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ReviewNature reviews. Cardiology2014

Potential drug targets for calcific aortic valve disease.

Joshua D Hutcheson, Elena Aikawa, W David Merryman

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Review in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua D HutchesonCenter for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, 3 Blackfan Circle, 17th Floor, Center for Life Sciences Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Elena AikawaCenter for Excellence in Vascular Biology, 3 Blackfan Circle, 17th Floor, Center for Life Sciences Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
W David MerrymanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, 2213 Garland Avenue, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Cardiovascular Research Associates · USCenter for Excellence in Education · USUniversity School of Nashville · US

Funding

Aortic valve microcalcificationR01HL114805 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI AIKAWA, ELENA · 2012 to 2016
$2.1M
Serotonergic Receptor Targeted Therapy for Degenerative Aortic Valve DiseaseR01HL115103 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MERRYMAN, WILLIAM D · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114805NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and, given its association with age, the prevalence of CAVD is expected to continue to rise as global life expectancy increases. No drug strategies currently exist to prevent or treat CAVD. Given that valve replacement is the only available clinical option, patients often cope with a deteriorating quality of life until diminished valve function demands intervention. The recognition that CAVD results from active cellular mechanisms suggests that the underlying pathways might be targeted to treat the condition. However, no such therapeutic strategy has been successfully developed to date. One hope was that drugs already used to treat vascular complications might also improve CAVD outcomes, but the mechanisms of CAVD progression and the desired therapeutic outcomes are often different from those of vascular diseases. Therefore, we discuss the benchmarks that must be met by a CAVD treatment approach, and highlight advances in the understanding of CAVD mechanisms to identify potential novel therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

Aortic ValveBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseCalcinosisHeart Defects, CongenitalHeart Valve DiseasesHumansPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID24445487
PMCPMC4263317
OpenAlexW1996647706

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