Evidence map›Paper›PMID 10995419›Full record

Trial reportHeart (British Cardiac Society)2000

Reduction in Fas/APO-1 plasma concentrations correlates with improvement in left ventricular function in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy treated with pentoxifylline.

D Skudicky, K Sliwa, A Bergemann, G Candy, P Sareli

Abstract readClinical TrialRandomized Controlled TrialComment
In one paragraph

Trial report in Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy in a dog treated with epirubicin.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2015
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  10. Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa.Current cardiology reviews · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

D SkudickyDepartment of Cardiology Baragwanath Hospital University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa. dskudi@icon.co.za
K Sliwa
A Bergemann
G Candy
P Sareli

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultApoptosisBiomarkersCardiomyopathy, DilatedCase-Control StudiesDouble-Blind Methodfas ReceptorHumansMiddle AgedPentoxifyllinePhosphodiesterase InhibitorsProspective StudiesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVentricular Dysfunction, LeftBiomarkersfas ReceptorPentoxifyllinePhosphodiesterase InhibitorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID10995419
PMCPMC1729442

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Registered trials

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