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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · 5d

The eligibility criteria in a trial ensure that appropriate patients are selected. A screening 24 hour Holter monitor will be used to guide patient selection for this trial. Patient will have the comorbidities that are common with this condition.

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, we have already enrolled a handful of patients. The pacing rate will be personalized using a simple formula that was tested in an early phase trial.

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · 21d

#Medtronic press release on our pivotal #ELEVATE-HFpEF RCT which will test the efficacy & safety of a personalized elevated #pacing rate (based on LVEF & height) in #HFpEF

75 countries

2 patients enrolled already (AUS & US)

Methods to be presented at #HFSA25

news.medtronic.com/2025-09-15-M...

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Aug 16

FDA announces approval for #semaglutide 2.4 mg sc weekly for #MASLD based on results of the #ESSENCE #RCT.

Did you know that #CVD is the leading cause of death in patients with #MASLD?

Common mechanisms & now, common treatments for #CKLM diseases
www.novonordisk.com/news-and-med...

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Jon Pagtakhan @jonpheart.bsky.social · Jun 20

📣 How is the American Heart Association fighting for medical research & patient care on Capitol Hill? @ahascience.bsky.social #CardioSky #AHA

Join Heart Powered: The AHA is Advocating for You
🗓️ June 26 | 🕒 3 PM ET
🎙️ Dr. Bradley Marino & Emily Hubelowski

🔗 Register: heart.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 14

Our hearts are with our American friends.
Peaceful day here, enjoying a spritzer by the pool.
Ms Ella singing..
m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cb...

Etta James - At Last - Lyrics

YouTube video by Jennie Postemus (Preppy52)

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 14

I love my outdoor #office, where work and play are fully intertwined!

What does your #Saturday morning look like?

#HappySeason #HomeSweetHome #JoyInWork

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s impossible to uncouple #health from #economic policy

Healthiest countries have fair economic policies that allow upward mobility & access to healthier lifestyles

Focusing on individual interventions alone: inadequate www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Childhood obesity: prioritising a healthy start

Recent data from National Health Service (NHS) weight clinics in England show that a disproportionate number of referrals originate from the most deprived areas, with some children having BMIs over 40...

www.thelancet.com

Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 9

Phase 3 Trial of #Semaglutide in #Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated #Steatohepatitis

In patients with #MASH and moderate or advanced #liver #fibrosis, once-weekly semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg improved liver steatohepatitis & fibrosis at 72 weeks
t.co/vfcgItgXpb

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2413258

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 8

Regional disparities in participant #enrolment in RCTs are related to regional #disparities in site recruitment relative to 🌎disease distribution

We propose estimating site representation index during trial planning to ensure globally (or nationally) representative #RCT popn
doi.org/10.1002/ejhf...

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 8

#NUDGECKD #ERA25 LBT #KristofferSkaar & #TorBiering
SimPub #Circulation

Pragmatic 2x2 factorial #implementation RCT

Randomization at cluster + individual level

E-letters re #GDMT to 1540 GPs & 22617 patients w #CKD did not ⬆️ uptake of #RASi or #SGLT2i

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

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 8

The #sun rose
and put on a show
just for me!

#LifeOnTheLake #Sunrise #LakeMuskoka

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jun 7

Huge Danish trial of nudges

Patient level (N 22,000)
+ practice level (1500 practice cluster with N 28,000 pts)

To increase RASination & Flozination

www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1... in @ahajournals.bsky.social at #ERA25

Absolutely null effect - is the baseline too high to improve upon?

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 7

The views are truly mesmerizing (& distracting as my office overlooks the lake and I find myself just staring at the water instead of getting work done)🙂

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Carolyn Thomas 🇨🇦 @heart-sisters.bsky.social · Jun 6

Pill splitting guide for patients who take a lot of pills...
Which ones are safe to divide?
myheartsisters.org/2016/12/04/p...

Pill splitting: which ones are safe to divide?

Don’t split your pills with a knife. Always use a pill-splitter. Don’t split them in advance – and other very sound tips for people like me who have been (until now!) using a kitchen kn…

myheartsisters.org

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 7

#Happy season is here!

#LifeOnTheLake #LakeMuskoka #Sunsets

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Jon Pagtakhan @jonpheart.bsky.social · Jun 6

Missed the deadline? Plot twist: You didn't!
Deadlines extended! 🗓️
#AHA25 & #ReSS25 abstracts now due 6/9 at 10am ET.
Award applications due 6/9 at 7pm ET.
Submit here:
🔹 AHA: bit.ly/2025Extension
🔹 ReSS: bit.ly/ReSSExtension
@ahascience.bsky.social #CardioSky

Scientific Sessions

Join us for FOUR days of programming, November 7–10, 2025, for AHA's Scientific Sessions (#AHA25) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. It's AHA's biggest cardiova...

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨 Missed early registration? No problem.

You can still sign up for RISE @ ESC Congress 2025, the essential event for women in cardiology.

📍 Madrid | 🗓️ Aug 28
🎯 Leadership on the Global Stage

Register now 👉 rise.womenasone.org

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky #WIC

A woman sat at a table whilst having a conversation during RISE @ ESC Congress 2024. Overlain is Information about RISE @ ESC Congress 2025.

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · Jun 1

Ship of #tolerance, created by 2000 school children in our town and displayed in #OakvilleGalleries #GairlochGardens

Such a collaborative, moving art display, with ideas communicated in a way that only kids can do.

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · May 27

“The true north is indeed, strong and free”
A balanced and appropriate speech from the throne on this historical day. Climate change and biodiversity were woven into this speech alongside, not mentioning by name he who shall not be named.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FCzk...

LIVE: King Charles presents the speech from the throne in Ottawa | CTV News Special Coverage

YouTube video by CTV News

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · May 24

Comrades finding new ways to rewrite history, spread disease, punish their opponents, line their pockets.. you know, business as usual

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · May 23

I don’t have an air fryer (have double convection ovens, which do the trick).
How did the burgers turn out?

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Parham Eshtehardi MD @cardioobdoc.bsky.social · May 15

Interplay of CKD & Effects of #Tirzepatide in Patients With #HFpEF & Obesity: SUMMIT Trial

#CardioSky #NephroSky #JACC
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @dlbhattmd.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social @chriskramermd.bsky.social @psatishmd.bsky.social @drmonalidesai.bsky.social

Interplay of Chronic Kidney Disease and the Effects of Tirzepatide in Patients With Heart Failure, Preserved Ejection Fraction, and Obesity: The SUMMIT Trial

www.jacc.org

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Harriette Van Spall MD MPH 🇨🇦 @hvanspall.bsky.social · May 11

The sweetest word
in the world,
the one I’m most grateful
to hear each day,
is #mum.

#MothersDay2025

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Parham Eshtehardi MD @cardioobdoc.bsky.social · May 9

Is #Aficamten Plus #Disopyramide More Effective Than Aficamten Alone in obstructive HCM?

#CardioSky #JACCHF
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @jimjanuzzi.bsky.social @robmentz.bsky.social @hvanspall.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social @load-dependent.bsky.social

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