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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 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
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Praveen Mehrotra, an echo expert from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. They discuss his recent paper that explores whether we need a new cut-off to define severe aortic stenosis. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: Clinical features and prognosis of patients with isolated severe aortic stenosis and valve area less than 1.0 cm2 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/3/222
Thursday Apr 19, 2018
Thursday Apr 19, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Catherine Otto, Editor in Chief of the journal. They discuss the latest issue of Heart that is dedicated to valve disease. Some excellent papers are discussed covering a range of conditions. Please leave a review of the podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/10/789.
Read the Heart's Special Issue on Valvular Heart Disease for free until the 30th of June 2018: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/10.
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Dana Dawson from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland. They discuss the clinical features, pathology and latest research on this common, fascinating condition. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 if you enjoy the episode.
Link to published papers: Heart review by Dr Dawson: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/2/96. Education in Heart paper by Dr Lyon: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/18/1461. European position paper by Dr Lyon: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejhf.424/abstract
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Andrew D'Silva from Brighton, UK. Along with Professor Sanjay Sharma, Dr D'Silva has published a comprehensive guide to the management of young athletes with heart conditions. In this episode, they discuss the differences between European and North American ECG screening practices and the reasons for this.
Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published papers:
Management of young competitive athletes with cardiovascular conditions - http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/6/463
ECG screening in athletes: differing views from two sides of the Atlantic - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/03/heartjnl-2016-309448
Monday Mar 05, 2018
Monday Mar 05, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and EP specialist Dr John Mandrola from Louisville, Kentucky. John is also Medscape's chief cardiology correspondent. They discuss the eye-catching late-breaking trials from the upcoming ACC meeting in Orlando.
Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
John Mandrola's podcast at Medscape - https://www.medscape.com/index/list_10295_0
John Mandrola's columns at Medscape - https://www.medscape.com/index/section_10325_0 and https://www.medscape.com/index/section_10382_0
Saturday Feb 24, 2018
Saturday Feb 24, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Paul Sainsbury from Bradford Royal Infirmary. They discuss his recent Education in Heart paper all about refractory angina. Paul is an expert in this area and runs one of the few specialist services in the UK.
Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/23/1911
Link to the Bradford specialist clinic mentioned during the podcast: http://refractoryangina.uk/
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd visits Professor Darrel Francis and Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee at "Orbita HQ" in Imperial College, London to discuss their groundbreaking trial. This is the second part of a wide-ranging discussion during which they cover why the trial was desperately needed, the barriers to getting started and what the startling and unexpected results might mean for PCI in stable coronary artery disease. The concept of post-publication ‘trial by Twitter’ rounds out their chat.
Link to published paper:
Orbita trial : http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673617327149 and editorial mentioned during the discussion : https://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/127th_issue/volume-13/number-12/217/swimming-against-the-tide-insights-from-the-orbita-trial.html
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd visits Professor Darrel Francis and Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee at "Orbita HQ" at Imperial College, London to discuss their groundbreaking trial. In a wide-ranging discussion they cover why the trial was desperately needed, the barriers to getting started and what the startling and unexpected results might mean for PCI in stable coronary artery disease. The second half of the podcast will be released in two weeks.
Link to published paper:
Orbita trial : http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673617327149
Editorial mentioned during the discussion : https://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/127th_issue/volume-13/number-12/217/swimming-against-the-tide-insights-from-the-orbita-trial.html
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and cardiac CT expert Dr. Ed Nicol from The Royal Brompton Hospital, London. They discuss what the updated NICE guidelines for the assessment of stable chest pain mean for the UK imaging community. They also cover the differences between the UK, European and US guidelines and how technological developments in CT might help patients and save money. Please leave us a podcast review at itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart…id445358212?mt=2
Link to published papers and podcasts:
Podcasts on the NICE guidelines from authors for, and against, the new approach:
https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/assessing-stable-chest-pain-a-nice-win-for-ct?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/heart-podcast
https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/stable-chest-pain-assessment-revisited-the-case-against-cardiac-ct?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/heart-podcast
Assessment of patients with stable chest pain : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/30/heartjnl-2017-311212
Challenges in delivering computed tomography coronary angiography as the first-line test for stable chest pain : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/14/heartjnl-2017-311846
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Atul Anand from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss his recent research paper about using cardiac myosin-binding protein C as a marker of progression of aortic stenosis.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/12/01/heartjnl-2017-312257.