1. Jian Liu, Lei Gao, Junlong Chen, Zhenghao Li, Wenhang Zhao, Shiwei Qin, Xuesong Wen, Dongying Zhang. Prevalence and long-term outcomes of NAFLD and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2025, 23:101049. IF=5.9.
2. Junlong Chen, Ruo'nan Xiao, Lei Gao, Yujiao Zhou, Shiwei Qin, Yichen Wang, Panpan Feng, Jun Gu, Peng Pu, Dan Jiang, Dongying Zhang. Real-world challenges for guideline-directed medical therapy intolerance in heart failure: a single-center prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cardiology, 2025, 434:133367. IF=3.2.
3. Shiwei Qin, Meilin Xiang, Lei Gao, Xiaocheng Cheng, Dongying Zhang. Uric acid is a biomarker for heart failure, but not therapeutic target: result from a comprehensive meta-analysis. ESC Heart Failure, 2024, 11(1):78–90. IF=3.8.
4. Xiaocheng Cheng, Hanru Zhao, Xuesong Wen, Guoxing Li, Shuliang Guo, Dongying Zhang. NLRP3-inflammasome inhibition by MCC950 attenuates cardiac and pulmonary artery remodelling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Life Sciences, 2023, 333:122185. IF=5.2.
5. Xiaocheng Cheng, Hanru Zhao, Xuesong Wen, Guoxing Li, Shuliang Guo, Dongying Zhang. NLRP3-inflammasome inhibition by MCC950 attenuates cardiac and pulmonary artery remodelling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Life Sciences, 2023, 333:122185. IF=6.1.
6. Min Sun, Lei Gao, Hongmei Bai, Weiwei Hu, Xiaofang Zhang, Jin Xiao, Xiangliang Deng, Hongmei Tao, Ping Ge, Yuhong Qin, Dongying Zhang. Association between visceral fat, blood pressure and arterial stiffness in patients with HFpEF: a mediation analysis. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2023, 16:653–662. IF=3.3.
7. Xiang-Liang Deng, Han-Wen Yi, Jin Xiao, Xiao-Fang Zhang, Jin Zhao, Min Sun, Xue-Song Wen, Zhi-Qiang Liu, Lei Gao, Zi-Yang Li, Ping Ge, Qi Yu, Dongying Zhang. Serum uric acid: a risk factor for right ventricular dysfunction and prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023, 14:1143458. IF=3.9.
8. Jie Liu, Qi Yu, Ziyang Li, Yujiao Zhou, Zhiqiang Liu, Linna You, Li Tao, Qian Dong, Ziyu Zuo, Lei Gao, Dongying Zhang. Epicardial adipose tissue density is a better predictor of cardiometabolic risk in HFpEF patients: a prospective cohort study. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2023, 22(1):45. IF=9.8.
9. Qin Duan, Dongying Zhang, Qian Dong, Kangla Liao, Yunjin Yang, Liu Ye, Ping Ge, Shu Qin. Impact of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity on myocardial work by non-invasive left ventricular pressure-strain in patients with preserved ejection fraction. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022, 9:814326. IF=6.05.
10. Zhiqiang Liu, Weiwei Hu, Hanwen Zhang, Hongmei Tao, Peng Lei, Jie Liu, Yali Yu, Qian Dong, Lei Gao, Dongying Zhang. Epicardial adipose tissue thickness as a predominant feature for evaluating arterial stiffness in HFpEF. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2022, 15:1217–1226. IF=3.168.
11. Xue-Song Wen, Luo Rui, Liu Jie, Zhiqiang Liu, Hanwen Zhang, Weiwei Hu, Duan Qin, Shu Qin, Xiao Jin, Dongying Zhang. The duration of beta-blocker therapy and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. Clinical Cardiology, 2022. IF=2.882.
12. Xuesong Wen, Luo Rui, Liu Jie, Duan Qin, Shu Qin, Xiao Jun, Dongying Zhang. Short-term and long-term prognosis with or without beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022, 22:193. IF=2.298.
13. Xiaocheng Cheng, Liyou Wang, Xuesong Wen, Lei Gao, Guoxing Li, Guanglei Chang, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. TNAP is a novel regulator of cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction. EBioMedicine, 2021, 67:103370. IF=8.143.
14. Yuqian Guo, Guoxing Li, Lei Gao, Xiaocheng Cheng, Liyou Wang, Yuhong Qin, Dongying Zhang. Exaggerated renal fibrosis in lncRNA Gas5-deficient mice. Life Sciences, 2021, 264:118656. IF=5.2.
15. Xue-Song Wen, Dan Jiang, Lei Gao, Jian-Zhong Zhou, Jun Xiao, Xiaocheng Cheng, Bin He, Yue Chen, Peng Lei, Xiao-Wei Tan, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. Clinical characteristics and predictive value of CD4+ T cell level in COVID-19. Respiratory Research, 2021, 21:57. IF=3.09.
