Tag: Daniel M. Gelfman
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Alain G. Cribier, MD, aortic stenosis, and TAVI
Daniel GelfmanIndianapolis, IN In 2024, the world of interventional cardiology lost one of its greatest innovators: Alain Cribier, MD (1945–2024). Called the father of “structural heart disease” treatment and described as “larger than life, he was a Renaissance man, fluent in English and French, knowledgeable in philosophy and art, but keen to be a physician…
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Enlightenment from Sherlock Holmes on COVID-19 associated perilous boredom
Daniel GelfmanIndianapolis, Indiana, United States Boredom can useful. It can motivate people to do great things. It can also be dangerous by increasing the risk of depression and the risk of participation in unhealthy activities.1 It is an emotional state of weariness through lack of interest that can result in the “pursuit of novel (even negative)…
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The importance of the “The David Sign”
Daniel M. GelfmanThad E. WilsonIndianapolis, Indiana, United States A recent article in JAMA Cardiology titled “The David Sign” discussed the presence of “persistent” external jugular venous distention “hiding in plain sight” on one of the world’s most famous statues: Michelangelo’s David, completed in 15041 (Figure 1). David is shown just before his fight with the…