46 years ago, Andreas Gruntzig changed Cardiology ! #cardiotwitter #PCI

#PCI #PTCA #pioneer

🎗🌟Today isn't just another day on the calendar. 🤓 16th of September It's 🩺 ♥️ International Day for Interventional Cardiology♥️ As an interventional cardiologist🫀, I stand with immense pride and a heart full of gratitude. 🙏❤️ #InterventionalCardiology #GlobalHealth

Gadolinium in dialysis patients. What's up with that? #Tweetorial 1/11

🚨🚨🚨 WOW : A father of a child who was killed in the Uvalde school shooting SLAMMED Texas legislators for their “useless thoughts and prayers.” Brett Cross boldly testified in front of a Texas House committee in support of legislation that would raise the minimum age to buy

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in

We have to discuss the famed "85% of age-predicted target heart rate" that became set in stone and which many probably still today do not fully understand This was arbitrarily chosen as at the time many had concerns about the risk of performing maximal (100% THR) stress in...

Very important study by Philippe Genereux and colleagues supporting that mortality is not just driven by the AS severity, but rather emphasizing the importance to consider the myocardial response. Would #yesCCT be the one stop shop to assess myocardial damage and its consequences?

My name is Kristin Song. On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months. At the hospital, the ER doctor slid

Wow, I had no idea about the origin story of Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer! If you aren't familiar with it either, read below: As the holiday season of 1938 came to Chicago, Bob May wasn’t feeling much comfort or joy. A 34-year-old ad writer for Montgomery Ward, May was

non aesthetic things

What’s the diagnosis if we see LM like this during STEMI? How will you Rx? Read full paper in JIC!

The funny thing in this graph is the "colony" column: who was governing them and why did they have famine? 🤔 For instance it's extremely well documented that one of the worst famines of the 20th century - India's Bengal famine of 1943 - occurred because Churchill prioritized

I don’t say it often, but everyone should watch this video in its entirety. The use of 'brave' as an adjective has become almost disposable these days, overused to the point of meaninglessness. However, this video—filmed within 48 hours of learning that one of her greatest

1/4 Just publ in the Lancet our updated network meta-analysis of imaging-guided (OCT or IVUS) vs. angio-guided PCI across the spectrum of CAD. With 22 RCTs and 15,964 pts this is the 1st study to demonstrate that imaging reduces all-cause death (by 25%), as well as all MI (17%).

67 y/o with skin MRSA infection that infected his mitral valve prosthesis. Persistent bacteremia. Large vegetation on the LV side of MV. Retrograde F18 AngioVac to the rescue. Will be interesting to see long term results of such strategy. Valve with normal function.

Important work in the PA state house, led by a physician legislator.

We are not crazy after all

WE DID IT! Non-competes for most health care workers will soon be illegal in MD! HB1388 passed the General Assembly and is awaiting Governor Wes Moore's signature. 🙏 to Sammy Zakaria Joseph Marine colleen christmas for leading the charge with Maryland Chapter, American College of Cardiology ACP Maryland ACC Advocacy! Details 👇

Imagine us pitching this to the funding bodies. Thank you Medical Research Council