What's going on with the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)? Here's a practical🧵 for all residents and fellows during their time on rotation in the cardiac ICU. Learning objectives 🎈 basics of the IABP 🎈 IABP alarms 🎈 ways to fix them #CardioTwitter #Medtwitter #tweetorial

Distinction between pre- & post-capillary pulmonary hypertension is important for guiding therapy. Here are some echo clues to help distinguish between these levels of PH. More info about ePLAR: Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jun 1;212:379-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.035 #echofirst

Great #AHA23 so far: AHA Research 🥸8 Trials: 8 take aways below Read the read👇👇 1/ATRESIA: Patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation can benefit from apixaban to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic thromboembolism.

Something i difnt know - with each successive inflation, a balloon 'grows' - your 3 mm balloon may not be that size after a couple of inflations- nice lecture from yves louvard

ACC created a pocket guide on nonstatin strategies & therapies for lowering LDL-C #cholesterol. This tool guides clinician decision-making on the optimization of statin therapies in accordance w/ clinical guidelines & practical guidance. bit.ly/3LzokFI #NYCVS23

🎉Congratulations to Prof Tan Huay Cheem, Senior Advisor, #NUHCS, honored at the MOH National Day Awards Investiture 2023 by Mr Tharman, President of the Republic of SG, with the Public Administration Medal (Silver) for three decades of outstanding healthcare contributions.🇸🇬

1️⃣ Key thing in this flowchart = a well outpatient without AKI who has potassium 6.3mmol/L on routine bloods can be managed as an outpatient (yes they need prompt review, repeat bloods and some thought - but what they don’t need is a repeat test in ED at 3am)

Writing a lecture series - stumbled on a wonderful meta by Sanchez et al on #FFR! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #CardioTwitter #cardiology Jonathan Yap MIЯVΛƬ #IC Indah Sukmawati, MD Aaysha Cader European Society of Cardiology

FFR in ACS - a needle in the eye of a needle in a haystack jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… Interesting points for multimod round table discussion Aaysha Cader Indah Sukmawati, MD Ezman Shariff Jonathan Yap Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology MIЯVΛƬ #IC Ching-Hui SIA

You know. As a kid, id play with a bunch of toys and strut around pretending to be robocop. Thank you RoboCop: Rogue City - OUT NOW devs. This game is a love letter to Robofans

Me: I don't think that's right. I wonder what the studies say The studies:

The #EAPCI community mourns the sudden loss of Alain Cribier, a pioneering #IC known for numerous 'firsts' including the first-in-man #TAVI on April 16, 2002. Our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends + colleagues. His wisdom, expertise and guidance will be greatly missed.

Standing ovation followed by moment of silence #pcrTokyo @pcronline for Dr. Alan Cribier - Father of #tavi #tavr. Dear Sir, may You rest in peace as we continue your legacy and work for our patients.

Does the “Publish or Perish” system optimize scientific advances, or does it promote high volume over high quality research?

A Little trick to save the radial access for an arterial line after #PCI, thanks to Gianluca Campo for the idea!

❤️ Forecast analysis of CVD in Asia from 2025 to 2050 🤍CV mortality likely to increase nearly 100% 🤍IHD and stroke are the main drivers of CV mortality 🤍Hypertension will be the key risk factor of CVD ▶️tinyurl.com/mwsmrnwz

A study by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine with #NUHCS cardiologists & researchers, projects a rise in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in Asia by 2050. This stresses the need for targeted interventions, regional risk factors insights, & new treatments. The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lanwp…

Our clinical case has been accepted at #AICTPCR 2024! Can't wait to interact and share our #FFR case for complex revascularization with everyone from 4-5 Oct! PCRonline 🫀 #PCRPresenter

Glad to be back after a while! Looking forward to posting more #cardio and #cardiology tweets!

The Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology (APSC) Young Community - We are now on X!! Are you a young cardiologist in Asia-Pacific? Follow us for updates, opportunities & collaborations! Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology Jonathan Yap 日本循環器学会 JIYC (JCS International Young Community) Aaysha Cader Ezman Shariff Indah Sukmawati, MD Ruth Chen wishnu aditya