@BCMHeart

The Section of Cardiology at @BCMHouston is nationally and internationally recognized for its outstanding clinical and scientific research programs.

 Houston, TX
bcm.edu/departments/medicine/sections-divisions-centers/cardiology
Joined April 2019
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BCM CVD Fellowship senior George Ajene presenting Echo in LBBB pts at Texas Cardiovascular Innovations Conference in San Antonio. Congratulations!! @BCMHeart #FIT #Echo
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First MEDVAMC Renal Denervation by Dr. Jing Liu! Congratulations!! @BCMHeart @VAHouston @JingLiu_MD #Womenincardiology
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BCM CVD Fellowship serves up wellness with an afternoon of pickleball fun! @BCMHeart @Texas_Heart @harrishealth @VAHouston
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HamZa NaVeed@HamZaNav83Aug 1
📍 If you’re in the Chicago area, don’t miss this in-person talk — so much to learn and discover on cardiac amyloidosis! #Amyloidosis #ARC #ARCfellow
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Jagged Little Pill: With Merck’s Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor, Does LDL-C Care Change? insideprecisionmedicine.com/… via @Inside_PM Excellent article #PCSK9 #prevention #lipids @BCMHeart @BCM_CVRI @BCMFromtheLabs @Texas_Heart @society_eas @SethShayMartin

Jagged Little Pill: With Merck's Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor, Does LDL-C Care Change?

The FDA's approval of LIPFENDRA (enlicitide) makes one of the most effective cholesterol-lowering drugs available in pill form.

