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ArticleJournal of geriatric cardiology : JGC2021

Atrial fibrillation in patients with systolic heart failure: pathophysiology mechanisms and management.

Ioanna Koniari, Eleni Artopoulou, Dimitrios Velissaris, Nicholas Kounis, Grigorios Tsigkas

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Article in Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association Between TNF-Alpha Levels and Atrial Fibrillation Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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  2. KPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Prevention of New-Onset Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Pharmacological Management.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Ioanna KoniariManchester Heart Institute, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Eleni ArtopoulouDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Dimitrios VelissarisDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Nicholas KounisDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Grigorios TsigkasDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
General University Hospital of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) demonstrate a constantly increasing prevalence during the 21

Identifiers

PMID34149826
PMCPMC8185445
OpenAlexW3177133406

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