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Dr. Monali Desai

@drmonalidesai.bsky.social
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Cardiologist (locum tenens) | Cardiology, Politics, Health Tech linktr.ee/drmonalidesai

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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
#HotOffThePress #OpenAccess Concordance between awake blood pressure on home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older adults academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-...
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Concordance between awake blood pressure on home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older adults
AbstractBackground. Determining the agreement between ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) and home BP monitoring (HBPM) can inform their use.M
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Idaho candidate for US Senate Todd Achilles plans to help lower healthcare costs by strengthening antitrust enforcement to block healthcare mergers that raise costs or reduce patient choice and pursue healthcare insurance industry reforms that increase competition, transparency …
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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New research shows the DASH diet 🥗🌾🥛🐟🧂 helps manage stage 1 hypertension, delaying medication. Read more: ow.ly/kfsW50YWMhh
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas is focused on lowering costs in his campaign for US Senate. This past May he had two bills he co-leads and an additional bill he was a cosponsor of pass the House as part of the House’s amended 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) …
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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New research links cadmium and lead exposure to higher cardiovascular mortality — while mercury shows a surprising inverse association. See how environmental heavy metals impact heart health. www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… #CardioSky #MedSky
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Democrat Roy Cooper pledges to ‘make stuff cost less’ in his North Carolina Senate campaign. He outlined goals to help reduce the price of food and groceries including working to block corporate mergers of grocery chains, banning algorithmic … ncnewsline.com/2026/03/04/f...
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Jason Nagata, MD @jasonmnagata.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @ajpcardio.bsky.social! Among a sample of adolescents in @theabcdstudy.bsky.social, greater neighborhood disadvantage was linked to lower LE8 cardiovascular health scores, driven mainly by behavioral factors. 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/NbhHeart
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola Unveils Plan to Tackle Affordability Crisis in U.S. Senate Campaign. The plan looks at corporate practices that Peltola says have driven up costs. Her proposal would ban price gouging during emergencies … 🇺🇸 nativenewsonline.net/currents/mar...
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 28/08/2026
📝 Narrative Review: #RightVentricle metrics, such as strain, fractional area change, and ejection fraction, offer mechanistic insight in cardiovascular trials but remain underused due to acquisition variability and lack of standardization. ja.ma/4wDRKIr
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Right Ventricular Metrics as End Points in Clinical Trials
This narrative review discusses the current and emerging role of right ventricular–focused imaging and hemodynamic parameters as end points in clinical trials and a comprehensive framework for their development, validation, and broader implementation.
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Senator Jon Ossoff made affordability the main focus of his economic plan for Georgians, he backed a bipartisan infrastructure law and federal manufacturing incentives to increase jobs and economic development in Georgia… www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
happy labor day 🇺🇸
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 09/01/2026
A previously healthy female teenager presents with chest tightness and syncope after exertion. Electrocardiogram results showed ST-segment elevation in leads V1 through V4, aVL, and aVR troponin T levels. What would you do next? ja.ma/4sxxvLB
Two panels show coronary arteries. A, "Origin of left main coronary artery" with labels RSP, RCS, LCS, RA, and LP. B, "Course between aorta and pulmonary artery" with labels PA and AO. Blue arrows mark specific points of interest.
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Exposure to natural daylight has important and salutary impact on our metabolism, and that's especially noted in people with Type 2 diabetes cell.com/cell-metabol...
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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
New research highlights the value of bundled measurement of LDL-cholesterol, lipoprotein(a), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein across the cardiovascular risk spectrum for more comprehensive risk assessment. 🔗 ow.ly/PQNc50XR90C #CardioResearch #PreventiveCardiology #CardioSky #MedSky
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 06/01/2026
Among patients with #AtrialFibrillation, elevated BMI, and 1 or more additional cardiometabolic risk factors, aggressive risk factor management reduced arrhythmia recurrence over the 12-month period after catheter ablation. ja.ma/4snlYOX
JAMA Cardiology presents a risk factor reduction study for atrial fibrillation. Population: 82 men, 40 women. Intervention: 122 patients randomized. Findings: LRFM group (61.3%) had higher freedom from atrial arrhythmia vs usual-care (40.0%).
