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ArticleCurrent cardiology reviews2022

Ablation Therapy for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.

Ikechukwu Ifedili, Kristina Mouksian, David Jones, Ibrahim El Masri, Mark Heckle, John Jefferies, Yehoshua C Levine

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Article in Current cardiology reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ikechukwu IfediliDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Kristina MouksianMethodist le Bonheur Cardiovascular Institute, Memphis, TN, USA.
David JonesMethodist le Bonheur Cardiovascular Institute, Memphis, TN, USA.
Ibrahim El MasriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Mark HeckleDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
John JefferiesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Yehoshua C LevineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USMethodist Le Bonheur Healthcare · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of electrical disturbance of the heart and contributes to significant patient morbidity and mortality. With a better understanding of the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and improvements in mapping and ablation technologies, ablation has become a preferred therapy for patients with symptomatic AF. Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI) is the cornerstone for AF ablation therapy, but particularly in patients with AF occurring for longer than 7 days (persistent AF), identifying clinically significant nonpulmonary vein targets and achieving durability of ablation lesions remains an important challenge.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationCryosurgeryPulmonary VeinsHumansRecurrenceTreatment OutcomeablationAtrial fibrillationcryoballoonleft atriumpulmonary vein isolationradiofrequency

Identifiers

PMID34325644
PMCPMC9413731
OpenAlexW3183342399

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