Glad we got a quick POCUS in the ED for a young female in her 40s coming in with SOB and leg edema for weeks. With the help of ED, CCU, and CTS staff, she went for an urgent operation and did very well. Look what we found on the TEE!
#echofirst
#cardiotwitter
#medtwitter
Itโs a great case when you are fist pumping and the interventionalist says, โHappy burning!โ Even better when you get to discuss subtle EGM findings with
@JorgeERomeroMD
and
@utedrow
and successfully eliminate challenging LV summit PVCs.
#epeeps
Thrilled to join
@TJaredBunch
as the section editor for the new section โFocus on Fellows and Early Career EPsโ
@HRS_CaseReports
! Look forward to collaborating with the bright minds in EP to highlight important current topics for all young EPs!
#epeeps
#accfit
@utedrow
@True_EP
Just posted in the September issue of
@HRS_CaseReports
, new Section Editor
@d_changy
discusses the EP fellowship application process in the latest Focus on Fellows and Early-Career EPs:
Advice based on lived experience is the best advice.
@d_changy
spoke to
#HRStv
host
@mehakdhande
about the
@HRS_CaseReports
fellows & early career section dedicated to op-eds by
#EPeeps
about systems, education & culture. See the full interview here โก๏ธ
New Focus on Fellows and Early-Career EPs in
@HRS_CaseReports
! Section Editor
@d_changy
shares tips on how to maximize your HRS experience as a trainee. Read it here >>
Thank you
@KTamirisaMD
as always for your contribution and effort highlighting this important matter in EP. Thankful to work with
@utedrow
@UBatnyam_EP
and we need more
#womeninep
!
Women and cardiac electrophysiology as a career path
One of my favorite moments while on call as a first year fellow. A healthy 19 year old male patient comes to the ED with a sudden onset of palpitations. Whatโs the rhythm and how would you treat it?
#cardionerds
#cardiotwitter
#cardioed
#medtwitter
#meded
Hereโs a good example of why not to ablate in the distal GCV before shooting the coronaries. The ablation catheter was sitting right on top of the circumflex.
#cardiotwitter
#cardionerds
#cardioed
#epeeps
Fellowship graduation dinner
@ohekacastle
with my graduating co-fellows and lifelong friends! After countless hours of calls, lectures, presentations, and 5 newborns... we did it! Thankful for each one of them! ๐๐ป๐๐ป
If
@narrowQRS
, who taught all of us EP via EP101 and his incredible lectures, has imposter syndrome, itโs okay to admit that we all do to a certain degree as well. Here is a great article by
@DrSuzyFeigofsky
on this topic!
@HRS_CaseReports
@HRSonline
I always have imposter syndrome sharing the stage with such a gifted group of clinician educators (and researchers)! Thanks to all
#EP101
faculty for an amazing conference!
Working on this paper made me realize thereโs still so much to learn about PVC localization and ablation. Very humbling but at least a good starting point. A special thanks to
@JamesGabriels
and the team!
#epeeps
#cardiotwitter
Concomitant leadless pacemaker implant and lead extraction during an active infection in pacemaker dependent patients. Hope this work will find a place in the next expert consensus statement on the management of CIED infection and help save and improve lives.
#hrs2020
#EPeeps
Happy to share our focus articles have been consistently one of the most read in
@HRS_CaseReports
. Thankful to all contributing authors and our audience. Here is the latest on how to maximize HRS experience as a trainee!
@HeartRhythmTV
#epeeps
#hrs2023
Thank you
@JamesGabriels
for sharing your experience on transitioning from a fellow to an attending. It definitely is an exciting time for the graduating fellows as we start thinking about our next chapter post training!
@HRSonline
@HRS_CaseReports
Innovative use of ambulatory monitors for in-patient setting perhaps not only during the pandemic but other unique circumstances moving forward with the emphasis on limiting healthcare worker exposure. Thank you for the interview!
@medpagetoday
#EPeeps
Congratulations and thank you
@MehakDhande
for giving us the opportunity to share your amazing journey. Next month, weโll hear from
@HafizaKMD
on the topic of academic vs private EP. Stay tuned!
#epeeps
New Focus on Fellows and Early-Career EPs in
@HRS_CaseReports
! "It is a good time to share" by
@MehakDhande
sheds light on a private and sometimes painful topic relevant to many:
#EPeeps
Thank you
@DrJ012n
for sharing your insight on surviving EP fellowship. Excited for all the new EP fellows! Check out the reading list. Amen to the SVT diagnostic pacing maneuvers paper by Dr. Veenhuyzen et al.
@HRSonline
@HRS_CaseReports
@TJaredBunch
Termination of AF upon completion of left WACA with active left PV signals. These beautiful images will be missed in the era of olive, basket, and flower!
A great primer for graduating fellows negotiating contracts! Thank you
@YRodriguezMD
for sharing your insight! ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
#epfellows
#epeeps
@HRSonline
@HRS_CaseReports
Known unknowns: Understanding the opportunities available for new fellowship graduates
Finally out in hard copies! Itโs a quick read. Check out how we overcame
#COVID19
in New York. Small community hospitals with limited telemetry capacities may benefit the most by using our strategy as new cases surge around the country.
