Congratulations to the #CSWG for yet another stellar publication shaping the field! Led by Justin Fried and Maryjane Farr MD MSc, FACC FAST FHFSA FAHA, we studied the role of Abiomed Impella 5.0/5.5 in #CardiogenicShock. Published in JHLT - jhltonline.org/article/S1053-…. Tufts Medical Center The Warren Alpert Medical School

When determining 'futility' of VA-ECMO in cardiogenic shock for age, calculated mortality risk above what % would you consider futile? Andrew J Sauer MD Shashank Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA Benjamin Hibbert Benedikt Schrage Sean van Diepen Song Li Jaime Hernandez-Montfort Rachna Kataria, MD Aniket Rali, MD, FACC, FCCP Alexandre Mebazaa

Disrupting the field of #HeartFailure by mechanically targeting cardiac preload and renal afterload with #Precardia Abiomed Congrats to Houston Methodist CV led by top VENUS-HF EFS enrollers and implanting #HeartRecovery Docs Rayan Yousefzai and Arvind Bhimaraj classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03…

Thoughts: At times questioning the worth of my clinical research mentoring time. I don’t write grants or publish first author work in high IF journals. Not RVU generating. Application time. A sudden rush of exciting projects/abstract development.LORs.Gratifying-Love my mentees

[1/4] Honored to share our CircImaging manuscript: Association of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy w/ Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction 8-10 Yrs After Delivery- representing 8 yrs of AHA Science-funded multidisciplinary #CardioObstetrcs collaboration ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Acute limb ischemia remains the Achilles Heel of #CardiogenicShock , especially in patients on #MCS. Read our analysis of 7,070 patients from #CardiogenicShockWorkingGroup led by Ajar Kochar and Navin Kapur in JHLT - jhltonline.org/article/S1053-…. Congratulation to all authors.

This month's contribution from #CSWG - Acute limb ischemia in cardiogenic shock JHLT Ajar Kochar Navin Kapur Jacob Abraham, MD Shashank Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA A. Reshad Garan MD Jaime Hernandez-Montfort Kevin John John, MD MRCP Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD MSc Elric Zweck Mohit Pahuja Dan Burkhoff MD PhD jhltonline.org/article/S1053-…

Do we quantify our vasoactive medications appropriately in #CardiogenicShock? Read our work from the #CSWG published today in Journal of Cardiac Failure - onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-…. Many thanks to Navin Kapur for his mentorship and leadership! The Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University Lifespan Health System

In patients with HFpEF, treatment with dapagliflozin for 24 weeks favorably improved pulsatile pulmonary vascular load and RV-PA coupling during exertion. ja.ma/3LzIsIe

.Thomas Radomski, Aimee Pickering, Walid Gellad, Mike Fine (VA Center for Health Equity Research & Promotion), & more found 32% of dually enrolled #Veterans received #LowValueServices, costing $226M in FY18. Discover the implications & future directions of this research: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Advanced Heart Failure/Tx Fellowship applications for 2025-26 are now being reviewed. UPMC boasts a top 25% heart transplant volume with excellent outcomes, participation in CSWG, and access to an analytics program for research projects. Looking forward to interview season!

I mean, I would agree with you but I am biased. Thank you for including me Ryan J Tedford MD Anthony Carnicelli, MD FACC Manreet Kanwar. American College of Cardiology #ACCCVT HFSA American Heart Association University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy ACCP Cardiology PRN

At the #PittsburghHeartSummit. Thanks to Andy Kiser and Chris Pray from St Clair Hospital for hosting us. Lots of abstracts/posters presented with this awesome crew of residents and fellows! UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiology #GoBucs! Pittsburgh Pirates University of Pittsburgh MedEd Pittsburgh

It was a pleasure to host Nir Uriel, MD MSc for Grand Rounds and hear about the future of heart transplantation and advanced circulatory support! Our fellows enjoyed the dinner discussion thoroughly, organized by one of our favorite heart failure docs, Gavin Hickey

Best 90 day Heart Transplant graft survival in the country at #UPMC. Most heart transplants in Pennsylvania. Heart/kidneys, Heart/livers, highly sensitized patients. Incredible outcomes with an incredible team. UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Pitt Cardiology

Congrats to all authors on our article in JCF on API as a marker of weaning to native recovery in shock. Special shoutout to Alec Biscopink, Ryan Moore, & Molly Silkowski, DO! Ryan J Tedford MD Anthony Carnicelli, MD FACC Brian Houston MD JYourshaw MUSC Cardiology Fellowship Programs onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-…

Extended duration of support w #Impella 5.5 as a bridge to #transplantation does not adversely impact posttransplant outcomes 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39150765/ asaiojournal Yeahwa Hong Ander Dorken Gallastegi Nicholas Hess Raj Ramanan Gavin Hickey Pitt Surgery Pitt Cardiology Pitt Critical Care Medicine CMU_BME

We are so proud of our Heart Failure program! We have incredible mentors, the best team members, and robust cutting-edge research. Most of all, we love supporting our VAD, impella, balloon pump and heart transplant patients in their medical journey 🫀 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Gavin Hickey

Ajar Kochar Dan Burkhoff MD PhD Rachna Kataria, MD Vanessa Blumer, MD, FACC Ak Tom Cascino, MD Anu Lala-Trindade Stavros George Drakos Gavin Hickey Shelley Hall Ryan J Tedford MD Matt Lander Nir Uriel, MD MSc Marwan Jumean, MD Ann Gage Aniket Rali, MD, FACC, FCCP Nikhil Narang, MD Miguel Alvarez Villela Justin Fried Jason N. Katz Arvind Bhimaraj

For the critical care community these findings may be understood. For non-critical care providers - 24 hrs means limited time to reassess, escalate care, or transfer to another facility. The Golden Day slips by quickly. More to come. #Don’tSleepOnShock Sunil V. Rao Jason N. Katz