Mark Drazner

Academic heart failure/vad/transplant cardiologist; husband, father, tennis fan. Past President, @HFSA. Tweets=own opinions.

[AHA Science @AHAScience]

Published today, Ethical Considerations for Heart Organ Allocation: Current Landscape and Future Policy Iterations, a Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.

There are 4 groups of decision-makers in transplantation. Each of these decision-makers has interests and motivations for participating in an organized allocation system, particularly in the setting of organ scarcity.

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[Anu Lala (Anuradha Lala-Trindade) @dranulala]

If you haven't had the chance to read this month's moving editors page by @robmentz - please take a moment to do so.

https://t.co/DigMKaiSd2

[Diana De Oliveira Gomes, MD @Deoliveiragdc]

Happy to share our paper in @JCardiacFailure 🫀
We found that when using POCUS of the internal jugular veins to estimate RAP in #HeartFailure, the right and left sides of the neck can tell different stories. @MarkDrazner
Here's what we learned 🧵https://t.co/hYUloj5Nmf

[Anu Lala (Anuradha Lala-Trindade) @dranulala]

How cool and insightful is this editors page from @JasonKatzMD & @noshreza for @JCF? Do we need editors in the age of AI?

https://t.co/1pc6O3eXf0

[Mark Drazner @MarkDrazner]

Your article link:
https://t.co/vkxBodovuJ

[Amit Achhra, MD PhD MPH @Amit_Achhra]

@MarkDrazner @UTSWMedCenter @JtThib @HFSA @JACCJournals @ACCinTouch @AHAScience @KhazanieHeart @UTSWInternalMed @utswheart @UTSWCardfellow @UTSWIMchief @hmkyale Is there a link? Thanks

[Mark Drazner @MarkDrazner]

The future of #HFrEF treatment: can we move from a strategy of “Lifetime quadruple therapy for all” to “Personalized GDMT”? Congratulations to @UTSWMedCenter MS4 Michael Pitonak for leading this effort! @jtthib

[HFSA @HFSA]

“What brought you to heart failure?”

In this special episode, six HFSA past presidents share the defining moments, mentors, and clinical experiences that shaped their careers — from hemodynamics and early HF trials to transformative ICU care. Their reflections offer a rare look at how leaders in our field found purpose and direction.

Listen here: 🔗 https://t.co/AgeqbTCsp1

#HFBeat @nancy_m_albert @BiykemB @JamesCFangMD @MarkDrazner @DukeHFDoc @MHBeasleyMD @priyaumapathi

[Circ: Heart Failure @CircHF]

Building Resilient Clinicians: Lessons From Palliative Care Training for the Heart Failure Community @MarkDrazner
https://t.co/oom4pEZ0Wz

[Mark Drazner @MarkDrazner]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Dr. Sarah Godfrey, former @UTSWCardfellow and now @MayoClinic Palliative Cardiologist, with insights from her palliative care fellowship to build resilience in #AHFTC. @HFSA @ISHLT @CircHF @CardioNerds @noshreza @MKIttlesonMD
URL: https://t.co/7sIdWfFXDD

[Silia DeFilippis MD FACC FAHA FHFSA @EMDeFilippisMD]

☄️According to 2025 NRMP match data, 38 (51%) AHFTC programs didn’t fill their programs with 51 (40%) unfilled positions

As the burden of 🫀HF increases and HF mortality rates ⬆️, we need the best and brightest in our field @EiranGorodeski @MKIttlesonMD @MarkDrazner @gcfmd

[Jenny Thibodeau, MD, MSCS @JTThibs]

The physical exam changes & evolves but always remains critical to the clinical assessment of a patient. Check out our novel #POCUS protocol to assess volume status #jacchf @JACCJournals
👀 https://t.co/uujYGEuO8p

[Diana De Oliveira Gomes, MD @Deoliveiragdc]

Thrilled to share our paper in @JACCJournals
I had the honor of working with @MarkDrazner @JTThibs and our amazing team on a Novel, bedside 4-stage POCUS protocol to estimate RAP using internal jugular vein–carotid artery comparisons @HFSA

[Mark Drazner @MarkDrazner]

A novel 4-stage #POCUS protocol to estimate RAP by visual comparison of IJV and carotid artery sizes in #JACCHF. Test it out! #Stage4isHigh #DontMissTheHighOnes https://t.co/hTl8En32n5
@Deoliveiragdc @JTThibs @utswheart @UTSWInternalMed @CardioNerds @JACCJournals @NephroP @HFSA

[Mark Drazner @MarkDrazner]

Congratulations to @HFSA for a wonderful Annual Scientific Meeting!
#TheHeartFailureCommunityIsTheBest
#WhereHFTeamsGather @utswheart

[Mark Drazner @MarkDrazner]

Listen for the hoofbeats!
Work led by ⭐️s Drs. Michelle Dimza and Ananya Gorrai from @UTSWMedCenter.
@UTSWCardfellow @utswheart @UTSWIMchief @UTSWPathWM @KUCVM @MaryjaneFarrMD @laurentrubymd @JTThibs @EAshleyHardinMD @nickhendrenMD @CardioNerds #NewOnsetHeartFailure #AHFTC

[JACC Journals @JACCJournals]

Pheochromocytoma is a rare cause of #NICM w/ variable clinical presentation. Dr. @MarkDrazner, et al report 2 cases in which Dx of pheochromocytoma was not initially recognized during evaluation of 📉 #LVEF, despite some potential clues https://t.co/5ywKU1WXnC #JACCCaseReports

[Jason N. Katz @JasonKatzMD]

Calling all Teachers & Mentors 🗣️: send us your perspectives on how YOU do things in Heart Failure care or at its many intersections! We want to share great nuggets from all of you 🫵 Master Clinicians and Educators! @HFSA @SocietyOfCCC @MarkDrazner @DukeHFDoc

[HFSA @HFSA]

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[Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc @NMHheartdoc]

We rarely have a moment to return to our roots; the place that made us; re-visit the spirit of the mentors who molded us. @utswheart @UTSWMedCenter - I am forever grateful 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 @dramitkhera @MarkDrazner @GailPetersonMD @vaughalle1 @NMCardioVasc

[Jenny Thibodeau, MD, MSCS @JTThibs]

Should we fluid restrict for patients who have HF? Are there particular patients for whom fluid restriction is or is not beneficial? Our own @MarkDrazner led an excellent discussion regarding these issues following the presentation of the LBCT: FRESH-UP at #ACC25. @utswheart @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWCardfellow

[Jenny Thibodeau, MD, MSCS @JTThibs]

Not sure you are doing all that you should do in new onset #HFrEF?
Now in @JACCJournals #JACCHF: 5 pivotal questions re: eval of new HFrEF based on guidelines and emerging data!
@UTSWheart @MarkDrazner @DimzaMichelle @pruett_ch11693 @MaryjaneFarrMD

https://t.co/Zz5v1IK6q8