Could have replaced PCI and CABG with TAVR and SAVR.

Fantastic perspective by Sadiya Khan & Don Lloyd-Jones in JAMA American Heart Association PREVENT equations improve accuracy+precision of predicted CV risk -but it’s up to us to decide what to do with this number Where did the 7.5% risk threshold for statins come from? A MUST read

New JAMA Cardiology study led by Andrew Wilcock w/ Ateev Mehrotra et al explores drivers of the ⬇️ heart attacks during the pandemic The primary explanation for the initial decline? Care avoidance. While ongoing ⬇️ through 2023 reflect pre-existing trends jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

Really pleased to share the results of this work led by BIDMC Department of Medicine Yusi Gong in JAGS showing in 8.9M CMSGov beneficiaries that frailty progression (and rate) is independently linked to CV outcomes including > 1 month less time at home. BIDMC Smith Center BIDMC CVI

Happy to share MDCalc is now hosting the DOAC Score Last year we published a calculator that predicts bleeding among AFib patients. It outperformed HAS-BLED in 4 multinational cohorts An international collaboration w/ BIDMC Smith Center TIMI Study Group Robert W. Yeh MD mdcalc.com/calc/10551/dir…

Circulation is excited to welcome Dhruv Kazi (Assoc Dir BIDMC Smith Center, CCU Dir BIDMC, Assoc Prof Harvard Medical School) as an Associate Editor. Dhruv is an internationally recognized leader in outcomes research and health economics, and will bring this expertise to the role.

Wonderful theheartorg | Medscape discussion w/ Robert Harrington Edward Fry Vicky Bartlett on the growing presence of private equity in cardiology, and the potential implications for patients & clinicians. "Private Equity in Medicine - Cardiology in the Crosshairs" medscape.com/viewarticle/10…

Check out Vicky Bartlett discussing private equity's growing presence in cardiology w/ Robert Harrington on the theheartorg | Medscape podcast 👇, based on a recent study she and Michael Liu published in JACC Journals Link: medscape.com/viewarticle/10… Study: jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

Join us in congratulating PIs Dr. Dan Kramer BIDMC Smith Center & Dr. Issa Dahabreh CAUSALab on the award of their study RAPTOR-CIED from The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute! Read more about the project here: bidmc.org/about-bidmc/ne… Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Congratulations, Dan and Issa on your $30M The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute award RAPTOR will examine the effectiveness of automated remote monitoring of pacemakers/ICDs on patient experience & outcomes Huge implications for millions of US adults living with implantable cardiac devices #SmithCenterProud

Applications Open! The Zimetbaum Fellowship in Health Outcomes, Equity & Policy Research seeks US med students & residents interested in a year of research training. Candidates from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine highly encouraged to apply! smithcenter.bidmc.org/zimetbaum-fell…

The Smith Center will be at #ESCcongress2024! Register here to make sure you catch all the presentations: escardio.org/Congresses-Eve… #CardioTwitter #Cardiology #ESCCongress

🚨Breaking News: New ESC Guidelines on CCS. Intracoronary Imaging now Class IA for LM, true bifurcation and long lesions! Either OCT or IVUS. PCRonline 🫀 European Society of Cardiology Niels R. Holm Tom Johnson Nicolas Amabile Flavio Biccirè Ziad Ali Prof. Hector M. Garcia-Garcia Salvatore Brugaletta Holger Nef

How many times have we seen this flow chart on the duration of DAPT change over the years? Let’s summarize the situation regarding class I recommendations (“must be done”) as reported in the new 2024 guidelines on chronic coronary syndromes: - High bleeding risk patient: DAPT

Presented at #ESC2024 and published in @JACC. #CSWG's next contribution to #waronshock by Khue Ton Elric Zweck Shashank Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA Jacob Abraham, MD Song Li A. Reshad Garan MD Jaime Hernandez-Montfort Serial Shock Severity Assessment Within 72 Hours After Diagnosis jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

The DynamX bioadaptor demonstrated noninferiority to current DES at 12 months in a cohort of relatively low-risk and selected patients, primarily presenting with ACS. Following the unlock and separation phase, data from two trials now indicate a potential plateau in adverse

Come join us on Thursday morning!! Dhruv Kazi Harvard Medical School MassGeneral Medicine Mass General Brigham BIDMC Smith Center

Congratulations to Dr. Rishi Wadhera on receiving 2 R01 grants totaling $6 million from the NIH for research focused on leveraging policy to advance cardiovascular health in United States.

Fantastic Harvard Medical School grand rounds by Dr Robert Blendon on the implications of the 2024 election on healthcare Learned a ton facilitating w/ Jason H. Wasfy, M.D. Tl;dr: Enormous implications for healthcare, but voters focused on the economy. In 2024, healthcare is an economic issue.

"Science can tell us what’s true, but it can’t tell us what’s meaningful [...] If we want people to recognise science, we have to understand where the science ends and values begin." Phenomenal keynote from Lisa Rosenbaum at the BIDMC Research retreat this morning.