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MBBS FRCP FESC FHFA PhD #heartfailure Cardiologist @LivHospitals Researcher, VW Clinical Lead NHSE GIRFT, BSH Board Councillor, ESC Digital Committee, BCS Digital Comms VP-elect, #YNWA #LiverpoolFootballClub #renalcancer survivor, skeet=my opinion
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Flozins and MRAs for heart failure make it to the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w... #GiftLink By Nina Agrawal, featuring @mkittlesonmd.bsky.social and Sadiya Khan of @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social Can write same article on CKD too? #MedSky #CardioSky

Hey #CardioSky and #PalliSky - check out this 4 podcast series hosted by @accintouch.bsky.social very own #ACCCVT leader @andreaprice-317.bsky.social in collaboration with the #ACCGeriatric Section's Palliative Care Workgroup! Where you get your podcasts! 🧵1/5 podcasts.apple.com/gy/podcast/a...

As #hfweek2025 continues, some trends in epidemiology. Currently there are ~7 million adults with HF in the US, and projected to grow to 8.5 million by 2030. Mortality is rising again after years of decline.

#ISHLT is joining @hfsa.bsky.social and other supporters for #HFWeek2025 9-15 Feb! By raising awareness about #heartfailure risks, symptoms, and management, we can empower individuals to take proactive steps toward prevention and care. #CardioSky

Air pollution caused by wildfires can raise the risks of cardiovascular events and death, but the impact is inconsistent, according to new data from two major California wildfires. @kpdor.bsky.social #CardioSky www.tctmd.com/news/cvd-eff...

Here's an interesting study of atrial pacing in patients with HFpEF, showing how increasing heart rate may decrease LAP until it increases again at higher heart rates. A reason not to give these patients beta blockers without a good indication I think #cardiosky academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... Best journal article I have read all week!

End of #GoRedDay and we have our @cedarssinai.bsky.social @smidtheart.bsky.social picture. Okay we don’t look exactly like a heart but we had so many people join us this year! What an amazing day! Thank you everyone for participating in our amazing day! #CardioSky #CVPrev

Hello, BlueSky: I'm a NHS respiratory consultant & patient safety associate medical director at Northampton General Hospital, learning Cymraeg|Welsh and supporting London Welsh RFC and singing in their choir to relax. Priorities: integrity in the NHS and RCP London; lung cancer care

Woooooooo ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Someone’s done it - archived the entire datasets of the US CDC before the orange toddler could destroy them. #episky #medsky #academicsky

The NHS is 150,000 healthcare workers short. In this episode of the Science, Humanised podcast, @doctoroxford.bsky.social and @drasifqasim.bsky.social discuss the impact of this shortage and how it’s affecting the NHS. Listen here: en.medshr.net/cases/231472...

#HeartMonth is a great time to get a cardiac risk assessment & know if you are at risk for heart disease. 80% of heart disease is preventable but we don’t often screen women. Heart disease is the #1 killer of women. Lack of awareness is a close second. #GoRedforWomen #CVPrev #CardioSky

In the SUMMIT trial, researchers examined cardiovascular outcomes of treatment with tirzepatide in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity. Full trial results and Plain Language Summary: nej.md/4hRGaTY #MedSky #EndoSky #CardioSky

⅔ #HFpEF pts are obese. Is there a link? SUMMIT trial suggests yes: visceral fat→ hypervolemia & myocardial inflammation, fibrosis. Treating adiposity w/tirzepatide ↓CV death & HF worsening,↑ QOL. Cardioprotection may be independent of ↓weight. #MedSky #CardioSky #AHA2024

Join the BSH and the Welsh Heart Failure Society on the 1-2 May 2025, for their annual MDT at the Leonardo Hotel, Cardiff! Empowering Multidisciplinary Teams in Heart Failure Care'. Click here to register now: bshevents.eventsair.com/mdt-meeting-... #25in25 #freedomfromfailure #MDT2025

#HeartMonth Know your blood pressure(BP) Know how we can alter BP with small lifestyle changes Not everyone needs medications but if you do, work with your doctor to find one that works for you #Goredforwomen #Bloodpressure #Savingwomenshearts @smidtheart.bsky.social @cedarssinai.bsky.social

Hello. I am new to this medium, but if you are interested in medicine and in patient safety, please follow me.

One to follow! @drasifqasim.bsky.social asifqasim.co.uk

Welcome to BlueSky, @drasifqasim.bsky.social. One to follow if you're into interventional cardiology, patient safety, organisation and delivery of NHS services, case-based learning for doctors, and medical leadership. Let's get him posting more on this platform! #medsky #medtwitter

Moving my attention here from X - great to see so many friends and real debate A force for good for medicine and patients @copddoc.bsky.social @martinmckee.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @bma.org.uk @dauk-gp.bsky.social @thedauk.bsky.social @doctoroxford.bsky.social

I strongly recommend giving my friend @drasifqasim.bsky.social a follow. An NHS cardiologist with absolute integrity & razor-sharp appreciation of the issues bedevilling the medical workforce & how to fix them. Brilliant on tech, innovation & leadership too. Do follow 💙 asifqasim.co.uk

Having worked closely with @drasifqasim.bsky.social on MAPs issues this year, I’ve seen firsthand his willingness to tackle challenges head-on and engage with difficult questions—something many shy away from. Well worth a follow for those interested in the future of the profession. asifqasim.co.uk

Completely agree Been hugely impressed by @drasifqasim.bsky.social - his integrity, his deep understanding of UK medicine and his commitment to #patientsafety, #medicaleducation & raising standards. Natural born leader! One to follow and one to watch!

