Sunil V. Rao @SVRaoMD Twitter profile

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Sunil V. Rao

@SVRaoMD

4 years

Holiday airport pick up 2019. Got a few laughs. Another step in my endless quest to embarrass my children.

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6 years

Rounding on consults and saw the following treatment plan on an admission note: "Heparin, cath, all of the heart things."

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6 years

On the topic of correlation vs. causation...

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2 years

Thank you ⁦ @vadurham ⁦ @DCRINews ⁩ @DukeHeartCenter ⁩ for the past 26 years. #newbeginnings

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6 years

'No evidence' having high levels of bad cholesterol causes heart disease, claim 17 cardiologists as they call on doctors to 'abandon' statins

'No evidence' having bad cholesterol causes heart disease

High levels of LDL-C, known as bad cholesterol, has been considered a major cause of heart disease - the world's leading killer - for at least 50 years.

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What a remarkable exchange. The head of ABIM criticizing physicians for taking up hobbies, implying that time away from work is for doing MOC. ABIM seems stunningly out of touch.

chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP

@chadinabhan

9 months

This Tue AM, I host the epic discussion btw @AaronGoodman33 and @RichardBaron17 on the MOC of the ABIM exclusively on #HealthcareUnfiltered podcast. This is a clip from the pod that U will NOT want to miss. It all started with a petition, now with >11k signatures. watch it all

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1 year

Congratulations ⁦ @lily_a_rao ⁩ on graduating from ⁦ @BrandeisU ⁩! The days are long but the years are short…

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3 years

Started running again after a years-long hiatus. I relearned something very important... I hate running.

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6 years

Unbelievable! Great case report.

Self-Management of an Inferior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | NEJM

Severe chest pain and dizziness developed in a 44-year-old nurse, the only medical professional at a remote post in Australia. He obtained his own ECG, which showed ST-segment elevation myocardial ...

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4 years

Week 2 Shelter in place. Rao Family is at Threat Level Backstreet

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3 years

Congratulations @thrftstorebrbie on graduating from @BostonCollege !! The days are long but the years are short.

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28 days

I can’t remember a conference with so many positive studies for interventional cardiology #ACC2024

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5 years

It's difficult to overstate the happiness of having a conference call cancelled.

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7 years

Healthcare colors for crayons.

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6 years

Happy Father’s Day to my Dad, who came to the US with $12 and worked hard to put two kids through college and med school. Thanks for being a role model!

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4 years

@PrakritiGaba Please protect yourself as much as you can. We are all praying for you and your colleagues who are on the front lines, and for your patients.

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1 year

The @ABIMFoundation now lists those who have paid for, taken, & passed the certification exam as "not certified" if they don't pay the MOC fee(s). Anyone find this defensible?

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7 months

The next step for late breaking clinical trial presenters at cardiology conferences...

non aesthetic things

@PicturesFoIder

7 months

Psy introduces himself

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4 years

Femoral access without ultrasound guidance

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@IDdocAdi

4 years

Treating with broad spectrum antibiotics without sending cultures first #stewardmeme

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5 months

Trying to stent SCAD…

Out of Context Human Race

@NoContextHumans

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2 years

Been working on some observational data. Repeated the analysis several times and the findings are consistent:

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3 years

I've said it before but I'll say it again - if you are looking for step-by-step video instructions on interventional techniques, there is no better resource than the YouTube channel run by @esbrilakis

Manos Brilakis

www.youtube.com

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2 years

It’s back… College holiday airport pick up 2021. Got a few laughs.

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5 years

College holiday break airport pick up 2018

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3 years

See you soon kiddo. Stay safe, have fun, & learn something #goingtocollege

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3 years

Me, listening to why someone went femoral instead of #RadialFirst in a 79 year old, 58 kg female with ACS

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4 years

I have a PCI joke, but it's rarely appropriate...

Pinak Shah, MD

@PinakShahMD

4 years

@rosieICM I have an off-color TAVR joke but won’t repeat- against my CoreValvues.

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11 months

RIP William C. Roberts MD - former Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Cardiology. Receiving his hand written critiques of the manuscript in the mail was a distinct honor. I've held on to the ones he sent. @mmamas1973 @CMichaelGibson

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1 year

Finally got to meet the other Dr. Sunil Rao @sunildrao2010 . And we’re wearing the same suit. #ACC23

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4 years

Wow.

