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Cardiovascular Toxicity Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Interpreting the Discrepancy Between Clinical Trials and Real-World Data.

Amalia Papanikolopoulou, Helena Michalopoulou, Konstantinos G Kyriakoulis, Polyxeni Alexiou, Nikolaos Syrigos, John Vathiotis, Costas Thomopoulos, Andriani Charpidou

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Amalia PapanikolopoulouThird Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Helena MichalopoulouDepartment of Oncology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Konstantinos G KyriakoulisThird Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Polyxeni AlexiouThird Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Nikolaos SyrigosThird Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
John VathiotisThird Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Costas ThomopoulosDepartment of Cardiology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Andriani CharpidouThird Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-world data on cardiovascular immune-related adverse events (CV-irAEs) in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) present findings that differ from those reported in meta-analyses of clinical trials. This study aims to estimate the incidence of CV-irAEs from observational studies among patients undergoing ICI therapy for various malignancies and investigate the discrepancy between the results of meta-analyses and observational studies. A systematic literature review and meta-analysis were conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The PubMed database was searched for observational studies that included cancer patients treated with ICIs. Α single-arm meta-analysis using the

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cancercardiovascular toxicityimmune checkpoint inhibitorsmyocarditisobservational studies

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PMID40741581
PMCPMC12310155

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