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Patrick Myers
@pomyers
Cardiovascular surgeon, @EACTS secretary general, president @CTSNet, director @STS_CTsurgery, interested in clinical research. (opinions my own)
Geneva, Switzerland
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    Patrick Myers
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    Oct 15, 2021
    Deeply humbled by the confidence given by the nominating committee, @EACTS council and members to take on the role of secretary general. Excellent to continue learning from @rafasadaba during this transition year (and dare I say relieved 😉?) #EACTS2021
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    EACTS
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    Oct 15, 2021
    The election of new Officers & Councillors just took place at the EACTS General Assembly. Voting was unanimous. We're pleased to announce that @pomyers has been selected as the new Secretary General Elect. @rafasadaba continues as Secretary General until October 2022 (🧵1/4)
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    Patrick Myers
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    Sep 22, 2019
    Last week, 37 yo aortic dissection walked in to the ED, collapses from tamponnade. Awake cannulation for bypass, full repair. Now out of the hospital & great. When I learned his daughter had just blown the candle on her 1st birthday cake 10 days before:
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    Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA
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    Sep 21, 2019
    When was the last time you had a healthcare victory deserving of the classic "Dr Benton move" from ER?
    GIF
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    Patrick Myers
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    Jul 17, 2020
    After almost 1 year, the wait is over - the #EXCEL investigators finally release the UDMI data in @NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… 🧵 in a nutshell: - the EXCEL investigators had the UDMI data, although they said they didn’t - It shows higher MI risk for PCI
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Oct 11, 2022
    We have lost a dear friend, mentor and outstanding member of our surgical community. Domenico Pagano @dompagano passed away yesterday. All my thoughts go out to his partner Rossana and his two daughters.
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Mar 28, 2020
    Replying to @joeldunning
    But are you qualified/capable of working as an ICU nurse? Great initiative, but I could NEVER do 10% of what our great ICU nurses do!
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Dec 23, 2021
    The @AATSHQ and @STS_CTsurgery explain why they didn't endorse the @AHAScience @ACCinTouch @SCAI coronary revasc guidelines jtcvs.org/action/showPdf…
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    Patrick Myers
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    Aug 10, 2021
    After listening to/reading @drjohnm, @VPrasadMDMPH and others, my first impression on reading this @nytimes opinion: why don't we have RCTs, comparing masking - no-maksing - school closure and look at hard outcomes? This would provide helpful data...
    Opinion | We Studied One Million Students. This Is What We Learned About Masking. (Published 2021)
    From nytimes.com
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    Patrick Myers
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    Oct 5, 2019
    David Taggart - update on EXCEL #EACTS2019 “In over 300 pubmed publications, I have never withdrawn from authorship. I withdrew from EXCEL manuscript submitted to @NEJM”. Wow! EXCEL: • Selected LM disease
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    Patrick Myers
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    Oct 2, 2019
    After a few days to go over the #EXCEL 5 year results published in @NEJM and thinking hard about @DrMoritzWvB tweet on IC and cardiac surgery seeing things quite differently, here are a few thoughts. Glad to hear your thoughts @tssmn @ctsnetorg @EACTS 1/30
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Aug 15, 2020
    Making fun of predatory journals & HCQ believers in one go - outstanding work from top French researchers!
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Jan 23, 2023
    Leaving sunny San Diego, after an outstanding #STS2023 meeting. Great to see everyone in person again, and an amazing program. Looking forward to serving @STS_CTsurgery as international director, a privilege to learn and advance cardio-thoracic surgery world-wide!
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    Patrick Myers
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    Jun 3, 2021
    Sobering data on long-term outcomes for pacing in the young in @ESC_Journals academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Nov 17, 2020
    PCI vs. CABG in diabetics: excellent commentary from @VictorDayan1 and @tomcnguyen in @AATSJournals Whether "in the movies or the history books", the message is clear: CABG has better outcomes doi.org/10.1053/j.semt…
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    Patrick Myers
    @pomyers
    Mar 24, 2024
    Typical patient included in REVIVED-BCIS, 80 yo, turned down for surgery, undergoes protected CTO-PCI. What was the benefit and rationale? Please show me the evidence to support this practice @VictorDayan1 @FaisalBakaeen @rafasadaba @DavidLBrownMD @mmamas1973 @drjohnm
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    Said Ashraf MD, FACC, FSCAI
    @SaidAshrafMD
    Mar 23, 2024
    80 YO M new onset HFrEF (30%), diagnostic cath shows 100% CTO of RCA & LCx, last remaining conduit is LAD. Surgical turn down, shared decision made for high risk PCI - how would you approach this? CTO first or LAD first? Protected PCI? Plaque modification? Will share what I did
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