Harlan M. Krumholz
hmkyale.bsky.social
Harlan M. Krumholz
@hmkyale.bsky.social
Committed to my family, friends, and colleagues - working to make the future better than the past.
After decades of disappointment in HFpEF, a new idea is shaking things up.

Could heart failure with preserved EF actually be an adipose-driven disease?

JACC’s latest issue explores “The Adipokine Hypothesis.”
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October 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Physician certification should not be an ordeal; it is in vast need of improvement.
My @jaccjournals.bsky.social Journals Editor’s Page explores how we can modernize physician certification to be relevant, humane, and effective.
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Rethinking Physician Certification: A Call for a Modern, Meaningful Standard
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October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In this Editor’s Page, I outline why we believe authors can use AI tools to improve scientific writing—if they fully own what they submit.

At JACC, we won’t stigmatize responsible use of AI. But we will insist on accountability.

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Tools, Not Ghosts: Artificial Intelligence, Writing, and Responsibility
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September 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In this Editor’s Page, I outline why we believe authors can use AI tools to improve scientific writing if they fully own what they submit.
At JACC,we won’t stigmatize responsible use of AI. We will insist on accountability.
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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Tools, Not Ghosts: Artificial Intelligence, Writing, and Responsibility
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September 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For anyone who has wanted a clear, authoritative summary of inflammation and cardiovascular disease, and where the science is heading, here it is.
The 2025 ACC Scientific Statement on Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease. @jaccjournals.bsky.social www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: 2025 ACC Scientific Statement: A Report of the American College of Cardiology
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September 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is an extraordinary report from @ihmeuw.bsky.social and published in @jaccjournals.bsky.social; it demonstrates that cardiovascular disease is a global scourge. And we are failing to leverage what we know to save lives. www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Reposted by Harlan M. Krumholz
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/
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Quality measurement was once a breakthrough.
But today it’s too slow, too costly, and too disconnected from daily care.

It’s time to reinvent it.

🆕 My Editor’s Page in JACC: www.jacc.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Computable Quality
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September 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Reposted by Harlan M. Krumholz
“Everyone thinks their genes are the cause for them getting an age-related disease, it’s actually your immune system.” - @erictopol.bsky.social the author of Super Agers on #HealthandVeritas podcast
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September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New @JACCJournals: Guiding the AI Revolution in CV Medicine
I lay out 5 operational principles—from rigorous validation to bias reduction—to make AI safe, equitable & impactful in cardiology.
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Guiding the AI Revolution in Cardiovascular Medicine:
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September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Biology, not blame.
That’s the message from #ESCCongress.
Fat is not just storage, it’s an organ.
Its signals may drive heart failure and more.
Read my take: Fat, Reframed: A Turning Point in Heart Disease.
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Fat, Reframed
A Turning Point in Heart Disease
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September 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Rehabilitation can ⬆️ Functional Independence and ⬇️ Long-term Cognitive Impairment among #ICU survivors. But how often do hospitals deliver it?

Led by @yalemedicine.bsky.social resident Jose Victor, our paper bit.ly/41p9fPT in @accpchest.bsky.social provides insights
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New @JACCJournals Editor’s Page: A Disquieting Plateau
🫀 Cardiovascular mortality progress has stalled
📉 In some areas, it’s reversing
💡 We must confront what’s happening on our watch—and what comes next
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lfjn2d9GI...
#CardioTwitter #HealthEquity @jaccjournals.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In my new Substack post...

Did you know air pollution can raise blood pressure?

I break down a just-published JACC trial testing HEPA filters in homes near highways—and what it means for heart health.

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Never Delegate Understanding
Making health and science understandable. Click to read Never Delegate Understanding, by Harlan Krumholz, a Substack publication. Launched 3 days ago.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Can a HEPA filter protect the heart?
My latest JACC #DeepDive explores a new trial of in-home air filtration—what it found, why the effect size matters, and how it fits into decades of research on air pollution and CVD risk.
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Podcast Episode: Environmental Exposure as Intervention: HEPA Filtration and Blood Pressure Near Traffic Corridors | JACC Deep Dive
In this Deep Dive, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harlan Krumholz explores a pragmatic, randomized crossover trial testing whether in-home HEPA filtration can reduce blood pressure in adults living near high-traffic roadways. The findings offer early insights into how targeted environmental interventions may influence cardiovascular risk—especially among individuals with elevated baseline systolic blood pressure.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🎙️ New JACC This Week podcast!
This issue features:
🔹 CSPACE RCT — CSP vs RV pacing in AV block
🔹 HEPA filtration & blood pressure
🔹 FLAVOUR 6-year follow-up—FFR vs IVUS
🔹 Editor’s Page: excess CV mortality in Black Americans

