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 twice a month, every other Tuesday.

Podcast hosted by:
Professor James Rudd, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist, University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

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Episodes

Saturday Jan 25, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Robert Tulloh from Bristol. They discuss his recent review on the lifetime cardiovascular management of patients with previous Kawasaki disease.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2019/12/16/heartjnl-2019-315925

Saturday Jan 11, 2020

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Prash Sanders from the University of Adelaide. They discuss the ideas behind lifestyle modifications to treat AF, the evidence behind this and how to deliver a service.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2019/11/11/heartjnl-2019-315327.

Friday Dec 27, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Paul Leeson from Oxford. They discuss the science behind AI as applied to imaging. Current and future applications are highlighted, plus some challenges of which we should all be aware.
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Links
https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/paul-leeson
http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/73/11/1317

Monday Dec 02, 2019

In this double-length episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Dr Stephen Pettit from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. They discuss cardiogenic shock, HFPEF, new drugs for heart failure, optimisation after CRT and why heart failure is a great choice of speciality for young cardiologists.
Our next podcast episode will be released in early January 2020.
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Link to Dr Pettit's profile - https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/consultant-profiles/dr-stephen-pettit

Saturday Nov 09, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Marc Deyell from the University of British Columbia. They discuss his Heart paper "Outcomes of untreated frequent premature ventricular complexes with normal left ventricular function" and how it might influence practice.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/18/1408
https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/18/1386

Monday Oct 28, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Nadine Hausler from the university hospital of Lausanne. They discuss her paper all about the effects of napping on heart disease events.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2019/08/16/heartjnl-2019-314999

Saturday Oct 12, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Marcio Bittencourt from Sao Paolo University. They discuss an editorial he wrote on pre-op cardiac testing using CT.
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Link to published papers:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/17/1300
https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/17/1335

Sunday Sep 22, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Sean Zheng from Kings College, London. They discuss Dr Zheng's award-winning paper on heart failure with preserved EF plus what's new in that disease.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/104/5/407.

Thursday Sep 12, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Prof. Mamas Mamas from the Universities of Manchester and Keele. They discuss the power of big data and how Twitter can improve your working life. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Related link: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Mamas.Mamas/personaldetails

Sunday Sep 01, 2019

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Kazem Rahimi from Oxford University (https://www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/team/kazem-rahimi). They discuss his pioneering work in predicting emergency admissions from electronic healthcare datasets using a machine learning approach.
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Links to published paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002695

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