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ReviewHeart failure reviews2022

The role of non-invasive imaging modalities in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: an updated focus on current evidences.

C Sciaccaluga, N Ghionzoli, G E Mandoli, N Sisti, F D'Ascenzi, M Focardi, S Bernazzali, G Vergaro, M Emdin, S Valente and 1 more

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C SciaccalugaDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. carlotta.sciaccaluga@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1965-1773
N GhionzoliDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
G E MandoliDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
N SistiDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
F D'AscenziDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
M FocardiDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
S BernazzaliDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy.
G VergaroInstitute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
M EmdinInstitute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
S ValenteDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
M CameliDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
University of Siena · ITScuola Superiore Sant'Anna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is an obliterative and diffuse form of vasculopathy affecting almost 50% of patients after 10 years from heart transplant and represents the most common cause of long-term cardiovascular mortality among heart transplant recipients. The gold standard diagnostic technique is still invasive coronary angiography, which however holds potential for complications, especially contrast-related kidney injury and procedure-related vascular lesions. Non-invasive and contrast-sparing imaging techniques have been advocated and investigated over the past decades, in order to identify those that could replace coronary angiography or at least reach comparable accuracy in CAV detection. In addition, they could help the clinician in defining optimal timing for invasive testing. This review attempts to examine the currently available non-invasive imaging techniques that may be used in the follow-up of heart transplant patients, spanning from echocardiography to nuclear imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac computed tomography angiography, weighting their advantages and disadvantages.

Indexed as

Coronary Artery DiseaseHeart TransplantationAllograftsCoronary AngiographyHumansTomography, X-Ray ComputedCAVCCTACMREchocardiographyHeart transplantSPECT

Identifiers

PMID34383194
PMCPMC9197817
OpenAlexW3190228745

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