David Winchester
@drdavemd.bsky.social
Cardiology & health services research. Posts do not reflect positions of my employers. K index 1.42.
When Do Clinical Trials Expire?: Reflections on Beta-Blockers and the Half-Life of Evidence @JACCJournals @hmkyale www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
When Do Clinical Trials Expire?: Reflections on Beta-Blockers and the Half-Life of Evidence
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January 22, 2026 at 10:25 PM
When Do Clinical Trials Expire?: Reflections on Beta-Blockers and the Half-Life of Evidence @JACCJournals @hmkyale www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Real world self-reported data from >40K pulse field ablations found <1% major complications and no esophageal fistulas, pulm vein stenosis, or phrenic palsy www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... #cardiosky #epeeps
Multicenter Study on the Safety of Pulsed Field Ablation in Over 40,000 Patients: MANIFEST-US
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January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Real world self-reported data from >40K pulse field ablations found <1% major complications and no esophageal fistulas, pulm vein stenosis, or phrenic palsy www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... #cardiosky #epeeps
Applications being accepted for @accintouch.bsky.social QI grants!! cvquality.acc.org/accreditatio... #cardiosky
Quality Improvement for Institutions
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January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Applications being accepted for @accintouch.bsky.social QI grants!! cvquality.acc.org/accreditatio... #cardiosky
Smart devices have a pooled AUC of 0.97 for detecting AFib, which sounds great, but specificity ranging from 79-99% still leaves plenty of room for false positives www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... @jaccjournals.bsky.social #cardiosky
Accuracy of Smartwatches in the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis
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January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Smart devices have a pooled AUC of 0.97 for detecting AFib, which sounds great, but specificity ranging from 79-99% still leaves plenty of room for false positives www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... @jaccjournals.bsky.social #cardiosky
Very informative discussion on pressures driving trends in rural healthcare in the US @tradeoffs.org tradeoffs.org/2026/01/12/b...
Breaking Down Trump's $50 Billion Rural Health Fund
Rural health experts dig into the Trump administration’s effort to transform rural health care.
tradeoffs.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Very informative discussion on pressures driving trends in rural healthcare in the US @tradeoffs.org tradeoffs.org/2026/01/12/b...
An amazing story of how serendipity led to an entirely new approach to research of the human neurological system @Radiolab radiolab.org/podcast/brai... #cardiosky
Brain Balls
Scientists can now grow tiny, human brain balls. They’re useful, but are they alive?
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January 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
An amazing story of how serendipity led to an entirely new approach to research of the human neurological system @Radiolab radiolab.org/podcast/brai... #cardiosky
ARPA announces program to support development of AI agents that can help provide CV clinical care to the 46% of U.S. counties that do not have a cardiologist www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/a... #cardiosky
46% of U.S. counties don’t have a cardiologist. ARPA-H’s new agentic AI program could bring them specialized care
Haider Warraich was once the only cardiologist for more than 150,000 people in a rural county. Now he’s running an ARPA-H program to use agentic AI to provide universal access to specialty care.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
ARPA announces program to support development of AI agents that can help provide CV clinical care to the 46% of U.S. counties that do not have a cardiologist www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/a... #cardiosky
From @cardionerds.bsky.social and @mkittlesonmd.bsky.social , the evaluation of advanced heart failure therapies www.cardionerds.com/434-heart-fa... #cardiosky
434. Heart Failure: Advanced Therapies Evaluation with Dr. Michelle Kittleson
The advanced heart failure series launches with a discussion about advanced Therapies Evaluation with Dr. Michelle Kittleson.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
From @cardionerds.bsky.social and @mkittlesonmd.bsky.social , the evaluation of advanced heart failure therapies www.cardionerds.com/434-heart-fa... #cardiosky
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen? www.npr.org/2025/05/14/1... #cardiosky
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen? : Fresh Air
ProPublica reporter David Armstrong began investigating the pharmaceutical industry when he learned a single pill of his cancer treatment costs about the same as a new iPhone — but costs 25 cents to m...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen? www.npr.org/2025/05/14/1... #cardiosky
This may sound crazy, but CPR provided in TV and movies does not represent real-world situations www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... #cardiosky
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Compression-Only CPR on Scripted Television | Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes
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January 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This may sound crazy, but CPR provided in TV and movies does not represent real-world situations www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... #cardiosky
"This is your brain on supplements" @PeterAttiaMD @Freakonomics freakonomics.com/podcast/this... #cardiosky
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January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"This is your brain on supplements" @PeterAttiaMD @Freakonomics freakonomics.com/podcast/this... #cardiosky
"A CACS of ≥1000 in women and ≥1400 in men identifies obstructive CAD at 90% specificity." www.jscai.org/article/S277... #cardiosky
Sex-Specific Coronary Artery Calcium Score Threshold Predictive of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary computed tomography angiography and coronary artery calcium score (CACS)
are rapidly being adopted for the noninvasive assessment of coronary artery disease
(CAD). One of the primary limitati...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"A CACS of ≥1000 in women and ≥1400 in men identifies obstructive CAD at 90% specificity." www.jscai.org/article/S277... #cardiosky
Half a million people have been diagnosed with Lyme disease in Australia, a place where the causal bacteria has never been found art19.com/shows/the-ar... www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
Overdiagnosed — How Our Obsession with Medical Testing and Labels Is Making Us Sicker
Modern medicine has given us incredible tools to peer inside the body and spot disease earlier than ever before. But with that power comes a problem: the more we look, the more we find — and not every...
