Crystal Phend

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Adding new hypertensive to treatment may have greater effect on systolic #bloodpressure than maximizing dose. @medpagetoday @cphend: https://t.co/yMeGxotqnr

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A web app helped people determine whether they should be on a statin with high concordance to physicians' determinations, reported Steven Nissen, MD, in @JACCJournals.

By @cphend, @MedPageCardio. #cardiotwitter @ACCinTouch
https://t.co/Icc7Yy41Ay

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Hurricane Ida didn't become a full-fledged dialysis disaster in part due to the lessons from Hurricane Katrina, but there are bigger challenges ahead.

W/comment from @kramer_holly. By @cphend.
https://t.co/PQwEPyVivw

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Plasma transfusions from COVID-19-recovered patients didn't prevent progression of the same infection in high-risk adults outside the hospital setting, reported Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD, in @NEJM.

By @cphend. #IDtwitter
https://t.co/vC61tVOhJi

[Crystal Phend @cphend]

Younger kids will need #CovidVaccine, FDA advisors agreed. But yesterday's panel was torn over how quickly -- relying on emergency use authorization vs waiting for data needed for full licensure @medpagetoday @MedPageID https://t.co/DWWwR2Tuar

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#COVID19 vaccine: Study on CVST "spells out what we've all been saying...The bottom line is the risk-benefit continues to be clearly in favor of being vaccinated." @MaryCushmanMD @bbikdeli

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Severe #COVID19 has led to higher rate of CVST than #COVIDvaccination, #JACC study affirms. @medpagetoday @cphend: https://t.co/vTsLuFhHzy

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Younger teens may not be as likely to have severe #COVID19 as adults, but their hospitalization rates spiked early this year and left a large proportion in critical care, reported in @CDCMMWR.

By @cphend
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For low-risk breast cancer patients getting potentially cardiotoxic treatment, candesartan's short-term protection of cardiac function faded longer term in the PRADA trial from #ACC21. @medpagetoday @cphend: https://t.co/T4TRBqGqgu #CardioOnc

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Check out the latest episode of the Anamnesis podcast, my first as producer. Great "Eureka" stories from @DeborahSerani @KevinJTraceyMD @szellermd https://t.co/JAMy2lQ6j0 @medpagetoday @NorthwellHealth

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@MartyMakary

[Professor Beverley Hunt OBE (also on BlueSky) @bhwords]

Having a previous thrombosis or thrombophilia (sticky blood) is not a risk factor for developing the rare post COVID-19 vaccine thrombosis & thrombocytopenia

Discussing this at the highest level now!

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@nkf @ASNKidney @kramer_holly @DaVita @FreseniusKC

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Monoclonal antibody bamlanivimab appeared to work for end-stage renal disease patients in early data from dialysis providers, but there are plenty of questions that remain. By @cphend.
https://t.co/eZ74jjYcRF

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Study finds fewer than 20% of solid organ transplant patients mounted detectable antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 following a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

@medpagetoday 's @MartyMakary asks author @Dorry_Segev about the findings and implications of his study.

https://t.co/h0UByRFG2X

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Surgeons at @NorthwesternMed transplanted both lungs from a #COVID19 survivor into a man whose own lungs had been irreversibly ravaged by the disease. By @JohnGeverMPT. W/comment form @AnkitBharatMD. #surgerytwitter #IDtwitter
https://t.co/0eAjcJjqZU

[Crystal Phend @cphend]

Maybe it's not about what caused the first stroke...look longer for Afib even if the cause seems clear says @Braindoc_MGH at #ISC21 @MassGenBrigham @MGHNeurology @AHAMeetings @American_Heart @AHAScience https://t.co/tR8LgfR1Ii

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.@MedPageCardio @MedPageID @medpagetoday

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For ICU, prophylactic-dose anticoagulation continues shaping up as best option for COVID-19 @bbikdeli @MaryCushmanMD @PlateletDoc https://t.co/CooBfNf32w

[Crystal Phend @cphend]

Update on JAMA systemic racism podcast: it's been taken down and host has resigned @AmerMedicalAssn @DrAlethaMaybank @enenbee https://t.co/FOh0rCAQtA

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DOAC After Heart Valve Procedure? https://t.co/nmR2MjiU7h #cardiotwitter #cardiology @medpagetoday @cphend @AnkurKalraMD

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A JAMA podcast episode billed as "structural racism for skeptics" hit all the wrong notes with Black physicians and people of color on Twitter. By @cphend.
@shirlywhirlmd @DrAlethaMaybank @enenbee @ruthcarlosmd
https://t.co/4hZlaz6gK8