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SynthesisBMC research notes2020

Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices.

Adrian daSilva-deAbreu, Bader Aldeen Alhafez, Yuhamy Curbelo-Pena, Carl J Lavie, Hector O Ventura, Juan Francisco Loro-Ferrer, Stacy A Mandras

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMC research notes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The Impact of Obesity on Cardiovascular Diseases: Heart Failure.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2025
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Adrian daSilva-deAbreuJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA. adrianjdasilva@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6739-5946
Bader Aldeen AlhafezDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Yuhamy Curbelo-PenaService of General Surgery, Consorci Sanitari de L'Alt Penedes I Garraf, Barcelona, Spain.
Carl J LavieJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Hector O VenturaJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Juan Francisco Loro-FerrerDoctoral School, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.
Stacy A MandrasJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Ochsner Medical Center · USUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ESConsorci Sanitari Garraf · ESThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPatients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) treated with ventricular assist devices (VADs) tend to gain weight, which may prevent them from receiving heart transplantation (HT) if their body mass index (BMI) reaches ≥ 35 kg/m DATA DESCRIPTION: These data include baseline, periprocedural, and long-term outcomes for the 29 patients meeting selection criteria. The composite outcome includes reaching a BMI < 35 kg/m

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryGastric BypassHeart-Assist DevicesLaparoscopyObesity, MorbidBody Mass IndexGastrectomyHumansObesityRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeWeight LossBariatric surgeryBody mass indexGastric bypassHeart-assist devicesHeart failureHeart transplantationObesityRoux-en-Y gastric bypassSleeve gastrectomyVentricular assist devices

Identifiers

PMID32795382
PMCPMC7427728
OpenAlexW3049392409

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Registered trials

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