Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27195236›Full record

ReviewPulse (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Aortic Root Calcification: A Possible Imaging Biomarker of Coronary Atherosclerosis.

Hussein Nafakhi, Hasan A Al-Nafakh, Abdulameer A Al-Mosawi

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In one paragraph

Review in Pulse (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Hussein NafakhiInternal Medicine Department, AL-Sader Teaching Hospital, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq.
Hasan A Al-NafakhRadiology Department, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq.
Abdulameer A Al-MosawiRadiology Department, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq.
University of Kufa · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been reported that coronary atherosclerosis risk assessment using coronary artery calcium and thoracic aorta calcium quantification may improve risk stratification as it can lead to the reclassification of persons at increased risk. The aortic root has been characterized by its close anatomical proximity to the ostial origins of the right and left coronary arteries, and it can be evaluated using multi-detector computed tomography without additional radiation exposure and the use of contrast. The correlations between aortic root calcification and coronary atherosclerotic markers as well as cardiac risk factors have been analyzed.

Indexed as

Coronary artery calcificationCoronary computed tomographic angiography

Identifiers

PMID27195236
PMCPMC4865078
OpenAlexW2280502447

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Registered trials

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