Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40547044›Full record

ArticleMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal2025

COVID-19 as Potential Cause of Aortic Valvulitis.

Blair Warren, Aakash Patel, Suman Pasupuleti, Roshni Kotwani

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, 2025. 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

4 authors.

Blair WarrenCreighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8422-9866
Aakash PatelHCA Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, Florida, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0263-8836
Suman PasupuletiHCA Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, Florida, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8797-0874
Roshni KotwaniKiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Clearwater, Florida, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3625-9079

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

About 25% of patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) experience cardiovascular complications, contributing to 40% of related deaths. Here we discuss a 69-year-old male with a history of congestive heart failure and preserved ejection fraction at New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II who presented with new dyspnea, cough, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. He was subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia, and while he initially recovered, he later showed worsening symptoms with progression to NYHA class IV. Follow-up echocardiogram revealed a decline in ejection fraction to 40% and severe aortic insufficiency. He underwent surgical aortic valve replacement, resolving his symptoms. This case highlights COVID-19's potential to cause rapid progression of valvular disease.

Indexed as

Aortic ValveAortic Valve InsufficiencyCOVID-19AgedHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2Treatment Outcomeaortic valvulitiscase reportCOVID-19 cardiovascular complicationdecompensated heart failure

Identifiers

PMID40547044
PMCPMC12180435

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.