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ArticleCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2010

Disease management programs for heart failure.

Ken McDonald

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Article in Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Heart failure patients' perceptions and use of technology to manage disease symptoms.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ken McDonaldHeart Failure Unit, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, Kenneth.mcdonald@ucd.ie.
St. Vincent's University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementThe impact of the very significant advances in the management of heart failure over the past several decades had been limited by a lack of appropriate infrastructure for heart failure care delivery in the community. The development of disease management programs has brought about significant advances in ensuring improved care of the wider heart failure population, allowing for effective prescription of proven strategies, structured follow-up, and education of patients and families to encourage involvement in self-care. The impact of these programs on reduction in hard cardiovascular endpoints, including death and heart failure rehospitalization, has been substantial. Continued research aims to optimize this strategy in terms of what additional aspects are necessary to enhance this approach. From recent work, it is clear that heart failure patients may derive incremental benefit from exercise programs as an adjunctive therapy; additional work is required to address how we should use the rapidly developing home telemonitoring technologies.

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PMID21063934
OpenAlexW2037573755

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