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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2020

Wentzel Bruce Dowling, Johan Koen

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Infective Endocarditis Due toMicroorganisms · 2024
    Review
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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wentzel Bruce DowlingDivision of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, 1 Francie van Zijl Drive, Cape Town 7500, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7032-5853
Johan KoenDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hospital, 1 Francie van Zijl Drive, Cape Town 7500, South Africa.
National Health Laboratory Service · ZAStellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Modified Duke criteria is an important structured schematic for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). CASE SUMMARY: A 50-year-old male presented with left leg peripheral vascular disease with septic changes requiring amputation. Routine echocardiography post-amputation demonstrated severe aortic valve regurgitation with vegetations that required valve replacement. Two initial blood cultures from a single venepuncture showed DISCUSSION: This is the first

Indexed as

Case reportCorynebacterium jeikeiumInfective endocarditisModified Duke

Identifiers

PMID33447720
PMCPMC7793231
OpenAlexW3097210970

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.