Dana Johnson
@danacjohnson.medsky.social
Assistant Professor of Medicine Cardiac Electrophysiology. EP lab Director University of Illinois Chicago, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. All posts are my own.
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
Amazing. UHC shareholders are suing because after the CEO shooting, the company was “no longer willing” to use “aggressive, anti-consumer tactics” to generate the profits they were promised. A gift from the content gods.
Justin Hensley@ebmgonewild.bsky.social · last yr.Hey @glaucomflecken.bsky.social I'm not sure how to process this. Can Jimothy help? www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Isolated HF atrial cardiomyocytes are definitely rock ‘n’ roll #basicscience #EPeeps @nmcardiovasc.bsky.social
@narrowqrs.bsky.social is making outstanding EP content for fellows, allied EP professionals and #Epeeps! Take a look at his channel!
J.M. Cooper@narrowqrs.bsky.social · last yr.This is exactly why i take so much time to create these videos! Just a few of the comments coming in about the VT entrainment video I recently posted. Thank you all so much for the amazing feedback!
I get so stressed out when I post a new video, wondering if it will be effective or a huge flop. I hope this one is as helpful as I pray it will be 🙏 youtu.be/XykkZNLm9bc?...
VT Entrainment Mapping of Scar/Reentry VT
YouTube video by Dr. Joshua Cooper - Arrhythmia Education
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🚨🚨🚨 New video alert! VT entrainment mapping (finally!!) Go nuts! (Get those Twitter stragglers over here to BlueSky!) youtu.be/XykkZNLm9bc?...
VT Entrainment Mapping of Scar/Reentry VT
YouTube video by Dr. Joshua Cooper - Arrhythmia Education
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I’m not sure even PFAing everything would replicate this! Patient with hx of Afib/AFL presented for De Novo ablation. #epeeps @uiccardsfellows.bsky.social @twing2.bsky.social @alexturinmd.bsky.social @davidjchang7.bsky.social @willyhfrick.bsky.social @shah.md
Thanks to @wgntv.com I had the opportunity to spread awareness about Atrial Fibrillation today! #epeeps wgntv.com/spotlight-ch...
Raising Awareness of Atrial Fibrillation
February is Heart Month and UI Health is raising awareness of Atrial Fibrillation. The hospital’s specialized group of cardiologists focuses on helping patients with heart rhythm issues. Dr. …
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Interesting read.
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology@jice-ep.bsky.social · 2y agoNew #FreeRead Article in JICE-EP Long-term Impact of Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation on HF with Preserved Ejection Fraction 🧐📖https://rdcu.be/d5fyl by Harsh Patel, R Munshi, A Sheth, S Agarwal, F Del-Carpio Munoz, G Kowlgi, C DeSimone, M Rafa Labedi, So Dani & Abhishek Deshmukh
Anyone have the updated Instructions for Use? Would be nice to get some insights here @shah.md @davidjchang7.bsky.social @alexturinmd.bsky.social www.jnj.com/media-center...
Johnson & Johnson to Resume U.S. VARIPULSE™ Cases
Investigation found that VARIPULSE™ devices operate as intended Cases being performed in U.S. External Evaluation to resume and Instructions for Use to be updated
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Great data presented in this study of >23k patients with AF from 2007-2021 regarding AAD use after ablation (46% after 1st), redos after index ablation (16%), RR of repeat ablation with various risk fx's (lsps AF vs pAF 2.26, AAD use 1.42, etc). Worth a read for #EPeeps www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
TAILORED-AF just published! #cardiosky
Artificial intelligence for individualized treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled trial - Nature Medicine
In a randomized controlled trial in individuals with persistent atrial fibrillation, an individualized ablation procedure, in which areas with abnormal electrophysiological characteristics—as detected...
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I’m happy to share that DRAI Martini is now available online in Nature Medicine Artificial intelligence #AI out-performed trained technologists for direct-to-physician reporting of AECG - less missed diagnoses, better sensitivity, better NPV. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Artificial intelligence for direct-to-physician reporting of ambulatory electrocardiography - Nature Medicine
In a large-scale analysis of ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings, a deep learning algorithm had a substantially higher sensitivity for the detection of critical arrhythmias as compared to techn...
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Annual “insider threat” training is gonna be lit next year www.cnbc.com/2025/02/06/m...
Staffer at Musk's DOGE resigns after racist social media posts exposed
Elon Musk is running DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, for President Donald Trump, in an effort to slash government spending and staff.
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
Attention #Medsky! We’re slowly rolling out the new .medsky.social handle. Like the labeler this is another way to show your colleagues you’re a part of the Medsky network, and what’s great is you don’t have to be subscribed to the labeler for people to see it! DM me to get your invite link!
Thank you for hooking me up @richard.medsky.social! Flagging for all my other medsky friends ☺️
Richard Ferro, MD MSc@richferro.com · 2y agoAttention #Medsky! We’re slowly rolling out the new .medsky.social handle. Like the labeler this is another way to show your colleagues you’re a part of the Medsky network, and what’s great is you don’t have to be subscribed to the labeler for people to see it! DM me to get your invite link!
Enjoying my “annual death by mandatory hospital training modules” season.
Beautiful dissection of an incredibly important anatomic region. This link works: www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Understanding Cardiac Anatomy and Imaging to Improve Safety of Procedures: The Atrioventricular Node Artery
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Nice review of Farapulse PVI considerations www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S154...
How to perform pulmonary vein isolation using a pentaspline pulsed field ablation system for treatment of atrial fibrillation
One of the most significant recent advances in developing new technologies for the interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has been the introduction of pulsed field ablation (PFA).1 PFA d...
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Is it just me or are health insurers in overdrive with denials, prior auths etc. in delaying access to care to kick off 2025? #Epeeps @alexturinmd.bsky.social @davidjchang7.bsky.social
It's about time doctors had the courage to strike. Good for them. It will be better for everyone in the long run. Thousands of Providence Health Workers Strike in Oregon www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Thousands of Providence Health Workers Strike in Oregon
Largest strike involving healthcare workers in the state, first involving physicians
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Interesting ECG from the Muse reading queue that I'm unsure about. Heart transplant in 1998. Couldn't find op note, but suspect bicaval technique given date of operation. ECGs dating to 1998, none in this rhythm. 2:1 AV relationship, but the conducted PR changes after R4. What explains this?
Suggesting another notch against AFFIRM? Or just another angle of CASTLE
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology@jice-ep.bsky.social · 2y agoNew #FreeRead in JICE-EP Catheter Ablation in Rate-Controlled Afib w/ Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction: Intervention for Irregularity-Mediated Cardiomyopathy 🧐📖 rdcu.be/d4Igo by SD Maidman, A Aizer, L Jankelson, D Holmes, DS Park, SA Bernstein, R Knotts, A Kushnir, LA Chinitz & CR Barbhaiya
#Epeeps Is this lead where it shouldn’t be? #echofirst ? @alexturinmd.bsky.social @davidjchang7.bsky.social @shah.md
