Our 1st JACC Journals issue with new Editorial team Great science, reviews & perspectives Renewed commitment to advancing global CV health Personally, I’d love MENA/South Asia colleagues to submit your groundbreaking research to make a lasting together! impact.bit.ly/4c5V7yc

As #PrideMonth celebrations enter their grand finale this weekend, re-upping this tweet on cardiometabolic health in #LGBTQIA+ people TL; DR: ♥️risk is higher on average, but major differences in risk by subpopn Understanding these nuances is key to effective CV prevention

Biden stutters. So do I. At the debate, he froze, appeared to lose his train of thought, and tripped over his words. Every stutterer knows how embarrassing this is: people feel uneasy and think you're an idiot. But acumen and speech fluency are separate things, as we all saw.

🏭 Higher levels of long-term Particulate matter 2.5 (#AirQuality) exposure ⏯️ 🔺️🔺️🔺️#CVD ❤️, #Cancer & comorbid cancer+CVD #cardioonc mortality 🥀 Pronounced detrimental effect in vulnerable & minority population #AirPollution matters 🌍 #planetaryhealth is not

Important new RCT on the effect of cash transfers on health and well-being. If the goal is to produce long term improvements in physical and mental health - a more tailored approach may be needed. Congratulations to Sarah Miller and team!

Sobering and so consistent w previous studies

On July 17th, Dr. Barbara Friedes was killed while cycling with her helmet on in this unprotected bike lane. Yesterday, hundreds of cyclists gathered to create a human-protected bike lane because this council and mayor don’t care.

UBI can be inflationary, but so can⬆️employment or ⬇️taxes (and we like those). *Hyper*inflation depends on what else is happening in the economy. Whether the net change is +ve for the health/well-being of low-income people is an empirical question & trials can be useful

Congratulations Don Lloyd-Jones - and welcome (back) to Boston! We have all benefited greatly from your academic and professional society leadership over the years - here’s to more BIDMC Smith Center collaborations this next Boston chapter! What a blockbuster recruitment for Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

I've been involved in a number of PhD vivas now where the questions to be asked have been sent to the student in advance. And now I can't see why we don't always do this. Can't see why we terrorise a student with pre-viva anxiety and guessing games. 1/3

How does @bidmccvi manage Recurrent Pericarditis? A consensus statement from the BIDMC Cardiovascular Division was put together by Badar Patel with help from BIDMC_Rheumatology for the Clinical Consensus Conference BIDMC CVI

Fantastic perspective by Sadiya Khan & Don Lloyd-Jones in JAMA American Heart Association PREVENT equations improve accuracy+precision of predicted CV risk -but it’s up to us to decide what to do with this number Where did the 7.5% risk threshold for statins come from? A MUST read

*Breaking* P3 #FINEARTSHF meets its primary endpoint (CVd+total HF events)! Non-steroidal MRA finerenone "demonstrates definitive CV benefits" in HFmrEF & HFpEF Looking forward to presenting full results at #ESCCongress alongside scottdavidsolomon Pardeep S Jhund bayer.com/media/en-us/fi…

Happy to share MDCalc is now hosting the DOAC Score Last year we published a calculator that predicts bleeding among AFib patients. It outperformed HAS-BLED in 4 multinational cohorts An international collaboration w/ BIDMC Smith Center TIMI Study Group Robert W. Yeh MD mdcalc.com/calc/10551/dir…

Excited to join the fantastic editorial team at Circulation! Looking forward to working with authors to bring the most impactful publications in health economics & population health to American Heart Association 's flagship journal. Let's go!

Congratulations, Dan and Issa on your $30M The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute award RAPTOR will examine the effectiveness of automated remote monitoring of pacemakers/ICDs on patient experience & outcomes Huge implications for millions of US adults living with implantable cardiac devices #SmithCenterProud

Set your calendars. Zoom link to follow. #veryexcited BIDMC CVI

Christy Zheng, Harvard Medical School student, presents her work with mentor Jordan Strom, MD, MSc, FACC, FASE on the impact of technical changes in AI-based detection of HFpEF and model performance & prognostication at today's BIDMC Research retreat!