Contemporary TAVI reduces death by more than half at 1 year. And patients vastly prefer it. The burden of proof is on surgical valves to outperform TAVI in the long term, not the other way round.

Honestly best part of SCAI Now #SCAI2024 is seeing former fellows I’ve trained. If you trained with me please come tonight for casual drinks. Thanks Giorgio A. Medranda MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI Jayakumar Sreenivasan Dmitriy N. Feldman, MD for setting this up. Quick pic here with Atul D. Bali, MD from Westchester Medical Center Cardiology Fellowship Abdul Moiz Hafiz

Why NIH NHLBI sponsored #PETRACT randomized clinical trial led by Akhilesh Sista needs to be done in submassive #PulmonaryEmbolism. Proud of my partners Ahmad Al Turk Mohsin Salih & SIU Cardiology Fellows at SIU Medicine who are helping screen & enroll these patients at MemorialHealthIL

Abdul Moiz Hafiz Akhilesh Sista NIH NHLBI Ahmad Al Turk Mohsin Salih SIU Cardiology Fellows SIU Medicine MemorialHealthIL Lots of good points on these slides. Great work by Akhilesh Sista Sunil V. Rao and the entire #PETRACT team!

3rd annual scientific meeting of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Medical Society on 9/27/24 the day prior to HFSA ➡️new guidelines ➡️new drugs ➡️new data ➡️new sessions ➡️same old me 😂 Ok so 4 out of 5 ain’t bad. Come anyway! Link to register: hcmsociety.org/2024sessions

Happening now - central Illinois fellows forum dinner event, 5th year now in a row and we’ve grown since 2019 first event - glad to see all programs in the region here. Great to meet old fiends and make some new SIU Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria @Carle_org IllinoisACC

Another great meeting of the Central IL Fellows Forum last evening! Met Cardiology fellows from the three downstate programs. ⭐️s of tomorrow! Great to see old friends and make some new ones! #ACCFIT Abdul Moiz Hafiz Momin Siddique SIU Cardiology Fellows!!

Another great presentation by SIU Cardiology Fellows at IllinoisACC #ACCFIT research symposium! 1st place two years in a row! Excellent work by Dr. Rafique, Harsh Patel Mohamed Labedi, MD, FACC, FHRS محمد رافع لبيدي Dr. N. Khan and team! Abdul Moiz Hafiz Momin Siddique Mukul Bhattarai Ahmad Al Turk Mohsin Salih Tony DeMartini

Brilliant

Great team work by Mohammad A. Ahmad Al Turk Mohsin Salih, Rachel Kim, SIU Cardiology Fellows cath lab, perfusion & anesthesia w/ an AngioDynamics, Inc. #AngioVac mass retrieval in right atrium. Takes a village to care for such complex patients starting w/ diagnosis to decision & treatment

I was delighted to proctor structural team in Houston (Memorial Hermann Memorial city) in performing their 1st BASILICA (Bioprosthetic or Native Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration) technique followed by TAVR valve in valve, deploying 29 mm Evolut FX inside failed surgical 23

This year we included a brand new panel ("A Year in Review") focused on parting words of wisdom and perspectives from outgoing chief fellows. I was so glad to participate alongside M. Adil Sheikh and Jenna Skowronski! Always so much more to learn from different programs!

Last day in cath lab with Abdul Moiz Hafiz Thanks for the amazing mentorship and support

We’ve got events lined up for Lindsay’s Big Heart launch week 8/19! Join me & Lindsay Davis as we’re interviewed by Jim Cheung for New York Chapter, ACC on why we wrote this book as a tool to raise awareness of #HCM & protect our kids from #SCA. Link to register: ny-acc.org/8-19-2024-lind…

As some have identified, this valve was in-folded. We successfully retrieved the valve and put in a new one. I want to expand on this issue a bit. 🧵

What coronary stent is this #CardioTwitter

Back to basics (again) with new cath conference series. Old ritual with a new class of SIU Cardiology Fellows Ahmad Al Turk Momin Siddique

Today we celebrate an important and exciting milestone as the STEMI DTU Pivotal study completes enrollment with 527 ITT subjects enrolled. This achievement is a testament to the dedication and commitment of each enrolling site to advancing the science of unloading during an

I’m hearing so many people cite conflict of interest as the reason physicians shouldn’t own hospitals. This also happens to be the main strategy the American Hospital Association used to lobby Congress to ban POHs in the Affordable Care Act, paving the way for the consolidated

Poonam Velagapudi JACC Journals Akhil Narang, MD Here is the ultimate radiation ☢️ protection for our #EchoFirst friends supporting our structural cases with TEE - Cathpax radiation cabin