Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36382160›Full record

ReviewGlobal heart2022

Targeting Inflammation in the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Akira Matsumori

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Review in Global heart, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Beyond the beats: a systematic review of the underlying inflammatory pathways between atrial fibrillation and cognitive decline.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akira MatsumoriClinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, 1-1 Fukakusa Mukaihata-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9721-4659
Kyoto Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation plays an important role in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are the key risk factors of CVDs and induce inflammation in the heart and vessels. Unhealthy diet, infection, and smoking coupled with genetic factors lead to the development of CVDs as well as induce inflammation. Risk factors of CVDs such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia along with diabetes activate nuclear factor kappa B, which regulates the transcription of immunoglobulin free light chain (FLC) κ in B cells and the production of multiple inflammatory molecules, leading to inflammation. FLCs are novel biomarkers of inflammation, and their levels have been associated with overall mortality in a general population and with cardiovascular outcomes. In this review, the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of CVDs, new biomarkers of inflammation, and dietary options counterbalancing inflammatory processes, such as the polyphenol-rich French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol, are discussed.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes MellitusHypertensionBiomarkersHumansInflammationBiomarkersbiomarkerscardiovascular diseasesimmunoglobulin light chainsinflammationnuclear factor kappa BPycnogenol

Identifiers

PMID36382160
PMCPMC9635324
OpenAlexW4309368627

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Registered trials

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