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ReviewAmerican journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions2025

Appraisal of β-Blocker Use in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Ruicong Xue, Chen Liu, Qian Yu, Yugang Dong, Jingjing Zhao

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Review in American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. The Disproportionate Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Mild-to-Moderate COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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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

5 authors.

Ruicong XueDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chen LiuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Qian YuMerck Serono Co., Ltd, Beijing, China.
Yugang DongDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jingjing ZhaoDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. zhao833@163.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-blockers are a fundamental component of cardiovascular disease (CVD) management, while β

Indexed as

Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsCardiovascular DiseasesPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicAdrenergic beta-Antagonists

Identifiers

PMID40252175
PMCPMC12378896

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