Josh Krasnow
@jmksnow.bsky.social
Cardiologist, sometimes with stents. Bikes. Desktop linux
cardiosky medsky
cardiosky medsky
Apropos of nothing
I wonder what happened to Dick Cheney’s LVAD
I wonder what happened to Dick Cheney’s LVAD
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Apropos of nothing
I wonder what happened to Dick Cheney’s LVAD
I wonder what happened to Dick Cheney’s LVAD
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I wrote about this debacle and the implications for, well, most of healthcare:
gidmk.substack.com/p/stem-cell-...
gidmk.substack.com/p/stem-cell-...
Stem Cell Infusions And Heart Failure: The Story Of An Academic Trainwreck
Some truly bizarre data behind a big new clinical trial
gidmk.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I wrote about this debacle and the implications for, well, most of healthcare:
gidmk.substack.com/p/stem-cell-...
gidmk.substack.com/p/stem-cell-...
Reposted by Josh Krasnow
This is one of the most remarkable academic debacles I've ever seen.
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
pubpeer.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is one of the most remarkable academic debacles I've ever seen.
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
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NEW: Governor Maura Healey said SNAP benefits in Mass are being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need” despite what President Trump says. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
Healey to Mass. SNAP recipients: ‘Forget the noise’ from Washington, buy groceries - The Boston Globe
Governor Maura Healey on Monday said that a federal program that helps millions of Americans buy groceries is being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need.”
www.bostonglobe.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: Governor Maura Healey said SNAP benefits in Mass are being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need” despite what President Trump says. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
So I’m reading Poly-HF study
And the only thing I can think is…
I can’t wrap my mind around that we’re studying new ways to give stuff we already know works instead of, you know, just providing the stuff
Like health insurance, housing, and…SNAP
#medsky #cardiosky
And the only thing I can think is…
I can’t wrap my mind around that we’re studying new ways to give stuff we already know works instead of, you know, just providing the stuff
Like health insurance, housing, and…SNAP
#medsky #cardiosky
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
So I’m reading Poly-HF study
And the only thing I can think is…
I can’t wrap my mind around that we’re studying new ways to give stuff we already know works instead of, you know, just providing the stuff
Like health insurance, housing, and…SNAP
#medsky #cardiosky
And the only thing I can think is…
I can’t wrap my mind around that we’re studying new ways to give stuff we already know works instead of, you know, just providing the stuff
Like health insurance, housing, and…SNAP
#medsky #cardiosky
NGL, that bridge is giving me a panic attack
Trump sanctions have swift impact but will world stop buying Russian oil and gas?
Trump sanctions have swift impact but will world stop buying Russian oil and gas?
Analysts say president’s war on Russia’s fossil fuel revenues is a chance to bring peace to Ukraine and profit to US
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NGL, that bridge is giving me a panic attack
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I just heard an ad for Trodelvy on a podcast about pro cycling
The Venn diagram between Trodelvy pts and bro-cycling podcast listeners has to be in the single digits
We live in very strange times
#medsky
The Venn diagram between Trodelvy pts and bro-cycling podcast listeners has to be in the single digits
We live in very strange times
#medsky
October 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I just heard an ad for Trodelvy on a podcast about pro cycling
The Venn diagram between Trodelvy pts and bro-cycling podcast listeners has to be in the single digits
We live in very strange times
#medsky
The Venn diagram between Trodelvy pts and bro-cycling podcast listeners has to be in the single digits
We live in very strange times
#medsky
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Did you know Capital Blue Cross has a whole webpage devoted to talking people out of GLP-1 medications? Pretty neat! Kind of feels like they’d rather not pay for them!
www.capbluecross.com/wps/portal/c...
www.capbluecross.com/wps/portal/c...
www.capbluecross.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Did you know Capital Blue Cross has a whole webpage devoted to talking people out of GLP-1 medications? Pretty neat! Kind of feels like they’d rather not pay for them!
www.capbluecross.com/wps/portal/c...
www.capbluecross.com/wps/portal/c...
