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Valvular heart disease and heart-related disease: a bibliometric and visual analysis from 2000 to 2023
1Department of Cardiology, China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation 731 Hospital, Beijing, China.
Insights
This bibliometric analysis of valvular heart disease (VHD) and heart-related disease (HRD) research reveals increasing publication trends. Emerging research highlights heart failure as a key area, offering insights for future studies.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Bibliometrics
- Medical Research Trends
Background:
- Valvular heart disease (VHD) is linked to heart-related diseases (HRD), but research is fragmented.
- Existing studies on the VHD-HRD relationship lack bibliometric analysis.
- Targeted research is needed to understand the complex connections between VHD and HRD.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a bibliometric analysis of VHD and HRD research.
- To identify leading authors, institutions, and countries in VHD-HRD research.
- To analyze the current status and trends in VHD-HRD research.
Main Methods:
- Searched PubMed for VHD and HRD publications from 2000-2023.
- Utilized Python, R, and VOSviewer for bibliometric analysis and visualization.
- Analyzed keyword co-occurrence to identify research directions.
Main Results:
- Identified 4,235 relevant publications, showing an upward trend.
- Keyword analysis revealed focus on age, gender, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Emerging research trends indicate a growing focus on heart failure in relation to VHD.
Conclusions:
- The study provides a perspective on current VHD-HRD research and future directions.
- Findings can aid researchers in identifying collaborators.
- Facilitates research into the molecular mechanisms, causes, prevention, and treatment of VHD and HRD.
Background:
Previous studies have shown that valvular heart disease (VHD) is closely related to the development of heart-related disease (HRD). However, the current research for the relationship between VHD and HRD is complex and poorly targeted. Meanwhile, these studies lack the support of bibliometric analysis results.
Objective:
Our study focused on a bibliometric analysis of published papers on the relationship between VHD and HRDs. The study also attempted to identify the primary authors, institutions and countries to analyse the status and trends of research on VHD and HRDs.
Methods:
The PubMed database was searched for publications on VHD and HRD between 2000 and 2023. Python v3.10.8, R v4.2.2 and VOSviewer v1.6.18 software tools were utilised to perform this bibliometric analysis and visualisation.
Results:
There were 4,235 qualified publications found in total, with the annual number of publications increasing. According to the analysis of the co-occurrence of keywords, we found that the main research directions are for age, gender, disease diagnosis and treatment. Newly emerging research mainly focuses on heart failure, which is relatively related to VHD.
Conclusion:
These results provided a useful perspective on current research and future prospects for the research on the link between VHD and HRD, which could help researchers to select partners and facilitate their research to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of VHD and HRD, including the causes, prevention, and treatment.
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