Highlights of the Best Science published in 2025

As 2025 comes to an end and with a new year about to begin, it is time for our annual retrospective on the most downloaded and cited articles from EuroIntervention.

The last year was a momentous one for the journal, and now more than ever, we extend our warmest thanks and best holiday wishes to our readers, authors, reviewers, and editors.

EuroIntervention celebrated an important milestone in 2025: its 20th anniversary. It was also a year of great achievement, reaching an Impact Factor of 9.5 and record submission numbers that have made article selection increasingly competitive. The journal’s quality has continued to rise steadily and significantly, a position we hope to maintain in 2026 along with our continued dedication to academic excellence and improving daily interventional practice.

Before we discover what the next year has in store, let us take a moment to look back on the articles that marked 2025 – from the standardisation of definitions and endpoints to the management of complex patient subsets and more.

Prof. Davide Capodanno - Editor in Chief

MOST CITED ORIGINAL RESEARCH

MOST CITED EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS

Definitions and standardized endpoints for the use of drug-coated balloon in coronary artery disease: consensus document of the Drug Coated Balloon Academic Research Consortium

High-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction deemed not suitable for surgical revascularisation. A clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in collaboration with the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery

SCAI/EAPCI/ACVC Expert Consensus Statement on Cardiogenic Shock in Women