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ArticleCureus2020

Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in Broken-Heart Syndrome: A Fatal Complication.

Amna Al-Tkrit, Andrew Mekaiel, Mohammad Aneeb, Firas Alawawdeh, Aditya Mangla

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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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Takotsubo syndrome: Unraveling the mystery behind its triggers (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amna Al-TkritInternal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, USA.
Andrew MekaielInternal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, USA.
Mohammad AneebInternal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, USA.
Firas AlawawdehInternal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, USA.
Aditya ManglaCardiology, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, USA.
Jamaica Hospital · USQueens Hospital Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is usually a transient condition and is treated conservatively. It is rarely associated with ventricular free wall rupture, a fatal complication of the disease described in this report. Cardiothoracic surgery performed emergent ventricular wall repair; however, treatment was unsuccessful, and the patient expired.

Indexed as

acute st-elevation myocardial infarctionbroken-heart syndromecardiac rupturecomplicationpersistent st-segment elevationstress-induced cardiomyopathytakotsubo cardiomyopathytakotsubo syndromeventricular free wall rupture

Identifiers

PMID33282591
PMCPMC7714725
OpenAlexW3096452156

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Registered trials

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