Heart Podcast

The Heart Podcast is your go-to source for the latest insights and developments in cardiovascular medicine. Each episode features in-depth interviews with renowned authors and leading experts in the field, delving into the latest advances in cardiovascular research and treatments. Heart - heart.bmj.com - is a renowned international journal from the BMJ Group and the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) dedicated to publishing research and reviews on cardiovascular disease. Stay ahead in your field by tuning into our expert discussions and accessing cutting-edge information. Subscribe now or listen on your favourite podcast platform to elevate your understanding of cardiovascular medicine. The Heart podcast is published every other Tuesday. Podcast hosted by: James Rudd, Digital Media Editor, University of Cambridge

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Episodes

Sunday Nov 29, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Marc Deyell from Vancouver. They discuss his team's systematic review and meta-analysis of ambulatory ECGs, in which they produce some age-specific normal ranges in healthy people.
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Access the paper for free for 2 weeks: https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/22/1732

Sunday Nov 15, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Boon Lim from Imperial College syncope service. They discuss all aspects of this common condition.
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Links
https://stopfainting.com/
ESC syncope guidelines - https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/39/21/1883/4939241

Sunday Nov 01, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Lynne Williams from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. They discuss all aspects of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, from symptoms to genetic testing, plus a discussion of an emerging new medical therapy.
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Links:
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/409
https://heart.bmj.com/content/104/1/73
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/936542

Monday Oct 12, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by interventional cardiologist Dr Sukh Nijjer from Hammersmith Hospital, London. They discuss his paper in Heart concerned with the optimal management of ACS in the COVID-19 era.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/20/1609

Thursday Sep 24, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle. They discuss the role of genetic testing in cardiology.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/12/938

Monday Sep 14, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Sarah Hudson, a cardiology fellow from the U.K. They discuss 10 trials and 3 insightful talks from the digital 2020 ESC meeting that you might have missed.
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Links:
Sarah's Twitter - @sarahhudsonUK

Wednesday Aug 26, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Alexandra Freeman and Dr Gabriel Reccia from The Winton Centre at the University of Cambridge. They discuss their paper which is about how best to communicate risks to cardiology (and other) patients.
Link to published paper:
1. https://wintoncentre.maths.cam.ac.uk/
2. https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/11/heartjnl-2020-317593
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Friday Aug 14, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by David Hildick-Smith from the Sussex Cardiac Centre in Brighton. They discuss balloon aortic valvuloplasty - what it is and when it can be used.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/14/1102

Wednesday Jul 29, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Amitava Banerjee from UCL. They discuss both his Lancet paper and a subsequent pre-print describing the direct and indirect effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on mortality over 1 year.
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Links:
https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ABANE83
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30854-0/fulltext
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.10.20127175v1

Sunday Jul 12, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Thomas Butler from the University of Chester. They discuss his Review paper in Heart entitled "Optimum nutritional strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation (BACPR)".
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/10/724

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