What does a general twitter (X) user think of medical tweets? Do we need “Best-Use Practices” for physicians who post cases? Our work just published in #JACCAdvances JACC Journals👉🏻Public Perception on the Use of Twitter by Cardiologists 👈🏻Owais Abdul-Kafi, MD 🫀 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Heart failure is worse than most cancer diagnoses. Imagine if we talked to our patients like they had a cancer diagnosis as Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme” highlights here. How would that change treatment inertia? Imagine the scenarios of discussion with patients that would change.

Great #HFpEF discussion at #IllinoisACC by Drs Groo, Hill, Shah, Okwueze, and Belkin. Remember that 1/3 of HFpEF pts will have normal BNP levels. Also remember that “zebras” are not so rare in this population

Great to see University of Illinois Department of Medicine cardiology division so well represented at IllinoisACC annual symposium - excellent programming throughout the day! Vicki Groo Erika Hellenbart Hema Krishna

📣Calling all trainees and early career cardiologists! Saturday AM in the #HFSA2023 PIT lounge 8:30-9 AM Come discuss career options with AHFTC training with Priya Umapathi Sarah Chuzi, MD, MSc Andrew Higgins Marat Fudim, MD MHS - including crit care, research, VA, & industry partnership

Researchers at UIC received a $3.12 million NIH grant to study whether acupuncture can alleviate chest pain caused by stable angina. Dr. Joan Briller, cardiologist and professor of clinical medicine, is co-investigator and content expert. today.uic.edu/acupuncture-ch…

Looking forward to sharing preliminary findings on rare arrhythmia/CM gene variants in the UIC Multi Ethnic AF registry at AHAMeetings #AHA23 Early Innovator Spotlight - 3pm at CardioTalk 1. Thanks to AHA Science Post doctoral Fellowship award for supporting this work!

I belong to AMAZING teams who dare mighty things. This one may be tops: Clued by our patients, we treated heart failure mice (left) w/ low-dose radiation (right). Heart function & survival **IMPROVED** Did Lauren Pedersen, PhD Ali Javaheri Carmen Bergom MD PhD just discover new HF therapy?

Excited to welcome our incoming class of UIC Cardiology Fellows! University of Illinois Department of Medicine UIC Cardio Fellows

Lucky to share my thoughts on early career mentorship. Thanks for the opportunity @d_changy and Heart Rhythm Case Reports ! UIC Cardio Fellows UI Health From imposter syndrome to impact: Mentoring fellows as an early-career... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our recent work published in JACC Advances analyzes the crisis of methamphetamine in cardiomyopathy. JACC editorial article in the same issue highlights the importance of this work!

Interested in #Cardiology and attending #ACC24? Please join us Sun morning (Dogwood A) for a mix&mingle with current (and soon to be former) Fellows! Zeba Hashmath Cheryl Sydney Yaanik Desai Anila & Lakshmi Rao, DO Nicole Chahine MD Michael Hill Dr.Omar Qaqish Carlos Vergara MD Joseph Banno, MD #ACCFIT

Ready to join the cardiology community at #ACC24 ✈️ ✴️ Join us Sun 2pm for a discussion on dx/mgt advances in HFpEF. Thrilled to kick off an outstanding faculty panel with a case presentation! ✴️ Students & res interested in cardiology - don't miss the mix & mingle Sun 9:30a!

INCOMING CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS: Welcome to #ACCFIT. As a graduating general Fellow and starting my IC year, I'd like to share some pearls + welcome suggestions from outgoing #FITs for Gen Cards. Fellow grads- please share below 🧵

Enjoyed a great day in the #cathlab this week with our new fellows tackling some complex cases! One thing’s for sure, NM Cardiovascular is a great place to train for #AdvHFTx Cardiology training with the perfect mix of pt complexity, teaching and autonomy all in the 💜 of #Chicago!

All the 🥹 from our moving AHA session D-TGA 💎: 🔑Arterial switch (post 1985) > atrial switch 🔑RHC&CPET early/often 🔑VAD unique in syst RV 2/2 trabeculations; consider RV pap muscle approximation for TR 🔑Ask pt “whats MOST important” 🙏🏼our amazing pt for sharing his story

Given this curve (HF mortality in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… JAMA Cardiology ), we need more HF docs. For trainees who have not solidified a career path, here's an opportunity to make a substantial impact

It’s July, so let’s go back to the basics! In this new chapter drop, we teach how to diagnose, workup, and treat heart failure! whenthebeatdrops.org/content/hf Thank you, Michael Hill and Pal Shah!!