What we know about the heart and #COVID19. The problem is there's way too much we don't know. science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65… Science Magazine

The brain and central nervous system in 38 children w/ #COVID19: largest neuroimaging report shows diverse, serious complications that can occur, that are thankfully rare thelancet.com/journals/lanch… The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

#VisualAbstract from Sanaiha et al article on Intraaortic Balloon Pump vs Peripheral Ventricular Assist Device Use in the United States: ow.ly/cLHI50COFle #AnnalsImages #TSSMN ping Rakesh C. Arora Edward Bender, MD Arie Blitz, MD, MBA Maral Ouzounian Dr Nikki Stamp FRACS Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, LLM, FRCSC

On this "new," not so new, #SARSCoV2 variant with putative higher (>60%) transmission (no difference in illness or vaccine resistance), we need to see the data and proof to support the assertion. wsj.com/livecoverage/c… Jason Douglas

I’ve operated 4 28 yrs, trained by some of best cardiac/vascular surgeons around, pretty good partners as well The right way is the way that best suits each individual. I’m a non locking Castro person, But when forced to use that tool I can palm it and put the 👍 in the hole

What do you think the place for the Ross Operation (IIb) in the new 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease? jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

How not to announce vaccine results. No transparency. "Efficacy above 50%" No thanks. reuters.com/article/us-hea…

mRNA vaccines won’t alter your DNA but tobacco will

How long is #LongCovid? The most extensive symptom assessment and longest duration (7 months) of nearly 3,800 individuals shows how debilitating this is in young, predominantly women, w/ most unable to return to full prior work medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Hannah Davis Athena Akrami

I had two side effects from my covid vaccine..... JOY and RELIEF

COVID ICU again today. Almost all my patients are less than 60 years old and previously fit. Some are very young. If you think this disease can't touch you then think again. 💙

Earlier this month on 1/6/1968, Norman Shumway performed the 1st successful heart transplant in the US at Stanford. The recipient was a 54 yo steel worker, and lived for 14 days. The landmark operation created a burst of enthusiasm for heart transplantation.

The first presentation of underlying aortic complications occurred in 75% of cases. Pregnancy-related #aorticdissection

The large colchicine RCT for covid is preprint published. It shows some consistent directional benefit for major outcomes medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Since this is a pill, it's safe, cheap & an early intervention (as tested here, before hospital) these findings are very encouraging

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If a vaccine only prevents the most severe infections (like deaths & hospitalizations, as they all have so far) but have incomplete protection from the other categories, spread isn't prevented. And the reports of "asymptomatic transmission efficacy" are so far uninterpretable.

Son dakika... 'Korona' yazınca saldırdılar! 1 hemşire 3 yaralı milliyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dak… milliyet.com.tr aracılığıyla

16-year-old Alexander Martínez Gómez was killed by local police in southern Mexico. His teammates wanted him to score one last goal 🙏❤️

Rize Güneysu dan Recep Ali Pece... Mekanın cennet olsun. Gulec yüzlü eğlenceli harika bir insandı. Ne demişler "ya bir haber olacaksın ya bir haber alacaksin".