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ReviewAmerican heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice2023

Echocardiographic evaluation of the right atrial size and function: Relevance for clinical practice.

Zhen-Yun Sun, Qiao Li, Jun Li, Ming-Wei Zhang, Ling Zhu, Jing Geng

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Review in American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Atrial Right-to-Left Shunting After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair Is Associated With Improved Atrial Function and Shorter Hospital Length of Stay: An Echocardiographic Cohort Study.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhen-Yun SunDepartment of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China.
Qiao LiShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China.
Jun LiDepartment of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China.
Ming-Wei ZhangShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China.
Ling ZhuShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China.
Jing GengShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China.
Shandong First Medical University · CNShandong Provincial Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Right atrial (RA) structural and functional evaluations have recently emerged as powerful biomarkers for adverse events in various cardiovascular conditions. Quantitative analysis of the right atrium, usually performed with volume changes or speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE), has markedly changed our understanding of RA function and remodeling. Knowledge of reference echocardiographic values and measurement methods of RA volumes and myocardial function is a prerequisite to introduce RA quantitation in the clinical routine. This review describes the methodology, benefits and pitfalls of measuring RA size and function by echocardiography based on the current understanding of right atrial anatomy and physiological function and provides the current knowledge of right atrial function in related cardiac diseases.

Indexed as

Noninvasive RA pressurePhasic functionRight atriumSpeckle-tracking echocardiographyThree-dimensional echocardiographyTissue Doppler echocardiographyTwo-dimensional echocardiography

Identifiers

PMID38511096
PMCPMC10945901
OpenAlexW4320912409

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