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January 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Half a million people have been diagnosed with Lyme disease in Australia, a place where the causal bacteria has never been found art19.com/shows/the-ar... www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
CMS has a new ambulatory care model that will substantially impact cardiology, stay tuned to this page for info from @ACCinTouch @Cardiology as it develops www.acc.org/Tools-and-Pr... #cardiosky
Ambulatory Specialty Model For Heart Failure - American College of Cardiology
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January 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
CMS has a new ambulatory care model that will substantially impact cardiology, stay tuned to this page for info from @ACCinTouch @Cardiology as it develops www.acc.org/Tools-and-Pr... #cardiosky
AI models and data centers and how they are affecting your electric bill www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
What AI data centers are doing to your electric bill : Planet Money
As a country, we are spending more to get data centers up and running than we spent to build the entire interstate highway system. (Yes, that’s inflation-adjusted.) With tech companies spending hundre...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
AI models and data centers and how they are affecting your electric bill www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
Bookmark this page to guide you through your next preop cardiac clinic appt www.jacc.org/guidelines/p... @accintouch.bsky.social
Perioperative Guideline Cardiac Assessment Tool | JACC
Discover the JACC Interactive Tool for a stepwise approach to preoperative cardiac assessment, ensuring safe noncardiac surgery for patients with cardiovascular risks.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Bookmark this page to guide you through your next preop cardiac clinic appt www.jacc.org/guidelines/p... @accintouch.bsky.social
Use Of Independent Medical Review: Almost One-Half Of Coverage Denials Overturned www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Health Affairs Journal
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January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Use Of Independent Medical Review: Almost One-Half Of Coverage Denials Overturned www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Congrats to Ohio ACC Chapter for this program at NEOCOM encouraging women to consider careers in Cardiology @accintouch.bsky.social thepulse.neomed.edu/articles/med...
Medical students reflect on ACC event | the PULSE | NEOMED
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January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Congrats to Ohio ACC Chapter for this program at NEOCOM encouraging women to consider careers in Cardiology @accintouch.bsky.social thepulse.neomed.edu/articles/med...
Nursing schools in Baltimore are piloting a primary care program adopted by Costa Rica, which effectively provides door-to-door care for 5 million people @tradeoffspod tradeoffs.org/2024/06/06/n...
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
A group of nurses in East Baltimore is piloting a bold plan to bring basic primary care to everybody no matter their age, income or insurance. Can this idea from abroad take root in the United States?
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January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Nursing schools in Baltimore are piloting a primary care program adopted by Costa Rica, which effectively provides door-to-door care for 5 million people @tradeoffspod tradeoffs.org/2024/06/06/n...
Mid-career cardiologists don't miss this opportunity to renew and spend time on your professional growth @accintouch.bsky.social www.acc.org/Features/201...
Cardio Renew - American College of Cardiology
The ACC’s Cardio Renew program is designed to support mid-career ACC members through a virtual-based curriculum focused on resilience, reflection and reconnection.
www.acc.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Mid-career cardiologists don't miss this opportunity to renew and spend time on your professional growth @accintouch.bsky.social www.acc.org/Features/201...
Congratulations to Dr. Bourque, looking forward to your year as President of @asnc.bsky.social www.journalofnuclearcardiology.org/article/S107...
Nuclear cardiology is exciting in 2026: Let's innovate together!
Pioneers have established nuclear cardiology as a fundamental tool in the evaluation
of cardiovascular disease [1]. Contemporary clinicians and scientists are building
on this strong foundation and ex...
www.journalofnuclearcardiology.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Bourque, looking forward to your year as President of @asnc.bsky.social www.journalofnuclearcardiology.org/article/S107...
This video from @jbcarmody.bsky.social does a DEEP dive into an example from an internal medicine residency and how they develop their Match rank list based on a quantitative formula www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRPz...
How to Match at an Ivy League Residency Program
YouTube video by Sheriff of Sodium
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December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This video from @jbcarmody.bsky.social does a DEEP dive into an example from an internal medicine residency and how they develop their Match rank list based on a quantitative formula www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRPz...
Hey #cardiosky, @glaucomflecken.bsky.social got us a special gift for Christmas!! youtu.be/IPQeB3LuxBs?... 🎄
The Holidays at Glaucomflecken General
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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December 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey #cardiosky, @glaucomflecken.bsky.social got us a special gift for Christmas!! youtu.be/IPQeB3LuxBs?... 🎄
So proud to be part of this cardiac rehab team in @VeteransHealth news.va.gov/143909/home-... #cardiosky
Home-based heart care helps Veteran - VA News
Army Veteran George Dale credits VA’s home-based heart care for changing the course of his life
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December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So proud to be part of this cardiac rehab team in @VeteransHealth news.va.gov/143909/home-... #cardiosky
"Nicotine is a Powerful CV Toxin—Regardless of Delivery Method" @ESC_Journals academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
Nicotine and the cardiovascular system: unmasking a global public health threat
Abstract. Nicotine-containing products, whether combustible or smokeless, pose a growing threat to cardiovascular (CV) health. While tobacco smoking contin
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December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Nicotine is a Powerful CV Toxin—Regardless of Delivery Method" @ESC_Journals academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...