NM Cardiovascular

#NoonConference: Research Curriculum with Dr. Graham Peigh ( @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social )

Allison Zielinski, MD, provides thought leadership on how being stalked may cause chronic stress and trauma, which can contribute to cardiovascular disease. everydayhealth.com/womens-health/being-stalked-raises-heart-disease-risk-for-women

Quentin R. Youmans, MD, contributes to a joint statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology that calls for a bold shift: integrating prevention across the entire spectrum of care. onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-9164(25)00327-6/fulltext

Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, senior author of a recent study that developed the PREVENT risk calculator to determine the “biological” age of a patient's heart. realhealthmag.com/article/heart-may-older

Back-to-school stress and heart health: What parents need to know Dr. Alana Lewis from Northwestern Medicine breaks down how stress affects heart health, key warning signs to watch for, and practical ways parents and teachers can protect their hearts this school year.

Alana A. Lewis, MD, joins @fox32chicago.bsky.social to discuss how the stress of the back-to-school season can affect patients' heart health. fox32chicago.com/video/1687589

This simple tool could let you find out your heart’s real age | BBC Science Focus Magazine The researchers behind it are hoping to reframe cardiovascular risk in a more relatable way

"Identifying individuals who have an ‘older’ heart age can help prompt action to prioritize prevention in at-risk individuals." Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, discusses a study, where scientists used a risk calculator to estimate 'heart age'. sciencefocus.com/news/heart-age-tool

Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, joins @wgntv.com to discuss the PREVENT risk calculator that physicians can use to determine the biological age of a patient's heart and how this can be used as a tool to help reverse the clock. wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/how-old-is-your-heart-it-may-be-out-aging-you

Dr. Wallace discusses new vascular operating room Dr. Gabriel Wallace, Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Jon Hansen, in for Dean Richards, for this week’s health upd…

Gabriel Wallace, MD, joins Jon Hansen of @wgnradio.bsky.social, to discuss the launch of a vascular operating room at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital and the future of vascular surgery. wgnradio.com/health/dr-wa...

Baljash Cheema, MD, medical director for the Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic, joins John Landecker of
@wgnradio.bsky.social to discuss the clinic and the steps behind the full patient experience. wgnradio.com/health/dr-ba...

New Mom's 'Racing' Heart Was Dismissed as Anxiety. It Was a Life-Threatening Complication Days after giving birth, her heart was racing. And then she started coughing up blood.

Priya Freaney, MD, discusses preeclampsia and provides tips on how patients who are pregnant can effectively manage their cardiac health. www.today.com/health/women...

Dissection Roulette: How to Survive the Most Unforgiving Surgery - EACTS This month’s episode focuses on the complex management of acute aortic dissection. Our hosts are joined by Florian Schoenhoff and Chris Malaisrie to discuss current strategies in surgical planning and...

S. Chris Malaisrie, MD, joins @EACTS for a podcast episode on complex management of acute aortic dissection. The discussion covers current strategies in surgical planning and intraoperative decision-making. eacts.org/publications...

Only a few weeks remain to submit an abstract for the Heart Valve Disease Forum in Seoul. Dr. Chris Malaisrie of @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social‬ shares why this conference is a can't-miss!
 
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Doctors Who Specialize In Women's Health Share The 9 Things They Would Never, Ever Do From pregnancy no-nos to rules to follow during menopause.

In an article focused on physicians sharing their own lifestyle practices, Priya Freaney, MD, shares tips on how patients can maintain good overall health, including movement and nutritious diet choices. huffpost.com/entry/womens-health-advice-from-doctors_l_68483ad7e4b0c1bc4e818f97

ASC speaker spotlight: James Flaherty, MD, Cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Becker’s ASC James Flaherty, MD, an interventional cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, serves as medical director of the hospital’s coronary care unit. He...

James Flaherty, MD, has been selected as a speaker at the upcoming Becker’s 31st Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs. beckersasc.com/leadership/asc-speaker-spotlight-james-flaherty-md-cardiologist-at-northwestern-memorial-hospital

Women face increased heart health risks as they enter menopause, but many don't know it Women face greater risk factors for heart disease around the time of menopause as the body’s natural estrogen declines and drives worsening health trends, according to Dr. Priya Freaney, a cardiologis...