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 04/01/2026
Initial testing choice between coronary CTA and stress testing for suspected CAD showed no difference in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality among patients with stable symptoms. ja.ma/3LdrnaE
Figure 1 shows long-term mortality by randomized testing arm. Graph A plots all-cause mortality, with 'CTA strategy' & 'Functional testing strategy' lines trending upwards. Graph B plots cardiovascular mortality, with similar lines. Numbers at risk are listed below each graph.
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
AI in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Review 🔗 academic.oup.com/ajh/article-... 🔒
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AI in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Review
AbstractBACKGROUND. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide. Early detection and risk strat
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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JACC Journals @jaccjournals.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Los Angeles residents saw significant rises in cardiopulmonary illness in the 3 months after the Jan 2025 Eaton & Palisades wildfires, per a study in #JACC. Findings are based on Cedars-Sinai ED data compared with the same period in 2018–2024. bit.ly/3YCJUjv #CardioSky
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New research explores sex-specific cardiovascular risk prediction using AI-derived epicardial adipose tissue measurements from CT calcium scoring exams. Findings highlight the potential of advanced imaging and AI to refine personalized CVD risk assessment. ow.ly/ZwIk50XKsPe #CardioSky
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
#WeekendReads from the Advance Articles section Associations of Blood Pressure Parameters with Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Systematic Review of Reviews academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-... #OpenAccess
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Associations of Blood Pressure Parameters with Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Systematic Review of Reviews
AbstractBackground. Evidence syntheses on the associations between BP parameters and cognitive decline and/or dementia have taken different methodological
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 23/12/2025
#Semaglutide consistently lowered hospitalization rates and hospital days in high-risk adults with #obesity and cardiovascular disease, with effects observed across clinical subgroups. ja.ma/3LdVyhO
Graph: Cumulative incidence curve for time from randomization to first hospital admission. Y-axis: Patients with an event, %. X-axis: Time since randomization, y. Two lines show placebo and semaglutide results. Placebo is slightly higher.
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
merry christmas & happy holidays ✈️ lga & atl airports
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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NEJM AI @ai.nejm.org · 23/12/2025
A new study introduces a self-supervised electrocardiogram transformer foundation model that achieves high diagnostic accuracy across multiple cardiac prediction tasks, expanding AI’s potential in complex diagnostic areas. Learn more: nejm.ai/3XvciUi #AI #MedSky #MLSky
Figure 1. Chest Pain Encounters in the United States and Available Noninvasive Testing Modalities.
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale. It's exercise. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
#WeekendReads from the Advance Access section Current Landscape of Mobile Health Applications for Hypertension Management in the United States: A Scoping Application Review academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-...
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Current Landscape of Mobile Health Applications for Hypertension Management in the United States: A Scoping Application Review
AbstractBackground. Hypertension, a major contributor to cardiovascular mortality, requires multimodal monitoring and management strategies for optimal blo
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 21/12/2025
Newborn screening using LDL-C and apolipoprotein B, followed by genetic testing, may substantially improve early diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia, a treatable genetic condition. ja.ma/4s4AnPO
Figure showing distribution of Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) by status of genetic testing. It shows ApoB distribution & LDL-C distribution with tested & not tested status with number of patients.
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New research shows shift work contributes to increased long-term mortality risk among U.S. workers with cardiometabolic disease, underscoring the need to consider work patterns in preventive strategies. 🔗 ow.ly/H8uj50XMAWV #CardioResearch #HeartHealth #PreventiveCardiology #CardioSky #MedSky
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
bryant park 🎄
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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American College of Cardiology @accintouch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A 🆕 ACC Scientific Statement on the management of #cvPAD in adults w/ diabetes adds context to the 2024 ACC/AHA Lower Extremity PAD Guideline & "emphasizes a modern, evidence-based approach to care" starting w/ screening & advancing through treatment. More: 🔗 bit.ly/3YxYJDU #CardioSky
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
hospital holiday party 🎄
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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 18/12/2025
Women with preeclampsia, other hypertensive disorders, large for gestational age, preterm delivery, or gestational diabetes were linked to increased long-term risk of atrial fibrillation. ja.ma/4s59smT
JAMA Cardiology cover: "Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Long-Term Risk of Atrial Fibrillation" by Casey Crump, Jingkai Wei, and Jan Sundquist et al. Published online Oct 22, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2025.3951
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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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