Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38344528›Full record

ArticleCureus2024

A Rare Case of Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis With Negative Biopsy: Diagnosis by Clinical Criteria.

Tiffany Le, John Dayco, Karthik Ramaseshan, Mariam Zunnu Rain, Luis C Afonso

Open access · diamondAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2024. 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, top 99% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tiffany LeInternal Medicine, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.
John DaycoInternal Medicine, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.
Karthik RamaseshanInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
Mariam Zunnu RainInternal Medicine, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.
Luis C AfonsoCardiology, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.
Detroit Medical Center · USWayne State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is a potentially life-threatening condition that can cause sudden, fatal conduction abnormalities, arrhythmias, and heart failure. The diagnosis of CS is challenging due to nonspecific symptoms and an unclear diagnostic criterion. Although biopsy is the gold standard method, the sensitivity of biopsy is low. About a portion of CS cases are detected through imaging. A unique aspect of our case is that our definitive diagnosis was made based on clinical and imaging criteria alone despite a negative biopsy. Our diagnosis was confirmed further on follow-up with improvement in cardiac function on imaging after a treatment course with corticosteroids. This case highlights the need to have a broad differential and more awareness of this rare etiology and the value of clinical criteria to make a definitive diagnosis.

Indexed as

cardiac sarcoidosiscardiologychest painisolated cardiac sarcoidosismyocarditis

Identifiers

PMID38344528
PMCPMC10858628
OpenAlexW4390740629

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.