Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30534250›Full record

ArticleJournal of cardiology cases2014

Improvement in systolic function in left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy: A case report.

Tiffany Lin, Michael Wesley Milks, Bharathi Upadhya, William Gregory Hundley, Richard Brandon Stacey

Open access · bronzeAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of cardiology cases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Review
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.

Tiffany LinDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Michael Wesley MilksDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Bharathi UpadhyaDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
William Gregory HundleyDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Richard Brandon StaceyDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a case of a 48-year-old man who presented with a pulmonary embolism and was found to have left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Initial echocardiograms demonstrated prominent apical trabeculations with reduced biventricular function. These findings were further confirmed and characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. He met all major criteria used to identify left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy. He underwent medical management for heart failure and during follow-up was noted to have significant improvement in left ventricular systolic function and symptoms. While most management attention is focused on rhythm disturbances or embolic risk, particular attention should also be exercised to ensure that heart failure medical therapy is optimized. While many with left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy have irreversible dysfunction, this case highlights that there may be some who will respond well to aggressive medical therapy. The diagnosis and medical management of left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy are reviewed in light of our patient and his clinical course. <

Indexed as

Cardiac magnetic resonance imagingCardiomyopathyEchocardiographyHeart failureNon-compaction

Identifiers

PMID30534250
PMCPMC6279643
OpenAlexW2055220327

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.