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ArticleCureus2020

The Chicken or the Egg? An Interesting Case Presentation of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Versus Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.

Anjali R Desai, Puja Patel, Raj Patel, Harshavardhan Ghadiam, Ekanka Mukhopadhyay

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anjali R DesaiInternal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, USA.
Puja PatelInternal Medicine, American University of Antigua, Peoria, USA.
Raj PatelCardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, USA.
Harshavardhan GhadiamCardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, USA.
Ekanka MukhopadhyayCardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, USA.
American University of Antigua · AGIllinois College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is an interesting cardiovascular imaging and coronary angiography case of a 67-year-old female patient who presented with chest pain, abnormal electrocardiogram (EKG), and heart failure who was subsequently found to have spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) on imaging studies. The case presentation highlights the importance of imaging studies and prompt diagnosis in these patients. This study may also highlight the need for early medical intervention in patients with suspected systolic dysfunction due to either of these pathophysiologic processes.

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cardiac catheterizationcardiology imagingcardiology researchstress induced cardiomyopathy

Identifiers

PMID32455088
PMCPMC7243609
OpenAlexW3018921434

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