Thank you
@DrJCheungEP
for discussing the 2+2 model. Hopefully this pathway will garner more interest in EP and lead to better recruitment without compromising training competency!
@HRS_CaseReports
@HRSonline
#epeeps
A year of sooo many firsts for me as well heading into
#HRS2024
. Super thankful to be in EP during this really exciting time as the landscape is evolving ever so quickly!
@NikhilShahMD
@HRS_CaseReports
A Year of Firsts - HeartRhythm Case Reports
Thank you
@srissundaram
and Dr. Choe for taking the initiative and paving the way in SE Asia. Would love to join your team one day. For those interested, please contact them and join the movement in expanding EP globally!
@HRS_CaseReports
@HRSonline
In the new Focus on Fellows & Early-Career EPs article in
@HRS_casereports
@srissundaram
and William Choe, MD, discuss opportunities to get involved with mission work in SE Asia mentoring Cambodian physicians. Read it here:
NEW:
@HRS_CaseReports
Focus on Fellows and Early-Career EPs article "Where luck and curiosity can take you." HRS President
@jhurwitz55
reflects on her journey in the medical field. Read it here >>
Common question we get from the OR. How does a magnet over an ICD affect pacing? The answer is that it doesnโt. A magnet over a PPM activates asynchronous pacing but not over an ICD.
#medtwitter
#meded
1/ ๐จ NEW Rhythm Control in AFib: Behind the Scenes Interviews ๐ซ
Pillars of AF treatment:
1๏ธโฃ Prevent stroke
2๏ธโฃ Prevent heart failure
3๏ธโฃ Improve quality of life
๐ฅ๏ธ:
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According to the 2017 HRS expert consensus, โThe optimal timing of device replacement is unknown.โ Here is our experience with the Micra leadless pacemaker.
@JamesGabriels
Fascicular VT. The ECG shows AV dissociation with a right bundle pattern in a young patient with no known structural heart disease. The tachycardia resolved within a minute of pushing 10 mg of IV Verapamil! But hang on... what happens after?!
#mindblowing
@DrDiGiorgio
Great explanation! This script can be flipped once the independent practices especially procedure-based specialties operate in ambulatory centers. Look at orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, etc.
Atypical AVNRT. The voltage map showing the low voltage bridge near the site of the slow pathway ablation as described in this paper. Interesting!
#cardiotwitter
Pt with hx AF and dual chamber PM DDD 60 recently started on flecainide referred for symptomatic refractory AF. Thoughts on this ECG? Here is what we did that immediately resolved her sx.
#ecg
#cardiotwitter
#cardioed
#medtwitter
#meded
@KittyKatzMD
@GuruKowlgi
@HafizaKMD
Good question, Marc. Pt symptoms and response to meds are very important. Remember that 2 different โhemodynamically stableโ pts with the same HR may have very different presentations depending on their underlying cardiac function. See pg 39-40 below.
@dogi84md
Agreed that EGMs can be misleading. Anecdotally seen CTI โblockโ with 1 application when in fact more than half the length of the isthmus hasnโt even been touched. My approach has been anatomy based with ICE. Usually 3-4 stamps on ICE regardless of EGMs. Have you encountered VF?
@ManInHood2
100% agreed. Hx was unremarkable. VT was noninducible on EPS. Cardiac MR did show mild enlargement although no scars/fibrofatty changes. Wondering if this could be early signs of ARVC? Sent to our cardiac geneticist for further work-up.
Congrats to my co-fellow
@d_changy
on his first HRS presentation on assessing undifferentiated masses on device leads. One of the highest scoring abstracts! Great start to your EP career!
#HRS2019
Pleased to have
@JohnWhitaker20
on board as a speaker for Scientific Sessions! ๐
He is due to give the following talk on Wednesday 28 February: How I Utilise Intracardiac Echo to Ablate Intracavity Structures
Register for our
#BHRSessions
now:
The device reached ERI, which automatically switched the pacing mode from DDD to VVI. ECG shows the device pacing at VVI 50. With the loss of AV synchrony and lower pacing rate, the patient presented with acute decompensated heart failure.
@jeffrey_vinocur
@ALFIEEP1
@anunay_cardio
@narrowQRS
Post ablation, would you see increased wall thickness and echolucency with edema? If so, my guess would be near the posteroseptal part of the TV annulus. If you are catching a small slice of the LV from RV inflow, my star would be the septal leaflet. Apologize my drawing.. ๐
Dual AV nodal pathways. The 2nd QRS complex is conducted via the fast pathway in the AV node as displayed by the short PR. Premature atrial beat then gets conducted down the slow pathway with longer PR to the 3rd QRS complex. This sequence then triggers the AVNRT.
@MarkMarieb
@DrAfzalSohaib
I was thinking posterior fascicle given the superior axis and itโs more common than the anterior fascicle. Lead I does make it a bit uncertain. Would love to hear your thoughts.