Interventional Cards @Texas_Heart. PGY-15. Road 🚴🏻. No patient-doc relationship is established by reading my tweets. All opinions are mine.
Houston, Texas
Joined December 2011
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Let’s beat #HeartDisease together!
While #HeartDisease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. across all ethnic groups, it is of heightened concern for #Hispanics. Schedule an appointment with a cardiologist to take the first step toward a healthier heart: spr.ly/6012GNumG. #HispanicHeritageMonth
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Compared with aspirin, clopidogrel monotherapy associated w/ lower ischemic risk among patients with higher atherothrombotic risk, with no excess bleeding, Clopidogrel Versus Aspirin Monotherapy After PCI: from the SMART-CHOICE 3 randomized trial @hancheol
ahajrnls.org/4jKMhg7
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The future of organ preservation should be measured not simply by how long we can preserve an organ, but by how well we protect it.
Our new EVLP study links hemolysis with endothelial injury, inflammation, and grade 3 primary graft dysfunction, highlighting a potentially modifiable source of injury.
Proud of our team!
doi.org/10.3390/bioengineeri…. @BCM_Surgery @BCMLungInst @cshhouston @commonspirit @Texas_Heart @accpchest @natrevbioeng @CHEST_ILDTx
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Call pay is fair when a hospital offers it. Some don't. They make surgeons take call for free just to keep privileges.
Nights, weekends, the 2 AM ER consult. Unpaid.
If covering the ER is worth nothing, why is it mandatory?
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👀Here’s an example of why you NEVER want to use a hydrophilic wire through a needle.
⚠️High risk of sheering off the hydrophilic coating in the vessel/tissue
🔗fixed core/nitinol based wire should mainly be used for access. In micropuncture I prefer the 0.018 Nitex
#Cardiology #Irad #cardioX #peripheral
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Rare glimpse of echocardiogram just at the onset of VF, no organized heart activity and....
#cardiotwitter #MedTwitter
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Anthony Fauci spent his life walking into epidemics, while other people sat safely on the sidelines criticizing medicine from television studios and podcasts.
HIV. Ebola. SARS. COVID.
Was he always right? Of course not. Science is not theology. Science corrects itself in real time, while under pressure from incomplete data, politics, fear, and millions of lives hanging in the balance.
But the idea that Fauci was some comic-book villain instead of a physician-scientist trying to navigate one of the most chaotic public health crises in modern history is absurd.
History usually remembers the people who showed up during the plague more kindly than the people who sold outrage from a safe distance. For me, Fauci is a damn hero
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The American Heart Association mourns the passing of the legendary cardiologist Eugene Braunwald, M.D., widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in the history of cardiovascular medicine. Over seven decades, his work reshaped the understanding and treatment of heart disease, leading many to call him the father of modern cardiology.
Braunwald was a lifelong contributor to the American Heart Association, helping advance its research and scientific mission, and was honored with some of the Association’s highest honors for his lasting influence on cardiovascular care and research. His influence extended well beyond his own discoveries, as generations of Association‑supported investigators, clinicians and academic leaders were trained by Braunwald or guided by the clinical trial standards and mentorship models he helped establish.
newsroom.heart.org/news/amer…
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AHFTC training covers an enormous clinical landscape — MCS, transplant, shock, palliative care, etc. — often in a single fellowship year.
I created the Heart Failure Fellow Lecture Series to help close the education gap.
Free. No paywall. No sign-up. 🎓
youtube.com/@AHFTC
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Summary of all Late-Breaking Trials at #ACC2026 – take home points
@ACCinTouch @ACCmediacenter @JACCJournals
1. HI-PEITHO: Ultrasound-facilitated catheter-directed thrombolysis led to a lower risk of PE-related death, cardiopulmonary decompensation or collapse, or recurrence of PE. vs anticoagulation alone in intermediate-high risk PE.
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Some days I wake up and I’m like… do physicians actually enjoy getting their asses handed to them by a handful of mid-level bureaucrats at the AHA and FAH?
I mean, have you read these bios? Seriously. You go through them and you’re waiting for the big moment—“Ohhh this is where the genius comes in”—and it never shows up. It’s just… some guy. Another guy. And somehow these guys have spent the last 20 years absolutely steamrolling an entire profession.
Physician ownership? Gone.
Reimbursement? Down for two decades.
And the beatings? Oh, those are still very much on schedule.
Then you talk to physicians about it. And what do you get?
A thread.
A post.
A strongly worded LinkedIn essay.
“Oh, this is outrageous.”
Yeah? Then do something.
You say, “Hey, why don’t we fight back? We hire like 10 legit lobbyists, get organized, push policy...”
And immediately it’s:
“Ahhh, I don’t know, reimbursement’s down…”
“My kids are in college…”
“Timing’s not great…”
The timing is not great? When is it gonna be great? When they take the last dollar out of your pocket and invoice you for the privilege?
It’s unbelievable. You’ve got one side playing full-contact politics, and the other side’s writing Yelp reviews about it.
At some point, you gotta stop complaining and realize you’re not losing because they’re brilliant.
You’re losing because they’re actually playing the game… and you’re sitting in the stands explaining why you can’t.
In the meantime, another pharma company donated $50 billion over the next 10 years, and pro fees are down again, while facility fees are....UP UP and UP!
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Stop sending pizza to doctors in the name of wellness.
Stop making wellness modules for physicians
Stop MOC or repeat exams
Change value assessment to quality of care over RVUs
Ensure everyone gets 6 weeks of vacation and days off for weekend call
Jorge M. Escobar retweeted
ECG tools I use teaching cardiology fellows:
1. Cardiac axis simulator → cardiac-axis-training.netlif…
2. Ladder diagram generator → lewisladder.netlify.app
3. Rhythm simulator → ecg-rhythm-simulator.netlify…
4. ECG trainer with AI feedback → ekgcases.com
Bookmark this.
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Well, tomorrow is the big day!
Roses are red,
Chocolates are brown,
You're getting neither,
So calm the fluff down 🤭😘
#ValentinesDay
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Your phone isn't "accidentally" listening to you. It's a feature, not a bug.
I talked about a specific dog food brand once 10 minutes later, I had an ad. It’s called "Shadow-Logging," and it’s happening through 5 settings you’ve never touched.
Here is how to kill the eavesdropping for good:
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It's angioplasty's birthday! #OTD in 1964, using a series of catheters of increasing diameter, Charles Dotter opened a blocked femoral artery w/o surgery. He called it "angioplasty" & made a film to demonstrate it. His radical concept was rejected by US surgeons but embraced by Europeans, ultimately resulting in Gruentzig's balloon which revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease. A personal note: today is also my birthday, so I guess I was born to do this!🤣🎈❤️🩹#AngioHistory
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Every Dr should read this extremely well-written opinion piece in @Open_HeartBMJ
'We are losing the ability to think critically. We are losing the distinction between doing more and doing better. Precision without purpose is not progressing. Volume without value is not success"
