Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

Duke cardiology fellow, Rahul Loungani, interviews Dr. Jonathan Piccini, director of the Electrophysiology Clinical Trials Program and Arrhythmia Core Laboratory at Duke University, about atrial fibrillation management in patients with heart failure. They discuss rate vs rhythm control and strategies for both, new onset AF in the context of critical illness, wearable devices in AF, escalation of t...

Vanderbilt fellows, Richa Gupta and Jessica Huston, interview past HFSA president Dr. JoAnn Lindenfeld, Director of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Section at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute about the nuts and bolts of cardiac transplantation. Topics discussed include organ allocation, recipient selection, high risk donors, short and long term complications, and what non-transplant...

Carine and Dan delve into left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) 101 with Dr. Steven Hsu, heart failure specialist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. We get big picture, we get detail oriented and we hit the highlights for the psycho-social-and medical management of our LVAD patient population. On the CardioNerds Heart Failure topic page you'll podcast episodes, references, guest experts and contribut...

Amit and co-fellow Dr. Kartik Telukuntla discuss advanced heart failure therapies, or salvage therapies, with Dr. Jerry Estep, section head of heart failure at the Cleveland Clinic. On the CardioNerds Heart Failure topic page you’ll podcast episodes, references, guest experts and contributors, and so much more. Take me to the Heart Failure Topic Page Take me to episode topics...

Amit and co-fellow Kartik Telukuntla talk to Dr. Randall Starling, former president of the HSFA about his approach to guideline-directed medical therapy in heart failure. On the CardioNerds Heart Failure topic page you'll podcast episodes, references, guest experts and contributors, and so much more. Show page: https://www.cardionerds.com/heart-failure-awareness-cardionerds-series/

Dan and Carine chat with cardiomyopathy expert Dr. Ed Kasper with regards to his approach to the new onset heart failure patient. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Kasper's mentor and friend, Dr. Kenneth L. Baughman. Dr. Edward K. Kasper, is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Natural Sciences. He earned his M.D. at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. His interns...

In conjunction with the 2020 Heart Failure Awareness Week, sponsored by the Heart Failure Society of America the CardioNerds are supporting the society’s efforts to promote heart failure awareness, patient education, and heart failure prevention by launching our Heart Failure Awareness CardioNerds Series.  This series is a tribute to Dr. David Taylor. Dr. Taylor was a heart failure attending at th...

Amit and Dr. Ashley Bock learn more about cardiac amyloidosis directly from Dr. Ron Witteles from Stanford. This episode is the fourth and final part of our immersive journey into the jungle of beta-pleated sheets in the heart. Flutter moment by Lois Adamski. On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, references, guest contributors, flutter stars, an...

Dan and Carine chat with Dr. Virginia Hahn about her work profiling HFpEF patients via endomyocardial biopsy only to find a significant proportion of patients with unsuspected cardiac amyloid. This is followed by a high yield discussion with Dr. Joban Vaishnav about ATTR cardiac amyloid treatment and management options. Flutter moment by David Ambinder (MS IV).  On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid...

Amit and Dr. Zach Il’Giovine learn about multimodality imaging in amyloid from Dr. Paul Cremer at the Cleveland Clinic. On their way to Dr. Cremer’s office, they run into Dr. Eoin Donnellan and discuss some incredible fellow research related to cardiac amyloid from an electrophysiologic perspective.  On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, referen...

A new case of congestive heart failure due to amyloid cardiomyopathy is presented by Yuxuan Wang and discussed by Carine, Heather, Dan and Amit. Guest oncology star: Jackie Zimmerman. Flutter moment by Mark Heslin. On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, references, guest contributors, flutter stars, and so much more.

Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy therapy and septal reduction therapy via alcohol septal ablation and surgical myectomy is discussed by interventional cardiologist Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy and surgical perspective from cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Per Wierup.  Amit joins Dr. Laura Young to take a pulse check with these great experts. Flutter moment by Crystal Silbak, RN. On the CardioNerds Hyper...

Dr. Edward Kasper shares a unique historical perspective on how the field evolved as Medicine learned more about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He shares so many life lessons and clinical pearls that apply to HCM and the practice of medicine in general. Flutter moment by Dr. Sidney Schechet (ophthalmology). On the CardioNerds Podcast Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Topic Page you will find podcast episo...

Clinical and echo expert Dr. Jose Madrazo discusses a high yield and practical approach to diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Flutter moment by Dr. Saman Nematollahi (Infectious Disease). On the CardioNerds Podcast Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest contributors and so much more.

The CardioNerds discuss a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy teaching a comprehensive approach to pathophysiology, diagnosis, imaging, and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Guest host, Dr. Fatimah Alkhunaizi. Flutter moment by Dr. Virginia Hahn (Cardiology). On the CardioNerds Podcast Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest...

Amit, Carine, and Dan interview imaging expert Dr. Sneha Vakamudi and structural heart disease expert Dr. Rani Hasan about nuances regarding the diagnosis and treatment of aortic stenosis. On the CardioNerds Podcast Aortic Stenosis Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest contributors and so much more.

The CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal , Daniel Ambinder , Carine Hamo , and Heather Kagan ) discuss a case of aortic stenosis teaching a comprehensive approach to aortic stenosis diagnosis, surveillance, imaging, management and followup. On the CardioNerds Podcast Aortic Stenosis Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest contributors and so much more. Take...

Amit Goyal, Daniel Ambinder, and Clinical Problem Solver host Reza Manesh introduce The CardioNerds podcast and the CardioNerd mission. Check us out at www.cardionerds.com!