Happy to share our paper in @ESC_Journals. In this meta-analysis of randomized trials, we found that as compared with aspirin, P2Y12i was associated with 11% and 19% reduction in MACE and MI respectively. https://t.co/Y3Gstzgfu6
Just wrapped up another week at our fellow’s boot camp, packed with insightful conferences.
@alaahoda2001 started the week with a case-based lecture on identifying EKG manifestations of myocardial ischemia.
What I’m good at:
- hyponatremia
- pneumonia
- sepsis
- heart failure
What my family asks me about:
- ear itch
- boob pain
- random rashes
- “am I farting too much?”
"When I first came here, I'm a bit ashamed to admit this, but I was trying to hide the fact that I came from Lebanon."
2021 medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian on the importance of inclusion and learning to love his immigrant background.
#NobelPrize
Dear residency #Match2023 candidates, go where you are loved.
Because magic happens when you grow up in an environment where you are loved and cherished for who you are.
Let's be clear. Eli Lilly should apologize for increasing the price of insulin by over 1,200% since 1996 to $275 while it costs less than $10 to manufacture. The inventors of insulin sold their patents in 1923 for $1 to save lives, not to make Eli Lilly's CEO obscenely rich.
We've all heard this story.
A person goes for a stress test to ‘check their heart’ and is told they ‘passed with flying colours’.
The following week they have a heart attack.
How is this possible?
Here's how.
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Friendly reminder to all residency/ fellowship applicants (but mostly myself)- this process or its outcome is not a referendum on who we are or what we are capable of. ✨ #Cardiotwitter#eras#WIC#MedTwitter
In this MA of pts with cardiogenic shock requiring VA-ECMO support, concurrent use of Impella (ECPELLA) was associated with a lower risk of short-term mortality. However, pts with ECPELLA had higher rates of hemolysis, limb ischemia, and CRRT.
https://t.co/HQCt5YwXTh.
Learnt a lot co-authoring this article on POTS with @nbharat89 and @PSatishMD!
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: pathophysiology, management, and experimental therapies https://t.co/3R2tCOfZZi
Can you guess what these people have in common? They are all doctors, all are 90+ and all belong to 1951 MBBS Batch of Madras Medical College! Three cheers to them for their spirit in celebrating birthday of one of them