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ArticleHeartRhythm case reports2017

Oral quinine sulfate for the treatment of electrical storm and prevention of recurrent shocks in Brugada syndrome after failed cilostazol therapy.

Jayaprakash Shenthar, Siva Sankara Chakali, Debashish Acharya, Javed Parvez, Bharatraj Banavalikar

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Article in HeartRhythm case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Brugada syndrome.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  8. Pharmacological Therapy in Brugada Syndrome.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2018
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jayaprakash ShentharElectrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
Siva Sankara ChakaliElectrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
Debashish AcharyaElectrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
Javed ParvezElectrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
Bharatraj BanavalikarElectrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antiarrhythmic drugsBrugada syndromeCilostazolElectrical stormQuinidineQuinine sulfateRecurrent ICD shocks

Identifiers

PMID29062700
PMCPMC5643860
OpenAlexW2750547916

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Registered trials

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