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ArticleEuropean heart journal2026

Balloon pericardiotomy for malignant pericardial effusion: the PMAP trial.

Bryan Ping-Yen Yan, Kevin Ka-Ho Kam, Angel Lai, Canice Lok-Hang Ng, Ngai-Yin Chan, Lap-Shing Chan, Chi-Wing Wong, Ping-Wa Yam, Wai-Kin Chi, Stephen Lam Chan and 5 more

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Article in European heart journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Bryan Ping-Yen YanDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutic, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0430-5752
Kevin Ka-Ho KamDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territory, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Angel LaiDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutic, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5262-661X
Canice Lok-Hang NgDepartment of Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Ngai-Yin ChanDepartment of Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Lap-Shing ChanDepartment of Medicine, Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Chi-Wing WongDepartment of Medicine, Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Ping-Wa YamDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Wai-Kin ChiDepartment of Medicine, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Stephen Lam ChanDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Randolph Hung Leung WongDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Eugene Brian WuDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territory, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Joseph Yat-Sun ChanDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territory, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Alex Pui-Wai LeeDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutic, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Guang-Ming TanDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutic, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6828-6269

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Balloon pericardiotomyMalignant pericardial effusionPericardiocentesis

Identifiers

PMID40737211
PMCPMC13017577

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