Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31123761›Full record

ArticleDer Internist2019

[Atrioventricular block and left ventricular wall mobility disorder in a 44-year-old female patient : A case report of a rarity with pitfalls].

J Stempfl, F Schumacher, M Doering, H Wolf, F Streithoff, J Tacke, H Fahn, P Ehlermann, P Raake, K Klingel and 2 more

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Der Internist, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J Stempfl3. Medizinische Klinik, Klinik für Kardiologie, Herzzentrum, Klinikum Passau, Innstraße 76, 94032, Passau, Deutschland. johanna.stempfl@klinikum-passau.de.
F Schumacher3. Medizinische Klinik, Klinik für Kardiologie, Herzzentrum, Klinikum Passau, Innstraße 76, 94032, Passau, Deutschland.
M Doering3. Medizinische Klinik, Klinik für Kardiologie, Herzzentrum, Klinikum Passau, Innstraße 76, 94032, Passau, Deutschland.
H WolfInstitut für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Klinikum Passau, Passau, Deutschland.
F StreithoffInstitut für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Klinikum Passau, Passau, Deutschland.
J TackeInstitut für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Klinikum Passau, Passau, Deutschland.
H FahnKlinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Nephrologie, Rheumatologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, Klinikum Passau, Passau, Deutschland.
P EhlermannKlinik für Kardiologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
P RaakeKlinik für Kardiologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
K KlingelKardiopathologie, Institut für Pathologie und Neuropathologie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland.
D Elsner3. Medizinische Klinik, Klinik für Kardiologie, Herzzentrum, Klinikum Passau, Innstraße 76, 94032, Passau, Deutschland.
M Groebner3. Medizinische Klinik, Klinik für Kardiologie, Herzzentrum, Klinikum Passau, Innstraße 76, 94032, Passau, Deutschland.
Klinikum Passau · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversitätsklinikum Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare condition with good treatment options, which can be difficult to diagnose. The clinical presentation can vary from asymptomatic to life-threatening forms. This article describes the case of a 44-year-old woman who suffered from vertigo, chest pain and dyspnea. The woman presented with an intermittent atrioventricular (AV) block II Mobitz type II° and mild impairment of left ventricular ejection fraction. Hypereosinophilia in the peripheral blood, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and endomyocardial biopsy led to the diagnosis of eosinophilic myocarditis, most likely as a result of an allergic reaction to Aspergillus fumigatus. A general treatment recommendation cannot be made due to the lack of evidence-based guidelines; however, recent scientific studies confirmed timely, high-dose steroid administration over several months to be the mainstay of treatment of eosinophilic myocarditis. The following article may be helpful in the early diagnosis and treatment of this underdiagnosed and insidious disease.

Indexed as

AdultAtrioventricular BlockBiopsyEosinophiliaFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMyocarditisMyocardiumEndomyocardial biopsyEosinophiliaMagnetic resonance imaging, cardiacMyocarditis, eosinophilicSteroids

Identifiers

PMID31123761
OpenAlexW2946013728

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.