It was a great honor to meet the esteemed Dianna Milewicz at #AHA22! The presentation on new AHA/ACC guidelines for aortic disease management was eagerly anticipated and insightful. AHAMeetings AHA Science John Ritter Research Program and the Milewicz Lab #aorta

New review concludes that the choice between surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement must account for individualized clinical and anatomic factors and lifetime management considerations: cle.clinic/3x3iypS

Nov. Featured Article: snRNA-Seq of Aortic Tissue Prioritizes Genes at Medically Relevant GWAS Locihttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.317953

Bigger aortas are more prone to tear, but are usually asymptomatic until then. So, it would be nice to know the size of one's ascending aorta. 📐Did we measure everyone's ascending aorta? No. But we did build a simple clinical estimator, published today: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

#OriginalResearch: In the Fitbit Heart Study comprising 455,699 wearable device users, a novel software algorithm identified undiagnosed afib with high PPV during periods of inactivity@steven_lubitz ahajrnls.org/3Eac0rY

The natural history of aortic aneurysms never fails to amaze me.Spent the evening listening to our esteemed guest Dr. Sakalihasan Natzi. Saw some incredible PET/CT scans.Take home msg: 🫀 1) It started with the Greeks 2)We need more PET/CT scans done!

"I find I'm luckier when I work harder" Denton Cooley , MD

This study reported that lower levels of #HDL-C were associated with increased risks for #CAD in white but not Black adults, and higher levels were not protective for either group jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… #CardioTwitter  JACC Journals Danielle Belardo, MD Prof Kausik Ray FMedSci Sergio Kaiser MD, PhD, FACC, FESC 🇧🇷🇮🇱🇷🇴🇺🇦

#ICYMI: Targeting NR1D1 inhibits AAA #AHAJournals

Read our Editor in Chief CM Otto's highlights from this issue: Sex-specific cardiac microstructural changes in patients with heart failure 🚺 🙆 heart.bmj.com/content/108/22…

The search for optimal antithrombotic therapy in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: facts and uncertainties. A State-of-the-Art Review in #EHJ #TAVI #CardioTwitter European Society of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology Journals academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…

-With increasing public/medical awareness, liberal family screening, & ubiquitous genetic testing, we are making important progress, but an effective general screening test remains elusive. Our work continues. Yale Surgery Yale Cardiac Surgery Yale Cardiology #aortaed

Neat commentary by Christopher Granger Stuart Pocock bernard gersh advocating for new RCTs of older cardiovascular medicines now in the context of contemporary clinical practice nature.com/articles/s4156… Nature Reviews Cardiology

Excited to escape the 🥶 and head to ☀️ San Diego 🏝️ for #STS2023. Tune in to Yale Physician Associate Program superstar Zack’s talk on Sunday at 2:05pm PT - Histograms of #Aortic Size at the Time of #Dissection cdmcd.co/PJvr4d - Looking forward to seeing everyone there! John A. Elefteriades

Out now in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, our analysis of the size at acute #aortic #dissection in ~400 patients. Yale Surgery Yale Cardiac Surgery Yale Cardiology Yale Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy Yale Internal Medicine John A. Elefteriades #AortaEd Aortic Size at the Time of Type A and Type B Dissections annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-…

Perez et al find aortic diameter at the time of type A dissection is consistent with the new guidelines that recommend surgical intervention at 5.0 cm. Type B dissection occurs at small sizes and cannot be prevented with a size criterion. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.atho…