Pulmonary/Critical Care, OB Crit Care & Obstetric Medicine @uoftmedicine & @SinaiHealth. Co-EiC @OBMedicine, Past president @NASOMtweets #OB-ICU 🇨🇦🇿🇦

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Programme now finalised for SMaCC (Scottish Maternal Critical Care) meeting. Monday 21st September in Perth. More details on registration and abstract submission can be found at smaccnetwork.org
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Yes - the meeting of the year is now open for registration! #ISOMMOMS2026 📅7th and 8th Dec 2026 🌍QEII Conference Centre, London, UK Global updates ✔️ Exciting clinical topics✔️ Time to meet old friends and make new ones✔️ SIM session✔️ POCUS ✔️ isommoms2026.org
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Welcome to our APRIL 1 SPECIAL CARDIO OBSTETRICS issue of #JACCCaseReports @JACCJournals. jacc.org/journal/case-report… Full PDF here: jacc.org/doi/10.1016/S2666-0… Thank you @MinnowWalsh for leading this special issue! @hmkyale @Justine_Turco JACC: Case Reports and Cardio-Obstetric Essentials jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Imaging: Navigating the Aortopathy Dilemma in Pregnancy: Case Series Insights From a Cardiac Surgical Center jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies: Temporary Left Ventricular Assist Device for Peripartum Cardiogenic Shock as a Bridge to Cesarean Delivery jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Group 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Resulting From Thyrotoxicosis During Pregnancy jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Calcific Constrictive Tuberculous Pericarditis in Pregnancy: A Shared Decision-Making Approach jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Rhythm Disorders and Electrophysiology: Asymptomatic Complete Heart Block in Pregnancy jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia in Pregnancy jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Vascular Medicine: Fibrosing Mediastinitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case with Antepartum Hemoptysis and Airway Obstruction jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a 32-Year-Old Woman With Postpartum Hemorrhage jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Cardiometabolic: Gestational Hypertriglyceridemia Management and the Utility of Multidisciplinary Care jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Congenital Heart Disease: Patent Foramen Ovale–Induced Hypoxemia Unmasked During Pregnancy jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Imaging: A Cardio-Obstetric Breakthrough Beyond Routine Pregnancy Care: Unmasking Hodgkin’s Lymphoma jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Ischemic Heart Disease: Silent Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy Uncovered During Routine Antenatal Echocardiographic Screening jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Outcomes and Quality: Cardiac Tamponade Revealing a New Diagnosis of Malignancy: When Intervention Is the Answer jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Valvular Heart Disease: Managing Pregnancy in the Presence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and Antiphospholipid Syndrome jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration Thrombectomy-Assisted Management of Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis During Pregnancy jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Health Promotion and Preventive Cardiology: Creating a Cardio-Obstetrics Elective as a Fellow In Training jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Outcomes and Quality: Early Outcomes of an Extended Postpartum Hypertension Program: Care Beyond Delivery jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Valvular Heart Disease: Transcaval SESAME, LAMPOON, and Valve-in-MAC: First Experience With SESAME Outside the United States jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… The Next Era of Transcatheter Electrosurgery for Structural Heart Interventions jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… A Very Late Mitral Valve Hypoattenuated Leaflet Thickening With Significant Warfarin Response jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Obstructive Hypoattenuated Leaflet Thickening in a Complex Valve-in-Valve TAVR Successfully Treated With Thrombolysis jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Thrombolysis for Obstructive HALT in Complex Valve-in-Valve TAVR jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Severe Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation After Blunt Chest Trauma jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… When Trauma Obscures the Heart: Diagnostic Blind Spots After Blunt Chest Injury jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Coronary, Peripheral and Structural Interventions: Transapical Edge-to-Edge Repair for Systolic Anterior Motion in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Management of Coronary Artery Perforations: A Stepwise, Case-Based Review From a High-Volume Center jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Percutaneous Closure jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Atypical Presentation of Mycotic Coronary Artery Aneurysm jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Laser-Assisted OPN Technique for Recalcitrant Multilayer In-Stent Restenosis: A Systematic Approach jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Percutaneous Rescue With Sequential Second-Device Usage for Left Atrial Appendage Perforation During Amulet Implantation jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Imaging: High-Output Heart Failure Associated With Arteriovenous Fistula jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies: Hemodialysis Access–Related High-Output Heart