Heartfelt with Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley

ESC 2018 Overprescribing in the Elderly: We Have a Problem Melissa Walton-Shirley sat in on a presentation about polypharmacy in older patients and learned some surprising statistics.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 26, 2018
When EHRs (and Doctors) Don't Communicate With Each Other When requests for medical records draw no response, time and money are wasted. Can't we do better in the age of electronic health records, asks Melissa Walton-Shirley.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 23, 2018
Pricey Pee: Time to Regulate Vitamin and Dietary Supplements Multiple studies show that dietary supplements result in little more than expensive urine and in some cases may even cause harm. Melissa Walton-Shirley thinks it's high time they were better regulated.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 18, 2018
The Death of Yarushka Rivera: Prior Authorization Run Amok A teen suffered tragic consequences from a failed prior authorization; Melissa Walton-Shirley says lawsuits miss the mark.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 19, 2018
IV Diltiazem and Other Shortages at Crisis Level A confluence of factors, including a hurricane, have left hospitals with shortages of saline and IV drugs. But long-term solutions will require the intervention of legislators, concludes Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 23, 2018
For the Quadruple Aim to Succeed, Keep Doctors Doctoring An article by the ACC president on helping cardiologists find work-life balance leads Dr Walton-Shirley to detail what exactly needs to happen to make it a reality vs wishful thinking.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 18, 2018
ACC 2018 MOMENTUM-3: The Future of the LVAD Is Here and Now A trial showing better outcomes for HeartMate 3 over HeartMate II sends Dr Walton-Shirley down memory lane to recall the patients she has referred for implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
Experts And Viewpoints, March 13, 2018
ACC 2018 Another Way to Save a Life: the MANAGE Trial Dr Walton-Shirley was impressed by a study on dabigatran for myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 12, 2018
ACC 2018 How Want Became Need With ODYSSEY Dr Walton-Shirley would like to prescribe more PCSK9 inhibitors, given positive data from the American College of Cardiology meeting, but the prior authorization process may break her first.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 11, 2018
The Slam Dunk NSTEMI That Was Almost an Epic Fail Using a basketball analogy, Dr Walton-Shirley describes a case that bounced around a number of healthcare professionals who almost 'dropped the ball.'
Experts And Viewpoints, March 06, 2018
Did Grey's Anatomy Get It Right for Women With Heart Disease? An episode of the hospital drama featured a female surgeon having a heart attack but meeting disbelief (including her own) along the way. TV critic and cardiologist Dr Walton-Shirley gives her review.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 02, 2018
CVS-Aetna Deal Turns Up the Heat on Physicians The proposed merger of CVS and Aetna exemplifies the devolution of medicine to a business rather than a caring profession, warns Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 18, 2018
Strategies for Managing Frequent-Flier Patients From the worried well to the at-risk but noncompliant patient, Dr Walton-Shirley reviews the frequent fliers that she has encountered in her many years of practice.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 06, 2017
AHA HOPE-Duchenne and Help at Last The final day of AHA 2017 brought Dr Walton Shirley to tears with studies offering hope to ease the suffering she has witnessed firsthand.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 20, 2017
AHA Gastric Bypass for the Less Obese? Dr Walton-Shirley is reluctant to send obese patients for gastric bypass surgery, but concedes that the GATEWAY study findings are impressive.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 15, 2017
AHA Trials We Did, Trials We Should Do Dr Walton-Shirley reflects on some major studies presented at AHA 2017 and offers a further way to approach each one.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 15, 2017
AHA Mentoring and Paying It Forward for Women in Cardiology Almost 10 years ago, a high school student asked to shadow Dr Walton Shirley. Now Katrina Bidwell is presenting at the American Heart Association and about to start her cardiology fellowship.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 13, 2017
Advice to My Younger Self From a Seasoned Cardiologist A visit from a premed student leads this cardiologist to reflect on the wisdom gained from 26 years in private practice. What tricks of the trade would she impart to the young Dr Walton-Shirley?
Experts And Viewpoints, October 10, 2017
ESC Women and Heart Disease: A Different Animal Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley recounts a presentation by Dr Noel Bairey Merz on clinics dedicated to women and MI without obstructive coronary artery disease, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 30, 2017
ESC How One Morning at ESC 2017 Might Change Your Practice Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley highlights some standout results and some that she felt were less than illuminating on the first few days of ESC 2017.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 29, 2017

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