The data, analytic methods, and study materials will not be made available to other researchers for purposes of reproducing the results or replicating the procedure. This data report analyzes preliminary descriptive trends of Twitter use during three major cardiovascular meetings and evaluates its possible educational potential through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of conference-related tweets. Despite this rapid growth in social media utilization during major medical conferences, there is a paucity of data related to this in cardiology literature. Fittingly, but not without controversy, Twitter use during major medical conferences has gained significant traction due to its ability to widely and rapidly disseminate information in real-time 1, 2 conferring a dramatic upside potential for medical education. Twitter’s ability to rapidly circulate information and generate debate among its users has resulted in its application in arenas including politics, business, broadcasting, and academia. Twitter™ is a mobile social media microblogging service designed for instant online publication of short 280-character text-based messages known as tweets.
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