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ReviewJournal of stroke2022

Transcatheter Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in Stroke Patients with Thrombophilia: Current Status and Future Perspectives.

Julio I Farjat-Pasos, Jorge Nuche, Jules Mesnier, Vassili Panagides, Stephanie Cloutier, Christine Houde, Josep Rodés-Cabau

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of stroke, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julio I Farjat-PasosQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Jorge NucheQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Jules MesnierQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Vassili PanagidesQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Stephanie CloutierQuebec University Hospital Center (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec), Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Christine HoudeQuebec University Hospital Center (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec), Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Josep Rodés-CabauQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Université Laval · CACentre hospitalier universitaire de Québec · CA

Funding

Abbott Vascular Canada
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is a safe and effective treatment for secondary prevention after a PFO-associated stroke as demonstrated in multiple large randomized clinical trials. However, these trials excluded a significant proportion of patients who could have benefited from percutaneous PFO closure due to coexisting potential confounders such as additional thromboembolic risk factors, namely thrombophilia. Since scarce and conflicting data existed on such patients, current clinical management guidelines on patients with PFO mainly recommended against PFO closure in patients with thrombophilia and failed to provide any recommendation on the type and duration of antithrombotic treatment after transcatheter PFO closure. In the past 2 years, there has been new evidence supporting transcatheter PFO closure as a clinically meaningful alternative (vs. medical treatment) in this high-risk group of patients, along with additional data supporting the important role of systematic screening for thrombophilia in PFO-associated cerebrovascular events. This review article provides an updated overview of the incidence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of PFO closure in patients with thrombophilia, also commenting on the most appropriate medical treatment after PFO closure and future perspectives in the field.

Indexed as

Foramen ovale, patentIschemic strokeThrombophilia

Identifiers

PMID36221936
PMCPMC9561223
OpenAlexW4298110292

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