🎧 Listen: www.jacc.org/digital-cont...
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Podcast Episode: Pacing Strategies, Air Quality, and the Path to Equity | JACC This Week
In this week's JACC Deep Dive podcast, Dr. Harlan Krumholz highlights new science with direct clinical implications: a randomized trial showing conduction system pacing outperforms RV pacing in AV block, a pragmatic study suggesting HEPA filtration may modestly lower blood pressure, and long-term data from FLAVOR comparing FFR and IVUS-guided PCI. Also featured are a state-of-the-art review on heart failure therapy implementation, a brief report refining NT-proBNP thresholds for pre–heart failure, and an updated JACC Report Card revealing persistent cardiovascular mortality disparities among Black Americans.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Did COVID-19 really age our arteries?

A major new study says yes—esp in women. But is it true?

I take a deeper look to see if the evidence matches the headlines.

Read it here → neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com/p/did-covid-...

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Did COVID Age Our Arteries?
A Closer Look at the Evidence
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August 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Never delegate understanding.”

That quote stuck with me—and it’s now the title of my new Substack.

I’ll be writing about health, science, & how these things can be understandable.

Subscribe here → neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com/subscribe

#health #science #medicine @yalemed.bsky.social
Subscribe to Never Delegate Understanding
Making health and science understandable. Click to read Never Delegate Understanding, by Harlan Krumholz, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
From device safety to novel valve design—the new JACC This Week podcast covers:
🔹 Clinician-led device safety
🔹 MASTER DAPT recurrent events
🔹 Drug-coated balloons for complex ISR
🔹 Polymer surgical mitral valve
Listen: bit.ly/4ove0Bn
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Podcast Episode: Device Safety, DAPT Strategy & Structural Innovation | JACC This Week
In this episode of JACC This Week, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harlan Krumholz explores device safety, abbreviated DAPT, drug-coated balloons, and a novel surgical polymer valve. Plus: expert insights on car...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🎙️ New JACC This Week:
🧬 Mini-Focus on Amyloid Heart Disease
🫀 Vutrisiran echo + biomarker insights
✍️ Editor’s Page on access + innovation
🩼 Bonus: VVS trial + DOACs in frailty
Listen now ⤵️
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Podcast Episode: Amyloidosis in Focus: Biomarkers, Structural Insights & Therapeutic Strategy | JACC This Week
In this mini focus issue of JACC This Week, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harlan Krumholz explores the evolving landscape of cardiac amyloidosis care. From structural and biomarker findings in the HELIOS-B subs...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Harlan M. Krumholz
We’re drowning in data, but are we helping patients? In this #JACC Editor’s Page, Dr. @hmkyale.bsky.social challenges us to ask better questions in #HeartFailure care. If you think you know HF, read this: www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... #CardioSky #MedSky
July 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎧 New JACC This Week podcast:

• SOGALDI-PEF: Dual therapy in HFpEF—worth it?
• HFimpEF: Big data, big risk
• Finerenone withdrawal
• LMNA stroke risk
• DSP & sex-specific risk
• Rethinking ICDs

🎙️ Listen: www.jacc.org/digital-cont...

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Podcast Episode: Heart Failure in Practice: Dual Therapy Insights, Digital Innovation & the Future of Risk Models | JACC This Week
In this focus issue on Heart Failure in Practice, JACC Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harlan Krumholz examines how contemporary research continues to refine and at times challenge our understanding of heart fail...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🎙️ New JACC Deep Dive:
Why did ACURATE neo2 fail in the IDE trial?

Post hoc analysis suggests valve underexpansion may be part of the answer.
Even with normal gradients.
Even with a good echo.
We explore what happened—and what’s next.

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Podcast Episode: ACURATE neo2 Under-Expansion | JACC Deep Dive
JACC's July 29 issue explores why the ACURATE neo2 valve failed in its IDE trial, with a post-hoc analysis pointing to under-expansion in heavily calcified anatomies as a potential culprit. Though the...
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July 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM