Sean Meagher, MD

Thrilled to be sharing our approach in managing CV risk among athletes using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) Given AAS increasing use amount recreational athletes, it's important to understand the relationship between AAS and CV risk A thread🧵 acc.org/Latest-in-Card…

🚨 Fresh off the press: @JACCJournals Case Reports Special Issue on Sports Cardiology Just in time for #ACCAthleticHeart Preconference starting tomorrow, check out this issue filled with fascinating #SportsCardio cases 👏🏼 to @jonathankimmd & team 🔗: jacc.org/toc/case-repor…

Cardiovascular adaptation to training load in endurance athletes: exercise duration > intensity academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…

Well designed RCT shows patients randomized to an exercise program had substantially improved survival after adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer. - 5 yr disease-free survival 80.3% vs 73.9% (HR 0.72) - 8 yr overall survival 90.3% vs 83.2% (HR 0.63) This is groundbreaking! 1/

Mortality, SCD Higher For Male Professional Than Amateur Bodybuilders - American College of Cardiology acc.org/Latest-in-Card…

Excited to share our published review on AAS 💉 use among recreational athletes and CV🫀risk. Particularly given recent announcement of ‘Enhanced Games’ which encourage PED use such as AAS. Huge thanks to @DrPRao for ongoing guidance/support. journals.lww.com/co-cardiology/…

For those interested in sports cardiology and genetics, below are insights based on last 100 referrals (~60% sports/40% genetics) (Over the past year @BidmcCvi I’ve been seeing athletes with cardiac conditions and caring for patients in the CV genetics program led by @UTahirMD) 🧵

@DrPRao @RobGersztenMD @BidmcCvi @BIDMC_Research Congrats Prashant! Fantastic news!

Been a busy few months, but excited to share that NIH/NHLBI K23 award was funded! Looking forward to advancing translational research in sports and exercise cardiology 🙌 Very grateful to mentor @RobGersztenMD More on the grant👇 bit.ly/42HRfS2 bit.ly/4cg5krF

DOWN WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPS 🙌 #LTBR🔻 #D3FB

📢Can deep phenotyping and proteomic profiling identify new #biomarkers in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? 🧬In @CircHF, we leverage OLINK #proteomics to measure >250 proteins in genotype positive #HCM with Cardiac MR data. ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… 🧵 (1/7)

4 weeks of the arm in a cast: -22% strength 🏋️‍♀️ -4% muscle mass 💪 However, these changes can be offset by resistance training 🏋️‍♀️the opposite arm 3 times per week: journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…

🫀Does exercise intensity or duration impact heart health more? A study shows longer exercise duration at lower intensity is linked to higher coronary artery calcification, while higher intensity reduces it Balance your workouts to maximize benefits ⏳🏋🏻 academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article…

We had a great turn out at this year’s annual fellow welcome BBQ hosted at our program director @JoeKannam’s house last weekend!

Clinical features and outcomes in carriers of pathogenic desmoplakin variants. Read more in #EHJ 👉 bit.ly/47ABv43 @RoccoMontone @ehj_ed

@DrPRao @BIDMCVFellows @UTahirMD @caitlin_finnn @BidmcCvi @DocStrom Huge thanks to @UTahirMD and @DrPRao for the guidance!

Highlight of @BIDMCVFellows is the weekly Clinical Case Conference @SeanPMeagher presented a series of young athletes with DSP cardiomyopathy seen in our Sports Cardiology & Genetics clinic Terrific discussion of these challenging cases with leading experts in imaging/EP/HF etc

New @ACCinTouch: @SeanPMeagher speaks with Dr. Braverman about dilated aortas in athletes. 🔹Defining aortic ‘dilation’ 🔹Prevalence in athletes 🔹When to consider genetic testing Excited to see the rise of future Sports Cardiology 🌟@BIDMCVFellows! bit.ly/4gkjCKu

CV Sports Chat: Dilated Aortas in Athletes 🏃🏻 New @ACCinTouch #SportsCardio interview with the expert, Dr. Alan Braverman, who shares his approach to this common clinical scenario Nicely done by @SeanPMeagher acc.org/latest-in-card…

As part of their welcome to BI, our first year fellows were taken out to sushi dinner with our chief of cardiology & program director 🍣 One of the best things about being a BI 🫀 fellow is how engaged in fellow education our division leadership is! @RobGersztenMD @JoeKannam

Happy orientation day to our new F1’s! We’re so excited to welcome you all to BI! #July1

Extreme exercise and longevity: detrimental or beneficial? bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/… In a retrospective study of the 1st 200 athletes to run < 4 minute miles, there was evidence of several (~5) years longer lifespan compared with the general population. Still an unsettled question, but certainly supports lack of harm