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🚀#ASE2026 kicks off this Friday with a fantastic valve & SHD track. 🌟Join us and follow along with me and the other #SoMe champions. #SeeYouInAurora 👉bit.ly/3Nqvtga 👉Read highlights and can't-miss sessions of the V&SHD track in EchoMagazine: 780c073a1.flowpaper.com/Echo…
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BiykemBozkurt@BiykemBJun 17
Happy to share that the impact factor for #JACCHF increased to 11.9 ! 🏆 Grateful to our exceptional authors, reviewers, readers, Editorial Board, dedicated @JACCJournals staff & #HF community for making this possible. 🙏🏼 @ACCinTouch @ACCmediacenter @BCMHeart @bcmhouston
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Great honor to receive this award from @nationallipid It has been an amazing journey in my career w so many great mentors, colleagues and mentees @vijay_nambi @LaylaAbushamat @virani_md @hwubcm @yakoubenehasan @arsalanhamid93 @jia_xiaoming @AbdulMannan5465
Carlos Vergara MD
@CarlosVergaraMDJun 12
Dr @CBallantyneMD W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award Lectureship. Congratulations on this incredible and well deserved recognition! #NLASessions @nationallipid
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Wonderful evening for BCM CVD Graduation! 7 amazing fellows completed their journey in general cardiology. @GrahamRector @BryanTanMD @olamideMD @MVarugheseMD Maria Tinsay @WanLuxi @DrHaloot. Bringing together family, fellows and faculty across our 3 pavilions. Congratulations!!
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Bryan E. Tan, MD
@BryanTanMDMay 26
Honored to received the Trainee Excellence Award 🏅from the Academy of Resident and Fellow Educators at @bcmhouston. I’m thankful to my wife & family, program director @arunima_misra and my mentors at @BCMHeart for their unwavering support in my career and in life 😇 #ACCFIT
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We are so thrilled & excited to have @AmitGoyalMD for our next Cardiology Leadership Colloquium Series! He will be talking to our fellows on 💸 perspective in an academic career @CardioNerds @ACCinTouch @txchapteracc @utswheart #FIT #CardioX #CardioTwitter #MedED #FOAMED
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This is a tremendous honor. Virgil Brown has been an outstanding researcher, clinician, educator and leader @nationallipid This award is a tribute to my mentors, trainees, colleagues and collaborators @BCMHeart @vijay_nambi @LaylaAbushamat @virani_md
National Lipid Association
@nationallipidApr 13
Congratulations to Christie Ballantyne, MD, recipient of the 2026 W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award!🏅 The highest honor conferred by the NLA, this award recognizes outstanding contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of lipid disorders. Dr. Ballantyne's decades of leadership in cardiology, cardiometabolic disease prevention, and lipid science make him a truly deserving recipient. Don't miss his Award Lectureship on June 12 at #NLASessions: "My Journey as a Researcher, Clinician, and Patient in the Field of Lipids and Atherosclerosis: Setbacks, Advances, and Opportunities." @CBallantyneMD #Lipidology #CardiometabolicHealth #PreventiveCardiology
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⌛️Still time to register for the Houston State‑of‑the‑Art Echo Symposium | Apr 10–11 🫀Sharpen your echo skills 🔍 New guideline updates 🎓 NBE Boot Camp 🤝 Real‑world Heart Team cases 💻 Hybrid | 18 CME/MOC 💡 @ASE360 & GHSEV member discounts 👉 bit.ly/4kssYX3
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Justin Haloot@DrHalootMar 17
Very honored and humbled to have been invited for this piece🙏The 2+2 is exciting for EP training, but definitely still some great value in the third year not being in 2+2! Very grateful for all the mentors and friends made this year #FIT #Epeeps #CardioX @ACCinTouch @HRSonline
Heart Rhythm Case Reports@HRS_CaseReportsMar 17
New Focus on Fellows and Early-Career EPs article by @DrHaloot Finding value in the third year of cardiology fellowship in the new age of an accelerated pathway to electrophysiology heartrhythmcasereports.com/a…
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🔔Save the Date (April 10–11) & register for the Houston State‑of‑the‑Art Echo Symposium! 🫀 Comprehensive echo review 📚 Case‑based learning & guideline update 🎓 NBE Board Boot Camp 💻 Hybrid 🎖️ 18 CME/MOC 🔗Brochure: ghsev.org/wp-content/uploads… 🔗Register: cpd.education.bcm.edu/conten…
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A recent #JACCAdvances State-of-the-Art Review dives into the evidence both for and against several controversial foods and provides recommendations based on the available literature on cardiovascular health and outcomes. Get full details: bit.ly/46iAC0w #cvPrev
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Arsalan Hamid@arsalanhamid93Feb 16
In @LipidJournal we discuss our experience @BCMHeart of the impact of genetic testing for FH on clinical practice: - Majority diagnoses by clinical criteria before testing ⬇️ LDL-C ⬆️ PCSK9i prescriptions @CBallantyneMD @LaylaAbushamat @vijay_nambi sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Nice paper by @arsalanhamid93 looking at the impact of genetic testing on treatment in clinical practice, results may underestimate impact as lipid clinic already aggressive w rx and clinical dx @FamilyHeartFdn @BCMHeart @BaylorGenetics @Texas_Heart
Arsalan Hamid@arsalanhamid93Feb 16
In @LipidJournal we discuss our experience @BCMHeart of the impact of genetic testing for FH on clinical practice: - Majority diagnoses by clinical criteria before testing ⬇️ LDL-C ⬆️ PCSK9i prescriptions @CBallantyneMD @LaylaAbushamat @vijay_nambi sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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State of the art review on #PCSK9i with @yakoubenehasan injectables, oral and gene editing @BCMHeart @BCM_CVRI @BCMDeptMedicine @Texas_Heart @nationallipid @CMHC_CME @society_eas @atherosociety @LaylaAbushamat #enlicitide #laroprovstat
Yakubu Bene-Alhasan@yakoubenehasanFeb 14
Our latest review in @ATHjournal looks at current and upcoming advances in PCSK9 inhibition for LDL-C lowering & ASCVD prevention: mAbs → siRNA → oral agents → gene editing. #CardioTwitter #Lipidology #PCSK9 @brettsmansfield @CBallantyneMD atherosclerosis-journal.com/…

The evolving therapeutic landscape of PCSK9 inhibition

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide with low density lipoprotein being a major, yet modifiable, risk factor. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9)...

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If you want to lower LDL-c and #apoB in high risk individuals, then be thinking of trainees @BCMHeart @BCMDeptMedicine @LaylaAbushamat @nationallipid @CMHC_CME @ASPCardio @society_eas
Texas Heart Institute @ Baylor College of Medicine@Texas_HeartJan 30
Now on @Medscape : @CBallantyneMD discusses why statins alone aren’t always enough. Watch the full discussion: lnkd.in/gCsPcxg3 #Cardiology #Cholesterol #LDL #PreventiveCardiology #HeartHealth #Medscape #BaylorCollegeOfMedicine #TexasHeart
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