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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2019

The pivotal role of cardiac computed tomography angiogram and

Abdelilah El Barzouhi, Wilco Tanis, Rogier E van Gelder, Joris W J Vriend

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdelilah El BarzouhiDepartment of Cardiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands.
Wilco TanisDepartment of Cardiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands.
Rogier E van GelderDepartment of Radiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands.
Joris W J VriendDepartment of Cardiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands.
Haga Hospital · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfective endocarditis (IE) poses many clinical and diagnostic challenges. Echocardiography is regarded as the imaging modality of choice for the diagnosis of IE, and plays a key role in both the diagnosis and management of endocarditis. We report on a case in which one could have overlooked an endocarditis of a pulmonary homograft if one had relied on echocardiography alone. CASE SUMMARY: A 38-year-old man presented with intermittent fever and fatigue for 1 month. He had undergone a Ross procedure for a bicuspid aortic valve stenosis at the age of 17 years. At the age of 36 years a valve-sparing aortic root replacement was performed because of aortic root dilatation. Besides a systolic murmur 3/6 noted at the left sternal border, physical examination was normal. Multiple blood cultures grew DISCUSSION: Endocarditis poses diagnostic challenges. While echocardiography is the cornerstone of imaging, one may overlook a pulmonary homograft endocarditis due to reverberations and acoustic shadowing. Therefore, if clinical suspicion of endocarditis is strong, one should consider additional imaging by means of cardiac CTA and/or

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Cardiac CTACase reportEchocardiographyEndocarditisPET/CTPulmonary homograftPulmonary valveRoss procedure

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