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ReviewJACC. Advances2024

Global Health Inequities in Electrophysiology Care: A State-of-the-Art Review.

Keva Garg, Danish Iltaf Satti, Ritu Yadav, Jeffrey Brumfield, Constatine O Akwanalo, Olurotimi O Mesubi, Lisa A Cooper, Mervat A Nabih, Felix Sogade, Gerald S Bloomfield and 2 more

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Review in JACC. Advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Keva GargDivision of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Danish Iltaf SattiDivision of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Ritu YadavMidwestern University GME Consortium/Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood, Arizona, USA.
Jeffrey BrumfieldDivision of Cardiology, HCA Florida Largo Hospital, Largo, Florida, USA.
Constatine O AkwanaloDepartment of Cardiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Duke Global Health Institute, Eldoret, Kenya.
Olurotimi O MesubiDivision of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Lisa A CooperDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Mervat A NabihFaculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Felix SogadeGeorgia Arrhythmia Consultants and Research Institute, Macon, Georgia, USA.
Gerald S BloomfieldDepartment of Medicine, Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Larry R JacksonDepartment of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
David SpraggDivision of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This state-of-the-art review examines disparities in the diagnosis, management, and outcomes of cardiac arrhythmias globally. These arrhythmias include atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachyarrhythmias underlying sudden cardiac death, and bradyarrhythmias associated with sinus node and atrioventricular node disease. Arrhythmias in low- and middle-income countries often result in higher mortality rates due to complex and poorly documented risk factors, lack of clinical expertise among health care personnel, lack of sufficient infrastructure, and challenges in access to care. Innovative approaches like repurposing pacemakers, mobile clinics, use of digital technology, and training initiatives are being explored to address these issues. This article highlights the importance of diagnosis of arrhythmias in varying resource settings, access to care in those settings, and ongoing efforts to expand access to care.

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access to careatrial fibrillationbradyarrhythmiasdefibrillatorsdevice reuseelectrophysiologyglobal healthhealthcare disparitiespacemakerssudden cardiac death

Identifiers

PMID39817061
PMCPMC11733987

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