Nice piece from ⁦Ishani Ganguli MD, MPH⁩ Pre-operative “cardiac clearance” among biggest wasteland of cascade testing without proven benefit How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing more harm than good - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/how-one…

What’s the interesting finding? (At least to me!) And what does it mean? University of Chicago Cardiology Fellowship Roberto M Lang Parker Ward Akhil Narang, MD Kalie Kebed MD

Engineering update on the Tesla ventilator

I'm not crying you are. A taxi driver in Spain who has taken patients to the hospital, free of charge, got a call to pickup a patient from the hospital. When he arrived, doctors and nurses surprised him with a standing ovation, plus an envelope of money.

Thread: To me, the most stunning report from #ESCCongress thus far: RATE-AF trial Older pts w/ permanent AF + shortness of breath. (there are lots of these pts). Rate control is crucial In 2020, most receive beta-blockers. But BB can cause dyspnea. What about dig? Gulp! 1/

Virtual recruitment limits our our ability to show off the GREATEST thing about our program – Our Fellows! So please “Meet our Fellows" youtube.com/watch?v=wtXzn-… And stay tuned to see a fun look at a day in “The Office” for our fellows. Coming soon…

Had to share one of my partner’s online reviews. High marks not because of his excellent CV care, but because of that triple layer PPE!

Thanks for the Christmas update Elon Musk !!

We teach wrong when we teach residents to write elaborate notes. 1/many

The sobering truth-we need much better science than aortic size alone to guide our medical care and surgical decisions.

Around the 4th of July, I made the mistake of telling the MA I work with that when the Star Spangled Banner plays and the jets fly over at a football game, my eyes sometimes tear up. She “roomed” this patient for me today…

Set a personal record on the Peloton with Camila Ramon 🌴✨ today with but the mother-in-law brought over Auntie Anne’s pretzels…

Anyone else get unnecessarily nervous when listening to a teenager give you feedback for your 3 year old after swim lessons? I just want him to master the chicken, star, rocketship!! 🐔 ⭐️ 🚀

For those who like the NNTs for all-cause mortality prevention to be in single digits Quadruple GDMT for HFrEF 4 That’s it Four patients treated for 24 months with 4 💊 to save a life Plus safe, well tolerated, cost-effective, high value #AHA2023

National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Westby Fisher, MD chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme” We need to get NBPAS as an alternate path everywhere. Despite paying $1900 to the ACC last year and successfully passing CV boards as an alternative MOC pathway, ABIM stripped me of my boards unless I pay them $1650, including “late fees.” 🤢