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Posit @posit.co · 9d

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉

This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.

Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · 9d

www.organdonation.nhs.uk/about-organ-...

Islam

Most Islamic religious leaders accept organ donation during life, provided it does not harm the donor, and after death to save lives. In 2019, a UK-based Sunni scholar, Mufti Mohammed Zubair Butt, pro...

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · 10d

Yes. There has been work in the UK trying to increase organ donation among black and minority ethnic groups. Cultural touchpoints such as places of worship have been important.

www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/how-you-can-...

Why Black, Asian and minority ethnic donors are needed

The increasing priority of finding people from all backgrounds and communities to be blood and organ donors

www.nhsbt.nhs.uk

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · 14d

Yes. Although organ sharing networks in the US and Europe mean that donor organs tend to move city.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Mar 26

Five years ago today, most historical UK monthly rainfall observations were not available to scientists.

But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.

With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.

#RainfallRescue began... 🧵

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Apr 28

Huge impact. The waiting list for organ transplants in the city of Recife was reduced to zero in the first year #ISHLT2025

www.bbc.com/news/magazin...

How thousands of football fans are helping to save lives

A campaign by one of Brazil's biggest football clubs to encourage fans to become organ donors has led to a massive rise in the number of life-changing transplants.

www.bbc.com

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Apr 28

Incredibly powerful campaign to encourage organ donation in Brazil #ISHLT2025

youtu.be/E99ijQScSB8

Flock Associates - Recife Sport club: Immortal Fans. Integrated Campaign by Ogilvy Brazil

YouTube video by FlockAssociatesLtd

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Apr 27

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Apr 27

Ten year outcomes after DCD heart transplantation at Royal Papworth Hospital presented by Hassiba Smail #ISHLT2025

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Meg Fraser, DNP, ANP-C, FHFSA @megfrasernp.bsky.social · Apr 27

great kickoff to #ishlt2025 Dr. Rebecca Cogswell presenting important updates to 🫀🫁 registry

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International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) @ishlt.bsky.social · Apr 26

It's #ISHLT2025 Pre-Conference day! More than 490 medical professionals have come together to dive deeper into #CardiogenicShock, #LungTransplantation, #LungFailure, #CTEPH, and #HealthEquity topics with experts from around the world. 💡🌏

Speakers at the head table and podium of a convention center meeting room. ISHLT2025 branding is on the podium and behind the stage, and the screen reads "Cardiogenic Shock"

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Apr 27

It was great. I smile every time I pass the incubator that’s been built on the Cambridge biomedical campus.

a man in a brown jacket is holding a glass dome with the word fox on it .

ALT: a man in a brown jacket is holding a glass dome with the word fox on it .

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Mar 1

Totally agree about importance of clinical examination. But why do you need a stethoscope to detect the most important driver of type 2 cardio-renal syndrome? Examine the neck veins! #JVP

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Feb 10

Agree. The UGLY side of heart rate reduction.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Ivabradine for patients with stable coronary artery disease and left-ventricular systolic dysfunction (BEAUTIFUL): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Reduction in heart rate with ivabradine does not improve cardiac outcomes in all patients with stable coronary artery disease and left-ventricular systolic dysfunction, but could be used to reduce the...

www.thelancet.com

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Feb 9

Agree.

All the physiological variables that contribute to shock are continuous. Need to move beyond categorisation.

@IM_Crit_ @imcrit.bsky.social · Feb 9

ICU Hemodynamics:

We divide patients with circulatory shock into 3 primary hemodynamic phenotypes, namely hypovolemic, vasodilatory/distributive, & cardiogenic (including obstructive)

But we all witness/manage "mixed" shock, an entity lacking a uniform, evidence-based definition:

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 23

Thanks buddy. It’s been a big effort to get EVLP up/running. Marius and Jas have done all the heavy lifting. 👏👏👏

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 23

Very proud of my colleagues who pushed hard to get the UK’s first clinical programme of EVLP up and running.

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

Exclusive: Daniel Evans-Smith tells of transformative effect of operation using technology that could cut waiting lists

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 21

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Blinded Withdrawal of Long-Term Randomized Treatment With Empagliflozin or Placebo in Patients With Heart Failure | Circulation

BACKGROUND: It is not known whether the benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in heart failure persist after years of therapy. METHODS: In the EMPEROR-Reduced (Empagliflozin Outcome ...

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 21

Reference four is priceless. I did not know OFCOM published this list.

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · Dec 20

I was today years old when I found this gem of a web app to explore 2500+ color palettes for R:

r-graph-gallery.com/color-palett...

R Color Palette Finder

The ultimate tool for finding the perfect color palette for data visualization with R and paletteer. Explore over 2000 palettes, see them in action on various charts, simulate color blindness, and exp...

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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.bsky.social · Dec 20

This was a fun study leveraging social media to demonstrate the high prevalence in Impella malrotation among cases shared on old Twitter.
If it's malrotated, but it works well, without suction alarms or other problems, do you change it? #cccsky #cardiosky #emimcc
www.pcronline.com/News/Whats-n...

Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device malrotation in social media: a call to action

This study suggests that correct Impella orientation is often overlooked, and that Impella malrotation is a common issue in real-world clinical practice, potentially associated with relevant complicat...

www.pcronline.com

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 19

Important question.

We keep SGLT2i going in patients who are supported with inotropes and waiting for an urgent heart transplant. But we tend to stop in those on temporary MCS.

I’ve been looking to diagnose euglycaemic ketoacidosis for ages, but just not seen it yet.

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 19

🇵🇭 Philippine Heart Centre
Very happy to share contact details of former fellows if you’d like to find out more about the training, support and friendship that we offered them.

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 18

In the last decade, our fellows have gone on to Advanced HF Cons jobs in…
🇲🇾 Institut Jantung Negara
🇸🇬 National Heart Centre
🇦🇺 Alfred Hospital
🇮🇹 Polyclinico Sant Orsola
🇳🇿 Auckland Hospital
🇬🇧 Royal Papworth Hospital
🇩🇰 Aarhus University Hospital

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Stephen Pettit @drstephenpettit.bsky.social · Dec 17

Would you like to become an advanced heart failure cardiologist?

Join our team in Cambridge!

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