Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25147687›Full record

ArticleJundishapur journal of microbiology2014

The probable role of cytomegalovirus in acute myocardial infarction.

Morteza Izadi, Mohammad Mahdi Zamani, Nastaran Sabetkish, Hassan Abolhassani, Seyed Hassan Saadat, Saeed Taheri, Hossein Dabiri

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Jundishapur journal of microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Morteza IzadiHealth Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammad Mahdi ZamaniStudents' Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Nastaran SabetkishStudents' Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Hassan AbolhassaniHealth Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Seyed Hassan SaadatBehavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Saeed TaheriHealth Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Hossein DabiriDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death worldwide and many studies have been performed on reduction of its prevalence.

objectivesThis case control study was designed to investigate the presence of Cytomegaloviruses, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori in atherosclerotic plaques of cadaveric coronary endothelium of patients with and without acute myocardial infarction. PATIENTS AND

methodsSixty cadavers in two equal groups were analyzed. Acute myocardial infarction group included cadavers with acute myocardial infarction and atherosclerotic plaque. The non- acute myocardial infarction group included those with innocent atherosclerotic plaques in autopsy, expired due to other causes. Specimens from coronary vessels' atherosclerotic plaque were taken and studied by polymerase chain reaction for Cytomegaloviruses, C. pneumoniae and H. pylori.

resultsCadavers of 26 males and 34 females underwent autopsy procedures. Their mean age at the time of death was 48.17 ± 18.74 years. Unknown causes (20%), hanging (20%), head trauma (16.7%) and multiple traumas (13.3%) were the most common causes of death in the non- acute myocardial infarction group. PCR test results were negative for C. pneumoniae and H. pylori in all cadavers of both groups. Nine cadavers from the acute myocardial infarction group and one from the non- acute myocardial infarction group showed positive PCR results for Cytomegaloviruses (30% and 3.33%, respectively). There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding Cytomegaloviruses positivity in coronary artery plaques (P < 0.01, odd ratio: 12.42, 95% CI: 10.46 to 15.73).

conclusionsA significant proportion of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in cadavers with confirmed acute myocardial infarction were detected to be infected with Cytomegaloviruses while no infections of C. pneumoniae and H. pylori were detected.Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death worldwide and many studies have been performed on reduction of its prevalence.

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisCadaverChlamydia pneumoniaCoronary Artery DiseaseCytomegalovirusHelicobacter pylori

Identifiers

PMID25147687
PMCPMC4138660
OpenAlexW2113749505

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.