A.J. Pedroza
@ajpedroza_md
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Please join us @StanfordCVI seminar on Tue 9/30/2025 at 12pm PST by @Paul_P_Cheng speak on role of adventitial #fibroblasts in #atherosclerosis
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@SeanM_Wu @StanCVFellows @vascularbiology
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Honored to receive the AST Translational Science Transition to Independence Research Grant. Grateful for the support! #WTC2025 @stanfordctsurg @AST_info
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#NicotinamideRiboside #MoyamoyaDisease
#MultisystemicSmoothMuscleDysfunction ACTA2 R197C/+🐭 👉Less differentiated #SmoothMuscleCell prone to migration (in vitro) 👉Lethal, occlusive intima (in injured carotid artery) 👉Dilated, kinky leptomeningeal collaterogenesis (in
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Arterial (Non-Aortic) vs Aortic Events in #HeritableThoracicAorticDisease @MACAorta N=1790 #VascularEhlersDanlosSyndrome (COL3A1 125) #LoeysDietzSyndrome (TGFBR1 137; TGFBR2 168; SMAD3 196; TGFB2 126) #MarfanSyndrome (FBN1 1028) Arterial 83 events risk by 40 y/o ♂️vEDS > LDS ~
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Over the span of 2️⃣0️⃣+ years, 903 patients were treated for acute aortic syndrome at @StanfordHealth 🏥. Read @stanfordctsurg's experience w/Type A intramural hematoma in #JTCVS Open: https://t.co/crE3Y7iI7k ✨@MatthewMDuda @EdgarArandaMic1@KellyCHiga @YuanjiaZhu @JW_MacArthur
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Outstanding talk from @stanfordctsurg fellow Greg Kennedy this morning to a packed audience on big advances in intraoperative imaging! @AATSHQ #AATS2025
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Shoutout to @arav_krishnan on an outstanding #AATS2025 Lillehei basic science presentation on his work with @JW_MacArthur
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✨Congratulations to our incoming @StanfordCTSurg integrated residents! 🎉 We're excited to have three new interns joining our program: Dhamanpreet Kaur of @StanfordMed, Arian Mansur of @harvardmed, & Alice Zhou of @HopkinsMedicine- welcome to the team!🌲#WeAreStanford #Match2025
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Thank @mjkchandy for including me in this productive review-writing project👇 Harnessing iPSCs to Model Marfan Syndrome: Advancing Clinical Diagnosis and Drug Discovery Guess which parts were written by me?😁 #CurrTreatOptionsCardiovascMed 2025 https://t.co/CEAfrvaBEY
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Outstanding @WTSA_Surgery Presidential address by Dr. Michael Fischbein @StanfordCTSurg this morning. A call to action. Surgeon scientists are needed in the coming 4th Industrial Revolution. The example Dr. Fischbein gave about how they’ve incorporated whole genome sequencing,
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N&V by Delphine Gomez @UPMC on the recent study by @KwartlerLab et al. revealing a previously unidentified role of smooth muscle α-actin #ACTA2 in the #nucleus where it participates in vascular #SmoothMuscleCell differentiation. https://t.co/EoGhdjUbAg
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RESEARCH| @KwartlerLab et al. show that nuclear smooth muscle α-actin (#ACTA2) participates in vascular #SmoothMuscleCell differentiation https://t.co/bPi7HRrDQI
@DiannaMilewicz @McGovernMed 👉 https://t.co/jHKkXeEfUn
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Nature Cardiovascular Research - Kwartler et al. show that α-smooth muscle actin functions in the nucleus by associating with chromatin remodeling complexes and the promoters of smooth...
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This is one of the longest follow-ups of patients with Marfan syndrome who underwent valve-sparing root replacement at @PMunkCardiacCtr @UHN @UHN_Surgery @UofT We found low rates of reoperation (7.5% at 20 yrs) but an ongoing risk of late distal aortic dissections (20% at 20yrs
New study of aortic valve sparing operations in 189 patients with #Marfan syndrome followed prospectively for a median of 14 years showed low rate of valve-related events but a constant risk of distal dissections. https://t.co/m8vXorNsjX
#JACC #CardioTwitter @tirone_david
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Congrats to @StanfordCTSurg resident Dr. @elde_md (Dr. Joe Woo lab) for receiving @nih_nhlbi F32 Award! His project will investigate single-cell characterization of angiogenesis & myocardial regeneration in small & large mammals 👏
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Huge for me as an adult that frequently gets ridiculed for wearing Vans
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Soooo….I was in a forest (=OR) and spotted not ONE but TWO purple unicorns (= Black female CT surgeons)! This might b first ever sighting of this phenomenon sweeping the nation! #ilooklikeasurgeon @StanfordCTSurg @StanfordSurgery @StanfordMed
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We are very excited to have our recent residency graduate Kenneth Tran, MD join our faculty as Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery. @StanfordSurgery
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Increased lysyl-oxidase-mediated cross-linking of collagen fibers improves biomechanical structure and function of the aorta of a mouse model of Marfan syndrome https://t.co/avjI3NpSst
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