Goodable

@Goodable

4 years

Sweden's Princess Sofia has announced she is reducing her Royal duties so that she can volunteer at a local hospital. She has already completed intensive training to prepare for it. In her new role, she will be disinfecting, cleaning, and working in the kitchen.

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6 years

Keeping patients NPO before cath is an archaic practice. Some cardiologists even cancel a case if the patient ate breakfast.

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@mswami001

6 years

Despite >20 years of evidence, NPO practice so hard to change. Including outside the surgery domain. @SVRaoMD

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4 years

Terrible take. No control group, no detail on how patients were selected, some pts lost to f/u. We all want a therapy to work, but interpretations like this potentially affect equipoise and hinder enrollment into an ongoing randomized trial.

Joel M. Topf, MD FACP

@kidney_boy

4 years

Ladies and gentleman, I think we have a therapy.

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2 years

I am in the "a cancelled meeting brings great joy" stage of life.

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3 years

Yeah...so this happened today. The newest member of the Rao family

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6 years

Picked up my daughter at the airport this morning. She’s home from college. Got a few laughs.

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11 months

Duke University to Provide Full Tuition for Students of NC and SC Families at Duke with Incomes Below $150,000 | Duke Today

Duke to Expand Aid for NC and SC Students | Duke Today

today.duke.edu

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6 years

Observational data that is consistent w/our biases: “definitive real world data!” Observational data that goes against our biases: “fatally confounded!”

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@SVRaoMD

6 months

No benefit of routine stress testing post PCI, even in patients with diabetes.

EHJ Editor-in-Chief

@ehj_ed

6 months

Routine stress testing in diabetic patients after percutaneous coronary intervention: the POST-PCI trial just published in #EHJ : #DM #PCI #CVD #cardiotwitter @ESC_Journals @escardio

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1 year

Holiday season in the greatest city in the world

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@SVRaoMD

3 years

Got the call to schedule my COVID vaccination! #GetTheShot

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4 months

“See I have IVUS eyes. That’s why I don’t use intracoronary imaging…”

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2 years

Past President, President, & President-Elect @SCAI @HenrytTimothy @BinitaShahMD @SrihariNaiduMD @RVSwaminathanMD

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2 years

I find this to be really unfortunate phrasing. Trials are hard to do. You can critique the trial but “destroying” years of scientific work is unnecessarily adversarial. And please don’t respond with unfounded accusations of “corruption” or “lies.” You’ll get blocked.

RUI M S ALMEIDA

@RMSSAA

2 years

@FaisalBakaeen “destroying” the ISCHEMIA Trial, at the Clinical Trial Updates @EACTS meeting, chosen a key trial in the ACC/AHA. Well done.

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(1/2) In the aftermath of #ACC24 , it is a good time to review one of the best articles ever written on interpreting clinical trials by @DrCaliff_FDA : @HeartBobH @CMichaelGibson @rallamee

Principles From Clinical Trials Relevant to Clinical Practice: Part I

www.ahajournals.org

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@SVRaoMD

1 year

It appears that “Please board when your zone is called” may be the most difficult set of instructions for humans to follow.

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

My attempt to "work from home" 7:30 - enter login on work laptop 7:45 - let dogs out 8:00 - logged in; let dogs in 8-9 - email 9:00 - let dogs out 9-9:15 - start editing paper 9:15 - let dogs in 9:15-10:15 - more email 10:15 - let dogs out 10:17 - let dogs in 10:30 - go to work

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6 years

It’s hard to disagree with my youngest child’s logic

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4 years

Forgiving Student Loans For Doctors Risking Their Lives To Fight Coronavirus | HuffPost

We Should Forgive Student Loans For Doctors Risking Their Lives To Fight Coronavirus

"The best way we can say thanks is to erase this enormous financial burden ... a cost that was required to fight and win this war."

www.huffpost.com

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@SVRaoMD

3 years

Congratulations ⁦ @RaoAva ⁩ on graduating from high school!!

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@SVRaoMD

3 years

I live with monsters ….

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@SVRaoMD

3 years

Received this beautiful piece today. Thanks so much to ⁦ @CMichaelGibson ⁩ for taking the time and effort to memorialize #RadialFirst !!

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@SVRaoMD

5 years

Congrats ⁦ @lily_a_rao ⁩ ⁦ @cghsnc ⁩ class of 2019!

