• I swam in Tigris River in the '90s. • Then, competitive swimmer • Now, physician-scientist (interventional cardiology) • @NYUStern EMBA'23 • Tweets are my own
1.🥸 Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor is standard post-PCI to minimize ischemic events, but it increases bleeding risk. Emerging studies prompt a reassessment.
1/ 🥸 Left main coronary artery disease and diabetes are associated with substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
1/🥸 Cardiac Arrest Prevalence: Over 600,000 individuals in the US experience cardiac arrest annually. 
2/CARDIA-SSBP: 
1.🥸 GLP-1 receptor agonists are known for cardiovascular benefits in type 2 diabetes.
🥸1. Frailty is a reduced physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors.
1️⃣🥸😱 Infective endocarditis (IE) poses a risk of severe complications, and warrants prevention in high-risk patients.
🥸1. In the ISCHEMIA study, 43.4% and 58.4% of revascularization procedures met the criteria for Achieved Complete Revascularization and Functional Complete Revascularization, respectively.
1/25 🥸 This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials involved 24,325 participants with established coronary artery disease (CAD). Most received modern pharmaco-invasive treatments.
1/15 🥸 In a study of patients with stable coronary artery disease, beta-blocker therapy showed an 8% relative and 1.8% absolute risk reduction in all-cause mortality and hospitalization for heart failure or myocardial infarction over 5 years. 
1/20 🥸 this study found that in Trifecta GT and Hancock II SHVs, BVR brought about limited improvement in THV expansion, largely dependent on the type of surgical valve and THV.
1/ 🚨 Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength, mass & function, worsened by chronic illness like CVD, kidney disease, & cancer 😷🩺
1/ In this @JACCJournals study, we examined the patterns of frailty and cognitive impairment (CI) development and their associations with cardiovascular outcomes in older adults without prior known coronary artery disease (CAD) during a 5-year follow-up. 🧠❤️
1/ 🌏 Asian Americans (AsA) are the fastest growing ethnic group in the US 🇺🇸. They face high risks of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) & atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) - major risks.
13/ Understanding HFpEF Diagnostic Challenges
1/The symptoms and signs of heart failure (HF) are best summarized by the Framingham HF Diagnostic Criteria.
1/ 🚀PICCOLETO II is an open label, multi center, European clinical trial comparing novel paclitaxel drug coated balloons DCB to new-generation DES
1/ 🧪 This study identifies TLR3 as a key element in aortic valve calcification. BGN, a central component of the extra cellular matrix (ECM), induces the TLR3 signaling cascade, resulting in valvular interstitial cells (VICs) transforming into bone-forming osteoblast-like cells.
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1. This Danish study found that subclinical coronary atherosclerosis may be found in more than half of middle-aged men and one third of middle-aged women without known ischemic heart disease.
1. The TARGET-FFR randomized trial found that one in three patients reported angina 3 months after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which is a substantial proportion but reported previously in literature.