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About Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC
Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC (@antoninodifranco_md) is a Cardiologist creator on Instagram, also filed under Automotive. The account has 39,647 followers and 499 published posts. Recent posts average 2,991 likes and 104 comments, an engagement rate of 6.64%.
With 39.6K followers, Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 1,800 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 22 followers per account Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC follows. Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC under Cardiologist, with Automotive as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC runs to 17 words across 4 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC dates from February 2025.
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499 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC, 8 are videos and 2 are carousels. That mix leans toward videos. 499 published posts give Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 79 followers for each post published. Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC also keeps 59 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 153 words each. Words that recur across them include cardiology, cardiologia, look, echocardiography and cardiacsurgery. The captions tag #cardiology, #cardiologia, #echocardiography, #cardiacsurgery and #obesity.
Differences in receptor selectivity and pharmacological properties may translate into different antiarrhythmic effects across specific clinical scenarios.
Which beta-blocker is best for a given arrhythmic substrate?
Swipe through the slides 👇
#NextGenCardio #Cardiology #Electrophysiology #Arrhythmias #BetaBlockers
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👉I GLP-1a sono farmaci e come tali non possono essere utilizzati senza prescrizione medica.
🔺Dosaggi errati, automedicazione e acquisti da canali non autorizzati possono comportare gravi rischi per la salute.
🔺Il problema non è il farmaco, è il suo utilizzo improprio.
🩺 Analizziamo assieme questo aspetto tanto importante quanto delicato.
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🚨 DIY GLP-1s? Never.
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👉 GLP-1s are prescription medications and should never be used without medical supervision.
🔺 Incorrect dosing, self-medication, and purchasing from unauthorized sources can pose serious health risks.
🔺 The problem is not the medication itself, but its improper use.
🩺 Let’s take a closer look at this important and delicate topic together.
#obesity #glp1 #cardiology #cardiologia #medicine
Sometimes people describe HCM patients as having big hearts.
Sometimes we’ve described ourselves as thick chicks.
Those euphemisms are basically incorrect and over-simplistic.
We want you to understand more.
We are bringing you this information on HCM to provide a little more insight into what is happening in an HCM heart.
We believe that this knowledge can help in understanding symptoms and in being an informed partner when making decisions about treatments.
Now this isn’t the most in-depth scientific treatise into HCM. There is so much to it and more is being discovered all the time. But it definitely goes beyond simply saying we’re thick chicks.
Please continue reading in pinned comment.
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🔹Quando parliamo di obesità, troppo spesso la conversazione si ferma all’aspetto fisico. La realtà è molto diversa.
📈Secondo le più recenti analisi del Global Burden of Disease, nel 2023 più di 5 milioni di decessi nel mondo sono avvenuti per conseguenze dirette dell’eccesso di peso.
🔹Dietro ogni statistica ci sono però persone che vengono mancare all’affetto dei propri cari.
✅Per questo motivo il trattamento dell’obesità non dovrebbe mai essere considerato una scelta estetica, ma un intervento fondamentale per proteggere salute, qualità della vita e longevità.
L’obesità è una malattia complessa, multifattoriale e spesso sottovalutata.
Più informazione significa più prevenzione.
Più prevenzione significa più vite salvate.
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🛑 OBESITY KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN WE REALIZE. AND IT ISN’T TALKED ABOUT NEARLY ENOUGH.
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🔹When it comes to obesity, the conversation too often stops at physical appearance. The reality is very different.
📈According to the latest analyses from the Global Burden of Disease study, more than 5 million deaths worldwide in 2023 were attributable to the direct consequences of excess weight.
🔹Behind every statistic, however, are real people whose loved ones are left grieving their loss.
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✅ For this reason, obesity treatment should never be viewed as an aesthetic choice, but rather as a fundamental intervention to protect health, quality of life, and longevity.
Obesity is a complex, multifactorial, and often underestimated disease.
More awareness means more prevention.
More prevention means more lives saved.
#obesity #podcastsalute #glp1 #cardiology #prevenzione
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🔹I GLP-1a, in particolare la Semaglutide e la Tirzepatide, riducono significativamente il rischio di eventi cardiovascolari maggiori come morte per cause cardiovascolari, infarto e ictus.
🛑Scopriamo assieme il meccanismo d’azione di questi farmaci e perché oggi rappresentano un vero cambio di paradigma nella cardiologia moderna, in grado di migliorare la prognosi dei pazienti.
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🫀GLP-1 RAs: a revolution against obesity and cardiovascular risk (a podcast by )
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🔹GLP-1 receptor agonists, particularly Semaglutide and Tirzepatide, significantly reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
🛑Let’s deep dove into the mechanism of action of these drugs and why they now represent a true paradigm shift in modern cardiology, capable of improving patient outcomes.
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#GLP1 #obesity #semaglutide #tirzepatide #weightlossstory
(Parasternal Long Axis View over the Aortic Valve)
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At first glance, you may think this is 🌊💥 Severe Aortic Regurgitation!
📈 BUT… always check the ECG carefully:
The major turbulence here is actually SYSTOLIC not diastolic 🔍
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📌 What can we appreciate here?
