CardioExchange Archive

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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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.

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