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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
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Michelle Williams from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss all aspects of radiation in cardiology and how best to use it. CT, nuclear, cath lab best practice are all covered. Required listening for anyone who orders tests that use radiation!
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2019/02/17/heartjnl-2017-312493
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Perry Elliott from UCL and Bart's in London, a world leader in cardiomyopathy care and research. They discuss the essentials of the arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies, genetic testing, new drugs and hopes for a cure.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2019/02/21/heartjnl-2017-311160
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Drs Glover and Hong from the University of Toronto in Canada. They discuss their Heart paper "Impact of body mass index on the outcome of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation". They cover the use of AF ablation, what the guidelines tell us and how obesity makes a recurrence of AF after ablation more likely.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/3/244.
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Puja Mehta from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They discuss the concept of myocardial infarction with non-obstructed coronary arteries (MINOCA).
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/11/27/heartjnl-2018-314012
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/3/143/2967570
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Melvin Lobo from Bart’s Hospital, London. They discuss all aspects of high blood pressure and its management, plus Professor Lobo gives his view of the future of non-drug therapy in the wake of the Symplicity trials.
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Link to published paper:
Education in Heart : https://heart.bmj.com/content/104/18/1543
European Heart Journal (free PDF) : https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/15/1101/3056932
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Vijay Kunadian from Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital . They discuss the RITA SENIOR trial, designed to tell us the best way to manage older patients with a heart attack - invasive or medical.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/102/6/416?ijkey=62261479a0ca4163d857d406efe131a5423c5aec&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
Dr Kunadian's Twitter - https://twitter.com/vijaykunadian?lang=en
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Chris Gale and Dr Chris Wilkinson from Leeds University. They discuss their paper "Sex differences in quality indicator attainment for myocardial infarction: a nationwide cohort study". The paper discovered that more than 8,200 women in England and Wales (over a ten year period) could potentially have survived their heart attacks had they simply been given the same quality of treatment as men.
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Link to published paper:
Paper (open access) - https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/11/23/heartjnl-2018-313959
BHF article - https://blog.bhf.org.uk/what-women-want-equal-healthcare-would-be-a-good-start-419aa3d95dc4
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Clive Lewis from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK. They discuss cardiac transplantation in depth. Learn about indications, techniques, monitoring and what the future holds. A recent Education in Heart article on transplantation was published by Dr Lewis' team - see the link below.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/09/12/heartjnl-2018-313103
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arjun Ghosh from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss the essentials of cardio-oncology - what it is, why it's important and some common clinical scenarios.
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Link to published paper: https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000774
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arjun Ghosh (Twitter: @Arjunkg) from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss the essentials of cardio-oncology and in this episode, ongoing trials, how to get trained and set up a service and what the active areas of research are in cardio-oncology.
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Link to published paper: https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000774