In press in JACC Journals today: our paper on the largest endomyocardial biopsy study in human HFpEF to date. Kudos to Virginia Shalkey Hahn, MD and all co-authors! @dkassjhu Sanjiv J. Shah, MD Johns Hopkins Cardiology Johns Hopkins Medicine Ryan J Tedford MD Joban Vaishnav AHA Research heartfailure.onlinejacc.org/content/early/…

🎁From US to YOU: 🎙️#42: Lipid Management w/ @AnnMarieNavar & Nishant Shah, MD ✅Lipid metabolism ✅Anti-lipid Rx ✅Approach in different risk groups ✅Statin intolerance ✅What to do with⬆️Tg, ⬆️LPa, ⬆️LDL ✅the CAC score ✅Keto 🥘 🤯and much MORE!!! cardionerds.com/42-lipid-manag…

Ending a terrific #CNCR recording day with a BANG🎇, grateful to a stellar Duke Cardiology Fellows team: Navid Nafissi, Marat Fudim, MD MHS, Sipa Yankey, Richa Agarwal Phenomenal teaching; get ready for a gold mine of learning! Thanks to Colin Blumenthal, MD MS & Karan Desai MD FACC for producing & notes!

Curious as to why LVAD ECGs are so noisy and what you can do about it? Check out our paper in JAHA for LVAD model-specific filtering solutions. bit.ly/2PO29PH Jonathan Piccini, MD, MHS Adam DeVore, MD, MHS Brett Atwater Eric Black-Maier Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke Cardiology Fellows Duke Heart

📢 CNCR#5 - Hereditary Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Thanks to our Star Guests 🤩: Navid Nafissi Sipa Yankey Marat Fudim, MD MHS Richa Agarwal & Dr. Anna Lisa Crowley from Duke Cardiology Fellows Enjoy: cardionerds.com/50-case-report… Notes & Graphics - Colin Blumenthal, MD MS & Karan Desai MD FACC

1/17 #CNCR and food trucks; what could be better! Another amazing @Cardionerds case w/ Navid Nafissi, Marat Fudim, MD MHS and Sipa Yankey from Duke Cardiology Fellows Catch up on the episode here: cardionerds.com/50-case-report… Here’s a brief re-cap with some of the💯learning First a synopsis…

We often discuss this and typically avoid dex in our CICU patients if they are anywhere on the spectrum of heart failure/ cardiogenic shock. Safety of dexmedetomidine in the cardiac intensive care unit academic.oup.com/ehjacc/advance…

CIEDs and the Evolution of Conduction Disease in Cardiac Amyloidosis, by Duke Heart fellows Mike Rehorn, Rahul Loungani MD, Eric Black-Maier, Amanda Coniglio, and faculty Ravi Karra, Sean Pokorney, and Michel Khouri, published in JACC Journals: Clinical EP doi.org/10.1016/j.jace…

Recently completed Duke Heart’s 1500th HTx. So many lives saved w/ the gift of life. It takes a massive amount of support- Duke Heart DukeCTSurgery Duke Anesthesiology, HTx coordinators, nursing, PT/OT, SW, nutrition, Tx psychology & psychiatry and the list goes on...

Did you know that cardiac #amyloidosis patients with CIEDs have ⬆️ in V-pacing (59 🡪 96%) and ⬆️ #AFib burden over time, but ⬇️ incidence of sustained ventricular arrhythmias? Learn more from Drs. Rahul Loungani MD, Eric Black-Maier et al. in #JACCCEP: bit.ly/3jgbsnJ

So proud of Robert Mentz, MD as he takes over leadership of Journal of Cardiac Failure Great day for HFSA and Duke Cardiology Duke Clinical Research Institute Journal is in great hands with Rob!

Congrats & thank you to the entire Duke Heart team (and more broadly) who has made this possible. The amazing gift of organ donation which we are fortunate to act as stewards for

Contemporary use of VA-ECMO: Insights from Multicenter RESCUE Registry, by HF fellow Rahul Loungani MD with Marat Fudim, MD MHS @RanneyDave Ajar Kochar Marc Samsky Adam DeVore, MD, MHS Mani A Daneshmand et al., published in Journal of Cardiac Failure doi.org/10.1016/j.card… Duke Heart Duke Clinical Research Institute

In Press HeartRhythm — Rehorn, Eric Black-Maier Rahul Loungani MD Jacob Niall Schroder Jason N. Katz Sean Pokorney James Daubert Jonathan Piccini, MD, MHS Electrical Storm in VAD pts ✳️10.7% incidence ✳️41% mortality w/in 1yr ✳️Predictors - periop mech support, prior VT ± abl, AADs heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-…

Feeling all the feels as we celebrate Joseph Rogers and all he has meant to the faculty, fellows & staff of Duke Heart. Truly one of the finest! Wishing him all the best at The Texas Heart Institute. #WWJD? Duke Heart Failure Manesh Patel Adam DeVore, MD, MHS Robert Mentz, MD Duke Cardiology Fellows Christopher O'Connor

1/9 A 60 y/o man w chronic systolic HF is admitted with increasing dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and fatigue. Says his weight hasn't changed much recently. We perform a quantitative assessment of the jugular venous pulse. Video starts w patient at 60 degrees and then reclines.

Growth that saves lives. Ezequiel Molina MD, FACS, FACC Rahul Loungani MD Rajeev Singh The ISHLT HFSA

Exceptional growth in heart transplant volumes at Piedmont. Our team is committed to give every opportunity to patients with AHF in the Southeast. Record year for durable LVAD implants as well. Robert Cole Rahul Loungani MD Rajeev Singh benjamin demoss The ISHLT The Society of Thoracic Surgeons HFSA

Hard to believe our tiny transplant program went from an MPSC review to the largest program in Georgia in just 3 years. So proud to work with tremendous surgeons, Sagar Damle and Ezequiel Molina MD, FACS, FACC , and an amazing team Rajeev Singh Rahul Loungani MD Ben DeMoss, Arun Krishnamoorthy

Amazing work from so many Duke Heart to help Expand the donor pool and improve transplant outcomes. Jacob Niall Schroder Adam DeVore, MD, MHS Chet Patel Sarah Casalinova , Carmelo Milano, and so many more DukeCTSurgery Duke Heart Failure Expanding the Donor Pool jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…