 positivity: a prospective register-based cohort study	41
Effect of preventive training in cardiac transcriptoma in rats with pulmonary hypertension	41
Effect of hybrid cardiac rehabilitation using a smart device: a randomized controlled trial	40
Baroreflex: ready for prime-time?	40