Ziggy Whitman

Had to get creative to removing a lead fragment retained after heart transplant. We “sistered” a decapolar catheter adjacent the lead and snared them together from above to allow for more traction and counter traction. Here’s the report!: heartrhythmcasereports.com/article/S2214-…

Fruitful learning to write up our personal experience with #CCM at Temple (now in JICE), and then a good time talking about some emerging data in CCM for VuMedi! Onward and upward to help HF patients! urldefense.com/v3/__https://w…$

@JasonKelce @tkelce I’m a small guy, but want to buy a pool floaty for my brother - who is 6’4”, 300 lbs. What’s the best “big guy floaty” - do you know? What do you guys have? @newheightshow

@CMichaelGibson @ABIMFoundation @RichardBaron17 Does @RichardBaron17 have any of his own hobbies? You know, to spend some of that $1.1m salary? Boating, scotch and wine collecting, antique car collecting, perhaps? Maybe just luxury travel? How was Dubai, Richard?

Do you share @ABIMFoundation president @RichardBaron17 ‘s perspective that physicians should not take up interests like photography because this may cause them to no longer be competent in medicine ? His suggestion that physicians should not pursue outside interests is the tone deaf bookend to the tweet suggesting we do #MOC while on vacation. Interests outside of medicine are critical to a physician’s well being; these interest compliment medical practice rather than compete with them as Dr. Barron would lead you to believe. The @ABIMFoundation narrative just keeps going from bad (do MOC on vacation) to worse (do not pursue outside interests).

Standing room only for the great Sam Asirvatham talking about cardioneural anatomy! #HRS2023

FWIW, the US has about 1,100 people for every primary care physician in context, we have 22,000 for every oncologist 33,000 people for every ID doc 57,000 for every neurosurgeon 80,000 people for every vascular surgeon aamc.org/data-reports/w…

HRS is the ultimate chance to cross pollinate. I just love it. #HRS2023 This event is a chance to learn about CCM, which is what we need for patients who don’t qualify for CRT, but are still suffering. eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?pa…

Looking forward to sharing and learning more about #CCM at #HRS23 @BoatNoodleSoup

Moving on from #CCM Smart, and now onto #CCM Mini! I always feel excited anticipation for the follow-up visit after implant. Just saw two #CCMrecipients B2B in clinic yest., one still in disbelief (3m out), and one embracing her new life (2y out). #electroceuticals @TempleCards

A practical decision pathway for managing vasovagal syncope: read the viewpoint by @MDTolgaAksu on EHJ! academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva… #cardiotwitter #EHJ @ESC_Journals @escardio #syncope #ablation #pacing

#UCSFCardiology @gregorymmarcus was quoted in the @WSJ on how alcohol can present particular risks for people with atrial fibrillation. wsj.com/articles/why-h…

🚨🚨🚨 New Telemetry Tips video on ARTIFACT!!! Here is the YouTube link (high quality video is still processing at the time of this post, so try again in a bit if the video is low resolution). LINK TO VIDEO: youtu.be/6M1-SYAG1UY Enjoy!!

Interesting from @LuigiDiBiaseMD et al in @hrs_journal #AppleWatch couldn't record an ECG during unipolar LBBP and #dontdisthehis (and presumably RV or A uni pacing) perhaps due to the large stimulus artifact causing excessive filtering No problem for Kardia 6L tho @DrDave01 😉

Very well-versed and very well prepared, @msdmsdoms just presented his work in the Featured Science Session at #AHA22 - certain genetic mutations may increase one’s vulnerability to COVID-related myocarditis. Whoa. @TempleCards @my_helix

@laurenjiggetts @TempleCards @ModulateHF @EPOverlord Best part about being Chicago for AHA? Waking up to @laurenjiggetts on the news, and then sitting in her kitchen with the most hated man in Chicago!

@docwhitman @TempleCards @ModulateHF @EPOverlord 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

At #AHA, learning and teaching about #CCM. Because CCM therapy is both relatively new and helps patients, I find it exciting to share with fellows, like @edwardhortonmd. @TempleCards @ModulateHF @EPOverlord

I felt like the luckiest guy in the room with @DrDastmalchi @edwardhortonmd @msdmsdoms @TempleCards

@mattaustein What was your lesion set?!

Never seen common inferior Os before. You #EPeeps ?

Blacks were less likely to be prescribed A/C, and in follow up, more likely to have stroke AND bleed. Not so much paradoxical as it is evidence that disparities have many layers. @UREssien @gregorymmarcus