Priya Freaney, MD discusses how women face a greater risk of developing heart disease around the time of menopause and provides thought leadership on how patients can lessen their risk. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

Please join us in congratulating Bradley P. Knight, MD, for receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Annual European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) meeting in Rome, Italy, for the partnership between the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and ECAS.

At ASCVTS Singapore, Joe Sabik, STS president, and Patrick Myers, EACTS secretary-general, presented the STS/EACTS Presidents Award to Daniel Won, for his abstract, "Long-Term Survival Advantage of Reoperative Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement Over Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve.”

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#ShoutOut to Sadiya Khan, MD, MSc who was senior author in a study published in @jama.com that has found that one in seven U.S. adults between the ages of 30 and 59 years have a high 30-year risk for cardiovascular disease. @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social

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#Shoutout to Charles Davidson, MD who co-authored a recent study published in Circulation on how measuring standard cardiac biomarkers did not predict whether patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis would benefit from nonsurgical aortic valve replacement. @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social

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#Shoutout to who was the first author in a study published in
@jama.com Cardiology on how biomarkers used to predict heart failure risk in the general population may be ineffective for assessing risk after pregnancies complicated by hypertension or diabetes. @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social

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Measuring standard cardiac biomarkers did not predict whether patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis would benefit from nonsurgical aortic valve replacement, according to a recent study published in Circulation.
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That’s a wrap on #HRS2025! Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians are proud to have played such an active role in the 2025 @heartrhythmsociety.bsky.social Annual Meeting. We can’t wait to see what HRS has in store for 2026. #NMatHRS

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#shoutout to Dr. Clyde Yancy who was interviewed for a piece published in PRIDE Publishing Group highlighting & spreading awareness for how heart disease is still a rising crisis for seniors (65+) with Black and Hispanic populations being most at risk. @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social

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Worried About High Blood Pressure? These 3 Foods Can Help You Lower It 'Naturally': One Is A Popular Breakfast Food! Many people have known how scary it can be when you go to a doctor’s office and they tell you that you have high blood pressure. Keeping your blood pressure at a healthy range is more crucial to your ...

R. Kannan Mutharasan, MD, provides thought leadership on a healthy diet for heart health and maintaining a low blood pressure. yahoo.com/lifestyle/worried-high-blood-pressure-3-223042453.html

Apple Watch may help a-fib patients avoid blood thinners in Northwestern trial A clinical study happening at Northwestern Medicine is looking to help patients with atrial fibrillation, of A-fib, to stop relying on blood thinners for the rest of their lives with the help of the A...

Rod S. Passman, MD, joins @fox32chicago.bsky.social to discuss a clinical trial he’s leading. The trial uses Apple watches to track the heart rate of patients with AFib and notify them when to take their medication. fox32chicago.com/video/1621431

Kevin E. Hodges, MD, of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, recently hosted the Inaugural Robotic Surgery Grand Rounds with Ashok N. Babu, MD, cardiac surgeon from Acension St. Thomas. Dr. Babu presented, "Robotic Assisted MIDCAB: Expanding Revascularization to New Populations."

Researchers Develop the World's Smallest Pacemaker, and It Could Be Revolutionary for Newborn Babies With Heart Defects The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, eliminating the risks of an extraction surgery

Igor Efimov, PhD, discusses the development of the world's smallest pacemaker, and how this will change operations for infants and children. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-develop-worlds-smallest-pacemaker-and-it-could-be-revolutionary-for-newborn-babies-with-heart-defects-180986361

"We have a lot of moving parts that come into play so that patients get the same quality of care wherever they are." Douglas R. Johnston, MD, discusses physicians’ commitment to high-quality care at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. ziniy.com/chicago-medicine-magazine/april-2025

Stephen F. Chiu, MD, was honored at the 61st Annual Meeting of the @sts.org Dr. Chiu received the STS Research Award for his groundbreaking work on the role of LYVE1+ macrophages in the development of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

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An NIH-funded clinical trial led by Northwestern Medicine is exploring the potential role of Apple watches in managing AFib. wareable.com/apple/apple-watch-northwestern-afib-patients-trial-study