Patient Pulse

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. In this conversation, Dr. Nehal Mehta and Dr. Thomas Nero discuss the critical relationship between systemic inflammation and cardiovascular health, particularly in patients with psoriasis. He emphasizes the importance of understanding how an overactive immune system can lead to increased risks of heart disease and other health issues. The...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Prof. Stefan Neubauer and Dr. Thomas Nero discuss two recent papers on the utility of coronary inflammation imaging on CT coronary angiography and how that translates to increased heart events.  Beyond cholesterol, coronary inflammation is being revealed to be a significant risk factor with future treatments under development.   Prof. Neub...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Nero and Dr Gibson discuss how to understand the information when looking at clinical trial data.  Is it meaningful for a patient?  Did the trail population match the  patient's risks and medical problems?  The also discuss the importance of Shared Decision Making and the use of Absolute Risk Reduction and Number Needed To Treat wh...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Jeff Scott, CEO of Section 810 communication, interviews Dr. Nero on ways to improve cardiac health.  The cover a wide range of topics, from diet and exercise to medical therapy and advanced testing.  Some future research topics are also discussed.  Section 810 Communications is  a training and development company based in Greenwich, CT. ...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Steven Nissen and Dr Thomas Nero discuss the importance of Lipoprotein a -aka Lp(a)- and its clinical importance as a special type of LDL cholesterol which dramatically increases your cardiovascular risk.  They also covers why it important to get it tested at least once and what you can do to lower your risk of heart attack if you have...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Nero discusses coronary artery disease and exercise with Dr. Aaron Baggish.  Dr Baggish was the founder of the Cardiovascular Performance Program at the Mass General Hospital and is one of the best known sports cardiologists in the world.  They discuss the importance of exercise, coronary artery disease in the endurance athlete and curr...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr. Thomas Nero interviews Dr. John Mandrola on his approach to treating atrial fibrillation.  In addition to a nuts and bolts approach they discuss how to assess risk and shared decision making.

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Mathew Budoff discusses the importance of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring and CT Coronary Angiography to prevent and treat heart disease with Dr. Thomas Nero.  In addition they discuss new goals for treating cholesterol based on the CAC.  If you enjoy this podcast you can also listen to a longer, in depth discussion on FUTURE PULSE CARD...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr. Ofili and Iyana discuss their experience with the African American Heart Study and why it is so important to be involved.

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Gibson from Harvard's Baim Institue discusses anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease with Dr. Thomas Nero.  The also discuss the concern about bleeding with current medical therapy and future options for patients.

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Peter Toth discusses with Dr. Thomas Nero the new classes of diabetes medications, SGLT2 inhibitors (eg Jardiance) and GLP1 receptor agonists (eg Ozempic and Munjaro.)  These drugs have been in the news due to an impressive effect on weight reduction, but they also improve cardiovascular outcomes in diabetic and non-diabetic patients.

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. In this brief discussion, Dr. Toth discusses the current recommendations on decreasing cardiovascular risk and where we are headed to decrease your risk of a heart attack.

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Coronary inflammation is the final pathway for the development of coronary artery disease.  Dr. Paul Ridker discusses the role of inflammation, hs-CRP and therapies with Dr. Thomas Nero.

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Christopher Cannon discusses the EVOLVE-MI trial to decrease cholesterol with  Evolocumab early after Myocardial Infarction as well as the rational for a less intensive way to study patients with open label, pragmatic clinical trials.  

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr Kebrina Bartley discuses Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) and Heart Disease in Women with Dr Sharonne Hayes, Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic.  Their wide ranging conversation discuses SCAD, the difference between SCAD and atherosclerotic heart disease and approaching the female patient who presents with chest pain....

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr. Kabrina Bartley interviews Dr. Thomas Nero on ways patients can improve their outcomes by understanding their medical issues and becoming more involved with their care.  These a a few very simple steps anyone can do

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr. Nero discusses with ways to evaluate coronary artery disease with Dr. Cheerag Shirodaria from Oxford.  Dr. Shirodaria and his team at Caristo Diagnostics have developed a ground breaking technology that allows us to evaluate not just the severity of a coronary artery lesion, but also how inflamed it is and how likely it is to cause a h...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Dr. Kebrina Bartley discusses cholesterol management with Dr. Thomas Nero.  They go over the important roll that statins play in coronary artery disease prevention especially in association with diet and exercise.  The also discuss other options for lowering cholesterol and briefly discuss the approach to treating patients who feel that th...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. If you REALLY want to understand what your doctor is telling you and how she came to the decisions that she did, then you have to know a little bit about medical statistics.  In this episode, we will go over how we make a diagnosis with testing, how to  measure benefit of a treatment in relative vs absolute risk reduction , and how to &quo...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. At Patients First, we aim to improve understanding of difficult topics in cardiology and medicine in general.  Easy enough for the layman, but detailed enough for someone who wants to know more about their condition or that of a loved one.  This first episode introduces the topic of outcomes based research and evidence based medicine.  It...

Let us know your thoughts. We would love to hear from you. Understanding cholesterol is an important part of understanding your risk of heart disease and stroke.  Your total cholesterol is made up of LDL (The bad cholesterol), HDL (the good cholesterol) and Triglycerides (which are also bad).  Since it is made up of both bad and good parts, total cholesterol can be misleading.  In this episode we...