bit.ly/3Waqr8X 🚨 Thrilled to share our new paper out now! By metabolite profiling of >1,800 #HeartSCORE study participants & validated in #ARICstudy, we show: 👇🏼 🔹 #Alphaketobutyrate’s protective effect on ASCVD events for the first time in humans #cvPrev 1/3

What a pleasure to hear Fausto Pinto speak at Grand Rounds today. It is great to hear from such a renowned expert on the role of global health organizations in our aim for cardiovascular health for all. Thank you LEYLA ELIF SADE for hosting 🫀

Fantastic day spent Pitt Cardiology Started with grand rounds, followed by a visit to the department and stimulating conversations with senior leaders as well as fellows. Very enriching. Thank you all for this great opportunity and special thanks to LEYLA ELIF SADE

Just wrapped up an incredible time at #ACC25 with 2 poster presentations. So many inspiring sessions and amazing connections made. Glad to be a part of the American College of Cardiology Women’s cohort

Was honored to give Pulmonary Grand Rounds today at UPMC. Truly appreciated the opportunity to discuss updates in cardiogenic shock and looking forward to partnering with the Pulmonary/CCM team on future pilots to identify early, improve outcomes and reduce complications!

Athens Medical group cardiovascular image going wrapping up #echo great international meeting great audience! Kudos to Konstantinos Papadopoulos Pitt Cardiology Happy to share our practice at UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute on tricuspid valve

Thank you ACC PR 2025 for the invitation to speak about my fave topics with Catalin Toma, MD! #pe #pert #cteph American College of Cardiology UPMC Physician Resources PACCM Pitt PACCSM Fellows Pitt Cardiology

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Becker, who was recently conferred tenure as an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology! 👏🎊👏

Only 2⃣ weeks left until the 23rd Annual DOM Research Day! Have you registered yet? If not, there is still plenty of time to register. Come discover the innovative research happening around the DOM!🔬🩺 Visit dom.pitt.edu/research-day/ today to register and learn more about this

Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Chan (Stephen Chan), who was recently elected as Vice President of ASCI! 🎊👏 Read more about Dr. Chan and how he will continue to advocate for physician-scientists in this new role 👇 dom.pitt.edu/stephen-chan-m… #physicianscientists 🔬🩺

Thank you ⁦Anum Saeed⁩ for being the ideal host for my visit to the Steel City. Dr. Saeed is a rising ⭐️ in Preventive Cardiology & a gracious friend & mentor to so many trainees.

Read more about Stephen Chan's groundbreaking PAH research in this PittResearch spotlight. Vascular Medicine Institute Pitt Cardiology #PittResearchMatters

Clinical Case Series: SCAD with Thrombosis without atherosclerosis in young patients with high Lp(a). sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Agnes Koczo Anum Saeed #brentmedoff Pitt Cardiology Sam Tsimikas, MD National Lipid Association Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Congratulations to Shiv Rao, MD, faculty in Pitt Cardiology and founder of Abridge, who was named to the TIME Top 100 Health Leaders for 2025! 🎊 time.com/collections/ti…

Patients w/small aortic annuli who underwent #TAVR with intra-annular SEV had better hemodynamics but comparable 2y survival vs those with BEV 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40368734/ Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Michel Pompeu Sá Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Irsa Hasan Ibrahim Sultan Catalin Toma, MD Amber Makani UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Jenna Skowronski CardioNerds Michelle Kittleson MD PhD Jason N. Katz Mark Belkin Jeff Teuteberg Maryjane Farr MD MSc, FACC FAST FHFSA FAHA Sarah Chuzi, MD, MSc Amit Goyal MD MAS Daniel Ambinder, MD Shazli Khan Rachel Goodman I spy some amazing content here, including a few Pitt Cardiology PittDeptofMed graduates :)

The start of a call shift 😁-> the end of a call shift 🤪-> leaving the hospital 🥳. Got rained in for class photo day but can’t stop the sunshine of the best humans PittDeptofMed UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Pitt Cardiology rockstar #FIT #JacqueLevene presenting her work at #nla2025 on #Lp(a) and stroke! Sad to miss National Lipid Association sessions this year but if you see her say hello!!! Harpreet Bhatia #NLA25

National Readmissions Database study finds differential association between teaching hospital status and 90-day readmission mortality in patients who underwent #TAVR 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40433130/ CJC Journals Carlos E. Diaz-Castrillon Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Irsa Hasan Ibrahim Sultan UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiology

Congratulations to chief cardiology fellow, Brad Very, on winning the Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award by the Pitt Medicine Chiefs graduating class! We could not be prouder to work with you every day PittDeptofMed UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute