BACKGROUND
The studies on coronary slow flow are receiving increasing attention, but objective evaluation of the publications is still lacking. Thus, a bibliometric analysis is required to reflect the characteristics and development of publications on coronary slow flow.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to visualize the current status and research hotspots of coronary slow flow with bibliometric analysis.
METHODS
All relevant publications on coronary slow flow during 2003 to 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database and analyzed by VOSviewer and CiteSpace visualization softwares. Years, journals, countries/regions, institutions, authors and research hotspots were identified.
RESULTS
A total of 847 publications were retrieved. The journals with the largest publication volume were Coronary Artery Disease and International Journal of Cardiology. The country/region with the largest publication volume was Turkey, followed by the United States and China. The institution with the largest publication volume was European Union of Research Universities. Meanwhile, the author with the largest publication volume was Mustafa Cetin from Turkey. Keyword analysis results indicated that treatment and prognosis, diagnosis and pathogenesis, and risk factors were the clustering centers of coronary slow flow, and the research hotspots gradually changed with the progress of time, from pathogenesis to treatment and prognosis.
CONCLUSIONS
The direction of future research involves the search for effective and noninvasive detection indicators and treatments of coronary slow flow. Collaboration needs to be enhanced between different institutions or countries/regions, which would improve clinical outcomes for patients with coronary slow flow.