Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33121219›Full record

SynthesisESC heart failure2020

Prednisone and azathioprine in patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Philippe Timmermans, Ana Barradas-Pires, Omar Ali, Michiel Henkens, Stephane Heymans, Kazuaki Negishi

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in ESC heart failure, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Diagnostics of Myocarditis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Philippe TimmermansDepartment of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
Ana Barradas-PiresRoyal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Omar AliDetroit Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Michiel HenkensDepartment of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Stephane HeymansDepartment of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Kazuaki NegishiMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Detroit Medical Center · USJessa Hospital · BEKU Leuven · BEMaastricht University · NLNepean Hospital · AURoyal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AzathioprineMyocarditisHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsPrednisoneAzathioprineImmunosuppressive AgentsPrednisoneAzathioprineCardiomyopathyFailureImmunosuppressionMyocarditisPrednisolone

Identifiers

PMID33121219
PMCPMC7524236
OpenAlexW3043933844

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Registered trials

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