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ArticleCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2019

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Ahmed Fathala, Mervat Aboulkheir, Mohamamed M Shoukri, Hani Alsergani

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Article in Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed FathalaDepartment of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mervat AboulkheirDepartment of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamamed M ShoukriDepartment of Cell Biology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hani AlserganiKing Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAInstitute of Cell Biology · UA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsWe retrospectively evaluated 383 patients with suspected CAD who underwent rest-stress

resultsThe mean age of the patients was 64±11 years, and the mean body mass index was 32±7 kg/m

conclusionsPET-MPI with

Indexed as

13N-ammonia positron emission tomography-computed tomography myocardial perfusion (13N-ammonia PET-CT myocardial perfusion)coronary artery calcium score (CACS)Positron emission tomography-computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PETCT MPI)

Identifiers

PMID30881875
PMCPMC6382649
OpenAlexW2899142224

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