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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Congestion in Heart Failure: From the Secret of a Mummy to Today's Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches: A Comprehensive Review.

Ioannis Alevroudis, Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Stergios Tzikas, Vassilios Vassilikos

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Assessing volume status in heart failure: The role of renal duplex ultrasound in evaluating cardiorenal morbidity and heart failure mortality.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ioannis AlevroudisThird Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0001-4889-677X
Serafeim-Chrysovalantis KotoulasIntensive Care Medicine Clinic, Ippokratio General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6092-1341
Stergios TzikasThird Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7811-5620
Vassilios VassilikosThird Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review paper presents a review of the evolution of this disease throughout the centuries, describes and summarizes the pathophysiologic mechanisms, briefly discusses the mechanism of action of diuretics, presents their role in decongesting heart failure in patients, and reveals the data behind ultrafiltration in the management of acutely or chronically decompensated heart failure (ADHF), focusing on all the available data and advancements in this field. Acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF) presents a critical clinical condition characterized by worsening symptoms and signs of heart failure, necessitating prompt intervention to alleviate congestion and improve cardiac function. Diuretics have traditionally been the mainstay for managing fluid overload in ADHF. Mounting evidence suggests that due to numerous causes, such as coexisting renal failure or chronic use of loop diuretics, an increasing rate of diuretic resistance is noticed and needs to be addressed. There has been a series of trials that combined diuretics of different categories without the expected results. Emerging evidence suggests that ultrafiltration may offer an alternative or adjunctive approach.

Indexed as

acute decompensated heart failurediuretic resistancefluid overloadloop diureticsmineralocorticoidSGLT2 inhibitorsultrafiltration

Identifiers

PMID38202020
PMCPMC10779505
OpenAlexW4389951040

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