Submited on: 02 Dec 2011 07:44:26 PM GMT
Published on: 03 Dec 2011 08:06:25 PM GMT
 
Death Due to Coronary Insufficiency
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 11 Feb 2014 02:54:16 PM GMT Reviewed by Interested Peers

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The aim of the author in this article is to present a case of sudden death due to coronary insufficiency.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes- this would be a great seminar in a hospital.


  • Other Comments:

    The author states that sudden death is often the first and only symptom of an advanced occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis.  The case report presents the case of a 50 year old male.  The results of the autopsy are also presnted and are very relevant.

    In the discussion section, the author states that sudden death may be caused by stenosis of ostia of the coronary arteries.  This is a result of syphilitic inflammation of the aorta.  The thickening of the aorta is usually concentric.

     

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:

    No

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.Death Due to Coronary Insufficiency[Review of the article 'Sudden Natural Death due to Coronary Insufficiency - A Case Report ' by Kausar A].WebmedCentral 2011;5(2):WMCRW002969
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Sudden death
Posted by Dr. Raghavendra B YP on 02 Jan 2012 10:45:00 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? No
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? No
  • Other Comments:

    The article is well intended but lacks the basic ethos of a scinetifc article and the structure of the article, grammar, references are all indequate and error prone.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    3 years 7 months

  • How to cite:  YP R B.Sudden death[Review of the article 'Sudden Natural Death due to Coronary Insufficiency - A Case Report ' by Kausar A].WebmedCentral 2011;3(1):WMCRW001327
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? No
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? No
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The author opines that the death was due to coronary insufficiency simply because the left coronay ostia was narrowed. It is very difficult to come to such a conclusion based on naked eye examination.

    Histological evidence in support of the opinion would be better.

     

    Discussion should be in more details discussing how all other possibilities of sudden death were excluded.

  • Competing interests:
    No competing interests
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    7 years

  • How to cite:  Chattopadhyay S .Sudden Natural Death due to Coronary Insufficiency - A case Report[Review of the article 'Sudden Natural Death due to Coronary Insufficiency - A Case Report ' by Kausar A].WebmedCentral 2011;2(12):WMCRW001250
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    Good case study

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    18year

  • How to cite:  Gilani S A.Sudden Natural Death due to Coronary Insufficiency - A Case Report [Review of the article 'Sudden Natural Death due to Coronary Insufficiency - A Case Report ' by Kausar A].WebmedCentral 2011;2(12):WMCRW001197
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