Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34790793›Full record

ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2021

Using a non-invasive multi-sensor device to evaluate left atrial pressure: an estimated filling pressure derived from ballistocardiography.

Li Zhang, Peiwei Cai, Yinlong Deng, Jiumin Lin, Muli Wu, Zhongbo Xiao, Zhengpei Chu, Qingfeng Shi, Fei Ye, Junhao Hu and 4 more

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Li ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Peiwei CaiUltrasound Division, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yinlong DengDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Jiumin LinDepartment of Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Muli WuDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Zhongbo XiaoDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Zhengpei ChuDARMA Lab, Shenzhen, China.
Qingfeng ShiDARMA Lab, Shenzhen, China.
Fei YeDARMA Lab, Shenzhen, China.
Junhao HuDARMA Lab, Shenzhen, China.
Chao YangDARMA Lab, Shenzhen, China.
Pengyang LiDepartment of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, USA.
Shaochun ZhuangCardiostory Inc., Lewes, DE, USA.
Bin WangDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Shantou University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College · CNSaint Vincent Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHeart failure is a global health problem, and elevated left atrial pressure (LAP) is a precursor to identifying decompensated heart failure. At present, out-of-hospital monitoring of patients with heart failure is mostly based on the patient's symptoms and signs, and the use of non-invasive technology is scarce. In this study, a non-invasive ballistocardiography (BCG) device was used to collect thoracic vibration signals generated by heartbeat. We collected these signals from more than 1,000 adults, including those with different heart diseases, and used a sensor system and a composite index related to LAP recognition named the LAP-index, to analyze them. This study aimed to verify the reliability and accuracy of the LAP-index in identifying elevated LAP within heart failure patients.

methodsWe prospectively included 158 patients with various extent of diastolic function, some of whom had various underlying diseases, and collected BCG and echocardiographic data using a cross-section methodology. The BCG signal was recorded from multiple optical fiber vibration sensors placed on the back of each patient. We adopted the 2016 ASE/EACVI echocardiography guideline as the standard for determining LAP level from echocardiography parameters. To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of the LAP-index, we drew a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and calculated the area under the ROC curve (AUC).

resultsThe LAP-index of the 158 patients ranged from 6 to 32. Of them, 39 were diagnosed as high LAP by echocardiography, and 119 cases had normal or slightly elevated LAP. Comparison of the LAP-index results and echocardiographic results revealed the ROC c-statistic of the LAP-index for identifying high LAP was 0.86 (95% CI: 0.79-0.93; P<0.0001). When the LAP-index was at the best cut-off value of 15.5, the positive agreement rate between it and echocardiography LAP was 0.85, the negative agreement rate was 0.80, and the overall agreement rate was 0.81.

conclusionsThe sensor system and the LAP-index, a composite index derived from BCG, have high reliability and accuracy in identifying elevated LAP, which provides a novel possibility for the non-invasive detection of hemodynamic congestion in heart failure patients.

Indexed as

atrial pressureBallistocardiography (BCG)heart failure

Identifiers

PMID34790793
PMCPMC8576694
OpenAlexW3209472834

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.