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Umair Khalid
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Umair Khalid
@Umair2017
Interventional & MultiModality Imaging Cardiologist @BCMHeart @VAHouston | AKU '09 | SoMe Editor #JACCINT | Husband | Dad of 4|#YesCCT #EchoFirst #CardioTwitter
Houston, TX
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    Umair Khalid
    @Umair2017
    Apr 27, 2024
    ✨Cardiac Sarcoidosis (CS): AHA just dropped an enlightening Scientific Statement! 📜 #Tweetorial below for all u need to know about CS: Epidemiology, Diagnosis & Management 💥 🧵1/12 #CardioTwitter #Cardiology #ACCFIT @CircAHA @AHAScience @BCMHeart @AKUGlobal #MedTwitter
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    Umair Khalid
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    Mar 13, 2021
    Saw this POWER LIMA today. LIMA-LAD but radial artery "jumps" to OM to PDA. Single graft (all arterial) open for >20 years! Saw this for the first time today and wondered why surgeons don’t do more of this? #ACCEarlyCareer #ACCFIT #CardioTwitter #CABG @BCMHeart @AKUGlobal
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    Umair Khalid
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    Aug 28, 2022
    42M w/ Chest pain. Angio showed significant myocardial bridging 👇 Heart Rate = 50 bpm. Max dose CCBs. Still symptomatic. What would you do next? (Poll in comments) #ACCEarlyCareer #CardioTwitter #ACCFIT #ACCIC #RadialFirst
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    Umair Khalid
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    Oct 15, 2022
    Did you know that we are not supposed to use the term "atypical" when describing chest pain? It should be described as: Cardiac, Possibly Cardiac or Non-Cardiac Read the 2021 Chest pain guidelines: bit.ly/3rYhn7P #MedTwitter #ACCFIT #CardioTwitter #ACCEarlyCareer
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    Umair Khalid
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    Feb 25, 2024
    🧿3 key factors that determine optimal coronary stenting: 1. Apposition 2. Expansion 3. Sizing 🧵1/4. See thread below for definitions 👇 #ACCFIT #CardioTwitter #Cardiology #CardioEd #MedTwitter @BCMHeart @AkuCardiology #PCI @SCAI @ACCinTouch @txchapteracc
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    Umair Khalid
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    Nov 19, 2023
    Cool case shared by my #EP colleague Dr. Hamid Afshar @BCMHeart During placement of CRT-D, he made a unique diagnosis present in 0.3% of general population!! Below is a still image of initial access. #ACCFIT, what's the diagnosis? #CardioTwitter #MedTwitter #EPeeps 1/4
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    Umair Khalid
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    Mar 9, 2024
    🔥#Tweetorial on "Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment for Constrictive Pericarditis"👇 Rule of 3s 🦢👁️ 🔹3 RA findings 🔹3 RV findings 🔹3 simultaneous LV-RV findings 🔹3 miscellaneous findings #CardioTwitter #Cardiology #ACCFIT @BCMHeart @ACCinTouch @txchapteracc @SCAI 🧵 1/8
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    Umair Khalid
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    Jul 12, 2023
    1/ Good teaching hemodynamics case w/ #tweetorial for #ACCFIT #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter 📌Shunt run: RA 74% IVC 70% but -> SVC 85% !!! 😕 Given high SVC sat, serial sats & venogram helped w/ the diagnosis 👇
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    Umair Khalid
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    Apr 3, 2023
    ⭐️ Ultra-Low Contrast PCI ⭐️ 1/ Following is a brief case-based #Tweetorial for #ACCFIT Here's the prior diagnostic angio, plan for LAD #PCI Creatinine = ~2.5 Total dye used: 3 cc (for final cine) #CardioTwitter #ACCEarlyCareer
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    Umair Khalid
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    Mar 25, 2021
    We just became PARENTS OF FOUR from PARENTS OF TWO!!! 👦👧
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    Umair Khalid
    @Umair2017
    Apr 15, 2024
    ✨Ultra-Low Contrast PCI for bifurcation lesions: Case-based #Tweetorial 👇 Diagnostic image below with lesion in RCA/rPDA/rPL bifurcation. Creatinine = 3.1 Total contrast use = 3 cc (final cine) 1/10🧵 #CardioTwitter #ACCFIT #Cardiology #CardioEd
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    Umair Khalid
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    Feb 24, 2024
    🔥4 Classication systems for In-Stent Restenosis: 1. Angiographic (Mehran) 🪡 2. IVUS based (Kang) 👀 3. OCT based (Gonzalo, Ali) 💡 4. Mechanism/Management based (Waksman) 🥼 #CardioTwitter #ACCFIT #Cardiology #CardioEd #ISR #IVUS #OCT @BCMHeart @SCAI @ACCinTouch
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    Umair Khalid
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    Jan 9, 2024
    Fellows often ask me the difference b/w the 3 cranial views for LAD. This pictorial sums up my thoughts 👇 In general: 1. Cranial views better for LAD. Caudal views better for LCx 2. For LAD, as u go from RAO CRA ➡️LAO CRA, LAD moves to LEFT of the screen (LAD moves in
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    Umair Khalid
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    May 21, 2023
    1/ 🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our uptodate #review on revascularization of left main disease 👇 Areas of focus: ⭐️ Anatomy 👁️ ⭐️ Physiology 📉 ⭐️ Data 📰 ⭐️ Guidelines 📜 📌PDF: bit.ly/438Upvu #ACCEarlyCareer #CardioTwitter #ACCFIT #ACCCVFed #MedTwitter #Tweetorial
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