Thrilled to be sharing our approach in managing CV risk among athletes using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS)
Given AAS increasing use amount recreational athletes, it's important to understand the relationship between AAS and CV risk
A thread🧵
https://t.co/kv5szhFrgG
🚨 Fresh off the press: @JACCJournals Case Reports Special Issue on Sports Cardiology
Just in time for #ACCAthleticHeart Preconference starting tomorrow, check out this issue filled with fascinating #SportsCardio cases
👏🏼 to @jonathankimmd & team
🔗: https://t.co/7b2IzLPFv7
Well designed RCT shows patients randomized to an exercise program had substantially improved survival after adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer.
- 5 yr disease-free survival 80.3% vs
73.9% (HR 0.72)
- 8 yr overall survival 90.3% vs 83.2% (HR 0.63)
This is groundbreaking!
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Excited to share our published review on AAS 💉 use among recreational athletes and CV🫀risk.
Particularly given recent announcement of ‘Enhanced Games’ which encourage PED use such as AAS.
Huge thanks to @DrPRao for ongoing guidance/support.
https://t.co/mVTOzex9lP
For those interested in sports cardiology and genetics, below are insights based on last 100 referrals (~60% sports/40% genetics)
(Over the past year @BidmcCvi I’ve been seeing athletes with cardiac conditions and caring for patients in the CV genetics program led by @UTahirMD)
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📢Can deep phenotyping and proteomic profiling identify new #biomarkers in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
🧬In @CircHF, we leverage OLINK #proteomics to measure >250 proteins in genotype positive #HCM with Cardiac MR data.
https://t.co/jiIknLvA1O
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4 weeks of the arm in a cast:
-22% strength 🏋️♀️
-4% muscle mass 💪
However, these changes can be offset by resistance training 🏋️♀️the opposite arm 3 times per week: https://t.co/NPN8iUksC3
🫀Does exercise intensity or duration impact heart health more?
A study shows longer exercise duration at lower intensity is linked to higher coronary artery calcification, while higher intensity reduces it
Balance your workouts to maximize benefits ⏳🏋🏻
https://t.co/dCviALJYHG
New @ACCinTouch: @SeanPMeagher speaks with Dr. Braverman about dilated aortas in athletes.
🔹Defining aortic ‘dilation’
🔹Prevalence in athletes
🔹When to consider genetic testing
Excited to see the rise of future Sports Cardiology 🌟@BIDMCVFellows!
https://t.co/4WdNmRtawA
CV Sports Chat: Dilated Aortas in Athletes 🏃🏻
New @ACCinTouch#SportsCardio interview with the expert, Dr. Alan Braverman, who shares his approach to this common clinical scenario
Nicely done by @SeanPMeagher
https://t.co/WaBGpGChZe
As part of their welcome to BI, our first year fellows were taken out to sushi dinner with our chief of cardiology & program director 🍣 One of the best things about being a BI 🫀 fellow is how engaged in fellow education our division leadership is! @RobGersztenMD@JoeKannam
Extreme exercise and longevity: detrimental or beneficial?
https://t.co/nBABWajAVp
In a retrospective study of the 1st 200 athletes to run < 4 minute miles, there was evidence of several (~5) years longer lifespan compared with the general population. Still an unsettled question, but certainly supports lack of harm