David Bartov

Director of Cardiac Cath Lab at Overlook Medical Center. Interventional Cardiologist at Morristown Medical Center.

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@venkmurthy @bnallamo “The price of a shortcut is usually not worth the reward”

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@OneMoreDrPatel Don't try to be who you think they want you to be. Just be yourself. You're being interviewed because they see something they like in you.

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@RSohnMD Admitted with exertional angina x 6 month and went straight to cath?

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@KippermanRobert @PhilGenereuxMD @KKoulogiannis @morristownheart @AtlanticHealth @TAVRBot Thanks to the whole team for all the great work you do

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@iamSauceGardner Sauce you’re good. That was a BS flag every day of the week and twice on Sunday

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@CMichaelGibson Do you consider it a limitation of the study that only 21% were placed on mechanical support prior to the PCI? Supporting patients prior to PCI seems to be the optimal strategy based on some data and personal experiences. Either way, complication rates still stubbornly high.

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@CMichaelGibson @CardiacConsult Very informative interview, can’t wait to see the results.

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@DFCapodanno All of the above

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@DrBillLombardi Thank you for doing this

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@BreeceH Barrio Chino on Broome st. Best margaritas and Mexican food I’ve ever had

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@DavidLBrownMD Definition of art : a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice. (Oxford dictionary)

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@AndrewJSauer There is a lot on twitter lately about salary in different specialties. My advice to any trainee, ignore everything you read about $, it’s mostly inaccurate anyway. Find a specialty that really excites you, the rest will follow.

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@DrPeterPollak @aelsab @DrAmyPollak @JamesMeschia @ArKatsanos @OliveLennon1 @MCoylewright @adnanalkhouli Over 60 with an ASA and/or large shunt AND negative screen for AFib with ILR x 3-6 mo, very reasonable to close. I think thrombophilia + patients benefit as much if not more so from closure (at least based on observational data).

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@CMichaelGibson It’s not a barometer of who will be a good doctor but should not be abandoned. Once you get to the fun stuff (clinical application of the basic sciences) we have a deeper understanding of what are seeing, which I think makes us better doctors.

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@GEICC3 @DavidLBrownMD @GreggWStone @mmamas1973 @ajaykirtane @luisbeckdasilva @AndreZimerman @Scolari_Fernand Low EF w class 2 HF on meds, DM, obstructive prox LAD and LCx with decent targets = CABG if good candidate otherwise PCI.

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@djc795 @mbmcentegart Great discussion, thank you for posting

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@mytachybrady @mmamas1973 @samitshahmd @DavidLBrownMD @cardiojaydoc02 Stable lesions 1 week TT, ACS 2 weeks TT. Usually DT x 1 year in all who tolerate it. At 1 year I switch P2Y12 to ASA 81 as default and for HBR NOAC alone.

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@ammozid @drrashid05 @mmamas1973 @hwijeysundera @ncurzen @DrAsifQasim @rwyeh @SVRaoMD @GreggWStone @ShelleyWood2 @DavidLBrownMD @alaide_chief @ShrillaB @mirvatalasnag @cardiojaydoc02 @rallamee @ajaykirtane @amibanerjee1 @dr_mosama @Hragy @aymanka @aayshacader @agtruesdell @KardiologieHH @iamritu Then why are you and your colleagues looking for ischemia in these patients with “few symptoms” if its not going to affect your management? Clinical risk factors +/- calcium score will tell you if you need treat medically and much more cost effective and less radiation.

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@VivekKulkarniMD @DrMarthaGulati @cardiojaydoc02 Vulnerable patient clearly, vulnerable plaque probably. Low threshold to cath with any increase on symptom frequency/intensity/duration/etc. Patient preference after risk/benefit discussion.

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@DavidLBrownMD @ajaykirtane @gcfmd That if we are going to reference STICH trial we should keep in mind the findings of the trial in its entirety and not cherry pick an analysis that only included 1/2 of the patient population to infer the opposite conclusion.