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SynthesisEuropean journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery2018

Mohammed M Chowdhury, Jason M Tarkin, Nicholas R Evans, Elizabeth Le, Elizabeth A Warburton, Paul D Hayes, James H F Rudd, Patrick A Coughlin

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Synthesis in European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 50 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed M ChowdhuryDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital Trust, Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: mmc59@cam.ac.uk.
Jason M TarkinDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Nicholas R EvansDivision of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Elizabeth LeDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Elizabeth A WarburtonDivision of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Paul D HayesDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital Trust, Cambridge, UK.
James H F RuddDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Patrick A CoughlinDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Addenbrooke's Hospital · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/12/29/29463British Heart Foundation FS/16/29/31957British Heart Foundation PG/09/083/27667The Dunhill Medical Trust RTF44/0114Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe role of positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the determination of inflammation in arterial disease is not well defined. This can provide information about arterial wall inflammation in atherosclerotic disease, and may give insight into plaque stability. The aim of this review was to perform a meta-analysis of PET/CT with

methodsThis was a systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines, which interrogated the MEDLINE database from January 2001 to May 2017. The search combined the terms, "inflammation", "FDG", and "stroke". The search criteria included all types of studies, with a primary outcome of the degree of arterial vascular inflammation determined by

resultsA total of 14 articles (539 patients) were included in the meta-analysis. Comparing carotid artery

conclusionsPET/CT using

Indexed as

Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyAgedAsymptomatic DiseasesCarotid ArteriesCarotid Artery DiseasesChi-Square DistributionFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMalePlaque, AtheroscleroticPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsInflammationMicrocalcificationPeripheral arterial diseasePositron emission tomography

Identifiers

PMID29730127
PMCPMC6105570
OpenAlexW2800338821

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