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ReviewCureus2020

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction With Icosapent Ethyl: A Systematic Literature Review.

Mala Thakur, Pritpal S Sangha, Areesha Satti, Pooja N Shah

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Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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, 4 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mala ThakurInternal Medicine, Xavier University School of Medicine, Oranjestad, ABW.
Pritpal S SanghaMedicine, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, POL.
Areesha SattiInternal Medicine, Saint James School of Medicine, The Valley, AIA.
Pooja N ShahInternal Medicine, Xavier University School of Medicine, Oranjestad, ABW.
Avalon University School of Medicine · CWLebanon Valley College · USXavier University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States of America due to elevated triglyceride levels. High triglyceride levels lead to higher risks of ischemic events. There are multiple pieces of research and analyses on statin therapy and its ability to reduce the prevalence of heart complications. Heart ailments can reduce through the use of icosapent ethyl in the form of statin therapy. This literature review will explain the reduction of cardiovascular risks with icosapent ethyl. Though some genetic conditions can cause some of these ailments, the rest of the predisposing conditions revolve around cholesterol, lipoproteins, and triglycerides.

Indexed as

awareness of cardiovascular diseasecardiovascularcholesteroldiabetes mellitusheart diseaseicosapent ethyllipoproteinsstatinstriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID33200056
PMCPMC7661005
OpenAlexW3092854825

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Registered trials

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