#CardioNugget
A hypertensive response during exercise stress is not abnormal, but during dobutamine stress it is associated with ischemia and should not be dismissed as a false positive.
#CardioTwitter#MedEd#CardioNuggets
How is vasospastic angina diagnosed?
(1) Nitrate-responsive cp with
🫀Rest Angina/Occurs from midnight to early AM
🫀Exercise tolerant (but worse in the AM)
🫀Precipitated by hyperventilation
🫀Improved by CCBs but not beta-blockers
#CVBoardPearl#MedTwitter (1/2)
(PMID 26245334)
New study reveals that higher Lipoprotein(a) levels linked to increased myocardial fibrosis and scar in a multiethnic population.
Lp(a) emerges as a crucial risk factor for cardiac health with potential for targeted therapies https://t.co/yHpmnY0uQu #JACC#CardioTwitter#cvprev
Accurate assessment of #LVEF from routine coronary angiography…What? Read more about it or listen to the podcast. https://t.co/hNyWqz1xzi
Accompanying editorial by Drs. Spencer B. King & Matthew T. Brown: https://t.co/sGt6fgyQkO
#JACCAdvances#DeepLearning@adnanalkhouli
Chronic coronary disease is on the agenda at #NYCVS23 today!
Explore the newest clinical guideline and related patient & clinician tools: https://t.co/Snph5FpMNK
ACC created a pocket guide on nonstatin strategies & therapies for lowering LDL-C #cholesterol. This tool guides clinician decision-making on the optimization of statin therapies in accordance w/ clinical guidelines & practical guidance. https://t.co/2B4gXWtzVS #NYCVS23
What’s the new normal? Updated #echofirst reference ranges for strain measurements for all four chambers adjusted for age, sex, & other clinical variables. https://t.co/rwG2gQg977
#JACCIMG#cvImaging@john_nyb@CIUS_NTNU@ProCardio1
Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque Regression and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events
📌Regression of atherosclerotic plaque by 1% was associated with a 25% reduction in the odds of MACEs‼️
https://t.co/r0h20nX8SL
Hot off press!
We analyzed the literature about #TAVI in patients with #anomalous coronary arteries. I hope that our conclusions and decision-making algorithm will be one more piece of the puzzle of the TAVI procedure.
@ivanwongm12@shppll
https://t.co/IHzRafwIWV
Acute LDL-C reduction post ACS:
Strike early and strong!
A @escardio clinical consensus statement.
We believe it was time to add to "the lower the better" concept, the concept of "early and strong" LDL-C reduction after an ACS.
Why? A thread. 1/7
https://t.co/fOoeUWwcOR
Top3 heart failure trials in December 2022: #CardioTwitter
🥇Dapagliflozin in HF with improved EF @NatRevCardiol
🥈Rapid Uptitration: What's the Evidence? @ESC_Journals
🥉HFrEF ➕ the intersection of cardio-renal-metabolic medicine @ESC_Journals
Simple, easy and practical way to differentiate between different types of shock. Apply pulsed wave Doppler in the LVOT,Trace the LVOT VTI,Then follow the algorithm.
For more tips, join CQs Medshr group
https://t.co/50feC91U7W
#echofirst#CardioTwitter
Study published in @JACCJournals shows that it takes just 2 weeks of sleeping 4 hours/night to make you eat more, gain weight, and gain fat in all the wrong places.
🔑takeaway: Prioritize diet, exercise & 𝙎𝙇𝙀𝙀𝙋 for optimal cardiometabolic health
https://t.co/7hqm6xKc1k
💚Top Ten Slides from day 1 of #BSEcho2022 💚
A thread for all those who echo
1) Should we use the highest beat/signal in AF? Slide shown by Sanjeev Bhattacharyya
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OTC supplements claiming to offer cholesterol lowering. Vs a low dose statin in primary prevention. Overall reduction, individual response and safety . Best trial this year