Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39007960›Full record

ReviewInnere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany)2024

[Atrial fibrillation and heart failure].

Leonard Bergau

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany), 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
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

1 author.

Leonard BergauAbteilung für Kardiologie und Pneumologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland. leonard.bergau@med.uni-goettingen.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation and heart failure are among the most common cardiovascular diseases and have a significant impact on the mortality and morbidity of affected patients. From a pathophysiological perspective, the two diseases are closely related and often perpetuate each other. Therefore, effective management of atrial fibrillation is now a central component of modern heart failure treatment. Based on current data, sinus rhythm should primarily be permanently maintained in patients with systolic heart failure. Catheter ablation has recently proven to be advantageous over purely pharmacological therapy and is therefore the treatment of choice for many patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. In patients with diastolic heart failure (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [HFpEF]), the effect of catheter ablation is less clear. Data from randomized studies are urgently needed in order to further assess efficacy in this population.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationHeart FailureAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsHumansAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsCatheter ablationFrequency controlHeart failure, preserved ejection fractionHeart failure, reduced ejection fractionRhythm control

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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.