Akl Fahed (@aklfahed) 's Twitter Profile
Akl Fahed

@aklfahed

Physician-scientist, Interventional Cardiologist @MGHMedicine @HarvardMed @BroadInstitute | genomics, coronary artery disease, healthcare innovation

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linkhttp://www.fahedlab.com calendar_today20-11-2011 19:28:05

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NEJM (@nejm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Presented at #ACC25: Using data from 2,078,948 participants from 39 countries, researchers calculated lifetime estimates of cardiovascular disease and death from any cause according to the presence or absence of cardiovascular risk factors. Full study results:

Presented at #ACC25: 

Using data from 2,078,948 participants from 39 countries, researchers calculated lifetime estimates of cardiovascular disease and death from any cause according to the presence or absence of cardiovascular risk factors. Full study results:
Prof Derek Connolly (@drderekconnolly) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The absence of 5️⃣ classic risk factors, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, underweight and overweight or obesity, diabetes, and smoking at 50 years of age was associated with more than a decade greater life expectancy Preventative Cardiology is essential ⭐️ nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

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Original Article: Routine Cerebral Embolic Protection during Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation (PROTECT-TAVI trial): nej.md/41RONXi #ACC25 | American College of Cardiology

Original Article: Routine Cerebral Embolic Protection during Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation (PROTECT-TAVI trial): nej.md/41RONXi 

#ACC25 | <a href="/ACCinTouch/">American College of Cardiology</a>
Art Schuermans (@artschuermans) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thrilled to share our review on clonal hematopoiesis (and CHIP) in cardiovascular diseases! Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP and I discuss CHIP's potential role as prognostic factor and therapeutic target in atherosclerotic disease, heart failure and arrhythmias nature.com/articles/s4156… Nature Reviews Cardiology

Thrilled to share our review on clonal hematopoiesis (and CHIP) in cardiovascular diseases!

<a href="/mchonig/">Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP</a> and I discuss CHIP's potential role as prognostic factor and therapeutic target in atherosclerotic disease, heart failure and arrhythmias 

nature.com/articles/s4156… <a href="/NatRevCardiol/">Nature Reviews Cardiology</a>
Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️‍🩹🇨🇦 (@drmarthagulati) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Who is better at answering the patient’s questions? Even empathy is assessed to be better with AI vs real doctors! ✨Quality of answer better with AI ChatBot ✨Empathy also better with the ChatBot ✨The future of Prevention is Machine Learning! 👏🏽 #ESCPrev2025 ESC President

Who is better at answering the patient’s questions? Even empathy is assessed to be better with AI vs real doctors!
✨Quality of answer better with AI ChatBot
✨Empathy also better with the ChatBot
✨The future of Prevention is Machine Learning! 👏🏽
#ESCPrev2025 <a href="/ESC_President/">ESC President</a>
Robert Lufkin MD (@robertlufkinmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don’t care whether it comes from Democrats or Republicans—someone in government needs to start addressing this issue. Who is willing to step up?

I don’t care whether it comes from Democrats or Republicans—someone in government needs to start addressing this issue.

Who is willing to step up?
Matthew Budoff MD (@budoffmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Inflammation plays a substantial role in the formation & progression of atherosclerotic plaque leading to #heartdisease. The EKSTROM trial data shows low-dose colchicine could significantly reduce total plaque volume after 1 year: radcliffecardiology.com/video-index/ac…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@robertkennedyjr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chamath Palihapitiya Chronic disease and environmental factors drive coronary artery disease. Dr Karlsberg is correct in demanding national action. We will make this happen.

Min Seo Kim, MD, MSDH (@minseokim_md) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hot off the press in Nature Medicine!🎉 Our latest paper sheds light on an often-overlooked question: How much of the global iron deficiency (ID) burden is directly attributable to suboptimal diet? By disentangling dietary causes, we identified the portion of the burden that

Hot off the press in <a href="/NatureMedicine/">Nature Medicine</a>!🎉

Our latest paper sheds light on an often-overlooked question:

How much of the global iron deficiency (ID) burden is directly attributable to suboptimal diet? 

By disentangling dietary causes, we identified the portion of the burden that
Ami Bhatt, MD (@amibhattmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 1929, a 25-year-old doctor cut into his own arm and inserted a catheter into his heart. No permission, no supervision, just sheer defiance. He risked death to prove a theory no one believed. His insane gamble saved millions of lives. Here's his story:

In 1929, a 25-year-old doctor cut into his own arm and inserted a catheter into his heart.

No permission, no supervision, just sheer defiance.

He risked death to prove a theory no one believed.

His insane gamble saved millions of lives.

Here's his story:
C. Michael Gibson MD (@cmichaelgibson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Verner Forsman Taking Matters Into His Own Hands Oil on 9 x 12 linen canvas by C. Michael Gibson April 26, 2025 Forsman performed the first heart #catheterization … on himself He went on to win the #Nobel Prize for his work #cmgsees #ArtistOnTwitter #Artist

Verner Forsman Taking Matters Into His Own Hands 

Oil on 9 x 12 linen canvas by C. Michael Gibson April 26, 2025 

Forsman performed the first heart #catheterization … on himself 

He went on to win the #Nobel Prize for his work 

#cmgsees #ArtistOnTwitter #Artist
CircInterventions (@circintv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rapid exclusion of coronary microvascular dysfunction with novel contrast-derived indices of coronary microvascular function. A potential clinically useful, cost-saving method of testing Damien Collison Robert Sykes @conor1366 Daniel Ang Colin Berry ahajrnls.org/4m46PPq

Rapid exclusion of coronary microvascular dysfunction with novel contrast-derived indices of coronary microvascular function. A potential clinically useful, cost-saving method of testing <a href="/DamienCollison/">Damien Collison</a> <a href="/_RobSykes/">Robert Sykes</a> @conor1366 <a href="/DanielTYAng/">Daniel Ang</a> <a href="/ColinBerryMD/">Colin Berry</a> ahajrnls.org/4m46PPq
Pradeep Natarajan (@pnatarajanmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our study led by Alyssa M. Flores, MD & with Aniruddh Patel describes a new peripheral artery disease PRS. Predictive capability for incident PAD is comparable to CKD & DM2. Among those with PAD, it also associates with major adv limb events jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… JAMA Cardiology

Our study led by <a href="/AlyssaM_Flores/">Alyssa M. Flores, MD</a> &amp; with <a href="/AniruddhPatelMD/">Aniruddh Patel</a> describes a new peripheral artery disease PRS. Predictive capability for incident PAD is comparable to CKD &amp; DM2. Among those with PAD, it also associates with major adv limb events jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… <a href="/JAMACardio/">JAMA Cardiology</a>