Structural Heart

Aims & Scope

Since January 2022 Structural Heart is an open access journal.

Authors who publish in Structural Heart are able to make their work immediately, permanently, and freely accessible.

Structural Heart has continued with the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.

Structural Heart authors will pay an article publishing charge (APC), have a choice of license options, and retain copyright to their published work.

The APC will be requested after peer review and acceptance.

Structural Heart is a unique, international and peer-reviewed open access journal focusing on diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart valves, myocardium and great vessels as well as congenital heart disease and shedding light on the importance of the heart team in this process.

The journal covers topics such as transcatheter procedures, cardiovascular surgery, drug treatment, basic and translational science and imaging in structural heart disease and innovation (new devices, therapies and first-in-humans).

Each issue contains original research, reviews, opinion pieces, editorials and images in cardiovascular disease.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Embase

Subjects & Keywords

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

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.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,340.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• Consensus Document on Non-Suitability for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair by Edge-to-Edge Therapy

  Citation: 64

  Authors: D. Scott, Howard C., Paul, Konstantinos, Gorav, Mathew, Vivian G., Katherine H., Paul, Robert L., Mayra, David, Juan F., Michael J., Martin B., Patrick

• Impact of Paravalvular Leak on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Meta-Analysis of Kaplan-Meier-derived Individual Patient Data

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Michel Pompeu, Xander, Jef, Panagiotis, Ozgun, Serge, Francisco Yuri, Tilak, Ryan, Alexander, Arjang, Marie-Annick, Philippe, Basel

• Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling in Heart Failure: Remission to Recovery

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Jacinthe, Mandeep R.

• Clinical or Symptomatic Leaflet Thrombosis Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the U.S. FDA MAUDE Database

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Abdul Moiz, Ankur, Ronnie, Marie-France, Ali, Colin T., Deepak L., Michael J., Neal S., Jeffrey J.

• Biomechanics of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Complications and Computational Predictive Modeling

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Fateme, Atefeh, Breandan, Sri Krishna, Huang, Milad, Imran A., Alessandro, Pradeep, Vinod H., Lakshmi Prasad

• A Step-by-Step Guide to Fully Percutaneous Transaxillary Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Moses, Sandeep K., Dmitry, Gabriel, Mark, James M.

• Biomarkers in Aortic Stenosis: A Systematic Review

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Björn, Ariel, Brian R., Daniel, Guillaume, Dominic P., Ori, Philippe, Linda D., Martin B., Philippe

• Severe Symptomatic Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis in China: Characteristics and Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with the Venus-A Valve

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Guangyuan, Hasan, Moyang, Mao, Jian’an, Wei, Yuan, XianBao, Ruiyan, Xiangqing, Bo, Horst, Runling, YueJin, Yongjian

• Complications of Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture as an Adjunct to Valve-in-Valve TAVR

  Citation: 22

  Authors: John T., Keith B., David J., Brian, Jason, Ilie, Sameer, James, Danny, Adnan K.

• Incidence, Characteristics and Management of Persistent Peri-Device Flow after Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Mohamad, Zakieh, Emily, Fahad, Mohammed, John, Partho P., Bryan