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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2021

Association Between Black Race, Clinical Severity, and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Amanda R Phillips, Katherine M Reitz, Sara Myers, Floyd Thoma, Elizabeth A Andraska, Antalya Jano, Natalie Sridharan, Roy E Smith, Suresh R Mulukutla, Rabih Chaer

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Prognostic Value of Right Ventricular Echocardiography on Mortality in Intermediate-Risk Hispanic Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2025
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  8. External Validation of Eight Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Mortality Prediction Models Demonstrates Limited Predictive Accuracy.European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery · 2025
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  15. Racial and gender disparities in the management of acute pulmonary embolism.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2024
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  16. Addressing the rising trend of high-risk pulmonary embolism mortality: Clinical and research priorities.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2024
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  20. Disposition of emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism after ambulance arrival.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanda R PhillipsDivision of Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.ORCID 0000-0002-2422-1524
Katherine M ReitzDivision of Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.ORCID 0000-0002-9397-321X
Sara MyersDepartment of Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
Floyd ThomaDivision of Cardiology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
Elizabeth A AndraskaDivision of Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
Antalya JanoSchool of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
Natalie SridharanDivision of Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
Roy E SmithSchool of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
Suresh R MulukutlaDivision of Cardiology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.ORCID 0000-0001-5060-429X
Rabih ChaerDivision of Vascular Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Vascular Surgery Research Training (VascTrain) ProgramT32HL098036 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Edith Tzeng · 2010 to 2026
$7.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL098036NIA NIH HHS L30 AG064730
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Existing evidence indicates Black patients have higher incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and PE-related mortality compared with other races/ethnicities, yet disparities in presenting severity and treatment remain incompletely understood. Methods and Results We retrospectively queried a multihospital healthcare system for all hospitalizations for acute PE (2012-2019). Of 10 329 hospitalizations, 8743 met inclusion criteria. Black patients (14.3%) were significantly younger (54.6±17.8 versus 63.1±16.6 years;

Indexed as

Black PeopleHealthcare DisparitiesPulmonary EmbolismAcute DiseaseAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studieshealthcare disparitiesoutcomespulmonary embolismracial disparitiesvenous thromboembolism

Identifiers

PMID34431356
PMCPMC8649302
OpenAlexW3195762479

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