@hvanspall.bsky.social
Cardiologist, Clinical Trialist McMasterU. Heart failure, Cardiometabolic Disease, Implementation Science. Editor Circulation.
📣 How is the American Heart Association fighting for medical research & patient care on Capitol Hill? @ahascience.bsky.social #CardioSky #AHA
Join Heart Powered: The AHA is Advocating for You
🗓️ June 26 | 🕒 3 PM ET
🎙️ Dr. Bradley Marino & Emily Hubelowski
🔗 Register: heart.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our hearts are with our American friends.
Peaceful day here, enjoying a spritzer by the pool.
Ms Ella singing..
m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cb...
I love my outdoor #office, where work and play are fully intertwined!
What does your #Saturday morning look like?
#HappySeason #HomeSweetHome #JoyInWork
It’s impossible to uncouple #health from #economic policy
Healthiest countries have fair economic policies that allow upward mobility & access to healthier lifestyles
Focusing on individual interventions alone: inadequate www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Phase 3 Trial of #Semaglutide in #Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated #Steatohepatitis
In patients with #MASH and moderate or advanced #liver #fibrosis, once-weekly semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg improved liver steatohepatitis & fibrosis at 72 weeks
t.co/vfcgItgXpb
Regional disparities in participant #enrolment in RCTs are related to regional #disparities in site recruitment relative to 🌎disease distribution
We propose estimating site representation index during trial planning to ensure globally (or nationally) representative #RCT popn
doi.org/10.1002/ejhf...
#NUDGECKD #ERA25 LBT #KristofferSkaar & #TorBiering
SimPub #Circulation
Pragmatic 2x2 factorial #implementation RCT
Randomization at cluster + individual level
E-letters re #GDMT to 1540 GPs & 22617 patients w #CKD did not ⬆️ uptake of #RASi or #SGLT2i
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
The #sun rose
and put on a show
just for me!
#LifeOnTheLake #Sunrise #LakeMuskoka
Figure 2
Figure 5
Huge Danish trial of nudges
Patient level (N 22,000)
+ practice level (1500 practice cluster with N 28,000 pts)
To increase RASination & Flozination
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1... in @ahajournals.bsky.social at #ERA25
Absolutely null effect - is the baseline too high to improve upon?
The views are truly mesmerizing (& distracting as my office overlooks the lake and I find myself just staring at the water instead of getting work done)🙂
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Pill splitting guide for patients who take a lot of pills...
Which ones are safe to divide?
myheartsisters.org/2016/12/04/p...
#Happy season is here!
#LifeOnTheLake #LakeMuskoka #Sunsets
Missed the deadline? Plot twist: You didn't!
Deadlines extended! 🗓️
#AHA25 & #ReSS25 abstracts now due 6/9 at 10am ET.
Award applications due 6/9 at 7pm ET.
Submit here:
🔹 AHA: bit.ly/2025Extension
🔹 ReSS: bit.ly/ReSSExtension
@ahascience.bsky.social #CardioSky
A woman sat at a table whilst having a conversation during RISE @ ESC Congress 2024. Overlain is Information about RISE @ ESC Congress 2025.
🚨 Missed early registration? No problem.
You can still sign up for RISE @ ESC Congress 2025, the essential event for women in cardiology.
📍 Madrid | 🗓️ Aug 28
🎯 Leadership on the Global Stage
Register now 👉 rise.womenasone.org
#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky #WIC
Ship of #tolerance, created by 2000 school children in our town and displayed in #OakvilleGalleries #GairlochGardens
Such a collaborative, moving art display, with ideas communicated in a way that only kids can do.
“The true north is indeed, strong and free”
A balanced and appropriate speech from the throne on this historical day. Climate change and biodiversity were woven into this speech alongside, not mentioning by name he who shall not be named.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FCzk...
Comrades finding new ways to rewrite history, spread disease, punish their opponents, line their pockets.. you know, business as usual
24.05.2025 09:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I don’t have an air fryer (have double convection ovens, which do the trick).
How did the burgers turn out?
Interplay of CKD & Effects of #Tirzepatide in Patients With #HFpEF & Obesity: SUMMIT Trial
#CardioSky #NephroSky #JACC
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @dlbhattmd.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social @chriskramermd.bsky.social @psatishmd.bsky.social @drmonalidesai.bsky.social
The sweetest word
in the world,
the one I’m most grateful
to hear each day,
is #mum.
#MothersDay2025
Is #Aficamten Plus #Disopyramide More Effective Than Aficamten Alone in obstructive HCM?
#CardioSky #JACCHF
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @jimjanuzzi.bsky.social @robmentz.bsky.social @hvanspall.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social @load-dependent.bsky.social
While #health systems across🌎 are designed around #acute illnesses, 86% of yrs lived w disability & 71% yrs of life lost are from #chronic diseases
Burden of chronic dz ⬆️ in higher income countries & w age
How to move needle? See our analysis @Nature.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ek1MH
📢 #CardioSky #MedSky #NephSky join us👇for our @ahascience.bsky.social #HTNImpact webinar!
🌟Faculty @jordybc.bsky.social
@daichishimbo.bsky.social + more provide insights on #BP
Timely @amjhypertension.bsky.social State of Art Review
#AI to improve #BP Control
academic.oup.com/ajh/article-ab…
Your dear leader inspired us! :-)
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Today, we voted to protect our #sovereignty, freedom, environment, economy, people,
We voted for knowledge, alliances, respect, strength, unity
We voted to care about those with less so that every kid has a chance to build #CanadaStrong
#ViveLeCanada #April2025
Canadians go to #polls today
Counting on us to elect a strategic, steady leader who will protect #Canada’s
- sovereignty
- environment
- economy
- education
- healthcare
- global alliances
Counting on us to reject politics of anger, fear, division
#TrueNorth #CanadaStrong
Happy #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay, dear Robin
Thank you making magic happen in my professional life & in our program every day
Thank you for being a caring friend in the truest sense of the word
Thank you for being incredibly kind to our patients
I’m so #grateful for you
#ClimateChange threatens health and livelihood, commonly displacing people. Children are among the most vulnerable.
www.unicef.org/stories/3-wa...
I voted on #EasterSunday for
- A builder of #bridges, not walls
- A strong #economy
- Strategic international #partnerships
- Environmental #sustainability
- Data-informed #policy
- #Education & #healthcare for all
- #Respect for all
Did you #vote?🇨🇦
#CanadaStrong
#CanadaElection2025
New in CJASN:
Our meta-analysis of 66 CKD trials shows both acute & chronic GFR slope independently predict clinical outcomes
Findings support 3-year total slope as the optimal surrogate endpoint for CKD trials
@asnpublications.bsky.social: doi.org/10.2215/CJN....
