I’m J.C. Vance and an alumnus of the Ohio State University. This is… inconvenient.

Tragic. A CHOP chief resident and future pediatric oncologist killed while bike commuting. The infrastructure for and attitude towards human-powered transport in the US is egregious. nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/dea…

Canakinumab lowers risk of MACE, yet we can't use it due to higher rates of fatal infection (despite no difference in ACM). Rilonacept and anakinra reduce pericarditis recurrence, and we can use them without studies powered to detect difference in fatal infection rates. Why?

Small Gerbode defect seen on CMR. (Illustration from a great review by Saker et al., PMID: 28983172)

Congrats to Team Vermont for winning this year's NNE Chapter, ACC FIT Jeopardy Tournament! They will represent the Chapter at ACC.25 in Chicago. Way to go uvmcards competitors!!!

The year is 2032. SpaceX has opened a residential colony on the moon and is now handing out free lattes at the center of the vendor fair at ACC32. This recommendation appears in the new HF guidelines based on a recent JAMA Cardiology research letter.

Though unsurprising, it's unsettling to see a direct dose-response relationship between the number of meals a Novartis rep bought for a general cardiologist and the number of sac/val prescriptions they wrote.