
David E. Albert, M.D
@drdave01
Physician, Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Husband, Father & Grandfather. My personal mantra: Saving lives one invention at a time.
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News roundup 22 May: an inflight ‘save’ and AliveCor’s KardiaMobile, rolling out the VA/Oracle EHR in ‘waves’, Fuze Health formed from LetsGetChecked/Truepill, hacking and ransomware 92% of PHI data breaches telecareaware.com/news-roundup-2… telecareaware


ISHNE Meeting full house! ISHNE Vassilis Vassilikos Manlio Márquez Murillo Gary Tse Pyotr Platonov



International Society of Electrocardiology (ISE) Board at the ICE Meeting in Thessaloniki It is a pleasure to serve as Past-President and Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Electrocardiology Great colleagues to learn from ISE Young Community ElectroSIAC LAHRS


No, the KETO-CTA Study Did Not Upend Causal Evidence on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. And I think John Mandrola, MD has some sympathy for the authors. medscape.com/viewarticle/no… Michael Albert, MD C. Michael Gibson MD Michael Mindrum, MD Dr. Spencer Nadolsky Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦

New from John Mandrola, MD No, the KETO-CTA Study Did Not Upend Causal Evidence on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease medscape.com/viewarticle/no…

If you saw this EKG completely isolated from clinical context, how would you interpret it? hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/2025/05/if-you… Willy Frick


David E. Albert, M.D John Mandrola, MD Michael Albert, MD C. Michael Gibson MD Michael Mindrum, MD Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 "One final comment on the authors’ messaging. It’s been egregious and antiscientific. Their rhetoric and spin outdo some of the most hyped late-breaking trials. This was a small, noncontrolled observational study wherein the primary endpoint went the wrong way. It’s nowhere near

Dr. Spencer Nadolsky David E. Albert, M.D John Mandrola, MD Michael Albert, MD C. Michael Gibson MD Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 having followed this story for a while it's nice to hear @drjohn's fresh perspective. I agree with the "egregious" sentiment. Despite broad agreement of the KETO-CTA study's glaring failures, the researchers seem undeterred and continue with their false claims. It is unethical.


David E. Albert, M.D John Mandrola, MD Michael Albert, MD C. Michael Gibson MD Michael Mindrum, MD Dr. Spencer Nadolsky Louder for the KETO CTA “trialists” who clearly can’t hear criticisms of their study. Hype that will harm their followers, IMHO


In the KETO-CTA study, diet-induced hypercholesterolemia (LDL-C > 190 mg/dL) appeared to promote rapid plaque formation (see Image 1). H/t Dr Anna Borek As a reminder: based on well-established literature, if LDL-C had been maintained below 55 mg/dL (~1.5 mmol/L) or lower, plaque



Really bummed I missed National Lipid Association this year! Glad Rebecca is there representing. I also would have loved to see this!



The vast majority of patients with #CHD have Lp(a) levels far below what is considered a typical risk-enhancing threshold, suggesting that the attributable risk from Lp(a) is more complex than previously perceived. Learn more: bit.ly/43lbEMP #JACC JACC Journals


