Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33031962›Full record

ReviewHeart rhythm2021

Left atrial appendage occlusion using intracardiac echocardiography.

Apoor Patel, Rajesh Venkataraman, Paul Schurmann, Amish Dave, Miguel Valderrábano

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In one paragraph

Review in Heart rhythm, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the TruSteer and FXD Double Curve Delivery Systems for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With the Watchman FLX Pro Device-The GUIDE-LAAO Study.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2026
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  6. A Comprehensive Review of Percutaneous and Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024
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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.

Apoor PatelDivision of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Rajesh VenkataramanDivision of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Paul SchurmannDivision of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Amish DaveDivision of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Miguel ValderrábanoDivision of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: mvalderrabano@houstonmethodist.org.

Funding

Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion for Persistent Atrial FibrillationR01HL115003 · NHLBI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VALDERRABANO, MIGUEL · 2013 to 2017
$3.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Atrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationCardiac CatheterizationEchocardiography, TransesophagealHumansSurgery, Computer-AssistedIntracardiac echocardiographyLeft atrial appendage occlusionThrombusTransesophageal echocardiographyWatchman

Identifiers

PMID33031962
PMCPMC7854490

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