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ArticleJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2020

Jan M Sommerlath Sohns, Hannah Kröhn, Alexandra Schöde, Thorsten Derlin, Axel Haverich, Jan D Schmitto, Frank M Bengel

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Article in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. LVAD as a bridge to decision complicated with pump thrombosis and infection.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021
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  17. The Changing Face of Nuclear Cardiology: Guiding Cardiovascular Care Toward Molecular Medicine.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2020
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jan M Sommerlath SohnsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and.
Hannah KröhnDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and.
Alexandra SchödeDepartment of Cardiothoracic, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Thorsten DerlinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and.
Axel HaverichDepartment of Cardiothoracic, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Jan D SchmittoDepartment of Cardiothoracic, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Frank M BengelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and bengel.frank@mh-hannover.de.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate definition of the extent and severity of left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) infection may facilitate therapeutic decision making and targeted surgical intervention. Here, we explore the value of

Indexed as

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySurgery, Computer-AssistedHeart-Assist DevicesHumansProsthesis-Related InfectionsROC CurveFluorodeoxyglucose F1818F-FDGdevice infectionleft ventricular assist devicePET/CT

Identifiers

PMID31806770
PMCPMC7383076
OpenAlexW2992651124

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Registered trials

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