🌍 Humbled to serve as the inaugural Medical Director of Sustainability Lahey Hospital

It's time to foster a health system that heals both 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 & 🌍

This role represents a pivotal paradigm shift, guided by the vision of our President Susan Moffatt-Bruce

⚖️ Planetary Health

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Environmental exposure - measured by the environmental justice index - plays a crucial role in CVD development and risk factors independent of social factors. #AHAJournals SumanthKhadke MD Ashish Kumar, MD Sarju Ganatra, MD, FACC ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

Among patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent early angiography & had a preserved LVEF, long-term beta blocker treatment *did not* ⬇️ all-cause death or new MI. #ACC24 #Cardiotwitter
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Absolutely thrilled to be hosting #ACCFIT National ACC Jeopardy 'Battle of the Chapters' at #ACC24 alongside Wilson Lam, Anish Bhatt, and Jason N. Katz! It takes a village! Big thanks to Kristin West and the crew for their incredible hard work. Appreciation goes out to the…

Some exciting new GLP-1 drug randomized trial evidence for *potential* disease-modifying impact on #Parkinsons disease (there are none).
No progression of motor disability in the Rx group for 12 months.
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A negative randomized trial of Paxlovid (vs placebo) for low risk (mean age 42 yrs), mild-to-moderate symptomatic Covid, outpatients
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Fatores sociais e ambientais podem aumentar risco de derrame, mostra estudo | CNN Brasil

⁦Sarju Ganatra, MD, FACC⁩ ⁦Lahey Hospital Department of Medicine Research⁩ cnnbrasil.com.br/saude/fatores-…

New research underscores
Environmental health 🔄 heart disease

⬆️ increase in artery blockages & stroke with environmental adversities

As a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, 🚨 reminder for healthcare organizations to be environmentally sustainable

#sustainablecare

People living in environmentally vulnerable neighborhoods had 1.6x the rate of blocked arteries & over 2x the rate of stroke compared to people living in environmentally healthy neighborhoods, new research finds. bit.ly/3xeQTVB Sarju Ganatra, MD, FACC Lahey Hospital Department of Medicine Research

Did you know the place you live could impact your heart health more than you think?

A new study reveals startling connections between socio-environmental factors & cardiovascular risks.

How might your community be affecting you? #HeartHealth #EnvironmentalJustice …

A new study by Indian American researcher, Sarju Ganatra, sheds light on the impact of social and environmental factors on heart disease and stroke risks.

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Sarju Ganatra, MD, FACC Lahey Hospital Department of Medicine Research American Heart News #cardiology …

Social, environmental factors may raise risk of developing heart disease and stroke
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Researchers find that chronic adverse #environmental exposure & social vulnerability work synergistically to widen #cardiovascular #healthinequity

⬆️ environmental burden independent of social vulnerabilities leads to ⬆️ #cardiometabolic diseases

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A new study in JAHA found that neighborhoods with more environmental adversities, including pollution, toxic sites, high traffic and few parks, had higher rates of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Study finds: Living in Poor Neighborhoods Nearly Doubles Risk of Heart Attacks, Stroke

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Even after adjusting for social factors like low income and poor education, environmental factors played a crucial and independent role in determining various heart…

🚨Social, environmental factors may raise risk of developing heart disease and stroke | American Heart Association

⁦⁦Sarju Ganatra, MD, FACC ⁦Saurabh S Dani, MD, MSc⁩ ⁦Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD⁩ ⁦Khurram Nasir⁩ ⁦SumanthKhadke MD⁩ newsroom.heart.org/news/social-en…

A new study used a metric known as the environmental justice index and found that heart disease was more common in those census tracts considered the most vulnerable compared with the least vulnerable.

Amazing work Sarju and team! cumulative socio-environmental burden is associated with cardiovascular disease/RF prevalence in the US!

Sobering insights on an understudied and under appreciated domain with possible strong impact on CV health
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Environmental injustices such as air pollution may play a significant role in regional risk for cardiovascular disease and risk factors for it JAHA Lahey Hospital #ClimateChange #Cardiotwitter @HealioNeurology Healio

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