Physical activity appears to reduce CV risk in part by acting through stress-related brain activity; this may contribute to the novel observation that physical activity reduces CV risk to a greater extent among individuals with #depression . bit.ly/4d0wrYT #JACC

SOA Reviews - effect of biological aging on CVD
JACC Journals Family Series

Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD, et al on TAVR/comprehensive care in older adults in #JACCAdvances and #JACCInterventions

Michael Nanna Mohamad Alkhouli
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In-depth look at outcomes & interventions, to inform assessment, management, resource utilization in frail patients during/after CICU admission

Review in EHJ-ACC Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD Michael Nanna Naila Ijaz, MD, et al
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Frailty assessment in the CICU? We need to create and optimize machine-learning tools so that frailty is part of every patient’s assessment and readily available to see automatically, just as BMI is. What if we can visualize a patient’s frailty trend like this on EMR one day? 📈

Diving deep into frailty in the CCU: in our latest article in European Society of Cardiology Journals, we explore the impact of frailty, its assessment, outcomes and the path ahead in managing this cohort.

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Mohamad Bahij Moumneh Michael Nanna Ajar Kochar Naila Ijaz, MD…

🥸How do you assess frailty in the CICU when frailty tools are mainly developed for outpatient settings?

😱We address this this question in this manuscript:

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Frailty in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Assessment and Impact: European Society of Cardiology Journals
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Having benefited from excellent mentors over the course of her career, a physician concludes that a true mentor is someone who has more imagination about you than you have about yourself. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/3SDFcPf

High cardiac troponin levels post-ischemic stroke linked to cognitive impacts in attention/executive functions for up to 12 months, suggesting a tie to vascular cognitive impairment. #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/49Vduox

Cardiologists increasingly encounter cognitive frailty (cognitive impairment and physical frailty without dementia). Early diagnosis and intervention could reverse its course. #AHAJournals Naila Ijaz, MD @yasserj94 Ashok Krishnaswami Michael Nanna Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD ahajrnls.org/3wnLRp9

What is cognitive frailty and how is it related to cardiovascular disease? How is it measured? Treated? What causes cognitive resilience? What gaps still need to be filled? Read to learn more: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA… JAHA Jefferson Cardiology Fellows Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson GME

Role of Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease: JAHA

🥸How many older patients with frailty and cognitive decline who present with CVD have you seen?

😱Naila Ijaz, MD synthesized the work on cognitive frailty here...

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#JACCAdvances review provides focused update on intersections between #CVD & geriatrics from basic science to clinical practice, major advances in Dx & Tx of older adults w/ CVD, & preview of future research directions: bit.ly/47xqIpE #cvGeri

The AMAZING women of Jefferson Heart Institute Jefferson Health Jefferson Cardiology Fellows ❤️❤️❤️

#WIC event with our impressive and accomplished women of Jefferson Cardiology at #AHA2023

Sallie Cho Naila Ijaz, MD Maria Gamero Rachel Laulusa Debenham #CardioTwitter

What a wonderful evening listening to all the words of wisdom from #AHAWIC and all the many Cardiologists and FITs who attended the #AHAWIC Dinner this evening. Thanks Monika Sanghavi MD, FACC for hosting this successful event. Thanks AnnabelleVolgman MD for starting this tradition 🙂. Pam R. Taub, MD❤️💃🏻

PROFILING OUR FIRST YEAR FELLOWS!
Naila Ijaz, MD
Naila Ijaz, MD
Hometown: Lorton, VA
Residency: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Hobbies: Food & Travel
Clinical interest: Non-Invasive - Imaging and Preventive Cardiology
Research interest: Cardiovascular Aging

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✔️ SGLT2 inhibitors have been shown to ↘️ myofilament stiffness & extracellular matrix remodeling/fibrosis in the heart, improving diastolic function.

Read more 🔑 points from a state-of-the-art review on SGLT2 inhibitors in patients w/ #HFpEF : bit.ly/46ieJMf #cvPrev

Very timely study on the association between frailty and cardiac structure/function— greater LV mass index, wall thickness, and LV filling pressures are associated with incident frailty.
🤔Prevent HFpEF and prevent frailty?
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Great first year boot camp featuring cath and echo sim with chief fellow Brian Osler, MD and PD Sallie Cho

Sim lab available to all 🫀 fellows!

Jefferson GME David L. Fischman
Svenja Schneider Alexander Hajduczok, MD 🇺🇦🙏 David H. Wiener, MD Maria Gamero Naila Ijaz, MD Michael Foster Zubair