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ChronicleLive - The Chronicle @chroniclelive.co.uk · 09/06/2025

Baby Arabella was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot - a congenital heart defect - and underwent open heart surgery last week

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Baby recovering in hospital after undergoing open heart surgery

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Am I the only person who didn’t know that receiving prior authorization from an insurance company for a test or procedure doesn’t mean they agree to actually pay for it???

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Denying coverage doesn’t increase insurers’ profits? So they’re just doing it for funsies? Sad

Screenshot of Vinay Prasad asserting that denying coverage does not increase the profits of insurance companies.

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Guess how many countries on this list have universal healthcare.

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Guys, it feels weird to post this here, but... it's the anniversary of the first human-to-human heart transplant! Technically, I'm a day late as it's already Dec. 4 in Cape Town, South Africa, where on Dec. 3, 1967, the heart of Denise Darvall (25) was placed into the chest of Louis Washkansky (56).

The front page of the South African newspaper, The Cape Times, from December 4, 1967, declaring "World's First Heart Transplant - Groote Schuur doctors make history"

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What the hell is a “convenience fee” for and why are so many businesses levying one these days? “You can place an order in person for free or you can use our app but it will cost you a dollar more.”

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hey, @jtrebach.bsky.social. I've mostly been hanging out on Reddit lately but this guy who took a bite out of some random wild fruit before thinking to ask what it was made me think of you! I don't think anyone ever figured out what it was...

Screenshot of Reddit post that says "What fruit is this? Found it on a big tree very similar to a lemon tree. Very soft and easy to bite and sweet."

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My tombstone will have to be some representation of 50,000 unread email messages.

A tombstone shaped like a large stack of books for Harry R. Snow who died on August 24, 1882 at the age of 26 years, 3 months, and 6 days.

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I wish someone had told me that half of the job of being the dad is eating the family’s leftovers before they go bad.

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Forget hoarding hydroxychloroquine, it’s time to start hoarding MMR.

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JK Han, MD, FACC, FHRS @jkhmd.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

First, follow @load-dependent.bsky.social who’s building the #cardiology #MedSky starter pack (includes us #EPeeps!) Second, click on the starter pack to repopulate our respective houses (follow people and follow people back). Thanks Lars!🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

At one point, I was “known” for sharing interesting bits of medical history, mostly related to cardiology. That and starting an internet debate about how to resuscitate a centaur.

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Isn’t there some button I can click to automatically follow all my old Twitter followers who are joining Bluesky?

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Picked up my copy of Critical Care: The Game and got to spend some time catching up with @laxswamy.bsky.social! Can’t wait for game night!

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

I can’t decide whether this message printed on a Lululemon bag is inspirational or just depressing.

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Fred Wu, MD 🫀 吳明杰 @fredwumd.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

I don’t know how many adult congenital cardiologists are on here, but if any of you are interested in joining our team at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we‘ve posted a job opening! www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/723724/a...

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