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ArticleCureus2022

A Myasthenic Crisis Complicated by a Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.

Amit Ramrattan, Iovank Gonzalez, Harun Abdullah, Kevin Maraj, Mariana Browne

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Myasthenic crisis-induced Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amit RamrattanInternal Medicine, Port of Spain General Hospital, Port of Spain, TTO.
Iovank GonzalezInternal Medicine/Cardiology, Port of Spain General Hospital, Port of Spain, TTO.
Harun AbdullahInternal Medicine, Port of Spain General Hospital, Port of Spain, TTO.
Kevin MarajInternal Medicine, Port of Spain General Hospital, Port of Spain, TTO.
Mariana BrowneIntegrative Medicine, Port of Spain General Hospital, Port of Spain, TTO.
Port of Spain General Hospital · TT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction that affects skeletal muscles causing weakness, typically the ocular, facial, oropharyngeal, respiratory, and limb muscles. Patients can present as either an MG exacerbation with weakness of any muscle group or an MG crisis which is a life-threatening weakness of the respiratory muscles that usually requires intubation and mechanical ventilation; however, though rare, cardiac manifestations must be considered in the management of such patients.

Indexed as

echo cardiogrammyasthenia gravis (mg)myasthenic crisisstress-related cardiomyopathytakotsubo cardioyopathy

Identifiers

PMID35036232
PMCPMC8752402
OpenAlexW4206592630

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