Catherine Benziger MD MPH FAHA FACC
@drbenzigerheart.bsky.social
Non-invasive Cardiologist | clinical trialist | medical director of heart & vascular research, Essentia Health | associate professor, UMN Med School | public health expert | lipids, hypertension, cardiometabolic | runner, triathlete
Congratulations to the WARRIOR investigators and patients who participated! ✅High risk patients - 1 in 6 readmitted
✅Need to understand mechanisms in INOCA
✅Hard to enroll, hard to retain, underpowered neutral trial
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
✅Need to understand mechanisms in INOCA
✅Hard to enroll, hard to retain, underpowered neutral trial
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Congratulations to the WARRIOR investigators and patients who participated! ✅High risk patients - 1 in 6 readmitted
✅Need to understand mechanisms in INOCA
✅Hard to enroll, hard to retain, underpowered neutral trial
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
✅Need to understand mechanisms in INOCA
✅Hard to enroll, hard to retain, underpowered neutral trial
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
Julia Harris: Etiology of cardiac arrest in popular film and treatment is misleading and doesn't follow guidelines.
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Julia Harris: Etiology of cardiac arrest in popular film and treatment is misleading and doesn't follow guidelines.
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
#ACC25 @accintouch.bsky.social
Dr. Victor Dzau:
Future of #CVD care is going to be evolving rapidly over the next century:
❤️ Emphasis on prevention
❤️ Equitable access and affordable
❤️ Mission-based innovation
❤️ Develop national priorities
Need governance to oversee innovation, ensure ethics
#acc25
@accintouch.bsky.social
Future of #CVD care is going to be evolving rapidly over the next century:
❤️ Emphasis on prevention
❤️ Equitable access and affordable
❤️ Mission-based innovation
❤️ Develop national priorities
Need governance to oversee innovation, ensure ethics
#acc25
@accintouch.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dr. Victor Dzau:
Future of #CVD care is going to be evolving rapidly over the next century:
❤️ Emphasis on prevention
❤️ Equitable access and affordable
❤️ Mission-based innovation
❤️ Develop national priorities
Need governance to oversee innovation, ensure ethics
#acc25
@accintouch.bsky.social
Future of #CVD care is going to be evolving rapidly over the next century:
❤️ Emphasis on prevention
❤️ Equitable access and affordable
❤️ Mission-based innovation
❤️ Develop national priorities
Need governance to oversee innovation, ensure ethics
#acc25
@accintouch.bsky.social
Dr. Victor Dzau:
How do we improve #cvd with rising #obesity?
✅Start with 1° and 2° #cvprev
✅Primordial prevention
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
How do we improve #cvd with rising #obesity?
✅Start with 1° and 2° #cvprev
✅Primordial prevention
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
March 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dr. Victor Dzau:
How do we improve #cvd with rising #obesity?
✅Start with 1° and 2° #cvprev
✅Primordial prevention
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
How do we improve #cvd with rising #obesity?
✅Start with 1° and 2° #cvprev
✅Primordial prevention
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
Dr. Amy Sarma:
Who needs monogenic genetic testing for #SCAD ?
✅Men
✅Aortic aneurysm
✅Family history
✅SCAD pt wanting pregnancy
Otherwise likely polygenic
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
#cvprev
Who needs monogenic genetic testing for #SCAD ?
✅Men
✅Aortic aneurysm
✅Family history
✅SCAD pt wanting pregnancy
Otherwise likely polygenic
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
#cvprev
March 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dr. Amy Sarma:
Who needs monogenic genetic testing for #SCAD ?
✅Men
✅Aortic aneurysm
✅Family history
✅SCAD pt wanting pregnancy
Otherwise likely polygenic
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
#cvprev
Who needs monogenic genetic testing for #SCAD ?
✅Men
✅Aortic aneurysm
✅Family history
✅SCAD pt wanting pregnancy
Otherwise likely polygenic
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
#cvprev
Hey ladies! Come to theater 1 now to hear about why we need more women leaders in clinical trials #acc25
@accintouch.bsky.social
@accintouch.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey ladies! Come to theater 1 now to hear about why we need more women leaders in clinical trials #acc25
@accintouch.bsky.social
@accintouch.bsky.social
Is menopause a disease? No! It's part of aging and occurs in 1/2 the pop.
