🚨Countdown alert! The 16th Annual #CVTSymposium is about a week away. Don't miss your chance to learn about the emerging studies  and 🫀updates for nurses, NPs, PAs, pharmacists and more! If you haven't registered yet, there's still time! More info here:

Giving #CPR and using an AED within the first few minutes of sudden cardiac arrest can greatly improve a person's chances of survival. Help your patients understand SCA with this #CardioSmart infographic 👇 bit.ly/3qzufng #ACCAthleticHeart #SportsCardio

In Press: The Banner – University Medical Center experience with MRI in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices and Fractured or Abandoned Leads pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ry…

Women need #CPR too. Join HeartCharged.org so we ensure that breasts are NOT the reason someone doesn’t perform CPR Dorian L. Beasley MD, FACC C. Michael Gibson MD Alexander Hajduczok, MD 🇺🇦🙏 Danielle Belardo, MD JK Han MD Preethi Pirlamarla MD

Local V-A Index For the Differential Diagnosis of Supraventricular Tachycardia heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-…

Congratulations to our outgoing Chief Fellow Uzair Mahmood & 🌟 Rising F3 Mahmoud Samy Ahmed for being awarded this year’s Best Teaching Fellows, from the Internal Medicine Department @WestchesterMed!! 🎉 👏🏼 🎊 🙌🏼 We are extremely proud of you both!

Cardioembolic CVA is a major complication of AF. But it’s important to recognize that AF ⬆️ the risk of developing, arrhythmia-induced #cardiomyopathy . Nearly half of the patients with AF go on to develop significant CM. #JACCEdge #JACC jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

#JACCAdvances The ER2EP study showed that organized care pathways in #AF improves access to care and clinical outcomes. JACC Journals Candice Silversides Anju Bhardwaj MD FACC Richard Ferraro DJ Lakkireddy Sei Iwai Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD Heart Rhythm NP American College of Cardiology jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

🧵for the new residents and students on the meaning of 'French' and 'Gauge'. We've covered this on here in the past, but a lot of new people are starting on surgical rotations, so let's look at them again. As usual, we'll cover their history and what they mean. (1/ )

Another year another group of first years learning the Cath Lab Ropes, AKA “how to not f up” 😂. Special thanks to Tanya Sharma for leading the hands on session! Sei Iwai Dr. Anthon Fuisz, MD Pragya Ranjan, MD, FACC Sameer B. Shazli Khan Atul D. Bali, MD Aaqib Malik MD MPH

First pass isolation for both left and right PVs?! Not a problem for Sade Solola, our newest EP fellow! She already handles the catheters like a pro! Jason Jacobson Dan Frenkel Westchester Medical Center Cardiology Fellowship Srihari S. Naidu, MD @WestchesterMed

Thx Jason Jacobson for hosting the EP Fellows BBQ! Welcome to Sade Solola, who along with/ our senior EP fellow Brent Klinkhammer, are making the EP cases look easy. It’s gonna be a fun year! Dan Frenkel Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Looking for an #HCM NP/PA to join me and the team. This position is outpatient - help run the center of excellence, research visits, & cardiac myosin inhibitor program. But more importantly you get to hear my jokes all week (code for dad jokes! lol). Link: wmchealthjobs.org/?jobs=cardiolo…

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…

More BIG news for Lindsay’s Big Heart launch week! Join me & Lindsay Davis 8/21 at a stock book signing at Barnes & Noble’s flagship 5th avenue location! Sell them out & show them they should stock more & raise awareness of heart disease, #HCM and #SCA! Greenleaf Book Group

Suguru Ohira, MD, Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation at Westchester Medical Center, is the first in the Hudson Valley to perform a beating heart transplant! This innovative procedure keeps the heart warm and beating during transport, extending viability and donor pool.

Shazli Khan did such a fantastic job with this episode on Cardionerds! If you haven’t yet, go check out the podcast and listen to Robert Mentz, MD and Shazli Khan talk to us about treating iron deficiency anemia in CHF! Srihari S. Naidu, MD Steve Pan Dr. Anthon Fuisz, MD Jason Jacobson Sei Iwai

Congratulations to Sameer B. for being part of the 2nd annual class of Dr. Nishimura Scholars! We’re looking forward to Sameer sharing everything he’s learned in Rochester at the Mayo Clinic CV board review with his co-fellows when he comes back home!

Our latest - cardiorespiratory fitness and the substrate for #AF #CHRD Uni of Adelaide Central Adelaide Congratulations to Jonathan Ariyaratnam who was awarded the Heart Rhythm Society YIA for this work Adrian Elliott Melissa Middeldorp Ricardo Mishima Kadhim Kadhim Mehrdad Emami

September is #AFib Awareness Month. #AFib is the most commonly encountered sustained arrhythmia in the general population. Throughout the month, the #ACCEP Section Council will be highlighting important facts about #AFib and its treatment.