Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36826698›Full record

ArticleEuropean radiology experimental2023

The predictive role of right ventricular late gadolinium enhancement in patients with tetralogy of Fallot undergoing pulmonary valve replacement.

Caterina Beatrice Monti, Moreno Zanardo, Davide Capra, Giulia Lastella, Gianluca Guarnieri, Emilia Giambersio, Giulia Pasqualin, Francesco Sardanelli, Francesco Secchi

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in European radiology experimental, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Caterina Beatrice MontiPostgraduation School in Radiodiagnostics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milano, Italy.
Moreno ZanardoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133, Milano, Italy.
Davide CapraPostgraduation School in Radiodiagnostics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milano, Italy. davide.capra@unimi.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7978-4730
Giulia LastellaUnit of Radiology, ASST Nord Milano, Viale Matteotti 83, 20099, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
Gianluca GuarnieriPostgraduation School in Cardiology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milano, Italy.
Emilia GiambersioPostgraduation School in Radiodiagnostics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milano, Italy.
Giulia PasqualinPediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Centre, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
Francesco SardanelliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133, Milano, Italy.
Francesco SecchiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133, Milano, Italy.
University of Milan · ITIRCCS Policlinico San Donato · ITMilano Metropoli Development Agency · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOur purpose was to evaluate the correlations between right ventricular (RV) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) scheduled for pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) and post-PVR functional data.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed ToF patients scheduled for PVR who underwent two CMR examinations at our institution, one before the procedure (CMR-0), including contrast-enhanced sequences, and one after the procedure (CMR-1). Functional left and RV data were obtained by segmenting short-axis stacks on both CMR examinations, and normalised variations were calculated by dividing differences between CMR-1 and CMR-0 by the intercurring time interval, whereas the RV scar burden was assessed on CMR-0 LGE sequences both semiquantitatively and quantitatively. Data were reported as median and interquartile range, differences were appraised with the Mann-Whitney U test, while correlations were assessed with Spearman's ρ.

resultsFifteen patients with a median age of 25 years (16-29), including 9 (60%) males, with a median time interval between CMR-0 and CMR-1 of 17 months (12-23), were retrospectively reviewed. The semiquantitative LGE score at CMR-0 was 7 (6-9), and LGE volume was 4.49 mL (3.70-5.78), covering 5.63% (4.92-7.00) of the RV. RV LGE score showed a moderate positive correlation with the normalised variation of RV stroke volume (ρ = 0.662, p = 0.007) and a borderline moderate positive correlation with the normalised variation of RV end-diastolic indexed volume (ρ = 0.513, p = 0.050).

conclusionsThe assessment of RV LGE before PVR may provide insights on post-PVR functional data, potentially facilitating a patient-tailored treatment pathway.

Indexed as

Pulmonary ValveTetralogy of FallotAdolescentAdultContrast MediaFemaleGadoliniumHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultContrast MediaGadoliniumGadoliniumHeart ventriclesMagnetic resonance imagingPulmonary valveTetralogy of Fallot

Identifiers

PMID36826698
PMCPMC9958209
OpenAlexW4321748332

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.