NEW PUBLICATION - led by Susan Christian Less than 5% of children <10yo in Alberta received lipid assessments. We need to do better! You can't treat what you don't find. cmajopen.ca/content/11/5/E… #knowFH Family Heart Foundation FH Canada CCS CMAJ CCS Women & Children's Health Research Institute

A simple and cheap test. An effective treatment. Lasting changes. It’s a no brainer! Sadly, much work needs to be done, particularly on the Canadian front. Our recent work has shown this. #knowFH cmajopen.ca/content/cmajo/…

Hot-off-the-Press from the HiRO Clinical Care Committee: A SCA Guide for Patients and Caregivers Check out this comprehensive resource to help Canadian patients and families understand and recover from a SCA hiro.heartsinrhythm.ca/?p=patients_an…

Heart & Stroke CCS The Canadian SADS Foundation CANet Canadian Heart Rhythm Society A big thank you to the HiRO Clinical Care Committee for creating this resource, lead by Samantha Afonso Susan Christian Colette Seifer Carolina Escudero Dr. Katie Allan, PhD Julie Brianna Davies and Evelyne Nass

Congratulations to WCHRI member Carolina Escudero 🎉on being named one of Edify Magazine 's Top 40 Under 40 for 2023! edifyedmonton.com/people/top-40/…

Do you have experience in research planning/facilitation for #clinicaltrials? If yes, you might be interested in the HiRO National Study Coordinator position at UBC. Apply before Dec 12. bit.ly/3Nj4IY2

Are you a parent or caregiver of a child with a rare disease or suspected rare disease? Researchers at the University of Manitoba want to hear from you! Fill out the pre-screening survey by visiting the link in our bio to receive a link to participate.

Thanks to a generous donation, Alberta is building capacity and expertise in neurogenetics with the Dr. Oksana Suchowersky and Dr. Chris Eagle Clinical Fellowship. ualberta.ca/giving/giving-…

📈 Thrilled to share that our paper "Recent Trends in Antisense Therapies for #Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" in Pharmaceutics 's #Pharmaceutics has reached an impressive milestone with 12 citations in less than a year! 🔗 Explore the paper here: mdpi.com/1999-4923/15/3…

From J. Sweeney + C. James + team: Characterizing Decision-Making Surrounding Exercise in ARVC: Analysis of Decisional Conflict, Decisional Regret, and Shared Decision-Making ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11… AHA Science #AHAjournals #CardioTwitter #Genetics Vibhu Parcha

🎙️Dive into the latest episode of the DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast, where we delve deep into genetics and #cardiac health. Join Julie and Susan as they uncover key insights and strategies for navigating #genetictesting in cardiovascular conditions. 🔊 Listen HERE: open.spotify.com/episode/3l8OXi…

How can we detect inherited #cardiac conditions through #familyhistory? 🤔 In Episode 283 Dr. Susan Christian delves into the key clues to watch out for 🧬 dnapodcast.com/episodes/2024/… #Genetics #CardiovascularHealth #GeneticCounseling Blueprint Genetics

The CCS Clinical Practice Update on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (#HCM) is now online CJC Journals and summarized in this Tweetorial onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-… Andrew Crean Susan Christian DrLaksman Seema Mital Marc Ruel, MD, MPH Hearts in Rhythm Organization chfalliance The Canadian SADS Foundation 1/9

Join our survey! We are investigating GC practice re: life insurance & potential genetic discrimination. Seeking GCs in ANY setting who see patients w/ arrhythmia, CM, aortopathy, & FH. Survey is 10 minutes or less! #GeneChat redcap.link/cardiogcandlif… Susan Christian Sarah Jurgensmeyer

Genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: established and emerging implications for clinical practice. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva… #HCM #genetics European Society of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology Journals

#OriginalResearch In prospective cohort of 1413 participants with LQTS, vigorous (>6 METS for >60h/year) and non-vigorous exercise was not associated with adverse CV events ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

Absolutely love this essay from Meghan Bartos (she/her) & Anna C.E. Hurst, MD! It beautifully describes the intersection of DTC genetic testing, patient advocacy orgs and genetic counseling, and demonstrates how GCs work with geneticists to make decisions about testing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

🔴Triglycerides: the past, the present, & the future: #OpenAccess 🔸academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva… #cardioEd #Cardiology #internalmedicine #medicalpractice #medx #usmle #MedTwitter #cardiotwitter #FOAMed #echofirst #MedstudentTwitter #paramedic