It’s not just “go home & walk”
Home based walking exercise does work if done right. Coaching & connecting with patients is also crucial.

It was incredible to have Dr McDermott & Neela Thangada , the lead authors of the article, join the discussion!
Alexander Vakili Emory Cardiology #SVM

.Andrew Dicks presents most unusual case of COVID related aortitis #SVM22 Society for Vascular Medicine | SVM

Poster session at #SVM22 . Chronically immobile patients with DVT = high rates of bleeding while on AC, high rates of recurrence once off AC. A true clinical dilemma (photo cred to Ido Weinberg, MD) Daniella KadianDodov Kush Desai Gaurav Parmar Leben Tefera Behnood Bikdeli

Are you considering low dose rivaroxaban for a PAD patient? Know the exclusion criteria from COMPASS and VOYEGER-PAD. For instance 10 days post revascularization Daniella KadianDodov Society for Vascular Medicine | SVM Andrew Dicks Ihsan Kaadan, MD, MS Leben Tefera Gaurav Parmar #SVM22

🎶Tune in to this #CNCR episode & refresh & add to your #PulmonaryEmbolism knowledge with this important patient story-

226. Case Report: Fall from Grace – A Case of #PE Mass General Heart

Feat: Andrew Dicks Prateek Sharma, MD & faculty expert Ido Weinberg, MD

🔗cardionerds.com/226-case-repor…

Why is UNILATERAL RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS rarely an indication for intervention?

Gaurav Parmar teaches the mechanism usually includes VOLUME OVERLOAD which requires BILATERAL disease.

CARDIORENAL syndrome? different.

Ihsan Kaadan, MD, MS Andrew Dicks Leben Tefera #MedEd Mass General Vascular

I spent 10+ hours preparing a talk for #SIR22 on MEDICATION FOR VENOUS DISEASE. Save yourself the time, and read a summary here:

angiologist.com/venous-disease…

Raghu Kolluri Leben Tefera Andrew Dicks Gaurav Parmar

Is FMD GENETIC? I am asked that all the time. Some progress is slowly being made... Heather L Gornik Dr. Jeffrey W Olin

watermark.silverchair.com/cvab086.pdf?to…

MarkELindsay Esther Kim Daniella KadianDodov Andrew Dicks Leben Tefera Gaurav Parmar

MEDICAL THERAPY FOR POST-THROMBOTIC SYNDROME?

Monika Gloviczki offers a great overview at Mass General Vascular Venous Conference. Gaurav Parmar Andrew Dicks Leben Tefera

If most patients do well, why frequent repeat imaging (unless symptoms)? Andrew Dicks

I tell patients (and document): 'I am following common practice, but management change is RARE'. Most still want imaging. MarkELindsay Daniella KadianDodov #SVM21

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28901215/
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Congratulations Andrew Dicks, now a graduate of Mass General Vascular Vascular Medicine fellowship! 📸 Haseeb Qazi HT Anthony Rosenzweig, MD Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD. Caroline Geiger, MD must be so proud!

When Geoff Barnes publishes on VTE prophylaxis in #COVID19 in JAMA Network Open, then Andrew Dicks and I get to write the editorial:

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

On the docket for next month - Mitchell D. Weinberg will be leading VMJC on a topic that I know you will want to learn about! As always, if you are interested in joining, please DM either myself or Ido Weinberg, MD.

Another excellent vascular medicine journal club. This time around, we had Vladimir Lakhter presenting on long term outcomes from BPA for CTEPH. Great discussion with Geoff Barnes Vikas Aggarwal Anjali Vaidya MD 🫀 Haseeb Qazi Alec Schmaier Eric Secemsky MD MSc Aditya Sharma

SUPER SPECULATIVE, but we (Brian with the Good Dictations Malissa Wood Andrew Dicks) have been seeing MANY more dissections (visceral, cervical, coronary)
Mass General Vascular.

Some patients have #COVID history.

Anyone else? Society for Vascular Medicine | SVM

I found one case-report:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…