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Had the best time getting to meet new people, explore with my co-fellows and present! Thank you to Antonio Frangieh, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI UCI Cardiology for the incredible mentorship! #AHA24

That 9:01 am text from them to you. First text after they match. What an ( positively) emotional morning for me. Mentorship is so much more than just giving them research ideas. It’s truly more about making them realize their self worth and what they bring to the table.

We are so thrilled to welcome a new group of brilliant cardiology fellows to UCI! ✨🎉 So excited to embark on this amazing journey together. Here’s to a future filled with learning, growth, discovery, and impactful patient care. Welcome to the family 🌟🫀🩷 #MatchDay

👩‍⚕️Celebrating National Women Physicians Day!👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️ Today, we honor the incredible contributions of women in medicine—past, present, & future. From breaking barriers to leading advancements in research, education, & patient care, women physicians continue to shape the landscape

Intermittent fasting at any time of day is effective for weight loss but no additional benefit over a Mediterranean diet. nature.com/articles/s4159…

This review from our group, now in Circulation, emphasizes Lp(a) as a key genetic risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Emerging therapies to lower Lp(a) (e.g., pelacarsen, olpasiran, lepodisiran) show promise, and increased testing could significantly reduce

Fantastic year 2 of our Advances and Essentials in Cardiovascular Disease conference! It was filled with learning, great discussions, collaboration, and connecting with colleagues! ♥️🫀🙌🏼

So lucky to have had such wonderful talks from our excellent faculty at our annual UCI Advances conference UCI Cardiology Roxana Ghashghaei, MD Andy Lee Antonio Frangieh, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI Deepti Upparapalli, MD Nathan Wong Fabio Sagebin MD Ailin Barseghian, MD Andy Lee Behram Mody Nissi Suppogu, MD Pranav Patel

Another example of how a “panic attack” in a woman is not really a panic attack but an arrhythmia. #listentowomen #heartmonth #goredforwomen

Cardiac Rehab can: 💔 Lower chances of a 2nd heart attack or surgery 🩺 Lessen chest pain 💪 Control risk factors 🏃‍♀️ Help with weight loss Share #CardioSmart resources w/ your patients to help them manage their ❤️ health! #cvRehab #HeartMonth #CardiacRehabilitationWeek

During #HeartMonth it is important we recognize what needs to change in our clinical trials 📌include more women in trials 📌report the analysis by sex: even if no difference, we need to know that #goredforwomen #inclusion #clinicaltrials Women's Heart Alliance Baim Institute GoRedforWomen

Our joint publication with Journal of Cardiac Failure & AJPC is out! Underpinnings of #HeartFailure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Women - From Prevention to Improving Function #HFpEF #CVPrev #CardioTwitter ASPC #womenshearthealth #heartmonth 📎onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-…

Do statins cause dementia? This one has been conclusively answered. Which seems surprising to some. 🧵👇 /1

Excellent talk by expert preventive cardiologists and my friend Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️‍🩹🇨🇦 on weight loss for cardiovascular disease. 🍩 Excellent overview on BMI cutoffs and how limiting they are 🍩 complicated to do research trial in this space ( thankful to our DM trials) 🍩 exercise

Poor dietary habits are a major risk factor for #CVD. Plant-based, Mediterranean & DASH diets have all demonstrated clear cardioprotective benefits in primary & secondary prevention. More on heart-healthy eating ➡️ bit.ly/3FnnI6B #NationalNutritionMonth #CardioSmart

Finally, the first and the largest #metaanalysis on the #upfront combination #lipid lowering therapy (#LLT) of moderate to high intensity #statin #therapy and #ezetimibe vs statin monotherapy has been released in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings‼️ Based on the data from 14 studies with

🙌Game-changing real-world data from SWEDEHEART! 📰Leosdottir et al., JACC 2024 jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… Title: Early Ezetimibe Initiation After Myocardial Infarction Protects Against Later Cardiovascular Outcomes 👩‍🦰🧑‍🦰Population: >71,000 post-MI patients on high-intensity

Finally, after two decades since it was approved, cardiologists are recognizing that ezetimibe is an incredible lipid-modulating drug that can drastically improve a statins performance and allows statins to be used at much lower doses msn.com/en-us/health/o… National Lipid Association

Another example of opportunistic A.I. applied to medical imaging. NEJM AI Quantifying coronary artery calcium score from chest CT (nongated, not performed for this purpose) ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congrats to our cardiology faculty 🙌🏼🫀