1️⃣ Marked systolic color flow turbulence filling the entire aortic valve box 🚨
This indicates significant LVOT/Aortic outflow obstruction
❓Now the key question:
Is this: 🟠 Valvular Aortic Stenosis? OR 🟣 Subaortic obstruction?
✅ The answer is: Subaortic obstruction
💡 Why?
Because the aortic valve opens very well and reaches maximal excursion 🚪⬆️
(as evidenced by aliasing filling the whole box with preserved normal box size)
👉 So this is NOT typical valvular AS
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2️⃣ What type of subaortic obstruction? 🤔
🔹 Subaortic membrane
OR
🔹 HOCM / dynamic LVOT obstruction
✅ Both remain possible
BUT ⚠️ the presence of concomitant Aortic Regurgitation strongly favors Subaortic membrane
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3️⃣ The Aortic Regurgitation 🩸
📌 Mild
📌 Eccentric
📌 Anteriorly directed
💡 Eccentric AR may suggest: 🦋 Bicuspid Aortic Valve (which was actually present in this case ✅)
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4️⃣ There is also late systolic Mitral Regurgitation into the left atrium 🔄🫀
Possible explanations include:
🔹 Mitral Valve Prolapse
OR
🔹 SAM (Systolic Anterior Motion) if HOCM is present
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🎯 Final Learning Pearl 💎
🚫 Don’t get deceived by the colorful image at first look!
📈 The ECG timing is the key 🔑
✅ The dominant turbulence = SYSTOLIC → LVOT/Subaortic obstruction
✅ The smaller turbulence = DIASTOLIC → Aortic Regurgitation
🫀 Echo is anatomy + hemodynamics + timing together 🎯
Source: Ahmed Mohsen (FB)
#echocardiography #cardiologia #cardiology #medicine #cardiacsurgery
Midesophageal long-axis view focusing on the aortic root showing a dissection flap extending proximal to the coronary ostia and protruding into the LV outflow tract in diastole.
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Kelava M, et I. JAm Soc Echocardiogr. 2025. PMID:
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#echocardiography #cardiologia #cardiology #medicine #cardiacsurgery
🔹Here’s what to look for:
-Echogenic mass adherent to the aortic root or proximal ascending aorta - not prolapsing through the valve, but sitting in the lumen.
-No calcium.
-No acoustic shadowing.
-Watch it move with the vessel wall. TEE will be your best friend here.
✅Key differentials to rule out: aortic dissection flap, vegetation, tumor (papillary fibroelastoma), or artifact.
🛑Thrombi in the native ascending aorta without dissection are so rare they are mostly case reports. They can be associated with hypercoagulable states, malignancy, and atherosclerotic disease — finding it in a structurally normal aorta? That’s a career case.
Clinical stakes are real. Systemic embolism risk is HIGH.
🔪These patients go straight to the table.
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#cardiologia #cardiology #echocardiography #cardiacsurgery #ecocardiografia
This event occurred while patient was performing in a lip-sync battle where she had attended high school. Patient reports experiencing disorientation and blurred vision consistent with episodes of elevated heart rate and syncope. However, patient did not realize she was being shocked. Instead patient thought her friend had forcibly hit into her, twice. Patient confronts friend who denies doing so. Since this was a public event, there were videos which showed friend had not made contact. Once seeing, patient realizes what must have occurred and contacts electrophysiologist who confirms. Patient describes sensation as “somebody hitting a homerun on your chest with a sledgehammer”.
Patient attends appointment with electrophysiologist the following day. AICD interrogation shows patients was shocked for what appears to be sinus rhythm to a
rate >188 bpm. (The VF detect had been turned down to 188 bpm due to ventricular tachycardia detected at a rate of 197 bpm). The dectect rate was increased to 200 bpm. Stable lead measurements. Patient was taking and tolerating metoprolol XL 75 mg daily. Dosage increased to 100 mg daily.
ICD in HCM - Who Gets It?
ICD is indicated in HCM patients at high risk for SCD, including those with:
History of SCD or sustained VT/VF
Massive LV hypertrophy (>30mm)
Unexplained syncope
Abnormal blood pressure response to exercise
Family history of SCD
An ICD shock occurs in HCM if VT/VF is detected above a programmed threshold.
The ICD may attempt ATP first before shocking.
ICD therapy is lifesaving in high-risk HCM patients for SCD prevention.
#hcmawareness #cardiacarrestsurvivor #defibrillator #ICD
What’s your diagnosis?
Comment with your answer, tag your friends and share!
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Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC's engagement rate on Instagram is 6.64%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 15 followers. An average post collects 2,991 likes and 104 comments, close to 29 likes for each comment.
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Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC (@antoninodifranco_md) is a Cardiologist creator on Instagram, also filed under Automotive. Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC runs to 17 words across 4 lines.
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Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC has 39,647 followers on Instagram (39.6K). Set against 1,800 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 22 followers per account Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC follows. 499 published posts give Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC a moderate archive on Instagram.
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Antonino Di Franco, MD FACC FSIC's engagement rate on Instagram is 6.64%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 15 followers. An average post collects 2,991 likes and 104 comments, close to 29 likes for each comment.
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