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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A fake ad seen in the onion's paper edition, celebrating America's 250th.

Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Check out our new publication out of #C4R -- People with high cardiovascular health had a 46% lower risk of #Covid19 hospitalization or death relative to people with low CVH.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Congratulations to @spjuraschek.bsky.social and his team for their stellar gofreshrx study and it's results!!

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I'm going on the record now: Covid-19 vaccination prevented more hospitalizations and saved more lives than optimizing diet, exercise, weight, etc ever could.

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Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS @spjuraschek.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Check out this sodium food warning!!! Progress!! Thanks @tbplante.bsky.social for sharing!

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JAMA @jama.com · 09/11/2025

RCT: Home-delivered, low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) groceries and dietitian support temporarily improved blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in Black adults with high BP versus monetary support. #AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social ja.ma/4oZ5JVI

Infographic summarizing a JAMA study on home-delivered groceries and blood pressure in Black adults. Key findings: DASH grocery delivery resulted in -5.7 mm Hg change, self-directed shopping -2.3 mm Hg. The between-group difference was -3.4 mm Hg.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Congratulations, @spjuraschek.bsky.social (and his mighty team!) for your GoFresh late breaker at #AHA25 and your @jama.com publication! Huge amount of work and very impressive findings. @bidmcreseach.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Great job to our post doc, Zaib Hussain at the QCOR early career competition! Her and @uvmvermont.bsky.social CompSci PhD student, Tonye Harry's manuscript is now published at Circ's QCOR journal! #aha25 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

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Mary Cushman 🫀🧠🩸 @marycushmanmd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Proud of Sarah Krumholz, med student in our lab, for winning the award for Outstanding Research Publication by a Medical Student! Her mentor is my former mentee @tbplante.bsky.social, so that makes her my ‘granddaughter’?? 🤣 @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Research Week

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Congratulations to @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social medical student, Sarah Krumholz, for winning the Outstanding Research Publication award for her study in REGARDS investigating risk of hypertension by sRAGE level! Very well deserved! Her paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40708351/

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Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS @spjuraschek.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

@tbplante.bsky.social It drew a lot of audience engagement - great session for the last day!!!

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Watched Ghostbusters with the kids. Such a great movie! I set myself up for being woken up 43 times tonight though.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Anyone else have an albatross project? I have a paper that is older than 2 of my children finally under review at a journal.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Remember when Google searches actually gave you results that were useful? The internet is seemingly wall to wall AI slop now.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Congratulations to the #OPTION investigators for completing a likely practice-changing trial of #AFAblation & #LAAOcclusion in AF. The supplement has probably the most remarkable tabulation of adverse events I've ever seen. Read our review on WJC: www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/OPTION

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Better #CardiovascularHealth (aka #LifesEssential8) is associated with lower #CVD, #Cancer, and other deaths in #REGARDS. Fascinating associations by LE8 component. www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... @jaccjournals.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social @dmljmd.bsky.social

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Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS @spjuraschek.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Super important read on cuffless devices for blood pressure! www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

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American Heart Association Journals

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Had a great visit with Tisdale lecturer, Ken Mukamal (@bidmcreseach.bsky.social). Stopped by our (@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social) biorepository. Behold! Specimens from studies that NIH has spent hundreds of millions of dollars supporting. MAJOR advancements in scientific knowledge have come from here.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

#Measles is officially in #Vermont. "Prepare for measles cases." www.healthvermont.gov/sites/defaul...

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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 10/03/2025

showed this to LilAware and I think it might be a good example of how a large proportion of protocol violations may make per protocol analysis more appropriate than intention to treat

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Classic Tootsie Roll Commercial - "How Many Licks"

YouTube video by Tootsie Roll

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Check out the @nytimes.com data driven story telling on the impact of covid's arrival 5 years ago. (Not the best use of the y axis range at times but good effort!) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020

It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Will 'Life's Necessary 9' add on the environment when considering cardiovascular health? Great talk from Columbia's METAL Lab! #epilifestyle25

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The Larner College of Medicine @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Reminder for those attending the #ahaepi25 conference in New Orleans this week... check out #UVMLarnerMed Class of 2027 Jake Ayisi's poster at #EPILifestyle2025 on the #REGARDSStudy @americanheart.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

DASH diet with low sodium lowers BP in DM, even when sglt2-i or glp-1 agonists are used! #epilifestyle25

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Great job, Jake! For folks going to #ahaepi25, make sure to check out Jake's poster for this project.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

What a great storm! Fluffy light snow all over Burlington. Keep it coming!

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The freeze on @NIH study sections and grant reviews doesn’t just stall U.S. research—it impacts global science. Collaborators abroad, often reliant on grant funds, face disruptions in salaries, experiments, and progress. Science is a team effort; the freeze ripples worldwide.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Cochran's Ski Area in Richmond, VT is so wholesome. $300/y for a family pass, but free if cost is problematic. Everyone is lovely. Run by a family of Olympians in their family land as a nonprofit.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

that smile that damn smile

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'm looking for a third paper for a Medicaid managed care-focused panel for ASHE. DM me if interested! Please RT, I'm new to the blue skies...

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Jordy Cohen @jordybc.bsky.social · 15/02/2022

Check out validatebp.org 🇺🇸 BP device listing. A bit different from the excellent stridebp.org & Medaval. We peer review both published & unpublished validation studies (many journals will no longer publish these & struggle to find qualified reviewers) 3/

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Need to make a (social) network graph or hierarchical graph? Here's my how to using #stata and #Graphviz! blog.uvm.edu/tbplante/202... #episky #statssky

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Me: What did you ask Santa for? 8yo daughter: A Walkman! Me: Really? You wanna listen to music? 8yo: yeah or watch a movie. Me: on a Walkman? 8yo: Yes, daddy. Or listen to books. Do you know what a Walkman is? Me (40yo): Very well. 8yo: Me too. I read about them in a book.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Fresh snow makes for a great bikeride home after a nocturnist shift! #Vermont #medsky

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Parham Eshtehardi MD @cardioobdoc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This @jama.com article got more referrals/posts from 🦋 than other platform on @altmetric.com #CardioSky #CardioObstetrics #OBGYN ja.ma/4f4JVT4

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TCTMD @tctmd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Severe COVID-19 is found to be a coronary artery disease risk equivalent, even for years after. Hooman Allayee shares the data from the UK Biobank in this #QuickTakes. Watch the full video here: www.tctmd.com/videos/quick... #cardiosky

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Heart Rhythm Society @heartrhythmsociety.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED 2 DAYS TO DEC 6 🚨 Take a couple more days to finesse your #HRS2025 scientific abstracts before submitting them by 11:59 PM ET on Friday, December 6 ➡️ bit.ly/497P8sf #EPeeps #Medsky #CArdiosky #MedEd #SanDiego #scientificsessions #globalEP #EPresearch

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#cardiosky question for y'all: Would you consider BNP to be on the causal pathway between a drug (exposure) and HF hospitalization (outcome) among people with HFpEF?

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Turning 40 means discovering levels of Thanksgiving heartburn not thought to be previously possible.

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Tim Plante, MD MHS @tbplante.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The Dennis Nedry lego figurine is perfection.

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

HIV is a well-known cardiovascular risk enhancer. We review the data and guidelines surrounding early recognition and management of comorbid cardiometabolic diseases among people living with HIV. Read the article here: ow.ly/ZBAh50U85Sk #AJPC #CardioSky @aspcardio.bsky.social

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