Keerthana Pakanati Profile picture
Wife. Daughter. Doctor. Podcaster.🎙️Cardiology Fellow @vmfhcards🫀 Interested in Preventive Cardiology. Views are my own.
Apr 4, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Ended #ACC22 with "Chaat Masala" A panel discussing Risk-Enhancing South Asian ancestry.
@AmiBhattMD @KevinShahMD @virani_md @alka_kanaya @AnumSaeedMD @SnayCardsPharmD @pnatarajanmd
Just wanted to share some eye-opening facts I learned.
(1/4) Image ⭐️ ischemic heart disease mortality is rising in SA
⭐️ a NorCal Kaiser study looked at incident CHD - showed 8.93% patients with at least one CV event in the SA group, versus 5.66% in the total population (Pursnani 2020)
⭐️ heterogeneity among diff SA groups - unclear why
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