Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

Sudden cardiac arrest or death can be traumatic for everyone involved. The important thing to focus on is immediate emergency medical attention and resuscitation. Dr. Michael Emery and Dr. Tamanna Singh, Co-Directors of the Sports Cardiology Center, discuss considerations for patients who have experienced sudden cardiac arrest on the field.

Overview of the Phases of Care: Dr. Joanna Ghobrial - Preoperative Phase: Diagnosis, Optimizing Medical Tx, and When to Intervene, Dr. Eric Roselli - Intraoperative Surgical / Interventional Perspective: Open vs Endo vs Hybrid, and Dr. Margaret Fuchs - Postoperative Phase: Lifestyle Recommendations and Providing Lifelong Care and Surveillance.

The Ventricular Arrhythmia Center at Cleveland Clinic utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to managing patients with VT. Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA, speaks with Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, the Director of the Ventricular Arrhythmia Center, about treatment techniques for patients with ventricular arrhythmias.

Milind Desai, MD provides an overview of the preoperative phase: screening, watchful waiting, and moving forward, and Patrick Vargo, MD, discusses the intraoperative surgical perspective: valve options and how much aorta do I resect?

The American Diabetes Associate released their 2023 Standards of Care with updated practice recommendations and guidelines this month. Natalie Salvatore, RN, and Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD, discuss the highlights and changes as well as what you need to know to best care for patients with diabetes and heart disease.

Dr. Patrick Collier provides an overview of the multidisciplinary approach to Cleveland Clinic's Cardiovascular Oncology Center.

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited lipid disorder affecting 1 in 220 individuals resulting in highly elevated low-density lipoprotein levels and risk of premature coronary disease. Dr. Leslie Cho and Dr. Ashish Sarraju discuss some of the nuances of managing patients with FH.

Dr. Scott Cameron discusses the diagnoses of non-atherosclerotic lower extremity arterial disease.

Simple is not so simple anymore. Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mitral valve disease is rapidly evolving. A Case Based Approach to Mastering the Mitral Valve: Imaging, Innovation, and Intervention is an educational activity designed to highlight key insights using a case-based approach. Come see Drs. Brian Griffin and Marc Gillinov present alongside other experts in the field of mitral va...

In the U.S. from March 2020 to June 2021, 147 lung transplants took place for COVID fibrosis or COVID ARDS. In this podcast, Dr. Kenneth McCurry and Dr. Marie Budev, surgical director and medical director, respectively, of the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Cleveland Clinic discuss COVID-19, ARDS, fibrosis and the potential role of lung transplantation to treat those patients with advan...

Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy discusses the management of heart failure with functional mitral regurgitation.

Hemodynamic stability is crucial after any operation. Dr. Scott Cameron discusses some of the nuances of medication management for patients who have undergone surgery on their aorta.

Dr. Sudish Murthy discusses thoracic surgery techniques and robotic tracheal resection.

Over the last decade, the tricuspid valve has transformed from being the “forgotten valve” to gaining clinical attention as the one of the next frontiers in structural heart disease. The evolving landscape of structural interventions and multimodality imaging have led to advances in the assessment and management of TR. Dr. Tom Wang discusses considerations for the evaluation and management of TR.

Venu Menon, MD, provides an overview of the preoperative hyperacute phase, and Ran Lee, MD, discusses the postoperative phase in the ICU.

Rishi Puri, MD, PhD discusses future horizons in LV restoration, and Chonyang Albert, MD, provides a case presentation and case follow-up.

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect and a leading cause of pulmonary valve disease. Patients may not recognize that they are symptomatic. Dr. Joanna Ghobrial outlines the care and management for patients with pulmonary valve disease.

Lung Transplant A-Z: From Referring a Patient to the Impact of COVID-19. Together Dr. Raed Dweik, Chair of the Respiratory Institute, and Dr. Marie Budev, Director of the Lung Transplant Program, tackle the huge subject of lung transplant, covering a range of topics that includes when the right time to refer a patient is and what the contraindications are for transplant. They discuss the Lung Allo...

Pulmonary Hypertension occurs in about 10 percent of patients with congenital heart defects. Dr. Joanna Ghobrial, specializing in adult congenital heart disease, and Dr. Neal Chaisson, specializing in pulmonary hypertension, discuss the benefits of using a multidisciplinary approach to manage patients with both pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart defects.

Dr. Venu Menon and Dr. Edward Soltesz discuss cardiogenic shock and strategic opportunities.

N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, also known as omega 3s or fish oil, claim to have a benefit for cardiovascular health. Dr. Steven Nissen and Dr. Luke Laffin discuss the results of recent trials focusing on the use of N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and if the effects live up to the marketed claims or if they have more undesirable effects.

Dr. Allan Klein discusses a new paradigm shift in the diagnosis and management of recurrent pericarditis.

The Sports Cardiology Center team works with all athletes along the spectrum - high school and college age athletes, professional and masters athletes, recreational exercisers, to weekend warriors to help them achieve their goals. Dr. Michael Emery and Dr. Tamanna Singh discuss the nuance of evaluating cardiac symptoms in the athletic patient. They explain how they can help patients reach their in...

Featuring a case presentation on embolic stroke of undetermined source and Joanna Ghobrial, MD discussing ASD /PFO Management.

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) tests are incredibly helpful to aid in diagnosis. Dr. Deborah Kwon, Director of Cardiac MRI at Cleveland Clinic speaks with Dr. Christopher Nguyen, PhD, Director of MRI Research in the Advanced Imaging and Simulation Center for MRI, about the future and advancements in cardiac MRI.