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ArticleCureus2020

Infected Right Ventricle Thrombus as a Cause of Persistent Sepsis.

Antony J Arumairaj, Noella Boma, Savi Mushiyev, Morcos Morcos, Imnett Habtes

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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 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Antony J ArumairajInternal Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Noella BomaInternal Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Savi MushiyevCardiology, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Morcos MorcosRadiology, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Imnett HabtesPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Metropolitan Hospital Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presentation of fevers in a patient with active intravenous (IV) drug use is often challenging, as there is a wide range of both infectious and noninfectious disorders that can cause fevers. A thorough diagnostic workup is essential in identifying the etiology of these fevers. We report a rare case of an infected right ventricular (RV) thrombus as a cause of persistent fever and sepsis in a 46-year-old patient with IV drug use. The patient continued to have persistent bacteremia inspite of appropriate IV antibiotics. Hence, the patient warranted a cardiothoracic surgical excision of the infected RV thrombus following which the patient showed remarkable improvement.

Indexed as

cocaineinfected cardiac thrombusintravenous drug usermssa bacteremiasepsissurgical resection

Identifiers

PMID33150103
PMCPMC7603886
OpenAlexW3040876485

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