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Cardiologist, Internist, Researcher, Mom of two, Wife of @muralirk.

Joined November 2009
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We don't need to debate whether it's better to be a generalist or a specialist. The world needs both. Specialists excel at zooming in. They see the details to deepen our knowledge. Generalists excel at zooming out. They see around corners to broaden our view.
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Amazing integration of biotechnology, molecular biology and data science for visualization
Building a heart atlas: researchers map organ in stunning detail
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☝️The main Cardiovascular Atherosclerotic RESIDUAL RISK is simple… 👉We are starting TREATMENT TOO LATE in life 👉“If the entire population maintained LDL concentrations akin to those of a neonate (or to those of adults of most other animal species), atherosclerosis might well be an orphan disease” – at Argentina
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From our college alumna, who has done amazing work in India -How some Indian hospitals are cutting cancer drug costs bbc.com/news/business-676787…
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We women cardiologists are still few in number, but we top the list of specialists who would choose medicine again! #ACCWIC @ACCinTouch @WomenAs1
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What a perspective! 🙏🏻
«While spacewalking I realized something: I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity» — NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman
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This Christmas, the race is on. Watch the official trailer for #TheBoysInTheBoat, from director George Clooney, starring Joel Edgerton and Callum Turner. #RowingU x #LegacyLivesHere x #AsOne @MGMStudios
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Our much awaited paper from #MESA & #MASALA ❤️. Diabetes ⬆️ likelihood CAC in #SouthAsians (SA) & Whites. Clinically significant > 100 CAC in SA & Chinese. ⬆️ fasting glucose ⬆️CAC in SA. Led by Dr. Premyodhin. @DrNathanWong @BudoffMd @alka_kanaya pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3779…
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Today marks a celebration for interventional cardiology: the 46th anniversary of the 1st coronary angioplasty, performed in Zurich by Andreas Gruentzig. As promised, here is our story, told by the 1st patient himself, Adolph Bachman, and his doctor, Bernhard Meier. #AngioHistory
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We've all heard this story. A person goes for a stress test to ‘check their heart’ and is told they ‘passed with flying colours’. The following week they have a heart attack. How is this possible? Here's how. 🧵👇 /1
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Ten current papers for the curious general cardiologist, including troponin in stable CAD, coronary assessment in VT storm, balloon pulmonary angioplasty and CIED infections Sources: @CircAHA, @ESC_Journals , @JACCJournals, @JAMACardio 1/n
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From a high school drop out and a janitor at McDonalds to a Cardiothoracic Surgeon: There’s a place for unrelenting hard work in this country.
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🏃‍♀️ Exercise at night is optimal vs. morning? 💡 Evening exercise led to: ⬆️ weight loss & ⬆️ VO2 peak vs. morning exercise Key paper- Please Retweet! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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1/16 🤔Why does carcinoid syndrome affect the right heart valves more often than the left heart valves? The difference is striking. Let's have a look.
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Researchers just found that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7% of childhood asthma cases. Recently I read dozens of studies about gas stoves and indoor air quality. I also installed monitors in our home and ran my own tests. Here's what I learned.
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Female sex protects against pronounced exercise-induced cardiac remodeling and arrhythmias in endurance athletes! Brilliant talk by @SSharmacardio @CERG_NTNU 9th Exercise in Medicine seminar
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Saturday afternoon alpenglow #wawx
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Time-Restricted eating can be combined with high-intensity interval training to improve health and blood glucose regulation among women with overweight/obesity. @trinemoholdt @JohnAHawley @K_LaHaganes cell.com/cell-metabolism/ful…
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Avoiding #LVOT obstruction following mitral valve-in-valve? This #JACCIMG #iPix shows how multimodality imaging assesses key differences in neoskirt height between different types of bioprosthetic mitral valves to aid preprocedural planning. bit.ly/3r7FEYz #CardioTwitter
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