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ReviewCurrent cardiology reviews

Anti-Thrombotic Effects of Statins in Acute Coronary Syndromes: At the Intersection of Thrombosis, Inflammation, and Platelet-Leukocyte Interactions.

Travis Sexton, Eric L Wallace, Susan S Smyth

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Review in Current cardiology reviews. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Predictive Value of Inflammation Biomarkers in Patients with Portal Vein Thrombosis.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Travis SextonDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Gill Heart Institute, 255 BBRSB, 741 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0200, United States. trsext2@uky.edu.
Eric L Wallace
Susan S Smyth
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or statins, are standard of care for preventing cardiovascular disease in at-risk populations. Statins are a well-established therapy proven to reduce long-term cardiovascular mortality and morbidity for prevention of secondary cardiovascular events and have become guidelinerecommended therapy following acute myocardial infarction. Emerging data from clinical trials over the last decade indicates that statin therapy may provide broad beneficial effects beyond their primary lipid lowering mechanisms. In coronary heart disease, statins have demonstrated a unique ability to target several cellular pathways, which appear to play an underappreciated role in acute inflammation and subsequent thrombosis. Herein, we review the potential mechanisms where statins may act as antithrombotic agents in the setting of acute coronary syndromes and discuss the clinical implications of these findings.

Indexed as

Acute Coronary SyndromeBlood PlateletsCell CommunicationHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsInflammationLeukocytesMyocardial InfarctionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionThrombosisHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID27142048
PMCPMC5304247
OpenAlexW2346621434

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