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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2020

Premature Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: What Have We Learned Recently?

Dhruv Mahtta, Umair Khalid, Arunima Misra, Zainab Samad, Khurram Nasir, Salim S Virani

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dhruv MahttaHealth Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research & Development Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Houston, TX, USA.
Umair KhalidDepartment of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Arunima MisraDepartment of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Zainab SamadDepartment of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Khurram NasirMethodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Salim S ViraniHealth Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research & Development Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Houston, TX, USA. virani@bcm.edu.
Health Services Research & Development · USAga Khan University · PKBaylor College of Medicine · USHouston Methodist · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewIn contrast to patients with non-premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), patients with premature ASCVD have not observed a similar decline in cardiovascular mortality and recurrent adverse events. We sought to review the underlying risk factors, potential gaps in medical management, associated outcomes, and tools for risk prognostication among patients with premature ASCVD. RECENT

findingsIn addition to traditional cardiovascular risk factors (i.e., diabetes, familial hypercholesterolemia), non-traditional risk factors such as chronic inflammatory conditions, recreational drug use, genetics, and pregnancy-related complications play a key role in development and progression of premature ASCVD. Patients with premature ASCVD, and especially women, receive less optimal medical management as compared to their non-premature counterparts. There is an increasing prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among young adults. Hence, this population remains at an elevated risk for premature ASCVD and subsequent adverse cardiovascular events. Future studies evaluating different risk assessment tools and focusing on young patients across all three major domains of ASCVD are needed.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAtherosclerosisDiabetes ComplicationsFemaleHumansHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsUnited StatesYoung AdultASCVDGender disparityICVDIHDMIPADPremature ASCVDRisk prognosticationYoung

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PMID32671484
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