First #AZJP#UZB Cardîo symposium With and for the GPs was fully crowded and a big success! Marc Noppen Centrum Hart- en Vaatziekten UZ Brussel Stijn Lochy Berlinde von Kemp Frederik H. Verbrugge Tim Balthazar caroline weytjens Steven Droogmans GallooX

For those who can't get enough from #ADVOR , below the promised Tweetorial!

Acetazolamide in acute #HeartFailure w volume overload on background high-dose loop diuretics:
👍Increases diuresis & natriuresis
👍More euvolemia after 3 days & discharge
👍⬇️LOS
#ESCCongress #Cardiology

This is incredible! I was there when most people thought he was the crazy Diamox doctor. I am so happy to work with a genious friend that pushes us all to become better doctors and is not afraid to be controversial if needed to accomplish this improvement.

Yes! And these should be used in the appropriate pathophysiological context (for which they were studied). Common mistake. Eg. MV with PEEP 15, which cutt-off? VA-ECMO, which cutt-off? But the trend is useful as always...

Our educational paper on Acute Valvular Emergencies out in #EHJACVC , by the phenomenal Samuel Bernard.

Link & short summary below 👇

Frederik H. Verbrugge Sébastien Deferm NephroPOCUS Tim Balthazar EHJACVC Editor-in-Chief Koen_Ameloot Jan Verwerft ASE EACVIPresident #EchoFirst

Nice work from very nice collegue!

Pulmonary vascular disease (PVR >3WU) in patients with group 2 pulmonary hypertension associated with more severe lung congestion, right heart failure & poorer O2 delivery during #exercise .

Our new paper from the #BarryBorlauglab :
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

Yogesh Reddy Massar

Just published today: AHA scientific statement on escalating and de-escalating temporary mechanical circulatory support.

ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

You can rewatch the lectures of our cardiogenic shock symposium now: cardiogenicshocksymposium.tribespot.be

Frederik H. Verbrugge [email protected] Abiomed Sean van Diepen Filip Rega Hannah Schaubroeck Marc Noppen Cosyns Bernard UZ Brussel Jan Verwerft Seth Bilazarian, MD ACVCPresident Matt Siuba Segun Olusanya (He/Him) Aman Thind

And what about more complex populations such as ventilated patients in ICU with various levels of PEEP etc? If very congruent findings it is very helpful but...we should be careful. For these patients our data come from small selected studies...

Estimating filling pressures non-invasively: A word of caution ⛔️

New 📝 JACC Journals suggests a limited accuracy of integrated echo parameters in estimating LVEDP

jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

2/3 And where we are now (5+ years in)? Better quality, equity, equality, and justice of care: regardless of time-of-day, day-of-week, or site of initial presentation👍…