Non-Standard Indicators of Metabolic Syndrome that appear on your labs include: 1. Elevated Uric Acid 2. High Ferritin 3. Mildly Elevated ALT - Liver Test Couple these with: - High Triglycerides - Low HDL Metabolic Syndrome is very likely.

The American Heart Association—the same group that told you for years to eat trans-fat filled margarine and took millions from PepsiCo and Coca-Cola—opposes restricting soda and junk food purchases with SNAP benefits. You can’t make this stuff up.

Saturated fat does not cause heart disease. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6… The more you read, the more you realize we have been telling patients the wrong stuff for decades. #butter Dr Aseem Malhotra is a legend!

“We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” - John F. Kennedy

If you have prediabetes or diabetes, stopping sugar and processed carbs will lower your A1c better than any prescription.

ECLPIPSE: In pts w severely calcified lesions undergoing PCI, intravascular imaging guidance reduced TVF vs. angiography guidance; OCT trended better than IVUS #ACC25 American College of Cardiology ACC Media Center Gregg W. Stone MD Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital #CardioTwitter

Jaw dropping numbers : CEO of the American Heart Association makes $4million annually. Annual revenue: $ 972 million. Annual Employee compensation: $435 million.

LAA closure was non-inferior to OAC at 36 months post Afib ablation and had less bleeding! Big news. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

In lean metabolically healthy people on ketogenic diet, neither total exposure nor changes in baseline LDL-C or ApoB predicted plaque progression as measured by CCTA. But - baseline CAC score did. So, what’s going on here? We need more research. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

Here are 3 Secrets Every Cardiologist WANTS you to know: - A blood pressure in the 130s is ok. A BP in the 120s is better. - Non-HDL isn’t perfect but it’s almost as good as an APOB. - Have a family history of early heart disease? Please check your Lp(a) Psst… Tell Everyone

Post-PCI QFR has a poor correlation with and overestimates post-PCI FFR. It is associated with outcome but is not an independent predictor. #AHAJournals Piroth Zsolt ahajrnls.org/3GjCj3I

Regardless of dose or lipid solubility, all statins can cross the blood brain barrier and reduce cellular cholesterol synthesis. In the liver, that is desirable as it causes an upregulation of LDL receptors which beneficially clear apoB particles from plasma. But unlike the

🎼🫀 Is it possible to listen to arrhythmias? Find out in this new JACC Journals piece.👇 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.jace… 🔗authors.elsevier.com/a/1kxkp,siTgod… (30-day free access, May 2025) #CardioX #MedEd #musicandmedicine

Always a good board review with the co rezzys. Gonna miss em next year #ishpaulthegreat Isaac Loseke, DO Stephanie Fabara, MD. Hussein A Noureldine and #IDaustin

#imagefirst - so much you can do with intravascular imaging, can’t wait for the future

VERVE-102…. Any thoughts? :/ vervetx.com/our-programs/v…

The covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule reuters.com/business/healt…

An oral PCSK9i ??? merck.com/wp-content/upl…