Vasomotor symptoms are real
✅assess #cvd risk across the lifespan
✅Need outcome studies of HRT and GLP1RA by risk
✅ask♀️about all risk factors including pregnancy and cardiometabolic risks
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
Vasomotor symptoms are real
✅assess #cvd risk across the lifespan
✅Need outcome studies of HRT and GLP1RA by risk
✅ask♀️about all risk factors including pregnancy and cardiometabolic risks
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
March 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Is menopause a disease? No! It's part of aging and occurs in 1/2 the pop.
Vasomotor symptoms are real
✅assess #cvd risk across the lifespan
✅Need outcome studies of HRT and GLP1RA by risk
✅ask♀️about all risk factors including pregnancy and cardiometabolic risks
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
Vasomotor symptoms are real
✅assess #cvd risk across the lifespan
✅Need outcome studies of HRT and GLP1RA by risk
✅ask♀️about all risk factors including pregnancy and cardiometabolic risks
@accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
Excited to be one of 71 sites in the WARRIOR study, results presented by Eileen Handberg @accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
✅ 17% event rate over 5 years
✅ No significant difference between intensive medical therapy and usually care
✅ 17% event rate over 5 years
✅ No significant difference between intensive medical therapy and usually care
March 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Excited to be one of 71 sites in the WARRIOR study, results presented by Eileen Handberg @accintouch.bsky.social #acc25
✅ 17% event rate over 5 years
✅ No significant difference between intensive medical therapy and usually care
✅ 17% event rate over 5 years
✅ No significant difference between intensive medical therapy and usually care
Great start to #acc25 with the @accintouch.bsky.social 75th anniversary gala at the Field
March 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Great start to #acc25 with the @accintouch.bsky.social 75th anniversary gala at the Field
Great discussion on the current state of #statin and #dementia in older adults research at the #Preventabletrial investigator meeting
December 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Great discussion on the current state of #statin and #dementia in older adults research at the #Preventabletrial investigator meeting
Dr. Sadiya Khan discusses race and updates to the @ahascience.bsky.social AHA PREVENT risk prediction models with UACR, A1C and social deprivation index to improve equity
#AHA24 #cardiosky #Medsky
#AHA24 #cardiosky #Medsky
November 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Dr. Sadiya Khan discusses race and updates to the @ahascience.bsky.social AHA PREVENT risk prediction models with UACR, A1C and social deprivation index to improve equity
#AHA24 #cardiosky #Medsky
#AHA24 #cardiosky #Medsky
Great to see the #GBD study cited by the incoming President of the @ahascience.bsky.social Dr. Churchwell
He says this is a wake up call for us as there are rising CV risk factors and ongoing disparities in #CVD #cardiosky #AHA24
He says this is a wake up call for us as there are rising CV risk factors and ongoing disparities in #CVD #cardiosky #AHA24
November 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Great to see the #GBD study cited by the incoming President of the @ahascience.bsky.social Dr. Churchwell
He says this is a wake up call for us as there are rising CV risk factors and ongoing disparities in #CVD #cardiosky #AHA24
He says this is a wake up call for us as there are rising CV risk factors and ongoing disparities in #CVD #cardiosky #AHA24
November 16, 2024 at 10:21 PM
The Women in Cardiology luncheon was packed to honor Dr. Volgman for the mentoring award. Thanks for the inspiration! #cardiosky #cvprev #AHA24
November 16, 2024 at 6:18 PM
The Women in Cardiology luncheon was packed to honor Dr. Volgman for the mentoring award. Thanks for the inspiration! #cardiosky #cvprev #AHA24
Ready for an awesome day @ahascience.bsky.social #AHA24
November 16, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Ready for an awesome day @ahascience.bsky.social #AHA24
I am back! Left X since COVID but I'm excited to be at #AHA24 in Chicago and reconnect with colleagues and friends and giants (literally) in #cvepi #cvd @nupress.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 3:07 AM
I am back! Left X since COVID but I'm excited to be at #AHA24 in Chicago and reconnect with colleagues and friends and giants (literally) in #cvepi #cvd @nupress.bsky.social