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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2024; 12(21): 4717-4725
Published online Jul 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i21.4717
Visual analysis of abdominal aortitis treatment using the CiteSpace bibliometric method
Si-En Guo, Yuan-Biao Meng, Zan-Man Zhang, Yu-Lan Zhang, Qi-Sen Yao, Xiao Qin
Si-En Guo, Yuan-Biao Meng, Zan-Man Zhang, Yu-Lan Zhang, Qi-Sen Yao, Xiao Qin, Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Author contributions: Guo SE wrote the manuscript; Guo SE, Meng YB, Zhang ZM, Zhang YL, Yao QS, and Qin X performed the literature retrieval; Guo SE and Qin X revised the manuscript; All authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Xiao Qin, MM, Chief Physician, Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No. 6 Shuangyong Road, Nanning 530000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. xiaoqin2022666@163.com
Received: April 7, 2024
Revised: May 11, 2024
Accepted: May 30, 2024
Published online: July 26, 2024
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Abstract
BACKGROUND

Abdominal aortitis can induce aneurysms, and tumor rupture can lead to organ ischemia or even sudden death. At present, there is a lack of extensive understanding and identification of key problems in the treatment of abdominal aortitis, which needs to be further analyzed using bibliometric analysis.

AIM

To discuss the research hotspot and development trend of abdominal aortitis treatment.

METHODS

We searched the English literature (published from January 1, 2000 to March 12, 2024) on the treatment of abdominal aortitis in the Web of Science database. Then, we identified and screened duplicate literature using CiteSpace 6.1R2 software. We conducted an analysis of the number of papers, a co-occurrence analysis of the authors and institutions, and co-occurrence and cluster analyses of the keywords. Then, we drew the author, institution, and keywords of the studies into graphs for visualization. Finally, we expounded on the author, institutional network interactions, and hot keywords of the studies on the treatment of abdominal aortitis.

RESULTS

We included 210 English literature articles involving 190 authors; the author cooperation team was mainly represented by Caradu Caroline, Berard Xavier, Lu Guanyi, Harada Kenichi, and Sharma Ashish K. In the keyword analysis, high-frequency keywords include abdominal aortic aneurysm (38), abdominal aorta (24), Takayasu arteritis (22), etc. The three most central keywords were disease (0.69), classification (0.68), and abdominal aortic aneurysm (0.55). The first nine clusters of keywords are case report, abdominal aortic aneurysm, Takayasu arteritis, dyspnea hematuria, aortic elastic, IgG4-related disease, report, mid aortic dysplastic syndrome, and statin. In the keyword emergent analysis, 14 emergent words were obtained. Among them, seven keywords with strong abruptness were Takayasu arteritis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, disease, retroperitoneal fibrosis, expression, management, and large vessel vasculitis. In the past 3 years, the incidences of abdominal aortic aneurysm (intensity: 4.62) and inflammation (intensity: 1.99) were higher.

CONCLUSION

The number of published papers is on the increase, but the cooperation among authors is scattered. The research focus is mainly on the pathogenesis and treatment of abdominal aortitis-related diseases.

Keywords: Abdominal aortitis; Treatment; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CiteSpace; Visualization; Cluster

Core Tip: Aortitis is a chronic inflammatory condition that can cause serious illness and even death if left untreated. A CiteSpace bibliometric analysis of the treatment of abdominal aortitis clarified the key issues in the treatment of abdominal aortitis and the network connections between treatments, authors, institutions, countries, and keywords.