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ReviewTurk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi2024

The cardiovascular scamdemic: The epidemic spread of cardiovascular treatment scams and misinformation.

Ufuk Demirkılıç, Burcu Tosun

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Review in Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

2 authors.

Ufuk DemirkılıçDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acıbadem Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-5492-5867
Burcu TosunDepartment of Business, Atılım University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-8030-7066

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, some cardiovascular surgeons have been increasingly using social media for marketing, often employing misleading terminology. This trend, which we termed the "cardiovascular scamdemic," involves the widespread dissemination of deceptive advertisements for cardiovascular treatments, resembling an epidemic. Exposure to such misinformation not only endangers patients, who naturally rely on information from professional sources, but also erodes public trust in medical ethics and scientific integrity. Additionally, it contributes to treatment refusal and adverse health outcomes. The lack of comprehensive global regulations addressing these issues highlights the urgent need for more effective enforcement measures.

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Disinformationmedical ethicssocial media

Identifiers

PMID39651051
PMCPMC11620529

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