BillyD
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@JACCJournals So you can do anything you want without proof it works and get it published?
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Here's a case describing a novel technique (the double-DCB technique) for the treatment of recurrent in-stent restenosis by applying 2 different DCBs, thereby avoiding the implantation of another layer of metal in our patients. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… #JACCCaseReports #PCI

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@CoffeeBlackMD @RussellShaw_MLS Neither one shows stemi. In stemi the st segment never goes back to baseline and it is convex upwards.
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I would say that the KISS trial @JACCJournals not only proved that you do not need to do routine SB intervention (commonly kissing), rather I would say the most significant change is proving the concept of POT-side-POT (done in 57% of SB interventions and seems to be more favorable than kissing).
I have been recently doing POT-side-POT instead of kissing when I need SBI and that study proved it can be better!
Congrats to the authors and @sbrugaletta for an insightful editorial!
jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…
#cardioX

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Here to say sometimes the highest MCAT/USMLE scorers aren't always the best physicians.
You can ace a test, but if you don't know how to communicate with others and be considerate, you won't go to many places
Plus there's evidence showing MCAT scores is associated with SES
The Notorious R.O.B.@robolivermd
@drterrysimpson For limited resources like slots at a top medical school, objective measures of competence like the high MCAT range should be the major factor in sorting applicants.
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@thewcd4 @dr_huffer You’re not thinking that when interviewing candidates. You’re looking at their appearance, their grooming, their body language when answering different and potentially difficult questions, etc. These type of things matter when evaluating applicants. We aren’t robots.
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@gasmantx @dr_huffer But when your premise is “we dont have enough of x” or “we have too much of y”, how do you stay objective?
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@dr_huffer I would definitely object. You learn a lot about people meeting them face to face. In medicine part of our job is communication and professionalism. I’ve seen some interesting things meeting with candidates for admission for both med school and residency.
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@thewcd4 Telling a 36 year old mother of three that the lesion we biopsied was a melanoma met and she is now stage IV. A leukemia cutis diagnosis in an 27 year old with no medical history. Telling a parent their infant has Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
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