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ArticleHeartRhythm case reports2021

A case of successful radiofrequency ablation of an epicardial conduction breakthrough site probably via the septopulmonary bundle.

Yasuhiro Yokoyama, Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoko Takahashi, Hiroki Arase, Kozue Ogasawara, Akiyoshi Kakutani

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Article in HeartRhythm case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Epicardial muscle bundles in persistent atrial fibrillation: from overlooked bystanders to arrhythmogenic modulators.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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  4. How to ablate the septo-pulmonary bundle: a case-based review of percutaneous ablation strategies to achieve roof line block.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 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

6 authors.

Yasuhiro YokoyamaDepartment of Cardiology, Yoshinogawa Medical Center, Yoshinogawa, Japan.
Takashi YamamotoDepartment of Cardiology, Yoshinogawa Medical Center, Yoshinogawa, Japan.
Tomoko TakahashiDepartment of Cardiology, Yoshinogawa Medical Center, Yoshinogawa, Japan.
Hiroki AraseDepartment of Cardiology, Yoshinogawa Medical Center, Yoshinogawa, Japan.
Kozue OgasawaraDepartment of Cardiology, Yoshinogawa Medical Center, Yoshinogawa, Japan.
Akiyoshi KakutaniDepartment of Cardiology, Yoshinogawa Medical Center, Yoshinogawa, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Atrial fibrillationCatheter ablationEpicardial conductionLine ablationSeptopulmonary bundle

Identifiers

PMID34987968
PMCPMC8695278

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