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@SVRaoMD

3 years

‘It’s ok, sometimes you have to go femoral…”

Saqlain Haider 🌱🌾

@Saqlain2596

3 years

@OdedRechavi Caption please ? 😄

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4 years

The @vadurham has been very proactive in preparing for coronavirus. Started 2 weeks ago planning for converting in-person visits to video telemedicine visits, implemented screening of all persons entering the hospital, & encouraged telework for employees. I'm proud to work there.

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2 years

Confirmed: gravity is intact in NYC…

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@SVRaoMD

8 months

@DrJMarine Your assessment of him is totally biased and unfair. He’s done a tremendous amount of good for the US including his work on HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and other serious diseases.

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@SVRaoMD

5 years

Honored and humbled to be one of the world's top experts in injections.... #greetingsoftheday

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

FLAVOUR Trial published in @NEJM FFR vs. IVUS to guide PCI. Trial designed to test non inferiority of FFR with 24-month death/MI/revasc as the endpoint. Event rates: 8.1% FFR vs. 8.5% IVUS, p=0.01 for noninferiority

Fractional Flow Reserve or Intravascular Ultrasonography to Guide PCI | NEJM

In patients with coronary artery disease who are being evaluated for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), procedures can be guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ultrasonogr...

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@SVRaoMD

5 years

On this date two years ago we launched #RadialFirst . What a ride it’s been @chadialraies @KaulP @rajivxgulati @CardiacConsult @Radial_ICG @DrMauricioCohen @mividovich @DrSheilaSahni @willsuh76 @mmamas1973 @CMichaelGibson

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4 years

Mothers Day brunch cooked, baked, and arranged by the kids!

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3 years

The attending looking at the fellow when they’re getting access without using ultrasound…

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@SVRaoMD

4 years

For anyone who is submitting a grant or has submitted a grant, remember that even great ideas get rejected. It takes persistence to get funded. High marks for concise language, a clear plan, & data sharing in this application. PI appears to be inexperienced.

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4 years

Shelter-in-place week 4. Martial law declared in the Rao household due to squandering of resources. Extreme times call for extreme measures

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3 years

I was eating pizza…

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3 years

#GetTheShot

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4 months

Trying to get challenging femoral access without ultrasound…

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@SVRaoMD

4 years

Congratulations to Dr. Cindy Grines, interventional pioneer, in assuming the Presidency of ⁦ @SCAI ⁩ ! #looklikeacardiologist #WIN .

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@SVRaoMD

3 years

Want to train in interventional cardiology with great faculty? And get access to world-class research? Consider applying for Interventional Cardiology fellowship @DukeHeartCenter for 2022-2023! DM if you're interested @manesh_patelMD @schuyler_jones @DukeCardiology

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@HannaSorensen My advice: don't get hung up on academic brand names. As long as you're getting the resources and support you need where you are, you'll be successful. There is a lot of great research and clinical care going on at places that don't have the powerhouse academic brand.

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@SVRaoMD

3 months

Attending interventionalist walking into the cath lab for the time out…

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@SVRaoMD

3 months

Interventional cardiology training back in the day…

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@SVRaoMD

5 years

Truth. My approach to responding to reviews: 1. Yell profanities at the computer screen 2. Contemplate how my career is over 3. Don’t look at review for 2 days 4. Do the work needed to respond & make paper better @bnallamo @rwyeh @ADAlthousePhD @CMichaelGibson

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@Cait_Cavanagh

5 years

Today a manuscript I really care about was accepted for publication. In the 3 years since we finished writing it, it was rejected at 7+ journals. But we believed in the paper’s contribution and know it’s going to impact the field. Just a reminder not to give up on your work!

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Physiology for intermediate left main disease. Interesting study examining deferral vs. revasc for LM with iFR ≤ 0.89. Revasc associated with improved outcomes compared with deferral

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1 year

Really excited to attend @SCAI in Phoenix next week! Fantastic sessions on coronary, peripheral, &structural along with innovative live cases. My term as President comes to a close and we will review all the great work we’ve done this year. Hope to see you there!

SCAI Now

@SCAI

1 year

Register now for interventional cardiology’s leading conference, #SCAI2023 : ✅ Learn about the latest scientific updates, innovations, and techniques ✅ Get your hands on new devices ✅ Participate in live cases ✅ Build your network Register now ➡️

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4 months

External consultants coming in to improve the efficiency of your clinic….

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

What is the uptake of intra-coronary imaging is in contemporary clinical practice in the US? @DukeCardiology @DukeHeartCenter fellow Zach Wegermann examined this in the @ACCinTouch NCDR CathPCI registry in a poster #TCT2021 Rates are increasing, but are extremely low.

