
Matthew A Tunzi, DO
@do_cardio
Husband. Air Force Cardiology Fellow. Committed to Service and Learning. Proud Oberlin College, AmeriCorps, NOLS, and TUCOM alum. Views are my own.
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07-10-2020 01:04:52
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Exercise at altitude can challenge those with CVD. Peak VO2 reductions, hypoxia driven sympathetic activation, pulmonary & paradoxical coronary vasoconstriction all threaten activity at altitude. Learn more in our AHA Scientific Statement 👇🏿 tinyurl.com/pca4pwyt American Heart News




The Chest Pain Guidelines are now released! ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… Top 10: CHEST PAINS Thanks to the entire writing group and my co-cahirs: Deb Murkerjee & Phil Levy 💥First Chest Pain Guidelines AHA Science American College of Cardiology



There is much interest in screening for #AF. However, we don’t know what duration of AF is significant, how often we would find it and if screening will prevent strokes. In our new paper in European Society of Cardiology Journals #EPEuropace we simulated AF screening. doi.org/10.1093/europa… 1/3 🧵

📌 Walking ⬆️ amounts of steps/day (~10 000) 👉⬇️ risk of CVD, cancer & all-cause mortality #CardioTwitter #Medtwitter #SportsCardiology Danielle Belardo, MD Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 Erin D. Michos, M.D. Dr. Purvi Parwani Sanjay Sharma Sabiha Gati John Mandrola, MD Adrian Baranchuk MD FACC FRCPC FCCS FSIAC @DavidNiederseer Prash Sanders Dominik Linz






LBBAP significantly reduced primary outcome of death or #heartfailure hospitalization compared to biventricular pacing in a large observational study of 1,778 patients. bit.ly/45kwURO #JACC #LVEF #CardioTwitter @hisdoc1 @kennethellenbo1 @jerin3590 Mishal Mumtaz


My #Cardiology paper of the year: Daily Step Count in JACC Journals The optimal steps to ⬇️ CVD events is NOT THAT HIGH! Totally achievable! Its easy to get discouraged by the marathoners, bodybuilders, etc. Sure that's great, but not necessary. Do enough, the benefits follow


Do you "wedge" the PA catheter in the CICU because you don't trust the surrogate PA diastolic? Compelling safety reasons to avoid doing this. A new study in Journal of Cardiac Failure validating the use of PA diastolic for most patients with left-sided predominant CS. onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-…


So honored to work on this editorial with the incredible Jaideep and Harpreet Bhatia about important and informative work done by the brilliant Ramzi Dudum and Fatima Rodriguez


We are pleased to share a new #HCM poster with you all, developed with support from Bristol Myers Squibb! Use this link to download the poster, "A Practical Approach to Echocardiographic Imaging in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy." bit.ly/3lLHKeI



And this year's #TCACC2024 #FIT Jeopardy winter is Brooke Army Medical Center (@BrookeArmyMed)! 🎉 They'll represent TX in the national American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago. Strong work from all our Texas teams, the competition was fierce 🔥 Matthew A Tunzi, DO John-Henry Dean Texas Chapter - ACC