16. Lei Gao, Li-You Wang, Zhi-Qiang Liu, Dan Jiang, Shi-Yong Wu, Yu-Qian Guo, Hong-Mei Tao, Min Sun, Lin-Na You, Shu Qin, Xiao-Cheng Cheng, Jun-Shi Xie, Guang-Lei Chang, Dongying Zhang. TNAP inhibition attenuates cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction. Cell Death & Disease, 2020, 11:44. IF=8.469.
17. Xiaocheng Cheng, Guoqiang Cai, Xuesong Wen, Lei Gao, Dan Jiang, Min Sun, Shu Qin, Jianzhong Zhou, Dongying Zhang. Clinical characteristics and fatal outcomes of hypertension in patients with severe COVID-19. Aging (Albany NY), 2020, 12:23436–23449. IF=5.682.
18. Lei Gao, Dan Jiang, Xue-Song Wen, Xiao-Cheng Cheng, Min Sun, Bin He, Lin-Na You, Peng Lei, Xiao-Wei Tan, Shu Qin, Guo-Qiang Cai, Dongying Zhang. Prognostic value of NT-proBNP in patients with severe COVID-19. Respiratory Research, 2020, 21:83. IF=5.631.
19. Dan Jiang, Ying Wang, Guanglei Chang, Qin Duan, Linna You, Min Sun, Chunxiao Hu, Lei Gao, Shiyong Wu, Hongmei Tao, Kai Lu, Dongying Zhang. DNA hydroxymethylation combined with carotid plaques as a biomarker for coronary atherosclerosis. Aging, 2019, 11:3170–3181. IF=5.682.
20. Xuexiu Luo, Shiyong Wu, Youqing Jiang, Liyou Wang, Guoxing Li, Yuhong Qing, Jian Liu, Dongying Zhang. Geniposide protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. International Immunopharmacology, 2020, 85:106609. IF=4.932.
21. Liu Ye, Hong-Mei Bai, Dan Jiang, Bing He, Xue-Song Wen, Ping Ge, Dongying Zhang. Combination of eosinophil percentage and hs-CRP predicts MACE in STEMI. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 2020, 34:e23367. IF=2.352.
22. Dan Jiang, Min Sun, Linna You, Kai Lu, Lei Gao, Chunxiao Hu, Shiyong Wu, Guanglei Chang, Hongmei Tao, Dongying Zhang. DNA methylation and coronary atherosclerosis. Life Sciences, 2019, 224:241–248. IF=5.037.
23. Xiaocheng Cheng, Qiongwen Hu, Lei Gao, Jian Liu, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. Sex-related differences in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Europace, 2019, 21:1509–1518. IF=5.214.
24. Xiaocheng Cheng, Qiongwen Hu, Hanru Zhao, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in CKD. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2019, 33:2221–2230. IF=2.628.
25. Guanglei Chang, Jian Liu, Shu Qin, Youqin Jiang, Peng Zhang, Hui Yu, Kai Lu, Nan Zhang, Li Cao, Ying Wang, Yong Li, Dongying Zhang. Cardioprotection by exenatide via mitochondrial function. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2018, 41:1693–1703. IF=4.101.
26. Peng Zhang, Chunxiao Hu, Yongyong Li, Ying Wang, Lei Gao, Kai Lu, Guanglei Chang, Yong Li, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. Vangl2 is essential for myocardial remodeling. Experimental Cell Research, 2018, 365:33–45. IF=3.3.
27. Aihua Zheng, Li Cao, Shu Qin, Yue Chen, Yong Li, Dongying Zhang. Exenatide regulates substrate preference after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2017, 26:404–412. IF=2.975.
28. Jun Jia, Guang-Lei Chang, Shu Qin, Jia Chen, Wen-Yan He, Kai Lu, Yong Li, Dongying Zhang. Copeptin versus NT-proBNP in acute decompensated heart failure. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2017, 13:1554–1560. IF=2.447.
29. Kai Lu, Guanglei Chang, Lin Ye, Peng Zhang, Yong Li, Dongying Zhang. Protective effects of exendin-4 on hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced injury. Molecular Medicine Reports, 2015, 12:3007–3016. IF=3.4.
30. Ying Wang, Aihua Zheng, Yunsheng Yan, Fei Song, Qianran Kong, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. Association between adiponectin and early-onset coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis, 2014, 235:392–397. IF=4.9.
31. Wenyan He, Jun Jia, Jia Chen, Shu Qin, Hongmei Tao, Qianran Kong, Qiu Xue, Dongying Zhang. RDW versus NT-proBNP in acute heart failure. International Heart Journal, 2014, 55:58–64. IF=1.2.
32. Guanglei Chang, Peng Zhang, Lin Ye, Kai Lu, Ying Wang, Qin Duan, Aihua Zheng, Shu Qin, Dongying Zhang. Protective effects of sitagliptin on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. European Journal of Pharmacology, 2013, 718:105–113. IF=4.2.