A friend shared photo from time I arrived in Boston as international med graduate. 2 hundred dollars, a suitcase, a lot of unknown but a lot more hope.
#Grateful
to all who helped me during the journey! Was not easy, feel so
#blessed
. Photo seems like from a zillion years ago 😇
Our study showed that long-term consumption of a nutritionally rich plant-centered diet associated with a REMARKABLE lower risk of CVD. Out in
@JAHA_AHA
today. Choi et al.
32-year follow-up, from young adulthood to middle age. 🧵
A dream moment ✨ next to my mentor
@jgharoldmd
, who embodies vision & kindness. Reflected that in our journey we owe so much to those who reach out & "hold our hand". Now it's my privilege & joy to lift trainees & early careers around me
#payitforward
🔥Thrilled to be quoted in
@WSJ
on biggest story of
#ACC2023
along with
@EdwardFryMD
. While good to have Bempedoic acid as option for statin intolerant patients, we still have lots work to break clinical inertia & close gap for patients who should be on statin & 💔prevention.
"Current Emergency Department Disposition of Patients with Acute Heart Failure: An Opportunity for Improvement" - our paper
@JCardFail
Amazing effort by Dr. Dana Sax for leading this patient-centric crucial topic !
@JavedButler1
🧵(1/5)
Breast Cancer survivors experienced ⬆️ risk of 🫀Heart Failure (HFrEF & HFpEF) compared to women without BC.
Our paper with
@marilyn_kwan
@Richardkcheng2
Need for systematic
#cardio
-onc surveillance & care of BC patients for both HFrEF & HFpEF to ⬇️risk
Our Paper "Epidemiology and risk factors for stroke in young individuals: implications for prevention" in Curr Opinion Cardiol is out. Aliza Hussain,
@MTLeeMD
,
@virani_md
7 key points 🧵
1. Rising incidence of stroke in young adults, with largest increase in ischemic strokes.
Paper now out in print
@JAHA_AHA
appreciate amazing duo
@miguelcainzos23
@khurramn1
for leading. Across 3 scenarios for PCSK9i allocation in primary prevention, CAC stratified❤️disease risk & was independently associated with CV events
#precisioncare
Found 42%⬆️in heart attacks days after 2020 US Presidential election ! Our study in 6,396,830 adults across California
@JAMANetworkOpen
with
@MMeffordPhD
& collaboration
@HarvardChanSPH
Let's not underestimate the impact of emotional stress🔥on❤️
🧵
Hey
@DrMarthaGulati
&
@EugenioCingolan
, I come to your town to give a talk and also get paparazzi in the deal lol. They were disappointed on finding out that I was not some celebrity😂
Our paper
@JAMANetworkOpen
Sidney et al. 2019 - 2020, several-fold ⬆️ in risk-associated deaths from Heart Disease & Stroke, with greater ⬆️ minorities & highest ⬆️among Black adults. More evidence of underlying systemic inequities & structural racism 🧵
Time to speak again about
#SouthAsian
❤️
#hearthealth
. "East Bay Houscalls"
@PermanenteDocs
community facing effort to educate and interact with our diverse populations.
Risk of heart disease among South Asians is not only higher but also earlier in life!!
Brilliant overview by
@dmljmd
et al. of CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) out in
@JACCJournals
:
This study is very close to my ❤️.Highlights🧵
1. Over 35 years, contributed to understanding of life course of CV health and disease.
Abu as a heart attack survivor at age 45, more than likely you shaped my choice of profession. Heart disease continues to afflict many South Asian parents prematurely.
There are no words to thank you and Amma for all the selfless love and sacrifices. Stay blessed❤️!!
If you were privileged to be asked to submit a Letter (s) of Recommendation for future Cardiology ⭐️(s), ERAS deadline is July 1st. It is totally worth it , even if it means firing up your computer late at night to make it happen!
