Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38148724›Full record

ArticleMedeniyet medical journal2023

Early Echocardiographic Findings of Pulmonary Hypertension-specific Therapy in Children.

Akif Kavgaci, Fatma Sedef Tunaoglu, Serdar Kula, Ayse Deniz Oguz, Semiha Terlemez, Fatma Incedere

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Medeniyet medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

6 authors.

Akif KavgaciGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7502-765X
Fatma Sedef TunaogluGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0368-5362
Serdar KulaGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0728-1648
Ayse Deniz OguzGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-6654-0910
Semiha TerlemezGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1813-6603
Fatma IncedereGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2558-8181

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Echocardiography is a very useful tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of pulmonary hypertension (PH). This study was planned to investigate whether echocardiographic (ECHO) data of patients with PH are effective in the follow-up and course of treatment. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the data from 26 PH patients was performed. Analyses were performed on the data of the patients, including their demographics and ECHO findings. The ECHO measurements of the patients were labeled as 0 (beginning of the PH specific therapy), 1 (on the 15 Results: The left ventricle ejection fraction (EF) (p=0.05) and fractional shortening (FS) (p=0.038) values in ECHO Conclusions: This study provides information on ECHO parameters that improve during the initial stages of therapy. Based on the results of our study, even at the beginning of treatment, there were increases in right and left ventricular filling, EF, and FS. Clinical deterioration of PH can be detected early/before the clinical status of the patient worsens with detailed examinations using echocardiography.

Indexed as

Echocardiographypediatricspulmonary hypertension

Identifiers

PMID38148724
PMCPMC10759945

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.