Firas F Mussa

Surgeon-Trialist, Fact-checker and cynic 🇮🇶🇺🇸🇬🇧 NHLBI-IMPROVE-AD

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@AlanLumsdenMD Amazing! Persistence wins! Congratulations

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@AnahitaDua @MGBResearchNews @MGHVascular @MGHSurgery Amazing and congratulations

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@jmills1955 TEVAR ALL TBAD

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@AlanLumsdenMD A classic act

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On this day, 4/26, Lucille Ball died of ruptured AAA. A week prior she had a type A repair. Were they linked? Genetics? How would that be different today? 37 years later and we still looking for answers #IMPROVE-AD

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@HeartOTXHeartMD Totally in support. May want to have a pic of you in Chicago as profile pic though. Just a thought!

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@keaglemd 🙏👇

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The International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD) turns 30 years old today. 60 Centers, nearly 18,000 patients, more than 125 publications…IRAD gives a voice to patients and families with this rare and highly dangerous problem. We can do better…no we must do better…

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@hahussain Ordered

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@hahussain Congrats! Will def grab a copy

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#IMPROVE-AD: ONE more patient for 180! Who will bring it home?!!

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@OuzounianMD @DVervoort94 Oh my! What a loss! So so sorry and pray for his family. His memory will live on

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👇is another one on why we need a trial. Glad to see @JVascSurg making a turn back to good science

https://t.co/gDDeam3nEH

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@MarylandSurg @Toursavadkohi Super congrats

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@raimcsantos Also, not sure there is such a thing as non A non B, the SVS/STS classification fixed that. This is TBAD

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@raimcsantos Hard to argue when saving a life or limb is the question. However in someone with possible genetic aortopathy, I worry about that “strange” looking proximal end of the stent graft and also the use of bare stents. The serve no purpose in my view!

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@AeroMD @ACTAEC @CRCHUM @UMontreal Leading the way and more to come. Congrats and thank you

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@AUB_Lebanon Mabrook @hayfarani Great news

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@DrMakaryFDA @US_FDA All great and congratulations. For year two, how about aligning data with therapy and reimbursement. In RVU world, industry get more devices put in with no proven benefit to patients and cost keep escalating. #Help NIH trial

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@DrMakaryFDA can you please help?

Sincerely,
NIH trialist/surgeon

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@DrMakaryFDA maybe you can help? Sincerely, a concerned current NIH trialist #IMPROVE-AD