Sean Meagher, MD

Cardiology fellow @BIDMCVFellows @HarvardMed | via @BIDMC_IM @UVMLarnerMed | Fitness fanatic 🏋🏻

[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

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

[Jeff Hsu, MD, PhD @JeffHsuMD]

🚨 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

[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

Cardiovascular adaptation to training load in endurance athletes: exercise duration > intensity

https://t.co/p1QJ99Zl4E

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

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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[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

Mortality, SCD Higher For Male Professional Than Amateur Bodybuilders - American College of Cardiology https://t.co/v2ea3Db4lr

[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

https://t.co/6bdUdjAAJ0

[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

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

[Dr. Prashant Rao @DrPRao]

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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[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

@DrPRao @RobGersztenMD @BidmcCvi @BIDMC_Research Congrats Prashant! Fantastic news!

[Springfield Football @_SCFootball]

DOWN WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPS 🙌

#LTBR🔻 #D3FB

[Usman Tahir @UTahirMD]

📢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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[Daniel Berglind, PhD @DanielBerglind]

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

[EJPC Editor-in-Chief @EJPCEiC]

🫀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

[BIDMC CV Fellowship @BIDMCVFellows]

We had a great turn out at this year’s annual fellow welcome BBQ hosted at our program director @JoeKannam’s house last weekend!

[European Society of Cardiology Journals @ESC_Journals]

Clinical features and outcomes in carriers of pathogenic desmoplakin variants. Read more in #EHJ 👉 https://t.co/iiVjI31FNX

@RoccoMontone @ehj_ed

[Sean Meagher, MD @SeanPMeagher]

@DrPRao @BIDMCVFellows @UTahirMD @caitlin_finnn @BidmcCvi @DocStrom Huge thanks to @UTahirMD and @DrPRao for the guidance!

[Dr. Prashant Rao @DrPRao]

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

[Jeff Hsu, MD, PhD @JeffHsuMD]

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

[BIDMC CV Fellowship @BIDMCVFellows]

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

[BIDMC CV Fellowship @BIDMCVFellows]

Happy orientation day to our new F1’s! We’re so excited to welcome you all to BI! #July1

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

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