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ReviewMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal

Minimally Invasive Atrial Fibrillation Surgery: Hybrid Approach.

Jared P Beller, Emily A Downs, Gorav Ailawadi

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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 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Catheter Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2020
    Article
  3. Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2020
    Review
  4. 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jared P BellerUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Emily A DownsUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Gorav AilawadiUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is a challenging pathologic process. There continues to be a great need for the development of a reproducible, durable cure when medical management has failed. An effective, minimally invasive, sternal-sparing intervention without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass is a promising treatment approach. In this article, we describe a hybrid technique being refined at our center that combines a thoracoscopic epicardial surgical approach with an endocardial catheter-based procedure. We also discuss our results and review the literature describing this unique treatment approach.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical Proceduresablationatrial fibrillationhybridminimally invasive

Identifiers

PMID27127561
PMCPMC4847967
OpenAlexW2340177234

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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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.