Just published in JACC @JACCJournals!🫀
Acute HF care is evolving:
📍Rapid diagnosis
📍Early decongestion
📍Timely GDMT initiation
📍Structured follow-up
📍Focus on long-term outcomes, not just symptom relief
Grateful to have contributed to this international collaboration & learned so much from the exceptional experts involved in this work. Congratulations to @Jolie_Bruno_ and @AlexMebazaa for the leadership & to all co-authors on this important publication🫀
Read the full paper🔗: https://t.co/408QmNOznr
#HeartFailure #AcuteHeartFailure #JACC @jozinetm@BiykemB@GianluSava@pmyhre
Don’t miss the first official @CardioNerds 5K at #ACC2026
⏰ Sun March 29, 6:45 AM
🔗 Sign up here: https://t.co/R2EeN1Y7eI
Not a runner? No problem - walkers (like me!) are welcome! Come join us at the riverfront 🫀
Don’t miss the first official @CardioNerds 5K at #ACC2026
⏰ Sun March 29, 6:45 AM
🔗 Sign up here: https://t.co/R2EeN1Y7eI
Not a runner? No problem - walkers (like me!) are welcome! Come join us at the riverfront 🫀
If you’re an interventional cardiologist gearing up for #ACC26 but haven’t had the chance to map out your schedule—don’t worry.
Here’s your all-in-one guide to the sessions covering the latest advances in IC 👇
Explore, prioritize, & plan your schedule at your convenience..
Hi Everyone -
🥸Here are all the 27 late breaking clinical trials presented at @ACCinTouch (ACC.26) with session number, day, time, and objective.
😱See you in NOLA:
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🫀🏃♂️ Exercise Physiology: Why Fitness Is a Vital Sign
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) isn’t just about performance — it’s one of the strongest predictors of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. In fact, the American Heart Association recommends treating CRF as a clinical vital sign.
At the center of CRF is VO₂ max — the gold standard measure of maximal oxygen uptake. It reflects the integrated function of:
❤️ Heart (cardiac output)
🫁 Lungs (ventilation & gas exchange)
🩸 Blood (oxygen delivery)
💪 Muscle (mitochondrial extraction & utilization)
Using the��Fick equation, oxygen consumption = cardiac output × arteriovenous O₂ difference. In simple terms: how much blood the heart pumps × how much oxygen muscles extract.
📉 Without training, VO₂ max declines ~1% per year with aging — but this decline is attenuated by sustained physical activity.
🔥 Fuel dynamics matter:
At low intensity → fat predominates
At higher intensity → carbohydrates take over
The “crossover” reflects neurohormonal and metabolic shifts.
🧠 Thresholds define performance:
• Ventilatory threshold = sustainable steady-state intensity
• Lactate threshold ≠ “fatigue toxin” — lactate is a metabolic shuttle, not waste
• VE/VCO₂ slope = powerful prognostic marker in heart failure
💓 During exercise, cardiac output can increase ≥5-fold. Stroke volume adaptation — not heart rate — is the primary training-driven cardiac improvement.
🫁 In healthy individuals, lungs rarely limit maximal exercise — it’s usually the heart and peripheral extraction.
🔎 Bottom line:
Exercise is not a single-organ phenomenon. It is a fully integrated systems test of human physiology — and one of the most powerful tools in prevention medicine.
Fitness is not optional biology. It’s measurable resilience.
🎄 Holiday Heart Health Tip: Enjoy the festivities, watch the alcohol & salt – can trigger irregular heartbeats (aka 'Holiday Heart Syndrome')!
Stay active (post-meal walk), eat veggies & nuts, & manage stress. Your heart will thank you!
#HeartHealth#HolidayHeart#Cardiology
Here in 📄 paper & ink 🖋️!! The 5th #ECMO specialists training manual: the new ELSO Blue Book 📘
Available at #ELSO2025, starting tomorrow!
With all ELSO publications:
📕 The Red Book 6th Edition
📘 Post-cardiotomy #ECLS & temporary MCS in adults
📕 ECPR and Resuscitative #ECMO
Increasing the Potassium Level in Patients at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmias: @NEJM
🥸 The statement: "Keep K above 4 and Mg above 2" still holds: #ESCCongress2025
😱 Summary
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🔥 Literally hot off the press 🔥
Such an honor to have proposed this textbook & serve as Editor!
What a pleasure working with @ElsevierConnect@Scopus@sciencedirect and so many incredible #CardioOnc authors, who are colleagues, mentees, friends, leaders, sponsors & mentors 🤩