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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2013

Prevention of coronary artery disease: recent advances in the management of hypertension.

Chiara Recarti, Thomas Unger

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Chiara RecartiCARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. c.recarti@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Thomas Unger
Maastricht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As coronary artery disease (CAD) still represents the leading cause of death worldwide, more efforts should be made to improve CAD prevention with both lifestyle changes and medical treatment. Elevated blood pressure has been identified as a risk factor for CAD; however, recent evidence suggests that lowering blood pressure too much could be harmful in patients at high cardiovascular risk. Despite the availability of a wide selection of antihypertensive drugs, new strategies and treatments are needed to improve blood pressure control and reduce cardiovascular risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure. New fixed-dose combinations have been recently approved; they usually contain an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin system, a calcium antagonist and/or a diuretic. Although research and development related to new antihypertensive drugs has slowed in recent years, some new antihypertensive compounds with novel mechanisms of action or dual activity are currently in clinical development.

Indexed as

Blood PressureCoronary Artery DiseaseDisease ManagementHypertensionLife StyleAntihypertensive AgentsGlobal HealthHumansIncidencePrognosisAntihypertensive Agents

Identifiers

PMID23338675
OpenAlexW2066190374

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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