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ArticleThe British journal of cardiology2022

Evolution of a circulatory support system with full implantability: personal perspectives on a long journey.

Stephen Westaby

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Article in The British journal of cardiology, 2022. 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
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 65% 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, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Left ventricular assist devices: yesterday, today, and tomorrow.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen WestabyProfessor of Cardiac Surgery Woodstock, Oxford.
San Diego Cardiac Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implantable mechanical circulatory support systems have evolved dramatically over the last 50 years. The objective has been to replace or support the failing left ventricle with a device that pumps six litres of blood each minute, a massive 8,640 litres per day. Noisy cumbersome pulsatile devices have been replaced by smaller silent rotary blood pumps that are much more patient friendly. Nonetheless, the tethering to external components, together with the risks of power line infection, pump thrombosis and stroke, must be addressed before widespread acceptance. Infection predisposes to thromboembolism, so elimination of the percutaneous electric cable has the capacity to transform outcomes, reduce costs and improve quality of life. Developed in the UK, the Calon miniVAD is powered by an innovative coplanar energy transfer system. As such, we consider it can achieve those ambitious objectives.

Indexed as

heart failureinfectionmechanical circulatory supportpower deliverythromboembolismtransplant

Identifiers

PMID36873719
PMCPMC9982659
OpenAlexW4285149280

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Registered trials

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