# @njeri.md on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKFyUDgDZ8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63300824-njerimd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-23T15:59:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Njeri Kuria, MD | Cardiology (@njeri.md) — https://gondola.cc/njeri.md

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When people ask me “why cardiology” I wish I could play them the memories I have of patients who continue to teach me, challenge me and remind me why I’m here. Like in the Giver, where they give away their memories in real time. 

Recently, I had a day like this and it was the driving force behind creating this: This young, beautiful Black woman with no major risk factors came with dizziness and elevated troponin. We found a 99% blockage. We opened it up and placed a stent.

Her prior history: gestational diabetes in her 20s, which later progressed to type 2 diabetes. This history MATTERS, y’all!
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I may enjoy interventions, but I love prevention just as much. 
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Early recognition and action CAN make a difference in halting disease progression.
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#CardioObstetrics #WomensHeartHealth #BlackMaternalHealth #PregnancyAndHeart #EquityInHealthcare

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equityinhealthcare, cardioobstetrics, womenshearthealth, pregnancyandheart, blackmaternalhealth

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