Rita Birchard
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Great day of teaching and learning at the Chicago Hemodynamics Forum Fellows Day — history, hemodynamics, and heart failure all in one place. 📚💡 A selfie for the win! 🤳 #CardioTwitter #Hemodynamics @ChiHForum @MUSC_Cardiology
Panel discussion focusing on the current and future of heart failure care with @NirUrielMD @MarkBelkinMD @RyanTedfordMD Dr. Dan Burkhoff, Dr. Ted Feldman, @MosiB, and @ritabirchard #ChiHemo2025
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Panel discussion focusing on the current and future of heart failure care with @NirUrielMD @MarkBelkinMD @RyanTedfordMD Dr. Dan Burkhoff, Dr. Ted Feldman, @MosiB, and @ritabirchard #ChiHemo2025
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Sea Kings put together a complete performance on offense and defense to earn their fourth Bravo League win against Tesoro and move to 9-0 overall! Check out our week 9 highlights.
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Way to go, @henrybirchard 🔥
Henry Birchard comes up the the pick and adds a huge 46 yard return to give the ball back to the Sea Kings!
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New open-access plain-language review on navigating heart failure—what HF is, how EF types (HFpEF/HFmrEF/HFrEF) inform therapy, and how patients & care teams can partner to improve outcomes. Includes checklists, visuals, and resources. Take note of authors on this list who are
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Big Congratulations 👏to @FudimMarat for putting together an extraordinary Device meeting #HFSA25 the right device for the right patient 👏❤️ @JCardFail @JavedButler1 @robmentz @dranulala @preventfailure @NirUrielMD
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📊 Hot off the press in @JCardFail - the 2025 @HFSA Heart Failure Stats—led by Gregg Fonarow @gcfmd & team. https://t.co/UuOTi3iYcH The go-to annual snapshot of the burden, care, & outcomes in HF - this year w/ Top 10 Key Points! A must-read for clinicians, researchers, &
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Summary of Top 10 Key Points
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🚨Devices in Heart Failure Meeting and @HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting are 1 week away @CityMinneapolis
https://t.co/hrbnRAxyRM I look forward to seeing my HF friends. Not too late to register! @DukeHFDoc @robmentz @AndrewJSauer @AndrewPAmbrosy @RyanTedfordMD @SJGreene_md
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(Ian Eagle voice) INTERCEPTED! As he wrestles the ball away! Henry Birchard of @CDMFOOTBALL picks off Lincoln and knots this game at 4-4. Baseball score on a baseball field for football.
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Congratulations to @NBWPC they take the win over @PatriotAquatics 10-9. 14u Girls Platinum Division Finalists 🥇@NBWPC 🥈@PatriotAquatics 🥉@southcoastaqua
#2025JOs
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Fresh press out of @JACCJournals highlighting our work with ALT-FLOW EFS: 2-Year Highlights (APTURE LA→CS shunt) 1️⃣ 82 % of participants moved ≥1 NYHA class lower 2️⃣ 89 % “responders” (≥ 5-pt ↑ in KCCQ-OSS; mean +31 pts) 3️⃣ +46 m in 6-min-walk distance 4️⃣ Gains held
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Evaluate emerging treatment strategies and new therapeutic options to improve management of care for patients w/ heart failure. WATCH LIVE w/ the incomparable @DrMarthaGulati @JavedButler1 on Feb 24! SAVE THE DATE ➡️ https://t.co/4jxVReXPCA
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Workload-corrected PCWP normalized to body weight (PCWL) is a recently defined hemodynamic metric that may have value in assessment of HFpEF in interatrial shunt device (IASD) studies. Learn more in our latest Perspectives piece. #THT2025
https://t.co/bFvcEn8jSz
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#THT2025 is just around the corner. See y'all in Boston (assuming Charleston ever thaws out!). @manreetkanwar @preventfailure @Carnicelli_Ant @BurkhoffMd @rachkataria @AHajduczok @NavinKapur4 @ritabirchard @MUSCCardFellows @HajjJennifer @JavedButler1 @JasonKatzMD @robmentz
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Congrats to our freshman players of the game vs San Clemente. Offense: Denzin Erdkamp Defense: Henry Birchard Special Teams: Jack Phillips
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Iron reserves restored after the best steak I’ve had in a long time (with friends in low country). #CharlestonHFpEFConference
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Shutting down air traffic worldwide is no match for the #CharlestonHFpEFConference! @LitwinSheldon getting us started. Standing room only! @MUSCCardFellows @KSharmaMD @MkosiborodMD @hvanspall @DrMarthaGulati @MollySilkowski @JamesCFangMD @MEspositoMD @DukeHFDoc
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At #ACC24 we are partnering with @SecondHelpATL to have the annual meeting a zero food waste event. Please consider donating to this organization to help our fellow Atlantans get much needed meals. @ACCinTouch @HCWvsHunger @emoryhealthcare #ACCCVT
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Second Helpings Atlanta is thankful to be supported by ACC Georgia State Chapter, in partnership with the ACC CV Team & WIC Sections!Second Helpings Atlanta is a nonprofit food rescue organization...
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Not in the hospital today - big tennis tournament in San Antonio for the Tedford kids. But we still all went Red! #GoRedForWomen @MUSCCardFellows @MUSC_Cardiology @PamelaBMorris
@DrMarthaGulati @hvanspall @HeartOTXHeartMD @ritabirchard @AndrewJSauer @josephspinner
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Celebrating the 1M patients who have been treated with the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve. Heart valve disease is expected to double by 2050, and with dramatic advances in innovation in the last decade, millions more can benefit from TAVR. https://t.co/w5rRUFeSbg ⚠️
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