So, while Gruentzig designed the 1st successful balloon, perhaps his ongoing most important contribution was the creation of a community. Here’s a tribute to Andreas from his colleague & friend (& my friend) the late great Richard Myler. (10/10)

So it's the poor, unfortunate profitable hospitals that are the victims, not the doctors handcuffed in unhappy positons with their employers often forced to move their families to continue working. Forgive me if I don't cry. Btw we had no noncompetes in MA, and life was fine.

Takotsubo syndrome is a coronary microvascular disease: experimental evidence that abnormalities in flow regulation between the LV apex and base cause TTS. Read more in #EHJ European Society of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology Journals #CardioTwitter #Takotsubo academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

With all do respect why is a nurse the head of an organization of cardiologists?

While on vacation ABIM wants you to take a break from vacation to do their useless questions. Where is the RCT data that it does anything to patient care? Countless anecdotes that docs are burnig out doing this garbage, if we are relying on anecdote of Dr Goelz.

50 years ago, cardiologists were like magicians, diagnosing any cardiac condition by stethoscope and ECG. The old arts are now passe, thanks to malpractice attorneys and better diagnostic equipment. Proctor Harvey diagnosing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by "squatting maneuver."

Well ain't that something dlvr.it/SwRQLs

Please just watch and share the word - a paradigm shift is needed now!🫀

Plumber vs Plumber, will the cath or the scope prevail? DocSchmidt. Does this sound familiar ?!

The Spring 2024 Long Island Fellows Forum!! Thank you to all the participants, medtronic and in particular the fellows including Sarah Malik, Hursh Sarma and others who presented a wide array of interesting cases! See you at the Fall 2024 Long Island Fellows Forum!

My personal take to the new board based on what we know now: 👍direct response to ABIM charging high fees, perceived double dipping, lack of accountability (tone deaf), overreach (choosing wisely and other irrelevant campaigns to mission of certification), changing rules

Still several months ago in January 2024 we celebrated the 90th birthday of Prof. Akira Endo in the #EHJ: academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti… I planned to have an interview with him, and promised to apply for the #NobelPrize for his amazing scientific work. His #discovery - #statins

6.7% salary for what a physician makes a hospital ..

Dogma says you can't use an instrumented radial artery as a bypass graft but what are the data? Very interesting analysis in CircInterventions showing that radial graft patency is similar regardless of prior instrumentation. #RadialFirst ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

You may have heard of the "5-6-7-8" rule for LM-LAD-LCx stent MSAs to reduce long term MACE, but this new study in CircInterventions suggests that bigger MSAs are needed. A new "6-8-12" rule? ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…).

Many young physicians are finding out today for the first time how much less complicated it was to take care of patients a decade ago.

What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails? hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/2024/07/what-a… ECG 1: prehospital ECG 2: PMVT after PCI

Especially for new (and aspiring) Interventional Fellows and Early Career Operators (but in truth there is immense value for all): every single episode of drjourneytobetter.com by Dr. Bill Lombardi is a “must listen/must watch”💥: so do yourself a favor and check them out👍…

The stethoscope is the image of medicine, a commonly used tool, and its importance in the field is immeasurable. But what is its past, present, and future? A short thread

💧#HDRanalysis 🧐 - Case 027 An CTO Intervention Unlike Any You Have Seen! 🧵 Here is an unusual CTO for most. The patient is a 48 year old woman with systemic sclerosis (SSc), Raynaud’s, and non-healing ulcer of the left 3rd digit. Here is the patient’s hand. More…👇🏼