Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
November 16th, 2014
AHA 2014: There’s an App for That
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
A fellow finds a convenient way to plan your activities at AHA.14.
November 3rd, 2014
A “Big Data” Approach to Phenotype-Based Clustering of Heart Failure Patients
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Tariq Ahmad discusses his research group’s study of clinical phenotypes in patients with chronic systolic heart failure.
December 18th, 2013
Doc, Do I Really Need a New Battery?
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH and James Fang, MD
A 45-year-old man with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, diagnosed 8 years ago, presents for annual follow-up. A transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), taken 3 years ago, showed an LV ejection fraction of 25%. Since then, the patient has improved a great deal and now has barely any signs or symptoms of heart failure. Repeat TTE right before the current visit showed an […]
May 1st, 2013
Which Wedge to Believe?
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH and James Fang, MD
Offer your diagnosis of a 39-year-old man with severe pulmonary hypertension and markedly variable pulmonary capillary wedge pressures among lung segments.
April 11th, 2013
Journals, Journals, Everywhere
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Does creating more subspecialty journals contribute to the creation of too much information, about small aspects of the field, such that specialists move closer to “knowing everything about nothing”?
March 12th, 2013
Too Long, Too Short, or Just Right?
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
What would be a better format for ACC?
March 12th, 2013
More Negative Heart Failure Trials: Blogging from ACC.13
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Might more accurate definitions of heart failure result in more positive trial results?
March 11th, 2013
Diversity in Cardiology: Blogging from ACC.13
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
What can be done to increase the numbers of women and minorities at ACC.13 and in cardiology in general?
March 11th, 2013
The Human Touch After Hours and Between Sessions: Blogging from ACC.13
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Much of medical training in spent paying respect to a strict hierarchy, and these meetings allow for mentors and mentees to interact as peers.
March 10th, 2013
Great Venue, Great Sessions, but Disappointments Too: Blogging from ACC.13
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Disappointments as the PREVAIL presentation is pulled and the author is shut out of crowded sessions
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