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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · Apr 27

In the 1960s, a young cardiologist came to the US with a radical dream. He wanted to build a device that could shock the heart back to life - from inside the body. Everyone told him it was insane. They laughed. They rejected him. He built it anyway. Here's his story:

aamirjavaidmd's tweet image. In the 1960s, a young cardiologist came to the US with a radical dream.

He wanted to build a device that could shock the heart back to life - from inside the body.

Everyone told him it was insane.

They laughed.

They rejected him.

He built it anyway.

Here's his story:

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UCSF Cardiology@UCSFCardiology · Jul 2

We are excited to welcome our 2025 #UCSFCardiology fellows Drs. Soumya Banna, Eli Grunblatt, Aamir Javaid, Suraj Kannan, Ivan Kuznetsov, Bret Pinsker & Kimberly Yan. These photos were taken on a summer day at the @SFVAMC. 🌁 @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @AtifQasim_UCSF

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Pierre Elias, MD@PierreEliasMD · Jul 16

🧵1/Today, we published a key milestone towards AI based cardiac screening in Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s41586… EchoNext outperformed cardiologists and found thousands of high-risk patients missed in routine care. We also made a version available to the world.

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Essa Hariri, MD MS@EssaHariri · Jul 1

Check out our educational video on #CKM syndrome on @VuMedi based on our case-based review: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @ChiadiNdumele @rblument1 @aamirjavaidmd Interdisciplinary Management for Patients with CKM Syndrome: Interactive Case Discussions vumedi.com/video/interdis…

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · Jul 2

CKM (cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic) syndrome is a new framework by @American_Heart to help comprehensively care for patients’ heart, kidney, and metabolic health. Our new video walks through cases on how to use the CKM framework and PREVENT score to guide clinical management!

VVumedi Cardio@Cardio_Vumedi · Jul 2

Thank you Dr. @EssaHariri and Dr. @aamirjavaidmd for recording with us on #CKM Syndrome. Check out their recording!

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NewAmsterdam Pharma Corporation@NewAmsPharma · Jun 23

Statins serve as a solid start to lipid-lowering therapy, but many patients need more. Doubling the dose only additionally lowers LDL-C by about 6%, and that pattern holds even at 4x and 8x the dose. For many patients struggling with persistently high LDL-C, higher dose statins…

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Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP@rkwadhera · Jun 4

Our new @JAMACardio study finds that many US adults don't know that they have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition. bit.ly/45an6MC

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · Jun 3

Dr. Mirowski and his partner Dr. Mower set up a lab in the basement of Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. An amazing story about the development of the ICD at Sinai

AAamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · Apr 27

In the 1960s, a young cardiologist came to the US with a radical dream. He wanted to build a device that could shock the heart back to life - from inside the body. Everyone told him it was insane. They laughed. They rejected him. He built it anyway. Here's his story:

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Efthymios (Timos) Ziogos@TZiogos · May 29

🧵 New study out now in JACC: Basic to Translational Science! 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 👇 A thread on PCSK9 inhibition, post-MI inflammation, and cardiac remodeling:

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · May 28

Evolocumab given within 24 hr of admission for STEMI or NSTEMI significantly reduced myocardial inflammation at 30 days vs placebo. Could PCSK9i become standard therapy for acute MI? Congrats @TZiogos @OslerResidency @hopkinsheart

JJohnsHopkinsEchoLab@JHopkinsEcho · May 28

Impact of In-Hospital PCSK9 Inhibition on Myocardial Inflammation Afte... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Congratulations @TLeucker @TZiogos 👋👋👋wonderful study on the role of PCSK9 inhibition in the acute setting @HopkinsMedicine @hopkinsheart @CiccaroneCenter @AllisonGHaysMD

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Jaideep@jaideeppatelmd · May 23

🚨 Excited to share our latest 📄 describing #CAC percentiles in South Asian adults led by @ErfanTasdighi @AAgarwalaMD 🆕 First study investigating the distribution of CAC scores across adult lifespan 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @CiccaroneCenter @masala_study #DILWALE 🧵⤵️

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · May 22

Thrilled to share CAC percentiles for US South Asians. We know being SA is a risk enhancing factor, but guidelines recommended using White percentiles as this data didn’t exist. It turns out, SA typically have higher CAC at any given percentile after age 45. @OslerResidency

EErfan Tasdighi@ErfanTasdighi · May 21

Excited to share the first time ever 🥁 "Sex-Specific CAC Percentiles Across South Asian Adults in U.S." 65% of men and 30% of women have CAC >0 by 55 ~75th percentile for 55yo SA men or 65yo SA women is absolute CAC score of 100 link: bit.ly/43l9TOw @JACCJournals

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · May 21

Excellent work led by @CiccaroneCenter alumnus @ErfanTasdighi @ZeinaDardari @AAgarwalaMD @seamuswhelton @jaideeppatelmd @aamirjavaidmd @MichaelJBlaha & their all-star Prevention team @CiccaroneCenter @hopkinsheart #🥍🫀🎾🏊🏼‍♀️⚾️⚽️🏃‍♀️🏏

EErfan Tasdighi@ErfanTasdighi · May 21

Excited to share the first time ever 🥁 "Sex-Specific CAC Percentiles Across South Asian Adults in U.S." 65% of men and 30% of women have CAC >0 by 55 ~75th percentile for 55yo SA men or 65yo SA women is absolute CAC score of 100 link: bit.ly/43l9TOw @JACCJournals

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · May 21

Newest paper using MASALA and DILWALE data to define CAC distributions for men and women across middle-older age years

EErfan Tasdighi@ErfanTasdighi · May 21

Excited to share the first time ever 🥁 "Sex-Specific CAC Percentiles Across South Asian Adults in U.S." 65% of men and 30% of women have CAC >0 by 55 ~75th percentile for 55yo SA men or 65yo SA women is absolute CAC score of 100 link: bit.ly/43l9TOw @JACCJournals

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Aamir Javaid, MD@aamirjavaidmd · May 22

#SouthAsian #CAC #risk @ourhealthstudy @IndiasporaForum Such important data for us to know. Thank you for this critical work.

EErfan Tasdighi@ErfanTasdighi · May 21

Excited to share the first time ever 🥁 "Sex-Specific CAC Percentiles Across South Asian Adults in U.S." 65% of men and 30% of women have CAC >0 by 55 ~75th percentile for 55yo SA men or 65yo SA women is absolute CAC score of 100 link: bit.ly/43l9TOw @JACCJournals

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Johns Hopkins University PCCM Fellowship@JHUPCCMFellows · May 20

Congratulations to Dr. Robbie Flick on his @ATSCritCare Abstract Award 👏

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JAMA@JAMA_current · May 19

In critically ill patients, neither dexmedetomidine nor clonidine was superior to propofol in reducing time to successful extubation. #ATS2025 ja.ma/3SFgz54

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Isaac Kohane@zakkohane · May 18

AI application across 89 medical centers opportunitistically obtained non-gated CT paired with gated scans showed promising performance for coronary calcium screening @nejm_ai ai.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/AI…

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