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ArticleCureus2022

Right Ventricular Thrombus Masquerading as a Tumor.

Supraja Achuthanandan, Chad L Harris, Arafat A Farooqui, Gerald Hollander

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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 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Supraja AchuthanandanInternal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Chad L HarrisInternal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Arafat A FarooquiInternal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Gerald HollanderCardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Maimonides Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac tumors are an uncommon phenomenon. Although they can be cardiac in origin, most represent a distant neoplastic growth metastasizing to the heart. Cardiac tumors can be benign or malignant. They may be symptomatic or, more commonly, found incidentally. Clinical presentation is typically related to that of dispersed neoplasm. We report a case of a 36-year-old young man with an unusually large and smooth-surfaced right ventricular mass. The patient presented to the emergency department with exertional dyspnea for two weeks. Past medical history was significant for deep venous thrombosis with non-adherence to anti-coagulation. Computerized tomographic (CT) angiography showed bilateral pulmonary emboli and a hypodense opacity in the right ventricle. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a right ventricular non-mobile mass. The patient underwent surgical removal of the mass, which pathology demonstrated to be a thrombus. Cardiac masses can be difficult to differentiate based on imaging alone. Physicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for intracardiac thrombi as early identification and prompt treatment are imperative in improving patient outcomes.

Indexed as

benign cardiac tumorcardiac masscardiac myxomacardiac thrombuscardiac tumor in adultspulmonary embolism (pe)right ventriclethrombusventricular massventricular thrombus

Identifiers

PMID35720779
PMCPMC9203128
OpenAlexW4283029511

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