Failure: From Mechanisms to Multidisciplinary Management jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Imaging: “Flying Saucer”–Like Morphology in Infective Endocarditis Arising on a Stenotic Mitral Valve jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Purulent Pericarditis Complicated With Cardiac Tamponade, Multiorgan Failure, and Constrictive Pericarditis jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Presenting With Chest Pain jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Rhythm Disorders and Electrophysiology: Combined Lead Extraction and Leadless VDD Pacemaker Implantation in d-TGA Patient After Senning Procedure jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Leadless Pacing and the Emerging Era of Combined Procedures in Adult Congenital Heart Disease jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… Propafenone Overdose Presenting With Brugada Phenocopy, QRS Widening, and Ventricular Fibrillation jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… 15-Year ECG Evolution of Interatrial Block and Effects of Atrial Septal Pacing jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacca… @aronisMD @JACabreraCardio @MiChen__ @aabha_divya @sarano_maurice @Miho_Fukui_ @ErikaHuttce @Nishaki1 @ChrissyMD2000 @ACHDocTMoe @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @jsaef1 @JTSaxon @AndreaScotti21 @Kentso987 @TagliariPaula @m_taramasso @SyedZaidMD
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sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Our latest paper on navigating high-risk aortopathies during pregnancy. Thanks to @JACCJournals for publishing. Hope someone finds this useful for their clinical practice

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Have you heard about young people dying suddenly after COVID-19 vaccination? Our new study in @PLOSMedicine shows there's absolutely nothing to that. If anything, the opposite is true. With @husam247 and @DrJeffKwong journals.plos.org/plosmedici…
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Core Outcome Set for research on critically ill pregnant patients: international consensus process identified 10 core outcomes to standardize & strengthen research (by @SinaiHealth & @LabFlourish) Published Open Access in @AOGS_tweets obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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NASOM Top Articles Collection (TAC) 2025 is OPEN! Submit your top 3 Obstetric Medicine articles of 2025 (including one research paper) by Feb 18. Results announced at #NASOM2026 (Ottawa, June 5–6)! 🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/TAC25arti…
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Reminder: key deadlines are approaching 📅
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We are pleased to see the release of the Maternal Care Bundle by NHS England (england.nhs.uk/long-read/the… ) Full statement from us below.
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Call for Abstracts! 📣 NASOM’s annual meeting will be held in Ottawa, June 5 & 6, 2026. We welcome abstracts (≤250 words) in research, education, and case reports. Please submit as a Microsoft Word attachment to info@NASOM.org
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📢 Released today: The Women’s Health Research Priorities (WHRP) report. After months of national consultation and analysis, we are proud to share the UK’s Top 10 research priorities in women’s health — shaped by over 2,000 voices across the country. This is research that reflects what matters most to women. 📄 Read the full report: 👉 rcog.org.uk/media/ekrlccyg/w… @RCObsGyn @ISUOG @NHSEngland @NHSE_WTE @NHSuk @NHSEnglandLDN @NHS #WHRP #WomensHealth #ResearchPriorities #HealthEquity #Endometriosis #Menopause #MaternalHealth
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#CCCF2025 Rapid fire session Scary Populations to Manage @StephenLap Obstetric patient @JohnGranton1 Failing RV Laurent Brochard Acute sthmatic @JennaSpring Leukemic patient
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#CCCF2025 Glenn Hernandez describing the ANDROMEDA-SHOCK-2 RCT: Personalized Hemodynamic Resuscitation Targeting Capillary Refill Time in Early Septic Shock jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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#CCCF2025 Poster Session International 🇮🇪 ICU fellow Rachel Cusack describing her RCT OF 20% albumin on microcirculation in sepsis
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#CCCF 2025 Poster Session @UofT_DoM medical resident @RomySegall presenting on trends in use of IV Vitamin C among patients with sepsis, related to the Marik’s single-centre publication, and subsequent negative trials.
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#CCCF2025 - Deceased Organ Donation stream @MaratSlessarev of @LHSCCanada discussing the complex ethical and physiological implications of normothermic regional perfusion
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#CCCF2025 @SinaiHealth colleague (and Conference Scientific Program Director) @laveenamunshi presenting on the role of ICU for patients with cancer. A huge amount of data accumulating to inform decisions!
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#CCCF2025 Respiratory failure in immunocompromised pts by @ElieAzoulay5 The importance of avoiding a missed diagnosis (& not over diagnose). Multiple potential causes, but risk factors for each vary. Role for thorough assess, clinical scores, and bronchoscopy in select cases.
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#CCCF2025. 𝓢𝓱𝓸𝓬𝓴 𝓣𝓪𝓷𝓴! CCCF’s innovative (& light-hearted) research competition. 4 teams present research projects to our 4 Sharks to win a $5,000 seed funding
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