Been reading about McCarthyism lately, for no particular reason, and how it ended
Not really seeing a Margaret Chase Smith, Edward R Murrow, or Warren court
Not really seeing a Margaret Chase Smith, Edward R Murrow, or Warren court
September 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Been reading about McCarthyism lately, for no particular reason, and how it ended
Not really seeing a Margaret Chase Smith, Edward R Murrow, or Warren court
Not really seeing a Margaret Chase Smith, Edward R Murrow, or Warren court
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What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases.
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases.
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
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CDC to recommend looking only one way before crossing street
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
CDC to recommend looking only one way before crossing street
Looking into Apple Watch HTN feature
Approved by being "substantially similar" to Viz-dot-ai's HCM notification feature which analyzes...EKG's
What?
1/2
#medsky #cardiosky #nephsky
Approved by being "substantially similar" to Viz-dot-ai's HCM notification feature which analyzes...EKG's
What?
1/2
#medsky #cardiosky #nephsky
September 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Looking into Apple Watch HTN feature
Approved by being "substantially similar" to Viz-dot-ai's HCM notification feature which analyzes...EKG's
What?
1/2
#medsky #cardiosky #nephsky
Approved by being "substantially similar" to Viz-dot-ai's HCM notification feature which analyzes...EKG's
What?
1/2
#medsky #cardiosky #nephsky
Nothing has changed my take that I’d rather have a heart cath than go to the dentist any day of the week and twice on Sunday (you can go bi-radial)
September 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Nothing has changed my take that I’d rather have a heart cath than go to the dentist any day of the week and twice on Sunday (you can go bi-radial)
I can't quite wrap my head around the fact that we live in an unironic 4Chan world
September 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I can't quite wrap my head around the fact that we live in an unironic 4Chan world
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I think we know the answer.
September 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I think we know the answer.
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The U.S.’s dramatic research and funding cuts as well as changes to skilled-worker immigration policies threaten one of its greatest economic advantages: people-powered innovation.
America’s Brain Drain Could Become the World’s Brain Gain
Research-funding cuts and immigration changes threaten some of America’s economic advantages.
on.wsj.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Massachusetts orders insurers to cover state-backed vaccines, even without CDC support reut.rs/45Ou9KV
Massachusetts orders insurers to cover state-backed vaccines, even without CDC support
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said Thursday the state had ordered insurers to cover vaccines backed by its health department, even if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issue narrower recommendations.
reut.rs
September 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Massachusetts orders insurers to cover state-backed vaccines, even without CDC support reut.rs/45Ou9KV
ESC absolutely killing it
hmm, can't imagine why balance has shifted away from big US meetings...🤔
hmm, can't imagine why balance has shifted away from big US meetings...🤔
August 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
ESC absolutely killing it
hmm, can't imagine why balance has shifted away from big US meetings...🤔
hmm, can't imagine why balance has shifted away from big US meetings...🤔
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#ESCCongress Hotline Session addresses hot topics in #AFib management, including discontinuation of long-term OAC Therapy after AFib ablation; digital twin-guided ablation vs. PVI; and PFA vs. RFA in patients w/drug-resistant paroxysmal AFIB. Read more: https://bit.ly/4p5Sbsw
August 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#ESCCongress Hotline Session addresses hot topics in #AFib management, including discontinuation of long-term OAC Therapy after AFib ablation; digital twin-guided ablation vs. PVI; and PFA vs. RFA in patients w/drug-resistant paroxysmal AFIB. Read more: https://bit.ly/4p5Sbsw
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Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
Interventional cardiologists been doing the weighted vest thing for decades
we're trying to get rid of the damn things
#medsky #cardiosky
we're trying to get rid of the damn things
#medsky #cardiosky
August 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Interventional cardiologists been doing the weighted vest thing for decades
we're trying to get rid of the damn things
#medsky #cardiosky
we're trying to get rid of the damn things
#medsky #cardiosky
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#YesCCT best images contest
LAD, RCA and CFX with separate origins from right coronary cusp.
@scct-heart.bsky.social
LAD, RCA and CFX with separate origins from right coronary cusp.
@scct-heart.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I just read this fantastic review from the MGH group about Athlete’s Heart. If you want to understand the history and mechanisms, this article is the best review I’ve seen.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
American Heart Association Journals
www.ahajournals.org
July 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I just read this fantastic review from the MGH group about Athlete’s Heart. If you want to understand the history and mechanisms, this article is the best review I’ve seen.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....