I’ve only got to know @drasifqasim.bsky.social in the last year but I’ve been enormously impressed by his courage and leadership - agree with @copddoc.bsky.social - one to follow - as is Nick!

💯 agree bsky.app/profile/dras... is a hugely respected cardiologist colleague but also an inspirational leader with an exemplary career in furthering medical education and raising #patientsafety standards

Our essay today @jama.com for why we should develop a Master of Digital Health (MDH) degree jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Nick Hartshorne-Evans the Founder and CEO of the Pumping Marvellous Foundation, the UK’s heart failure charity based in Preston, has been named in the New Year’s Honours list. Read more here pumpingmarvellous.org/new-year-honou… #NewYearsHonours

www.theguardian.com/society/2024... @guardian reported on our #Beat Breathlessness hub conducted in partnership with @evertonfc.bsky.social @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social @astrazeneca.bsky.social US2AI LumiraDx #BeatHF

Non-traditional risk factors for atrial fibrillation: epidemiology, mechanisms, and strategies from @escardio.bsky.social academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad... #Cardiosky #Medsky

As 2024 closes, we look forward to continuing to amplify 🔊 the voices of underrepresented patients and advocate ⚖️ for equitable care, such as representation in CV research. Read more: 👉 bit.ly/4iLJrEx #CardiologyMag #ACCDiversity #HealthEquity #CardioSky #MedSky

www.theguardian.com/society/2024... @guardian reported on our #Beat Breathlessness hub conducted in partnership with @evertonfc.bsky.social @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social @astrazeneca.bsky.social US2AI LumiraDx #BeatHF

Leading the way in improving the efficiency and speed to diagnosis of Heart Failure. Our #BEATHF campaign and #BEATtoTREAT protocol feature in this article from the @theguardian.com with Everton in the Community and @drrajivsankar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

2024 was a blast in cardiovascular imaging congresses led by EACVI. Be ready for #EACVI2025: 📍Vienna 📅11-13 Dcember 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦#EuroeEcho, #EuroCMR and #ICNC-CT together Help us to shape the programme and be part of it 👉https://escardio.formstack.com/forms/eacvi_2025_call_for_sessions #cardiosky

Here at the #WCIRDC2024 conference where I presented in #HFpEF and sex specific considerations for women. I shared a summary of this with #HCPLive . #CardioSky #WomensHeartHealth www.hcplive.com/view/erin-mi...

Want to be healthier? ⁦‪ @USDA‬⁩ recommends eating more beans🫘, peas and lentils for protein ... & less red meat. #MedSky #BlueSky 🧪 #IDSky #scisky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky #CardioSky www.upi.com/Health_News/...

🫀This article shows the importance of monitoring #NTproBNP and high sensitivity #troponin I ( #hsTnI) in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The concentrations of both #biomarkers are crucial to monitor the clinical response to therapy. European Heart Journal academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...

Predicted heart mass is the optimal metric for donor-recipient size matching in heart transplantation. But the maths is tough at 3am. Download our simple Heart Transplant Sizing App for free from the Apple Store. apps.apple.com/gb/app/heart...

Another study (in #JACC) comparing one hsTnI #troponin assay to hsTnT. Again hsTnT is shown to be more strongly associated with downstream mortality. I've found this intriguing for a while. Why? doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #EMedSky #CardioSky

Really thought-provoking. Sensible arguments by John G. F. Cleland in JAMA cardiology question long-term aspirin in secondary prevention. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam....

doi.org/10.1001/jama... great editorial poking holes in our belief in Aspirin. Primary prevention evidence doesn't exist and secondary prevention evidence, as we see here, is very flimsy.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Review of “Relaxin agonists under preclinical & early clinical investigation for treatment of #heartfailure “ by @liverpoolccs.bsky.social cardiology trainee #AshwinAjay et al @shelleyzieroth.bsky.social @hancardiomd.bsky.social @robmentz.bsky.social #cardiosky

More evidence that COVID vaccines protect significantly against major cardiovascular events: academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad... #idsky

Discontinuation and reinitiation of #MRAs in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #EJHF @cardioobdoc.bsky.social @shelleyzieroth.bsky.social @drrajivsankar.bsky.social @anastasiasmihaili.bsky.social

More random images sent of our #BEATHF #heartfailure awareness campaign across #Liverpool. A trip to Liverpool led into an educational event for someone @liverpoolecho.co.uk @lcrmayor.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @drrajivsankar.bsky.social