ArticleJACC. Case reports2025
Vacuum-Assisted Aspiration of Intracardiac Masses as a Bridge or Alternative to Surgery.
Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Study of Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration and a Surgical Approach.Infectious disease reports · 2026Article
- Debulking of the Mitral Valve: The Transseptal Approach.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundInfective endocarditis may lead to embolic events and valve destruction by the formation of vegetation on valvular tissue. The conventional course of therapy for infective endocarditis often involves the use of both antimicrobial medications and/or surgical intervention. However, managing large valvular vegetations may be challenging because of the potential risk associated with urgent surgery, particularly in patients with comorbid illnesses. Mechanical and vacuum-assisted aspiration devices have been used with limited experience in both diagnosing and treating selected patients by effectively removing or reducing the vegetation size. CASE SUMMARY: We report a case series of 6 patients with either right-sided or left-sided infective endocarditis who were treated successfully with vacuum-assisted aspiration catheter. DISCUSSION: Our case series highlights the use of the AngioVac system (AngioDynamics) as a potential novel treatment approach in managing high-risk patients with infective endocarditis. We demonstrate the techniques used for effective vegetation extraction using the AngioVac.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.