Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31070111›Full record

SynthesisJournal of the American Heart Association2019

Myocardial Involvement in Patients With Histologically Diagnosed Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Gross Pathological Images From Autopsy or Cardiac Transplantation Cases.

Osama Okasha, Felipe Kazmirczak, Ko-Hsuan Amy Chen, Afshin Farzaneh-Far, Chetan Shenoy

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A systematic review.The Journal of international medical research · 2025
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  9. Quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance standardized signal intensity comparison in dilated cardiomyopathy vs. cardiac sarcoidosis.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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  10. Classic imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025
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  17. Amyloids and the Heart: An Update.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  18. Atrial cardiomyopathy revisited-evolution of a concept: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asian Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS).Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Osama Okasha1 Cardiovascular Division Department of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis MN.
Felipe Kazmirczak1 Cardiovascular Division Department of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis MN.
Ko-Hsuan Amy Chen1 Cardiovascular Division Department of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis MN.
Afshin Farzaneh-Far2 Section of Cardiology Department of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL.
Chetan Shenoy1 Cardiovascular Division Department of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis MN.
University of Minnesota Medical Center · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR002494 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, WEISDORF, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$34.9M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002492 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI INGBAR, DAVID H · 2018 to 2022
$6.3M
University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)KL2TR000113 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2012 to 2015
$5.4M
Cardiac Fibrosis and Risk Prediction in Cancer Treatment-Related CardiotoxicityK23HL132011 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI SHENOY, CHETAN N · 2016 to 2020
$884k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000113NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002492NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002494NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL132011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background In patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis, late gadolinium enhancement on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and/or

Indexed as

AdultAutopsyBiopsyCardiomyopathiesCause of DeathFemaleHeart TransplantationHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMyocardiumPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsSarcoidosisautopsycardiac sarcoidosiscardiac transplantationlate gadolinium enhancementmyocardial structurephenotypeprognosis

Identifiers

PMID31070111
PMCPMC6585321
OpenAlexW2944298223

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