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Tony Breu @tony_breu · Aug 28, 2023

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🤔Why don't we use immunosuppression after bioprosthetic valve replacement?

Not only is the graft not self, but most aren't even from the same species and instead are from cows or pigs.

But unlike other transplants, we forego immunosuppression. Why?

Let's have a look.

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Casey Albin, MD Verified account @caseyalbin · Jun 23, 2023

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A 48 yo 👩‍🦰 w/h/o SLE presents w/ asymmetric quadriparesis, incoordination & urinary retention. She was previously treated for SLE, but has been in remission for years.

She is severely weak in BLE R>L with hyperflexia

Is this a manifestation of SLE?

A #ContinuumCase

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Christian Faaborg Andersen MD @CFAndersenMD · Jun 20, 2023

1/ Your 56-year-old patient with DM2, HTN, HLD, and a prior MI, comes to clinic reporting he stopped his statin a few weeks ago. “The muscle cramps were killing me, doc,” he tells you.

Let's take a deep dive into statin intolerance 💊🩺🫀

#tweetorial #statinintolerance

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Casey Albin, MD Verified account @caseyalbin · Jun 14, 2023

1/ #ContinuumCase!!

A 50 yo man presented to the ED with acute onset aphasia. He is not able to report a history, but BP Is 215/95.

Non-contrast HCT reveals this bleed…
What do you want to see next?

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