For patients who underwent angioplasty from 2008-2016, adherence to recommended antiplatelet therapy decreased as newer, more expensive drugs were introduced. In 2016, 20% of patients did not fill their prescription, up from 7% in 2007- New brief: ldi.upenn.edu/brief/trends-p…

Are you a postdoctoral nurse with questions about the NCSP? Join us for an info session TOMORROW, June 13, 3-4pm EST//12-1pm PST. Join via zoom.us/j/120562668 or in person (Duke School of Nursing, Pearson Building, Room 4140). nationalcsp.org/apply @DukeU_NrsngSchl

Latest research from Penn LDI and NCSP at Penn fellow Elias Dayoub in current CircInterventions Elias wanted to know how often prasugrel and ticagrelor are used in post-PCI patients without ACS: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… Sunil V. Rao David L. Fischman

We are ecstatic to announce that the NCSP family is growing...UC San Francisco has partnered with the NCSP as its SIXTH program site!! Please join us in welcoming #SFVAHCS UCSF School of Medicine UCSF School of Nursing TalmadgeKing cc: NCSP at Duke Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI NCSP at Yale NCSP at UCLA NCSP at Penn

Penn cardiology fellows Sameed Khatana and Ashwin Nathan presenting as finalists for the AHA QCOR Young Investigator Award! #QCOR19 @ashwin_nathan Pete Groeneveld Jay Giri AHAMeetings Circ: CQO Penn Medicine Penn LDI

I’m looking forward to taking over the National CSP account tomorrow for #NCSPScholarFriday! I’ll be sharing my interests and recent work in cardiovascular outcomes and health policy research. Tune in tomorrow!

New Circulation work on how Medicare coverage for DOACs changed w/ guidelines rec'ing DOACs over warfarin. More formularies include DOACs but w/ increased pt costs. May hinder # of pts following guideline-rec tx: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… Joseph Ross NCSP at Penn NCSP at Yale Penn LDI

After guidelines recommended #DOACs, their overall coverage has increased, albeit by requiring greater patient out-of-pocket cost-sharing ow.ly/ozM450wyc08 #AHAJournals Elias Dayoub Joseph Ross NCSP at Penn Penn LDI Penn Medicine

Congratulations Dr. Datwani on your well deserved nomination!!

Out now JAMA. Cardiovascular mortality for middle-aged adults and changes in economic prosperity from 2010 to 2017. CV mortality decreased with improving prosperity but stagnated where prosperity worsened. Penn LDI Penn Medicine bit.ly/3cywdeB

Today in Circ: CQO: Implementation of PCI approp. use criteria associated with similar trends in coding practices at VA & non-VA PCI facilities, with only modest increases in coded acuity. Robert W. Yeh Elias Dayoub Jay Giri @ashwin_nathan Daniel Kolansky ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

‘Gaming’ the AUC for Revascularization? Study Suggests Not tctmd.com/news/gaming-au… Thanks Elias Dayoub and Less-Is-More Cardiologist for helping out with this one!

Thread: 1/ Today in JAHA: work from all star Penn LDI & Penn Heart & Vascular fellow Elias Dayoub who is becoming a leading national CV pharmacoepidemiologist. Elias examined uptake of PCSK9i from 2015 approval though 2019: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA… Let’s see what he found...