Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

Amar Krishnaswamy, MD discusses out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the role of the cath lab.

Wael Jaber, MD provides an overview of a recent session highlighting new guidelines for imaging chest pain.

Can LAA be performed at the same time as ablation? Can patients with previous valve surgery or ASD safely undergo LAA? When to be concerned with a leak? Drs. Oussama Wazni, Walid Saliba, Mohamed Kanj, and Tyler Taigen discuss considerations for left atrial appendage closure.

Calcium metabolism has long been implicated in aortic stenosis. Dr. Samir Kapadia and Dr. Nicholas Kassis discuss supplemental calcium, both with and without vitamin D, and it how it relates to aortic stenosis, need for aortic valve replacement, and mortality.

Tamanna Singh, MD discusses sports cardiology and return to play considerations.

There have been many advancements in the field of electrophysiology. Dr. Oussama Wazni, Section Head, Cardiac Electrophysiology & Pacing Section, and Dr. Hiroshi Nakagawa discuss some of these evolutions and progress including new methods utilizing ablation index, ablation techniques, and developments in advanced high-definition mapping.

You may have heard this expression “Exercise is medicine” and wondered if it is true. Dr. Michael Emery explains that it is! The hardest part is getting started but Dr. Emery gives some helpful tips to get started and stick with it. Find what you enjoy doing and then find others who share in that passion to help you reach your goals.

Eric E. Roselli, MD provides an overview of the recent online session titled "Cutting-Edge Care for HyperAcute Proximal Aortic Dissection

Access to medical providers can be a challenge for many patients. Steven Nissen, MD, Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute Chief Academic Officer, describes one approach to help improve patient access to nonprescription statin therapy. Technology-assisted self-selection showed to be an effect method of screening patients compared to clinician screening.

Tamanna Singh, MD and Adriano Tonelli, MD discuss non-invasive and invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Presented at the American College of Cardiology as a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial, the Cleveland Clinic-led APOLLO trial explores siRNA therapy as a treatment option to help prevent premature heart disease in people with high levels of Lp(a). This condition is estimated to affect 64 million people in the United States and 1.4 billion people worldwide. It is estimated that nearly 20 to 25% of the w...

Dr. Sagar Kalahasti provides an overview of novel advances in the treatment of aortitis.

Presented at ACC as a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial, VALOR-HCM explores Mavacamten as an alternative to surgical septal myectomy or alcohol ablation in patients with severely symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Steven Nissen and Dr. Milind Desai, principal investigator, discuss the purpose, patient selection, and findings of the VALOR-HCM trial.

Dr. John Rickard provides an overview of the cardiac resynchronization therapy – heart failure optimization clinic from a Tall Rounds® session available online.

April is recognized as Stress Awareness Month. Stress can have many negative direct and indirect effects on your health and wellbeing. Dr. Luke Laffin from the Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation Section at Cleveland Clinic explains why is it important to keep stress under control for yourself as well as the patients you care for.

Patients with rheumatology conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), systemic sclerosis, connective tissue disorders, and even those with unidentified autoimmune and inflammatory conditions have higher rates of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Paul Cremer, MD and Dr. Heba Wassif, Director of the Cardio Rheumatology Center at Cleveland Clinic...

Dr. Milind Desai provides an overview of the Contemporary Approaches to the Diagnosis and Management of HCM Tall Rounds® session.

Achalasia has many treatments available Thoracic surgeons Dr. Siva Raja and Dr. Monisha Sudarshan discuss how they determine the right treatment for the patient. At Cleveland Clinic, the team provides a multidisciplinary approach to care.

Moderators Edward Soltesz, MD & Oussama Wazni, MD highlight the Advanced AFib Center: Contemporary Hybrid Procedures Tall Rounds® session.

The Cardio-OB clinic takes care of women who either were born with heart disease or acquire heart disease – before pregnancy – during pregnancy and – after pregnancy. Dr. Joanna Ghobrial, Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center and Dr. Katherine Singh, Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist talk about the types of patients who they see in the clinic and the multidisciplinary team availab...

Dr. W.H. Wilson Tang provides an overview of the Multigenerational Care for At-Risk Family Members of Patients with Inherited Cardiomyopathies Tall Rounds® session.

Dr. Eileen Hsich highlights the Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Complex Congenital Transplantations Tall Rounds® session.

The first documented stopped heart surgery was performed on February 17, 1956. Dr. Lars Svensson, Chairman of the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute reviews the operative notes from this innovative surgery performed by Dr. Donald Effler and Dr. Lawrence Groves, using a heart lung machine developed by Dr. Willem Kolff at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Svensson uses illustrations to take us step by step...

Dr. Lars. G. Svensson provides an overview of 100 Years of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Care at Cleveland Clinic.

Ambreen Fatima Ali, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow, presents a rare care of constrictive pericarditis. Diagnostic testing including various imaging techniques and CT guided biopsy leads to the diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma. An expert panel led by Dr. Allan Klein, Director of the Pericardial Center discuss this case and issues surrounding the topic.