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ReviewHeart (British Cardiac Society)2018

Validity of inducible ischaemia as a surrogate for adverse outcomes in stable coronary artery disease.

Adam Timmis, Antony Raharja, R Andrew Archbold, Anthony Mathur

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Review in Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Integration of ischemia localization and cardiac catheterization findings into the management algorithm.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adam TimmisBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.
Antony RaharjaBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.
R Andrew ArchboldDepartment of Interventional Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK.
Anthony MathurBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.
Queen Mary University of London · GBArt Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKBritish Heart Foundation · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regional myocardial ischaemia is commonly expressed as exertional angina in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). It also associates with prognosis, risk tending to increase with the severity of ischaemia. The validity of myocardial ischaemia as a surrogate for adverse clinical outcomes, however, has not been well established. Thus, in cohort studies, ischaemia testing has failed to influence rates of myocardial infarction and coronary death. Moreover, in clinical studies, pharmacological and interventional treatments that are effective in correcting ischaemia have rarely been shown to reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk. This contrasts with statins and other anti-inflammatory drugs that have no direct effect on ischaemia but improve CV outcomes by modifying the atherothrombotic disease process. Despite this, and with little evidence of patient benefit, stress testing is commonly used during the follow-up of patients with stable CAD when the demonstration of ischaemic change may be seen as a target for treatment, independently of symptomatic status. Substitution of a symptom-driven management strategy has the potential to reduce rates of non-invasive stress testing, unnecessary downstream revascularisation procedures and use of valuable resources in patients with stable CAD without adverse consequences for CV risk.

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Angina PectorisCardiac CatheterizationCoronary Artery DiseaseElectrocardiographyExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaMyocardial RevascularizationPrognosisRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionSurvival Ratecardiac imaging and diagnosticschronic coronary disease

Identifiers

PMID29875140
PMCPMC6241629
OpenAlexW2805971300

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