Roger Blumenthal
@rblument1.bsky.social
Husband, dad, son, sports & science enthusiast
‼️The most read paper in 2025: 2024: The Year in #Cardiovascular #Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) #LPA – Research Advances and New Findings. @rblument1.bsky.social @alexrazavi.bsky.social www.archivesofmedicalscience.com/2024-The-Yea...
2024: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) – Research Advances and New Findings.
Elevated plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels, which occur in as many as 1.5 billion people worldwide, are an independent and causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and calcific...
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🎙️ Episode 2 is LIVE! The Architecture of Prevention 🏗️❤️🩹 Join Drs. Laurence Sperling & Roger Blumenthal as they break down how to build a preventive cardiology program—brick by brick. Hosted by @keerthanapmd.bsky.social 🫀 ow.ly/caGJ50WbIEl @ajpcardio.bsky.social @rblument1.bsky.social #CardioSky
Congratulations to @erinmichos.bsky.social on being a recipient of the @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social Susan M. MacDonald Sponsorship Award! @ciccaronecenter.bsky.social
Congratulations Dr. Anum Minhas & her principal mentor Dr. Allison Hays @ciccaronecenter.bsky.social @hopkinsheart.bsky.social #CardioOb
#Statins in Patients on Dialysis: A Mortality Benefit? ACC Expert Analysis #CardioSky www.acc.org/Latest-in-Ca... @accintouch.bsky.social @rblument1.bsky.social @psatishmd.bsky.social @mmukherjeemd.bsky.social @drmonalidesai.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social @garimasharmamd.bsky.social
Best publication in Preventive Cardiology I have ever read just out in Nature Reviews Cardiology by Ference, Braunwald, and Catapano. Most statin trials only last 4 years, but now it's clear that being on a statin for decades is key to preventing heart attack & stroke. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The LDL cumulative exposure hypothesis: evidence and practical applications - Nature Reviews Cardiology
In this Review, Catapano and colleagues discuss the evidence supporting the LDL cumulative exposure hypothesis and how measuring cumulative LDL exposure can be used to estimate risk and contribute to ...
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Happy anniversary to my best friend & fave 🫀 specialist? Who would have predicted the weekend that Tiger won his first Masters that you would go on to watch many hundreds of 🥍 & 🏈 games & become an avid ⛳️er?!
Chapel Bill, NC was rocking this weekend with Lil Wayne & Drake. Great to watch UNC 🏈 practice & UNC women 🥍 win a close game over #1 BC + Tar Heels Men’s 🥍 win over UVA.
Congratulations to @ciccaronecenter.bsky.social super⭐️ Dr. Anum Minhas on her recognition as a Top Young author for JACC Advances & her recognition as a superb mentor.
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy #GDMT & Outcomes in #ISCHEMIA Trial #CardioSky #JACC www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... @michaeldshapiro.bsky.social @jaccjournals.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social @erinmichos.bsky.social @load-dependent.bsky.social @drmonalidesai.bsky.social @rblument1.bsky.social
WHO research priorities in hypertension. www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Priorities for Research on Hypertension Care Delivery: A WHO Report Executive Summary | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: In 2024, the World Health Organization released a report on Priorities for Research on Hypertension Care Delivery. This article provides its executive summary. METHODS: The World Health ...
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Join Cardiologist Dr. Kavita Sharma for this one-hour, informative webinar about Living with Heart Failure. Presentation concludes with the opportunity to ask Dr. Sharma questions live. Register at hopkins.org/4bHAzgd
Blustery day at Homewood as the rugged defense and great goaltending by BL grad Cardin Stoller sparked the 11-8 upset of the Jays by Rutgers.
My fave St. Patrick’s Day was in ‘19 when Drs. Donna Arnett, @erinmichos.bsky.social & I got to present the ACC/AHA Primary Prevention of CVD Guideline - snazzy green dress & tie
What a great honor for one of Emory’s finest 🫀specialists & former ⭐️🦅 🏀point guard. Congrats to my close friend Dr. Larry Sperling @ahascience.bsky.social
Congratulations to Laurence S. Sperling, the William B. Kannel, MD, Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology awardee. The lectureship honors Dr. Kannel’s dedication to the field of cardiovascular epidemiology.
Congratulations to Lawrence J. Appel, the Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Mentoring awardee. This award honors an individual who provides exceptional individual and institutional mentoring and advocacy for CV lifestyle and cardiometabolic researchers. @ahascience.bsky.social
Well done @mmukherjeemd.bsky.social @ciccaronecenter.bsky.social ⭐️ & #Nora’sMom!
Congratulations to our very own JHBMC Echo Lab Director @mmukherjeemd.bsky.social for leading the guidelines on echocardiographic assessment of the right heart👏🏻❤️ @ase360.bsky.social The RV matters, & these updates ensure it gets the attention it deserves!❤️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Remembering the Drexel Dragons 15-10 upset of #11 ranked Villanova with 9 second half saves by #ClutchKeeper32
Congratulations to my long-term collaborator Dr.Wendy Post on her election to the uber prestigious Association of American Physicians based on her outstanding translational biomedical research @ciccaronecenter.bsky.social @hopkinsheart.bsky.social
Fun time in DMV with Doc, Giannis, Lopez, 33, & 32 at our Preventive 🫀 journal club