#cardiotwitter
Ahead of
#FathersDay
. Got a chance to speak with wonderful
@HeatherKTVU
about ❤️disease
#prevention
. She shared emotional loss of her sweet dad at an early age due to 💔dx,
#1
killer for both men & women. Please discuss with your loved ones.
Video:
Surreal to give one of the key note lectures at
@SmidtHeart
Controversies and Advances in Treatment of CV 🫀 Disease meeting, along with iconic
@EricTopol
, Dr. Salim Yusuf,
@jgharoldmd
,
@MarbanLab
Dr. Noel Bairey Merz & Dr. James Muller.
Younger women (aged 30-55 yrs) who were current smokers had more than twice the risk of premature heart attack & stroke than never smokers, this ⬆️ increased risk similar to men.
Our paper
@AmJPrevMed
Collaboration with
@khurramn1
@RonBlankstein
🧵(1)
What about plant-centered diet and risk of diabetes? Our study
@ADA_Journals
showed that beginning in young adulthood, those with largest ⬆️ in APDQS (more plant-centered diet) over 20 years had an incredible 48% ⬇️ risk of diabetes by middle adulthood! 🧵
With two of my favs
@adityadoc1
&
@mmamas1973
. They are source of such positive energy on top of being so incredibly talented 🔥. I want to be like them when I grow up 😜
Our spirits continue be tested as we approach 2022. While we grappled with enormity of it all in 2021,my first foray into social media with
#Twitter
was a silver lining🙏to all who graciously welcomed & taught me so much. Connections keep us whole so cheers to a lot more of them!
@ACCinTouch
Board of Governors
#ACC24
. It was a privilege to serve with these amazing
#BOGs
from across the nation.❤️ the overlap with current, outgoing & incoming Governors year after year. During our work including
#advocacy
#membership
#PatientCare
made friendships for life!
Our paper showed innovative physician Peer Outreach Support (POST) Program⬆️
#Wellbeing
, ⬇️negative emotions/stigma, ⬇️🔥out, positive
#Culture
change. Work among
@PermanenteDocs
led by amazing Dr. Molly Tolins in
@PLOSONE
Story:
It was so much fun to hang out with brilliant writer & friend
@haiderwarraich
. Yes he is also an awesome cardiologist & researcher. Got our intellectual nourishment lol, discussed life, books, academics and our days in
@AKUGlobal
& Boston 😇
We owe so much to our mentors ! Giving
@CaliforniaACC
Welcome address Controversies & Advances in CVD was extra special at alma mater
@CedarsSinai
. Down memory lane with Drs
@jgharoldmd
Raj Makkar PK Shah
@kaulcsmc
Dan Berman Sheila Kar
"Social Vulnerability, Determinants for Equitable Health, & Cardiovascular❤️Disease: A Bridge Still Too Far", 🙏
@JACCJournals
Advances editorial invitation.🔥 topic. With🌟mentee
@ikacquah
.
Paper by
@khurramn1
et al.
Need ‘health care’ not just ‘disease care’!
@NMHheartdoc
Our paper in
@BMC_series
again highlights importance of variation in risk & disease burden among different Asian ethnicities. Vicks et al
⬆️prevalence among all Asians & within Asian ethnic groups, Filipino & South Asian considerably ⬆️diabetes prevalence
Was inspired to be with Women in Cardiology❤️visionary trailblazers Drs. Goldschlager & Killebrew, who started their careers > 50 yrs. ago!! Dr. Ansari, 1st woman CEO-elect Kaiser
@PermanenteDocs
,
@misscalifornia0
Physician-in-Chief KP & Dr. Brindis past President
@ACCinTouch
.
Hey
@SrihariNaiduMD
we were just discussing to collaborate, maybe write a paper together. Seems like
@netflix
beat us to it. Look what they are calling the
#desi
adaptation of the show
#RayDonavon
😜
Clearly could not get enough of the most spectacular building surviving since antiquity. Parthenon “Temple of virgin goddess” on Acropolis “high city”. Dedicated to goddess ❤️Athena in 5th century B.C. A classical architectural marvel & a majestic example leading to modern era!
