Autopsy Studies Turn Sudden Cardiac Death Wisdom on Its Head

Eugene Braunwald, ‘Icon’ of Modern Cardiology, Dies at 96

Misinformation reaches 1 billion people in seconds. Debunking it takes work. At #ACC26, former FDA Commissioner and DCRI founder, Rob Califf encouraged clinicians to engage in new media — or risk losing the battle for public trust without ever competing. #HealthPolicy #CardioSky

🧵 Are OCT and CMR really "complementary" in MINOCA? Or are they telling us conflicting stories? Reynolds et al (Circulation 2026) combined both modalities in 284 MINOCA patients. The results raise more questions than answers. 📄 www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1... 1/7

APERITIF tested low-dose rivaroxaban+ DAPT vs DAPT alone to prevent LV thrombus after anterior STEMI. Primary endpoint: LVT on contrast-enhanced CMR at 1 month. Result: no significant difference (13.7% vs 16.6%, p=.34).But there's a screening problem worth discussing. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad... @escardio.bsky.social #Cardiosky #WhyCMR #Epeeps #Medsky Please DM me if you would like a full-text PDF of the paper!

Thank you, @toddneale.bsky.social, for your excellent reporting on our EHJ paper! @tctmd.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social @paragbawaskar.bsky.social

Query sarcoid, normal #WhyCMR, so then should we do FDG-PET? Not much benefit.

Read our accompanying editorial for our thoughts on the important paper – academic.oup.com/ehjcimaging/... @paragbawaskar.bsky.social #CardioSky #MedSky #Sarcoidosis

In patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis, cardiac FDG-PET is recommended after a normal CMR if there is a high clinical suspicion. What are the data supporting this recommendation? #CardioSky #MedSky #Sarcoidosis

This paper reports the coexistence of cardiac sarcoidosis and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in 5 patients. heart.bmj.com/content/earl... #CardioSky #MedSky

In honor of Dr. Braunwald’s 95th birthday. The number of areas he has touched in cardiology is staggering, and number of cardiovascular professionals is unquantifiable. @harvardmed.bsky.social

Amazing achievement by rising star and post-doc in my lab @paragbawaskar.bsky.social, winner of the prestigious 2024 Melvin Judkins Early Career Investigator Award at #AHA24!! Congratulations!!! @ahascience.bsky.social

It’s great that journals are coming over here, but what I have really missed after my departure from Twitter 2 years ago is this, the authors themselves presenting their works and discussing it with peers. #cardiosky #medsky #emimcc

In 2019, we wrote a paper showing that patients with left ventricular thrombus have a long-term risk of embolism, extending to at least 8 years. We were puzzled by the finding… #CardioSky www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Have you ever wondered whether your patient with CAD and cardiomyopathy truly has ischemic cardiomyopathy, or whether the CAD is a “bystander”? You might be interested in our paper now out in Circulation #simultaneouspublication #AHA23 #cardiosky #Medsky #WhyCMR