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Issam Motairek, MD

@imotairek

🇱🇧 🇺🇸 IM Resident @ClevelandClinic l Big data l Research fellow 23’ @CWRUSOM | MD 21’ @LebAmericanUni

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🔥 Just published in @EHJCaseReports: Triathlon training continued triggering pericarditis. Biologics brought relief when standard meds failed. A reminder: exercise isn’t always heart-healthy. 📄 academic.oup.com/ehjcr/advance-… Allan L. Klein Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Cleveland Clinic IM

Mohamad mdaihly (@mmdaihly) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy to share our latest manuscript on the procedural outcomes and predictors of lead extraction requiring a bailout femoral approach in HeartRhythm 🫀 Ayman Hussein MD Oussama Wazni Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-…

Astefanos Al-Dalakta, MD (@astefanosmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 🫀Our latest article is now published in JACC Journals We explore the management of radiation-induced aortic stenosis and pericardial constriction, and highlight the role of multimodality imaging. Grateful to Allan L. Klein for his invaluable mentorship and support.

🚨 🫀Our latest article is now published in <a href="/JACCJournals/">JACC Journals</a> 
We explore the management of radiation-induced aortic stenosis and pericardial constriction, and highlight the role of multimodality imaging. 

Grateful to <a href="/AllanLKleinMD1/">Allan L. Klein</a> for his invaluable mentorship and support.
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#1 in the UK. #2 in the world. Two years running. And once upon a time… I nearly didn’t even apply. As a first-generation student raised in a single-parent household, university wasn’t something I was prepared for. No one around me talked about it. I saw my first league table

#1 in the UK. #2 in the world. Two years running.
And once upon a time… I nearly didn’t even apply.

As a first-generation student raised in a single-parent household, university wasn’t something I was prepared for. No one around me talked about it. I saw my first league table
Issam Motairek, MD (@imotairek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🫀 #SundayCardioGuide When should you use CT calcium scoring for AS? 👉 2024 AHA/ACC/ASE: ✅ Low-gradient or discordant AS on echo ✅ Confirms severity when echo is unclear Severe = • >2,000 AU (men) • >1,200 AU (women) 📌 Bookmark this. #ValveDisease #CardioTwitter

🫀 #SundayCardioGuide
 When should you use CT calcium scoring for AS?
👉 2024 AHA/ACC/ASE:
✅ Low-gradient or discordant AS on echo
✅ Confirms severity when echo is unclear

Severe =
• &gt;2,000 AU (men)
• &gt;1,200 AU (women)
📌 Bookmark this.
#ValveDisease #CardioTwitter
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#SundayCardioGuide Statins in older adults (≥75)? Per 2018 ACC/AHA & 2022 ACC guidance: ✅ ASCVD: continue if tolerated (Class I) 🆕 Starting statin: – Reasonable for ASCVD (IIa) – May consider for prevention (IIb) Always use shared decision-making. #CardioTwitter

#SundayCardioGuide
Statins in older adults (≥75)?
Per 2018 ACC/AHA &amp; 2022 ACC guidance:

✅ ASCVD: continue if tolerated (Class I)

🆕 Starting statin:
– Reasonable for ASCVD (IIa)
– May consider for prevention (IIb)

Always use shared decision-making.
#CardioTwitter
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#SundayCardioGuide Red flags for cardiac amyloidosis: -LV wall ≥12 mm without another cause (e.g. HTN) -Low ECG voltage + thick walls -HFpEF with neuropathy or carpal tunnel -Aortic stenosis with “speckled” myocardium Work-up below as per ACC Expert Consensus #CardioTwitter

#SundayCardioGuide
 Red flags for cardiac amyloidosis:
-LV wall ≥12 mm without another cause (e.g. HTN)
-Low ECG voltage + thick walls
-HFpEF with neuropathy or carpal tunnel
-Aortic stenosis with “speckled” myocardium

Work-up below as per ACC Expert Consensus
#CardioTwitter