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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2004

Inflammation and atherosclerosis.

Mehdi H Shishehbor, Deepak L Bhatt

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Flavonoids as anti-inflammatory agents: implications in cancer and cardiovascular disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2009
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  14. Pentraxins, anti-pentraxin antibodies, and atherosclerosis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mehdi H ShishehborDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk F25, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Deepak L Bhatt
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation plays a pivotal role in all stages of atherogenesis, from foam cell to plaque formation to rupture and ultimately to thrombosis. Insight gained from recent basic and clinical data linking inflammation to atherosclerosis has yielded important diagnostic and prognostic information. Low-grade chronic inflammation as measured by high sensitivity C-reactive protein predicts future risk of acute coronary syndrome independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, individuals with higher "inflammatory burden" gain the largest absolute risk reduction with aggressive risk-lowering therapy. The link between inflammation and atherosclerosis provides a new venue for future pharmacologic agents that may slow the progression of atherosclerosis by inhibiting inflammation.

Indexed as

AnimalsArteriosclerosisBiomarkersHumansInflammationRisk FactorsThrombosisBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID15023298
OpenAlexW2048441410

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.