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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2016

Normal Variants in Echocardiography.

Daniel R Sanchez, Robert J Bryg

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Daniel R SanchezDivision of Cardiology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, 14445 Olive View Drive, Room 2C-121, Sylmar, CA, 91342, USA. dsanchez@dhs.lacounty.gov.
Robert J BrygDivision of Cardiology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, 14445 Olive View Drive, Room 2C-121, Sylmar, CA, 91342, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Echocardiography is a powerful and convenient tool used routinely in the cardiac evaluation of many patients. Improved resolution and visualization of cardiac anatomy has led to the discovery of many normal variant structures that have no known pathologic consequence. Importantly, these findings may masquerade as pathology prompting unnecessary further evaluation at the expense of anxiety, cost, or potential harm. This review provides an updated and comprehensive collection of normal anatomic variants on both transthoracic and transesophageal imaging.

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Echocardiography, TransesophagealHeart AtriaHeart DiseasesHeart ValvesHeart VentriclesHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicRadiation ExposureUnnecessary ProceduresEchocardiographyNormal variant

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