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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2004

Marfan syndrome and mitral valve prolapse.

Arthur E Weyman, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Cardiac physiologic and genetic predictors of hyperoxia-induced acute lung injury in mice.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2012
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  11. Differentiating the aging of the mitral valve from human and canine myxomatous degeneration.Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology · 2012
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  15. Applying elastic fibre biology in vascular tissue engineering.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2007
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  16. Adult women with mitral valve prolapse are more flexible.British journal of sports medicine · 2005
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arthur E WeymanCardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. aweyman@partners.org
Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), an abnormal displacement into the left atrium of a thickened and redundant mitral valve during systole, is a relatively frequent abnormality in humans and may be associated with serious complications. A recent study implicates fibrillin-1, a component of extracellular matrix microfibrils, in the pathogenesis of a murine model of MVP. This investigation represents an initial step toward understanding the mechanisms involved in human MVP disease and the development of potential treatments.

Indexed as

AdipokinesAnimalsFibrillin-1FibrillinsHumansMarfan SyndromeMiceMicrofilament ProteinsMitral Valve ProlapseTransforming Growth Factor betaAdipokinesFBN1 protein, humanFbn1 protein, mouseFibrillin-1FibrillinsMicrofilament ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID15578086
PMCPMC529288
OpenAlexW2059044043

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