Jean-Claude Asaker, MD retweeted
What a fun evening! Thanks to @DPhilbinMD for putting this together. @BrownUnivHealth @BrownMedicine @BrownCardiology @athenapoppas @JDawnAbbott1 @nishantshahmd @YashPatel_MD @AspryKarenMD @frankselke @cardiac_md @AsakerJean @kassisMD #ACC25
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Read our review on the vexing issue of #Arrhythmias in #CardiogenicShock published in Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy (@WeAreTandF) by superstar @BrownCardiology fellow, @AsakerJean - tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…. Congrats to all co-authors! @BrownMedicine @BrownUnivHealth
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When private equity is involved, the bills being sent out are about 20% higher. Dr. Glaucomflecken gives us a rundown of how private equity works and how it negatively affects patients being a profit based system.
#ThisWeekInMedicine
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Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death triggered by a blunt, nonpenetrating, and often innocent-appearing blow to the chest without damage to the ribs, sternum, or heart (and in the absence of underlying cardiovascular disease) constitute an event known as commotio cordis. 1/9
ALT First page of a Review Article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled "Commotio Cordis."
Lebanon dealing with a huge cholera outbreak in 2022. This was a water pollution research project I shared with the health ministry in 2012. Sad to see public health conditions continuing to decline.
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'End-stage' cardiac amyloidosis 🫀 |🍒& the lowest GLS I've seen @AOUCareggi @AlessiaArgiro @Cappellifrance2 @dr_pavia
Jean-Claude Asaker, MD retweeted
The Best Fall Hiking Trails in the Northeast according to Condé Nast:
Acadia National Park, ME
Mount Monadnock, NH
Mount Mansfield, VT
Mount Greylock, MA
Blue Hills Reservation, MA
Cold Spring, NY
Wissahickon Valley Park, PA
Jean-Claude Asaker, MD retweeted
Another historic first! 👏
The @UMassVascSurg team, led by @AndresSchanzer, was the first in THE WORLD to repair a diseased aortic arch using a retrograde three-vessel arch device that was custom-made for the patient’s anatomy.
ALT Photo of surgical repair a of a diseased aortic arch using a retrograde three-vessel arch device.
Jean-Claude Asaker, MD retweeted
Command central. Yes, this is all for one patient!! (Not pictured: the vent, the Impella, the ECMO circuit!) #ICU #Cardiotwitter God Bless our #Nurses 🤪🩺❤️
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A 17-year-old boy was admitted to the pediatric ICU with chest pain, syncope, ECG abnormalities, and elevated creatine kinase and troponin T. He had been well until 5 days earlier. nej.md/39hgWzD
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WHAT A MOMENT! Henry Richard, the brother of marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, just crossed the #BostonMarathon finish line, and immediately embraced his family including sister Jane Richard, who was hurt in the 2013 blast. He crossed the finish line just before 3 p.m.
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M3: Morning Med Minute 🌅⚕️⏳
A 58M with a family history of colon cancer presenting with syncope and both bloody stool, with CT scan concerning for invading colonic mass found to be Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma on biopsy. VERY RARE!
#MedEd #Medtwitter #Match2022 #UmassIM
Jean-Claude Asaker, MD retweeted
Welcome to our new series, the M3: Morning Med Minute. To kick things off, we bring to you an overview of common causes thrombocytopenia that you may encounter on wards. Stay tuned for more content!
#MedEd #medtwitter #umassIM #medicine #umass
Jean-Claude Asaker, MD retweeted
Something seems very wrong in our society. Thrill-seeking #billionaires who go to #space are celebrated as heroes but #scientists who save millions of lives are vilified.