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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2021

Effect of Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Combination With Catheter Ablation on Left Atrial Function for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.

Jing Yang, Yue Liu, Liang Feng, Mingqing Liu, Ling You, Yu Liu, Jinglan Wu, Guangming Zhang, Xue Geng, Ruiqin Xie

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Efficacy and safety of concomitant catheter ablation and left atrial appendage closure compared to catheter ablation only - a meta-analysis.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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  7. Effect of electrical posterior wall isolation on left atrial mechanical function.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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  14. Effects of different interventions on prognosis and quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2023
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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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing YangDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Yue LiuDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Liang FengDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Mingqing LiuDepartment of Medicine, Cangzhou Medical College, Cangzhou, China.
Ling YouDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Yu LiuDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Jinglan WuDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Guangming ZhangDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Xue GengDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Ruiqin XieDivision of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University · CNHebei Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

catheter ablationleft atrial appendage closureleft atrial functionleft atrial volumesspeckle tracking echocardiography

Identifiers

PMID33996950
PMCPMC8119738
OpenAlexW3157105856

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