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@SVRaoMD

7 years

See you soon kiddo. Stay safe, have fun, & learn something #goingtocollege

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@SVRaoMD

5 years

LCx CTO with distal cap at a bifurcation. 7.5F sheathless right #RadialFirst Eaucath. Pilot 200 went into continuation. TwinPass + 3g Miracle into OM. Balloon + IVUS + stent + re-IVUS + post dilate. Final result looks good.

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4 years

2020 gets even worse..Merriam Webster says 'Irregardless' Is A Word

Regardless Of What You Think, 'Irregardless' Is A Word

Merriam-Webster raised the hackles of stodgy grammarians last week when it affirmed the lexical veracity of "irregardless."The word's definition, when reading it, would seem to be: without without...

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2 years

@alextatem I exercise at 5 am. It’s terrible but it’s over before you know it and then you have the rest of the day. Just start, and you’ll adapt.

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2 years

Get the puppy a bed they said…

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3 years

New addition to my messy desk

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5 years

Few things are more fun than blasting 80s pop songs & dancing in the driver’s seat while dropping off my mortified kids at school.

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

Ran across a copy of this letter from Yihong Kong MD to Andy Wallace ⁦ @DukeCardiology ⁩ chief asking for his support to start an angioplasty program ⁦ @manesh_patelMD ⁩ ⁦⁦ @angioplastyorg ⁩ ⁦ @JAGutierrezMD ⁩ ⁦ @jennifer_rymer ⁩ ⁦ @RVSwaminathanMD ⁩

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@SVRaoMD

6 years

$90 for a vial of heparin, $92 for a ticagrelor tablet, aspirin at $1 a piece, $916 for a diagnostic Tiger catheter, $19708 for each Synergy DES. Hospitals charge this much because...they can?

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Breakthroughs are important, but in US we have a side effect of heart attacks almost unknown in Europe. Financial toxicity. Something we need to fix. In @JAMACardio we detailed out of pocket costs that many people bear. #ESCCongress

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4 years

Great catch! This video is scarier than the Jack the Ripper episode of Fantasy Island.

Ignacio Cruz Gonzalez

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4 years

@manuelbarreirop No more! @JeanNunezG @RodrigoEstvez1 @StructuralBCN

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Fantastic review of coronary microvascular disease @NSmilowitzMD @ColinBerryMD @alaide_chief @CircIntv

Coronary Microvascular Disease in Contemporary Clinical Practice

Coronary microvascular disease (CMD) causes myocardial ischemia in a variety of clinical scenarios. Clinical practice guidelines support routine testing for CMD in patients with ischemia with nonobst

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4 years

State trooper pulls over cardiologist for speeding, then gives her his N95 masks and a thank you.

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1 year

I think I just got into Hogwarts…

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

Rounding at the @vadurham today. Saw this in a progress note: “…pt has been refusing dialysis because he didn’t want to be a burden to his family however his hospital roommate convinced him to consider a trial of HD.” Veterans are awesome. #onlyattheVA

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5 years

Has anyone noticed any irregularities with unfractionated heparin in the cath lab lately? We’ve had some cases where even larger than normal doses have not raised the ACT adequately. @rwyeh @ajaykirtane @CMichaelGibson @ekgpdx @ShariqShamimMD @KaulP

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4 months

They should have stopped at the 33rd stent …

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@SVRaoMD

4 years

I think we are probably watching . @theofficenbc too much these days

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4 years

I’m honored and humbled ...

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2 years

One of the biggest challenges to clinical research is private insurance companies not paying any costs for patients enrolled in a clinical trial, even if the randomization is to two different standards of care. @HeartBobH @DLBHATTMD @Drroxmehran

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

Congratulations to everyone who matched into fellowship yesterday! If you didn’t match, hang in there and try again. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

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@SVRaoMD

4 years

Why is Dr. Fauci not at the briefing today?

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@SVRaoMD

2 years

Happy new year everyone! I ended 2021 with a rapid weight loss and intense ab workout program called …. Gastroenteritis. Highly effective. Would not recommend.

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@SVRaoMD

1 year

Last year at @SCAI sessions I got to meet future SCAI President baby Oscar. This year #SCAI2023 he’s almost ready to take on the role @dinubalanescu @TDonisan

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4 months

Post call cardiology fellow at Grand Rounds…

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