So proud of
@purviparwani
one of
@CaliforniaACC
Catalysts to be among the Top
#ACC21
Influencers!
and lots of🙏 for all the influencers for disseminating such amazing science and sparking discourse across the globe during
#ACC2021
#tuesdaymotivations
Physical inactivity as dangerous as smoking for Heart Disease & Stroke.
Our 2020 study in
#EAPC_ESC
Compared 6 of AHA “Simple 7” CV health risk factors in nearly 1 million patients. Lack of physical activity carries 65% excess risk.
Our important paper out in
@JACCJournals
led by
@ScottCasey_MD
.📱 & 📹 visits to offer safe alternatives to in-person care for 🩷 Failure care.
Article:
Editorial: "Telemedicine primary care models hold promise to revolutionize outpatient HF management."
Our paper
@JCO_ASCO
@marilyn_kwan
et al. Heart disease and cancer remain leading cause of death in
#women
. Additional confluence of diabetes and hypertension points to need for more vigilance & care to mitigate risk in
#breastcancer
survivors!
#CardioOnc
Time for reinstatement of LDL-C testing/goal as HEDIS quality measure for patients with heart attack/stroke to align with national guidelines
@amjmed
with
@virani_md
@CBallantyneMD
⬆️value,⬇️cost intervention to improve statin adherence & intensification
Squarely back to patient care, research & working with amazing teams. Definite sources of 'meaning in life' for me. Surreal that few days ago was super blessed to see beautiful 🇬🇷 ... and pose in pink😂, brief but fun 🩷 'diastole'.
Our paper
@AmJPrevMed
.⬆️awareness about differential Cardiometabolic risk (CR) in distinct Asian ethnic groups. Asian-specific BMI threshold resulted ⬆️clustered CR risk in South Asians & Filipinos
Led by⭐️Dr. Kizzee, aspiring cardiologist
#pipeline
#WIC
Our paper out today
@ESC_Journals
highlights increasing tide of HFpEF. In a large contemporary population, almost three quarters of Emergency Department patients with HF have HFpEF and have higher 30 day adjusted mortality compared with those with HFrEF.
Reflecting on 1 yr in print mark of our paper in
@NEJM
showed heart attacks hospitalization declined during 1st wave of
#Covid_19
.
Now Delta variant wave is testing limits !! So much has changed but grit and grace of health care workers remains constant🙏
Excellent paper in
@ESC_Journals
led by Shazia Mohsin
#WIC
@AKUGlobal
on how a Quality Improvement initiative in pediatric echocardiography laboratory in low- to middle-income country can raise quality without substantial increase in resources or cost.
Our paper out today in
@JAHA_AHA
. Achieving and maintaining a favorable ideal cardiovascular health score from young adulthood to middle age may be beneficial for the chronic inflammatory burden associated with CV disease !
Ramie et al:
with
@dmljmd
Ongoing debate 🔥 CABG vs PCI in older adults. Our paper
@AGSJournal
led by
@ahmedijazshah
with
@cardskrish
&
@MDSolomonMD
Patients ≥65 years with ACS & multi-vessel CAD. Compared to PCI: CABG ⬆️days alive out of hospital & ⬇️all-cause mortality, repeat PCI, dialysis & MI 🧵
"Heart Beet" arrived - thank you
@RanaAwdish
for this beautiful creation. I felt it will be perfect for a cardiologist and at times an existentialist's study.
It was exciting to be part of orientation for
@ACCinTouch
amazing new Governor-Elects. Presented on "Framework & Toolkit to lead an ACC Chapter". 🙏 to the team effort of awesome BOG workgroup on "ACC Chapter Health"
Felt nostalgic about late Bernard Tyson during visit to
@KPMedSchool
, who would've been proud. Tuition free 1st 5 classes, focus on diverse students, many who 'travelled the distance' to be 1st to join medicine. He publicly shared his journey of 💔disease & supported ❤️causes!