Healthcare has significant carbon 👣. Our paper Circulation Research (led by Pedro Salerno), we show that transportation-related gas emissions for CAD patients in the US add significantly to hazards. Implications for #TeleVisits to improve patient and planet health tinyurl.com/bdd5f9zn

How are ID physicians geographically distributed across the US?
In our report we share this interesting heat map & comment on the ongoing shortage in ID physicians & related disparities. Issam Motairek, MD Zhuo Chen Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD & Fleisher

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#InDepth : The Urban Environment: A setting for implementing policies and interventions to tackle the global epidemics of cardiometabolic diseases and climate change #AHAJournals @tmuenzel University of Maryland Cardiology @sadeer_alkindi ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Obesity causes sleep apnea

Treat underlying cause—> reduce sleep apnea

Yet another win for GLP-1 receptor agonists

20% weight loss led to dramatic reduction in number of episodes of breathing stoppage at night.
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Our in-depth review 'The Urban Environment and Cardiometabolic Health' is now published Circulation
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#cardiometabolic #urbanization #environment

Check out the latest review in the April 12th issue of Circulation Research by Youn & colleagues on 'The Environmental #Exposome and #AFib : Emerging Evidence and Future Directions' at ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

@sadeer_alkindi Emelia J. Benjamin Mina Chung MD Khurram Nasir Zain Ul Abideen Asad, MD, MS, FACC FAHA

Seeking a physician colleague to join our growing UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute #FMD & #SCAD program! Early career/ #FIT applicants encouraged. Details here: tinyurl.com/38ac4uuc Please help me spread the word. Email or DM me if interested in learning more.

Conventional risk algorithms used for predicting 10-yr CV events prioritize prevention in older vs younger subjects. An alternative - the causal-benefit model.

Read more or 🎧 to the podcast w/ Drs. Allan Sniderman & Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD bit.ly/48PFfyd #JACCAdvances #cvPrev

Genetic variation is relatively poorly studied in the Middle East, particularly where endogamy and consanguinity are more common. Among 6K WGS in Qatar, 2 in 3 (!) was a carrier for a pathogenic mutation for an autosomal recessive condition. link.springer.com/article/10.118……

Environmental exposure - measured by the environmental justice index - plays a crucial role in CVD development and risk factors independent of social factors. #AHAJournals SumanthKhadke MD Ashish Kumar, MD Sarju Ganatra, MD, FACC ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

Thrilled to share our JACC Journals Imaging publication on physical & computational modeling for transcatheter structural interventions!
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#Cardiotwitter #CardioX #EchoFirst #YesCCT #3Dprinting #TAVR #TEER #LAAO #iecho

Good air quality is essential to public health. However, this study’s findings suggest current PM2.5 air quality index (AQI) activity guides have questionable relevance under present-day conditions in US need updating to improve effectiveness. ja.ma/3PVXISl

Our paper on the relevance of the #EPA #AirQualityIndex (AQI) activity recommendations is online JAMA Network Open . We show that for most low to moderate risk categories, AQI activity recs are questionable requiring further study. With Brook & Rajagopalan shorturl.at/CLX04

Our work examining tracheal, bronchial, and lung cancer burden associated with smoking in South America is now available PAHO/WHO. Proud of our US/Brazil collaboration focusing on a region often overlooked in research. shorturl.at/ikmn7 #Medtwitter

Join us for a special session at #ACC2024 'Empowering Communities For Heart Health: Strategies For Prevention and Population Wellness' in hall B313A starting at 8:30AM

Financial toxicity in pts eligible for Semaglutide in the US: Izza Shahid presents 2 posters regarding predictors of FT and cost-related medication non adherence in a nationally representative cohort.

Khurram Nasir Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

Mohamad Taha presents the heterogeneity in clinical, sociodemographic and mortality risk among ASCVD individuals eligible for Semaglutide in the US at #ACC24

Khurram Nasir Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

Thrilled to have presented our latest research at #ACC24 ! Engaging with peers, sharing insights, and receiving valuable feedback on our poster presentations has been incredibly rewarding. ❤️📊 🗺️
More about our work:
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Join us Sunday 8 am at #ACC24 in the highlighted original research & year in review session (B213), I'll be presenting our multi-center SCMR registry findings on mixed VHD (AR+MR) Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance American College of Cardiology Houston Methodist CV

If you are in Atlanta for #ACC24 , join these bright young presenters from Houston Methodist Houston Methodist CV cardiac PET and CTA labs for outstanding moderated and flat board posters

Fares Ahdab, MD, MSc Malek Nayfeh Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, MD MPH Jean Michel Saad Mahmoud Al Rifai

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