Armin A. Zadeh MD PhD MPH
@armin_zadeh
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Physician-scientist, Cardiologist, Professor at Johns Hopkins U.,Writer, JCCT Editor-in-Chief, Cardiac Disease, Prevention @CiccaroneCenter. Opinions my own.
Baltimore USA
Joined March 2015
Reporting incidental heart calcifications on CT scans that are not done to look at the heart is a great way to screen for atherosclerosis and even save lives. TY @PamelaJohnsonMD et al. for your work on this. I love common sense solutions in healthcare.
📢Call-to-action for radiologists📢: campaign to improve reporting of incidental coronary artery calcification (CAC) on routine, non-cardiac chest CT. Systematic review of published investigations reveals: ✅CAC often visualized on routine chest CT ✅new diagnosis in many adults
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Irrational medical reimbursement policies endanger patient lives. Healthcare providers should not be put at a disadvantage for doing the right thing. Something needs to happen. https://t.co/ATT4k3sYuf
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What wonderful news! @journalCCT has received a 5.4 impact factor #JIF! @Heart_SCCT cannot thank our editors, writers, researchers and community enough for the hard work they have put in. #YesCCT's 🌟is rising! @armin_zadeh @CsFuss @AChoiHeart @lesleejshaw @anjali_chelliah
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Time that @acgme and training programs address the embarrassing state of cardiac CT education. In the current issue of @journalCCT , the @Heart_SCCT @FiRSTSCCT Committee and Future Leaders Program reveal poor exposure to cardiac CT in training. https://t.co/UGyyDhSkyc
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It should be obvious that restricting abortion violates a person's Constitutional right of liberty--the quintessential American right. I wonder how Justice Thomas feels if he can't have a life altering procedure because of others' religious ideology?
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Are we finally ready to shift resources from procedures to prevention? https://t.co/nKpclePlto Thanks to @rblument1; @ScottZeger ; @webmd11, William Weintraub MD #MoreCareFewerProcedures
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Acute kidney injury is still a concern with application of iv contrast in many patients, particularly, with repeated applications. We found little evidence to support such concern in patients with normal baseline CrCl undergoing CT and cardiac cath. https://t.co/3YdVnvYKgD
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@kaulcsmc @rblument1 @CiccaroneCenter @ErinMichos @djc795 @venkmurthy @dr_benoy_n_shah Evidence of MI risk reduction with CTA vs. stress testing is consistent among studies. Detection of atherosclerosis allows more effective management. 67% of patients with MI or death at f/u had a normal stress test in PROMISE!! First-line ischemia testing is no longer adequate.
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Cost-effectiveness Favors Anatomic Over Functional Testing for Stable Chest Pain | https://t.co/4mB2PTPGh9 - Insightful analysis & great editorial by the @CiccaroneCenter ‘s @ErinMichos (& Dr. Phil) #OslerPride
tctmd.com
The findings, based on PROMISE, suggest CTA with or without FFR may be the better option over functional testing, researchers say.
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Sobering. Are we allocating our resources appropriately?
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Very grateful to Dr. Fuster and all the brilliant minds who worked on this paper.
Dr. Valentin Fuster mentioned this #JACC paper on evaluation and management of patients with stable angina: https://t.co/xU49MkZ6Uz
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I believe the wording of the (abstract) conclusions is very unfortunate, possibly misleading. The actual issue is acknowledged much later: "However, it is unclear whether this reduction was attributable to revascularization, DAPT, ascertainment bias, or some other mechanism."
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A true collaborative effort--thank you, Garima!
@armin_zadeh Your brainchild @armin_zadeh thank you for including us! Very proud of this important paper!
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Very proud of this collaboration with truly exceptional individuals: https://t.co/R6HXvrWW3x
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