Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

Aims & Scope

Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT) is an international journal covering the field of cardiovascular disease and includes cardiac (coronary and noncoronary) and peripheral interventions and therapeutics.

Articles are subject to peer review and complete editorial evaluation prior to any decision regarding acceptability.

CVIT is an official journal of The Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.8
2024	3.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.834

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	32

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6373

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	540

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• CVIT expert consensus document on primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) update 2022

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Yukio, Hironori, Yoshinobu, Yuki, Tetsuya, Yoshio, Takashi, Hideki, Ken, Nobuhiro, Hitoshi, Shiro, Kazushige, Yutaka, Kenichi, Junya, Yoshihisa, Yoshihiro, Ichiro, Nobuo, Junya, Junko, Tetsuo, Kazuya, Yasumi, Atsunori, Takayuki, Yoshisato, Takafumi, Junji, Kaoru, Nobuo, Teruyasu, Masaru, Shinichiro, Hiroaki, Yuusuke, Fuminobu, Masakazu, Jiro, Hirotaka, Yoshiaki, Kinzo, Masami, Koichi, Ichiro, Takafumi, Taku, Shun, Tevfik F., Patrick W., Masato, Hiroyoshi, Yuji

• Contemporary use and trends in percutaneous coronary intervention in Japan: an outline of the J-PCI registry

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Mitsuaki, Kyohei, Shun, Taku, Yohei, Hirohiko, Osamu, Toshiro, Hideki, Tetsuya

• Long-term safety and efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in real world clinical practice in Japan

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Takeshi, Takeshi, Yutaka, Yoshihisa, Kazushige, Masashi, Satoshi, Hiroki, Tomohisa, Junichi, Yoshihiro, Mamoru, Mitsuru, Takashi, Manabu, Shinji, Mitsuo, Mamoru, Katsuhisa, Masaru, Takeshi, Osamu, Ryuichi, Ryozo, Satoru, Akinori, Yoshiki, Masaaki, Hiroshi, Teruki, Jong-Dae, Ryuji, Hisao, Chuwa, Minoru, Hirofumi, Hisayoshi, Kazuaki, Masakiyo, Toru

• Clinical expert consensus document on quantitative coronary angiography from the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Nobuaki, Taku, Gaku, Jiro, Kengo, Kiyoshi, Yuji, Ken

• Clinical expert consensus document on standards for measurements and assessment of intravascular ultrasound from the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Yuichi, Yoshio, Kenichi, Shinjo, Kenichi, Kiyoshi, Yoshihiro, Hiroyuki, Yuji, Junko

• Contrast-induced acute kidney injury

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Rishi, Davide, Johny, Roxana

• Clinical expert consensus document on rotational atherectomy from the Japanese association of cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Kenichi, Yoshiaki, Yoshisato, Atsunori, Yoshifumi, Shigeru, Yuji, Junya, Hiroyoshi, Yoshio, Yuji

• CVIT expert consensus document on primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in 2018

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Yukio, Yuki, Yoshinobu, Tetsuya, Takashi, Ken, Satoru, Takafumi, Nobuo, Kazuya, Nobuhiro, Kinzo, Takashi, Keiichi Igarashi, Shiro, Hirotaka, Yoshiaki, Kazushige, Eisho, Katsuhiko, Tadaya, Junya, Koichi, Masami, Yutaka, Junko, Tetsuo, Sumio, Toshiya, Taku, Shun, Ichiro, Hiroyoshi, Patrick W., Yuji, Masato

• Expert consensus statement for quantitative measurement and morphological assessment of optical coherence tomography

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Kenichi, Takashi, Hiromasa, Gaku, Shinjo, Kiyoshi, Toshiro, Yoshio, Yuji, Takashi

• Clinical expert consensus document on drug-coated balloon for coronary artery disease from the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Takashi, Ken, Kengo, Yoshihiro, Junya, Shigeru, Kyohei, Shun, Tetsuya, Yoshio, Yuji, Kazushige, Masato

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