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ReviewBMC cardiovascular disorders2021

Coronary artery vasculitis: a review of current literature.

Shaun Khanna, Kartheek Garikapati, Daniel S L Goh, Kenneth Cho, Phillip Lo, Mohan V Bhojaraja, Surjit Tarafdar

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Review in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Coronary artery disease imaging with total-body PET.The British journal of radiology · 2026
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  7. Acute Myocardial Infarction in an Adolescent.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025
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  11. Rare Clinical Manifestation of Vasculitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Cardiac MRI in Rheumatic Disease.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shaun KhannaDepartment of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, 18 Blacktown Road, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia. shaunkhanna@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6741-1096
Kartheek GarikapatiDepartment of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, 18 Blacktown Road, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
Daniel S L GohDepartment of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, 18 Blacktown Road, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
Kenneth ChoDepartment of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, 18 Blacktown Road, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
Phillip LoDepartment of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, 18 Blacktown Road, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
Mohan V BhojarajaDepartment of Medicine, KMC, Manipal, Karnartaka, 576104, India.
Surjit TarafdarDepartment of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, 18 Blacktown Road, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac vasculitis is recognized as a heterogeneous disease process with a wide spectrum of manifestations including pericarditis, myocarditis, valvular heart disease and less frequently, coronary artery vasculitis (CAV). CAV encompasses an emerging field of diseases which differ from conventional atherosclerotic disease and have a proclivity for the younger population groups. CAV portends multiple complications including the development of coronary artery aneurysms, coronary stenotic lesions, and thrombosis, all which may result in acute coronary syndromes. There are several aetiologies for CAV; with Kawasaki's disease, Takayasu's arteritis, Polyarteritis Nodosa, and Giant-Cell Arteritis more frequently described clinically, and in literature. There is a growing role for multi-modality imaging in assisting the diagnostic process; including transthoracic echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography coronary angiography, fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography and conventional coronary angiogram with intravascular ultrasound. Whilst the treatment paradigms fundamentally vary between different aetiologies, there are overlaps with pharmacological regimes in immunosuppressive agents and anti-platelet therapies. Interventional and surgical management are is a consideration in select populations groups, within a multi-disciplinary context. Further large-scale studies are required to better appropriately outline management protocols in this niche population.

Indexed as

Coronary Artery DiseaseGiant Cell ArteritisMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromePolyarteritis NodosaTakayasu ArteritisCardiac Imaging TechniquesHumansMultimodal ImagingPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisCoronary artery vasculitisGiant cell arteritisKawasaki’s diseasePolyarteritis nodosaTakayasu’s arteritis

Identifiers

PMID33407141
PMCPMC7788693
OpenAlexW3118461792

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