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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
Monday Jul 31, 2017
Monday Jul 31, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Benjamin Levine from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas. They discuss the physiological challenges presented by space travel and how astronauts can adapt. And James discovers he could still become an astronaut (at least as far as his heart is concerned) - there’s hope yet!
Link to authors details: http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/14262/benjamin-levine.html
Monday Jul 31, 2017
Monday Jul 31, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Pier Lambiase from Bart's Heart Centre and University College London. They discuss arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy - its causes, incidence, treatment and outcomes.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/19/1543.
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Heart Editor-In-Chief Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle, USA. They discuss actionable steps for getting your research published. Spoiler - it all starts with a good question!
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/16/1292.
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Friday Jun 30, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr David Adlam from the University of Leicester. They discuss spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) - its pathology, aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. Dr Adler is happy to be emailed about adding patients to SCAD registry and to give clinical advice to other physicians.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/heartjnl-2016-310320.info
Wednesday Jun 14, 2017
Wednesday Jun 14, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Eike Nagel from the Frankfurt Institute for Translational Cardiovascular Imaging. They discuss how cardiac MRI can guide the management of patients with angina, as demonstrated in the MR Inform study, presented as a late-breaking trial at ACC 2017. They also touch on the latest NICE guidelines for management of stable angina.
Link to Study: http://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Clinical-Trials/2017/03/16/14/42/MR-INFORM
Wednesday Jun 07, 2017
Wednesday Jun 07, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Jubin Joseph from St Thomas’ Hospital, London. They discuss a new section in Heart, aimed particularly at cardiology trainees and fellows, called Cardiology in Focus. They also highlight the attractiveness of cardiology as a specialty as well as some of the current challenges that it faces.
Thursday May 11, 2017
Thursday May 11, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Adam Timmis from Barts Heart Centre. The UK NICE committee updated their stable chest pain guidelines in 2016 and this was controversial. They discuss the changes in the guidelines since 2010.
Link to published paper: heartjnl-2015-308341 http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/27/heartjnl-2015-308341
Wednesday May 03, 2017
Wednesday May 03, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Paul Cremer from The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss Paul's views, expressed in a Heart Editorial, on the latest NICE guidelines for assessment of stable chest pain.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/05/02/heartjnl-2017-311410
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. van Hagen and Professor Roos Hesselink from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. They discuss an approach to managing cardiac emergencies arising during pregnancy, based on their excellent Education in Heart paper linked below.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/2/159.long
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
In this special episode, we bring you three interviews with key people behind clinical decision tools for prediction of pulmonary embolism. This topic is covered in a BMJ Learning module called 'Step by step: how to diagnose pulmonary embolism', which is a practical guide for GPs available at www.learning.bmj.com - direct URL: https://goo.gl/NyN3FQ.
The program starts with an interview with Dr Phil Wells, who is the author of the Wells score for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
This is followed by a discussion with Dr Gregoire le Gal, author of the paper on age adjusted D-dimer.
The last interview is with Dr Jeff Kline, who is the author of the PERC rule.
The interviews are conducted by Dr Kerstin de Witt lead author of the BMJ Learning module on how to diagnose a pulmonary embolism.