Young women with premature #ASCVD and #IHD receive less antiplatelets and statins compared with men with lower adherence to statins -from the Veterans wIth premaTure AtheroscLerosis (VITAL) registry @JAMACardio@Iquesthouston@BCMHeart@virani_md@Dmahtta
https://t.co/aPxSsbao10
A recent study found that presence of #Diabetes was found to be a #CVD risk equivalent in one-fifth of CVD-free adults living with diabetes. Check out the expert analysis by @MTLeeMD & @JamalRanaMD to learn more: https://t.co/PyhCe0OJiv #cvMetabolic
Clinically important paper by @jia_xiaoming showing predictors of SASE in large healthcare system (>1.2 million ASCVD patients) but importantly, which patients do or don't receive mod/high-intensity statins despite SASE👇
https://t.co/6RCnEyAFbY
Want to talk productivity? PubMed-based algorithms placed Dr. @virani_md in the top 0.01% of scholars writing about Cholesterol over the past 10 years, a level that they label as "World Expert". 👏😲
https://t.co/VvxcyVDTxD
Thank you @virani_md@JamalRanaMD@MTLeeMD for contributing to our review article on an imp topic. Stroke 📈 in the young, with ⬆️ in traditional and nontraditional RF (e.g recreational drugs). While ASA/statins use much ⬇️ in pts w/ premature ASCVD. 🕛 to address these issues!
Our Paper "Epidemiology and risk factors for stroke in young individuals: implications for prevention" in Curr Opinion Cardiol is out. Aliza Hussain, @MTLeeMD, @virani_md
7 key points 🧵
1. Rising incidence of stroke in young adults, with largest increase in ischemic strokes.
Association of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with higher risk of cancer: a behavioral risk factor surveillance system study ⬇️@MTLeeMD@dmahtta@virani_md@BCMHeart@vahsrd
https://t.co/kEBveTapbO
A new @JAMACardio study highlights significant #healthdisparities in CV care between women and men #veterans with premature and extremely premature atherosclerotic #CVD. Learn more: https://t.co/m2TNbdqyrL @MTLeeMD
https://t.co/ZiH30eb4lC Interview with:
First Author
Michelle Lee, MD, PharmD
Fellow-in-training, Health Services Research & Development
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Senior & Corresponding Author
Salim S. #@heartdisease
https://t.co/yYxjObtQiE
New publication from our team:
💥In high risk patients with cancer-related pericardial effusion, pericardiocentesis is safe and effective, with low complication rates even in cases with severe thrombocytopenia and hemodynamic instability
https://t.co/k6WYGuID2R @FrontiersIn