W. Aaron Kay

Adult Congenital and Noninvasive Cardiologist.
All posts are my opinion and not that of my employer.

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

What a marvel! A staging with all the creativity. Only these fantastic girls could have chosen such an amazing musical cocktail, with a sensational staging.♥️😄🎧

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

This is the Seth Meyers clip Donald Trump just had a meltdown over on Truth Social where Seth brutally mocks Trump’s insane rant about steam powered catapults. Trump REALLY doesn’t want people to see this so whatever you do please do NOT share this video!

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@grok please let me know who the leading contenders for 2028 Presidential race, including possible American Party nominees

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@Chiron95p @TexasLindsay_ @DrAngela4Health Elevated platelets are a very common finding in iron deficiency. In fact, my friends who are hematologists (I’m a cardiologist) recommend checking iron studies as the first step in evaluating elevated platelets.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Handwriting leads to widespread brain connectivity - typing does not.

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[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@FrankLuntz Most of Fox News is saying that Trump lost (and lost badly) tonight

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@pjamiesonkay @generalorthomd @UHC Amen, Brother! We have the same garbage 2 week wait sometimes with Cath and echo.

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@laurensmiley @WIRED Very well-written story, @laurensmiley . Would make a captivating movie.

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@FondOfBeetles @Bornawoman99 @jeremykauffman The correct answer should be (I did engineering and premed) is that you can’t calculate due to missing data. Long story short, this question is just testing if students know the difference between specificity and positive predictive value.

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@FondOfBeetles @Bornawoman99 @jeremykauffman 1.98% if you have no false negatives (sensitivity of 100%)
1% with a sensitivity of 50%.
The point is, if you were testing something with a prevalence that low, you need to have a better test or else you’re just wasting money and causing unnecessary worry and may harm

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@DrSiyabMD You can’t accurately calculate deposits of predictive value here without knowing the sensitivity of the test. All they gave you here is the specificity and the prevalence.

If you make the giant leap of faith at the sensitivity is 100% percent, then PPV would be 1.98%

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@robeldermd CHD rule #2 - Blue blood is better than no blood!

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@LynnBeardsley @EM_RESUS To clarify - do you mean that Pharma should not be allowed "direct-to-consumer" ads, or do you mean all advertising in all its forms?

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@drew_dietle @EM_RESUS I assume you carry your tuning fork?

[Westby Fisher, MD @doctorwes]

So now that @ABIMcert has notified all the US hospitals that physicians have not paid their hyperinflated MOC fees and “decertified” them before their certs expired, we should step back and ask some serious questions regarding this organization. 🧵

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@itmeolliev @lovemyAthletics @Acyn Do you think he would actually listen to their advice?

[W. Aaron Kay @WAaronKay1]

@chandan_khandai @jbcarmody Yes Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant not only earns less $$$ than other sub specialties; it also earns significantly less than GENERAL cardiology, which doesn’t require more than the standard 3 year fellowship. ACHD has the same problem (arg. even worse because 2 yr fellowship