Ethan J Weiss, M.D.
February 16th, 2015
Case: Rising Coronary Artery Calcium in a Patient Who Has a Normal Stress Echo with an Abnormal ECG
Ethan J Weiss, M.D.
A 74-year-old physically active man exercises daily, takes a statin for hyperlipidemia, and has no other risk factors aside from a mildly elevated hemoglobin A1c. His most recent lipid profile, in January 2015, was: Total-c: 144 mg/dL LDL-c: 84 mg/dL HDL-c: 48 mg/dL Triglycerides: 59 mg/dL His coronary artery calcium scores were 109.5 in the year […]
December 8th, 2014
New Anticoagulant Spotlights Major Role for the Intrinsic Pathway
Sanjay Kaul, MD and Ethan J Weiss, M.D.
Sanjay Kaul and Ethan Weiss discuss an entirely new approach to anticoagulation.
September 15th, 2014
How to Ace Your Fellowship Interview
Ethan J Weiss, M.D.
The following compilation of fellowship interview tips was originally published on Twitter between August 15th and 18th by Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist with 13 years of experience interviewing fellowship applicants. Matthew Pirotte also supplied this helpful graph categorizing potential applicants. 1. Prepare like you are interviewing for a job. You are. Know who you are meeting and […]
June 23rd, 2014
Unethical Health Screening: When Unnecessary Tests Do More Harm Than Good
Ethan J Weiss, M.D.
Ethan Weiss discusses how unnecessary cardiovascular screening can lead to serious consequences.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- Extensive Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
- Can a Novel Stent Design Improve Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
- Are Angiographically-Derived Coronary Physiology Measurements Ready for Use in the Cath Lab?
- A Randomized Trial of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
- An Early Look at a Novel Intranasal Loop Diuretic