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ReviewMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal

Physiological impact of continuous flow on end-organ function: clinical implications in the current era of left ventricular assist devices.

Arvind Bhimaraj, Cesar Uribe, Erick E Suarez

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Review in Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Neurocritical Care of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2021
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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

3 authors.

Arvind BhimarajHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Cesar UribeHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Erick E SuarezHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical era of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices has debunked many myths about the dire need of a pulse for human existence. While this therapy has been documented to provide a clear survival benefit in end-stage heart failure patients, we are now faced with certain morbidity challenges that as of yet have no easy mechanistic physiological explanation. The effect of physiological changes on end-organ function in patients supported by continuous-flow ventricular assist devices may offer insight into some of these morbidities. We therefore present a review of current evidence documenting the impact of continuous flow on end-organ function.

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Heart-Assist DevicesAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCerebrovascular CirculationCoronary CirculationFemaleHeart FailureHumansKidney Function TestsMaleMonitoring, PhysiologicMyocardial IschemiaPatient SelectionPrognosisQuality of LifeRisk AssessmentCFcontinuous flowcontinuous-flow physiologyend-organ functionleft ventricular assist deviceLVAD

Identifiers

PMID25793024
PMCPMC4362058

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