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ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2020

Carotid artery stenosis and inflammatory biomarkers: the role of inflammation-induced immunological responses affecting the vascular systems.

Tissa Wijeratne, Rohit Menon, Carmela Sales, Leila Karimi, Sheila Crewther

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Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Tissa WijeratneDepartment of Neurology, AIMSS, WHCRE level three, Sunshine Hospital and Melbourne Medical School, St Albans, Victoria, Australia.
Rohit MenonDepartment of Neurology and Stroke Service, Western Health, AIMSS, level 3, WHCRE, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, Victoria, Australia.
Carmela SalesDepartment of Neurology and Stroke Service, Western Health, AIMSS, level 3, WHCRE, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, Victoria, Australia.
Leila KarimiSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Sheila CrewtherSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science · AULa Trobe University · AURajarata University of Sri Lanka · LKTbilisi State University · GEWestern Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The death, disability and economic cost of stroke are enormous. Indeed, among the 16 million people worldwide who suffer a stroke' annually, nearly six million die, and another five million are left permanently disabled making prevention of stroke one of the most important priorities in healthcare. Currently carotid artery stenosis (CS) or narrowing of the common carotid artery (CCA) or internal carotid artery (ICA) due to atherosclerotic plaque, accounts for 20-30% of all ischemic strokes. Atherosclerosis is now regarded as a chronic inflammatory disease in response to vascular compromise especially from hypertension. This has long been known to lead to inflammation and atherosclerotic plaque formation in the blood vessels. This mini-review aims to highlight the role of inflammation and neuro-immunological processes in carotid artery disease. Various cellular elements of inflammation and advanced imaging techniques have been identified as potential markers of plaque progression. Therapies related to decreasing and modulating immune-responsive inflammation in the carotid vessels have been shown to translate into decreased occurrence of acute neurologic events and improvement of clinical outcomes.

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atherosclerosisbiomarkersCarotid artery stenosis (CS)hypertensioninflammationStrokestroke prevention

Identifiers

PMID33178808
PMCPMC7607082
OpenAlexW3083510416

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