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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2015

Central iliac arteriovenous anastomosis for hypertension: targeting mechanical aspects of the circulation.

Vikas Kapil, Paul A Sobotka, Manish Saxena, Anthony Mathur, Charles Knight, Eamon Dolan, Alice Stanton, Melvin D Lobo

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Device's design and clinical perspectives for resistant hypertension therapy.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2024
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  6. Secondary rise in blood pressure and leg swelling after central arteriovenous anastomosis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2019
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  11. Device-based Therapy for Hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2016
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Vikas KapilBarts BP Centre of Excellence, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, W Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK, v.kapil@qmul.ac.uk.
Paul A Sobotka
Manish Saxena
Anthony Mathur
Charles Knight
Eamon Dolan
Alice Stanton
Melvin D Lobo
St Bartholomew's Hospital · GBConnolly Hospital Blanchardstown · IERex Medical (United States) · USRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Raised blood pressure is the leading attributable risk factor for global morbidity and mortality. Real world data demonstrates that half of treated patients are at elevated cardiovascular risk because of inadequately controlled BP. In addition to pharmacotherapy, certain interventional strategies to reduce blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in hypertension can be considered according to international guidelines. One of the newer technologies entering this field is a proprietary arteriovenous coupler device that forms a fixed flow arteriovenous conduit in the central vasculature. In this review, we examine the development of and rationale for the creation of a central arteriovenous anastomosis in patients with hypertension and review the proposed mechanisms by which it may ameliorate hypertension. We critically review the clinical trial evidence base to date and postulate on future therapeutic directions.

Indexed as

Arteriovenous AnastomosisHypertensionAgingBlood PressureHumansRisk FactorsVascular Stiffness

Identifiers

PMID26228235
PMCPMC4521087
OpenAlexW989851224

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