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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2023

Arrhythmias in Patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Comprehensive Review on Clinical Management and Devices.

Alexandros Briasoulis, Christos Kourek, Adamantia Papamichail, Konstantinos Loritis, Dimitrios Bampatsias, Evangelos Repasos, Andrew Xanthopoulos, Elias Tsougos, Ioannis Paraskevaidis

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Predictors of Amyloidosis.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026
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  7. The Arrhythmic Burden of Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Comprehensive Review.Heart views : the official journal of the Gulf Heart Association · 2026
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  9. Cardiac Amyloidosis: Tribulations and New Frontiers.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025
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  11. The mystery of the missing P waves: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025
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  16. Current Perspectives on Atrial Amyloidosis: A Narrative Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexandros BriasoulisMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5740-9670
Christos KourekMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4348-2153
Adamantia PapamichailMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos LoritisMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios BampatsiasMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Evangelos RepasosMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Andrew XanthopoulosDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Larissa, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9439-3946
Elias TsougosDepartment of Cardiology, Hygeia Hospital, 15123 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis ParaskevaidisMedical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHygeia Hospital · GRUniversity Hospital of Larissa · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease in which misfolded proteins accumulate in the cardiac wall tissue. Heart rhythm disorders in CA, including supraventricular arrhythmias, conduction system disturbances, or ventricular arrhythmias, play a major role in CA morbidity and mortality, and thus require supplementary management. Among them, AF is the most frequent arrhythmia during CA hospitalizations and is associated with significantly higher mortality, while ventricular arrhythmias are also common and are usually associated with poor prognosis. Early diagnosis of potential arrythmias could be performed through ECG, Holter monitoring, and/or electrophysiology study. Clinical management of these patients is quite significant, and it usually includes initiation of amiodarone and/or digoxin in patients with AF, potential electrical cardioversion, or ablation in specific patients with indication, as well as initiation of anticoagulants in all patients, independent of AF and CHADS-VASc score, for potential intracardiac thrombus. Moreover, identification of patients with conduction disorders that could benefit from prophylactic pacemaker implantation and/or CRT as well as identification of patients with life-threatening ventricular arrythmias that could benefit from ICD could both increase the survival rates of these patients and improve their quality of life.

Indexed as

arrhythmiasatrial fibrillationcardiac amyloidosisclinical managementdevicesventricular arrhythmias

Identifiers

PMID37623350
PMCPMC10455774
OpenAlexW4385606514

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