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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020

Sudden Cardiac Death in Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Users: A Literature Review.

Marco Torrisi, Giuliana Pennisi, Ilenia Russo, Francesco Amico, Massimiliano Esposito, Aldo Liberto, Giuseppe Cocimano, Monica Salerno, Giuseppe Li Rosi, Nunzio Di Nunno and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. The Use of Anabolic Steroids by Bodybuilders in the State of Sergipe, Brazil.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marco TorrisiLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Giuliana PennisiLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Ilenia RussoLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Francesco AmicoLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Massimiliano EspositoLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Aldo LibertoLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe CocimanoLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Monica SalernoLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe Li RosiDepartment of Law, Criminology, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Nunzio Di NunnoDepartment of History, Society and Studies on Humanity, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Angelo MontanaLegal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies, "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0508-6523
University of Catania · ITMagna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Salento · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Anabolic AgentsAdolescentAdultAthletesDeath, Sudden, CardiacFemaleHumansMaleTestosteroneTestosterone CongenersAnabolic AgentsTestosteroneTestosterone CongenersAASsadverse effectsanabolic androgenic steroidscardiac damagecardiac toxicitySCDsudden cardiac death

Identifiers

PMID33158202
PMCPMC7694262
OpenAlexW3096020168

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Registered trials

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