Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

CardioNerds ( Dan Ambinder ), episode lead Dr. Sarah Fahnhorst (ACHD Cardiologist at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan), and series co-chair Dr. Agnes Koczo (fellow at UPMC) learn about ASD from Dr. Richard Krasuski (ACHD Cardiologist and Director of ACHD at Duke University). Audio editing by  CardioNerds Academy Intern , student doctor Adriana Mares An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a comm...

CardioNerds Cofounder Dr. Amit Goya l is joined by an esteemed group of UCLA cardiology fellows – Dr. Patrick Zakka (CardioNerds Academy Chief), Dr. Negeen Shehandeh (Chief Fellow), and Dr. Adrian Castillo – to discuss a case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma. An expert commentary is provided by Dr. Eric Yang , beloved educator, associate clinical professor of medicine, assistant fellowship program...

It’s another session of CardioNerds Rounds! In these rounds, Dr. Priya Kothapalli (Interventional FIT at University of Texas at Auston, Dell Medical School) joins Dr. Deepak Bhatt (Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Medicine and Director of Mount Sinai Heart) to discuss the nuances of antithrombotic therapy. As one of the most prolific cardiovascular researchers, clinicians, and educators, CardioNer...

CardioNerd ( Daniel Ambinder) and series co-chairs Mark Belkin (AHFT Fellow, University of Chicago) and Karan Desai (Cardiologist, Johns Hopkins), join fellow lead, Dr. Pablo Sanchez (FIT, Stanford) for a discussion with Dr. Ryan Tedford (Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina ) about Right Ventricular (RV) predominant cardiogenic shock . In this episode we explore risk...

CardioNerds ( Dr. Patrick Azcarate , Dr. Teodora Donisan , and Amit Goyal ) discuss Radiation-Associated Cardiovascular Disease (RACD) with Dr. Eric Yang , cardio-oncologist, assistant professor of medicine, and associate fellowship program director at UCLA . RACD is a consequence of radiation treatment for various mediastinal tumors (breast, lung, lymphoma). It is the second most common cause of...

Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains a complex, multifactorial syndrome associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The CardioNerds Critical Care Cardiology Series tackles this important syndrome in a series of several episodes including: LV-predominant Shock, RV-predominant Shock, and Bi-ventricular Shock. In this episode, we review the definitions, pathophysiology, evaluation, and contemporar...

It’s another session of CardioNerds Rounds! In these rounds, Dr. Natalie Stokes (Formerly FIT at University of Pittsburgh and now General Cardiology Faculty at University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Karan Desai (formerly FIT at University of Maryland and now General Cardiology faculty at Johns Hopkins) join Dr. Rick Nishimura  (Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic) to discuss the nuances of managi...

In this episode, Dr. Carly Fabrizio (Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician at Christiana Care Hospital), CardioNerds Critical Care Series Co-Chair Dr. Mark Belkin (Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellow at University of Chicago ) and CardioNerds Co-Founder Dr. Amit Goyal (Cleveland Clinic) join Dr. Gavin Hickey (Director of the AHFTC Fellowship and medical director of th...

In this episode, Daniel Ambinder and Amit Goyal ( CardioNerds co-founders), Dr. Gurleen Kaur (medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Director of CardioNerds Internship), student doctor Adriana Mares (medical student at the University of Texas El Paso/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, CardioNerds Academy Intern), and Dr. Teodora Donisan (general cardiology fellow...

CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Dan Ambinder ), Series Co-Chair Dr. Dinu Balanescu (Academy House Faculty and Chief Resident at Beaumont Hospital ), and Episode Lead Dr. Manu Mysore (Former CardioNerds Ambassador and Cardiologist at the University of Maryland ) discuss The Need for Cardio-Oncology with Expert Faculty Dr. Bonnie Ky , Director of Penn Cardio-Oncology Translation Center of Excellence an...

CardioNerds ( Daniel Ambinder and Amit Goyal ) join Dr. Arielle Schwartz ( Emory University cardiology fellow ), Dr. Joshua Zuniga (former Emory vascular medicine fellow and now USC cardiology fellow ), and Dr. Patrick Zakka ( UCLA cardiology fellow ) from the Emory University School of Medicine. They discuss a case of a young woman with new onset hypertension refractory to 3 antihypertensive agen...

CardioNerds Dr. Josh Saef , Dan Ambinder , join Dr. Jim Kimber and interview experts Dr. Adrienne Kovacs , and Dr. Lauren Lastinger and discuss behavioral health needs and psychosocial wellbeing in the congenital heart disease population. In this episode, our experts tackle issues surrounding mental and behavioral health including anxiety/depression, ADHD, neurodevelopmental disabilities, psychoso...

CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Dan Ambinder ) join Dr. Radi Zinoviev, Dr. Josh Cohen , and Dr. Tiffany Dong (CardioNerds Ambassador ) from the Cleveland Clinic for a day on Edgewater beach. They discuss the following case of the evaluation and management of prosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis in a patient with a history of Ebstein Anomaly. The expert commentary and review (ECPR) is provided by Dr. J...

It’s another session of CardioNerds Rounds! In these rounds, Dr. Stephanie Fuentes (EP FIT at Houston Methodist) joins Dr. Hugh Calkins (Professor of Medicine and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory and Arrhythmia Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital ) to discuss the nuances of atrial fibrillation (AF) management through challenging cases. As an author of several guideline and expert consens...

In this episode, Daniel Ambinder ( CardioNerds Co-Founder), Dr. Gurleen Kaur (Director of CardioNerds Internship and medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ), Dr. Eunice Dugan (Cardiology fellow at Cleveland Clinic) and Dr. Zarina Sharalaya (Interventional and Structural Cardiologist at North Texas Heart) learn from the Dr. Sheila Sahni (Interventional Cardiologist and Director of The W...

The modern CICU has evolved to include patients with complex pulmonary mechanics requiring more non-invasive and mechanical ventilation. Series co-chairs Dr. Eunice Dugan and Dr. Karan Desai along with CardioNerds Co-founder Dr. Amit Goyal were joined by FIT lead, Dr. Sam Brusca , who has completed his NIH Critical Care and UCSF Cardiology fellow and currently faculty at USCF. We were fortunate en...

CardioNerds ( Amit and Dan ) join join Dr. Andrew Dicks (Vascular medicine physician at Prisma Health , former fellow at Mass General Vascular ) and Dr. Prateek Sharma ( Vascular interventional & medicine fellow at MGH ) for an ice-cold drinks at the Esplanade in Boston, MA to discuss a case about a patient who developed a pulmonary embolism and masterfully discuss the diagnosis and management...

CardioNerds ( Daniel Ambinder ) and ACHD series co-chair Dr. Dan Clark discuss advanced heart failure therapies including mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and heart transplantation (HT) in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) with Dr. Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez , cardiologist and director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease program at the University of Toronto and ACHD fellow Dr. Andy...

CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal ), Dr. Colin Blumenthal (CardioNerds Academy House Faculty Leader and FIT at the University of Pennsylvania ), and Dr. Anjali Wagle (CardioNerds Ambassador and FIT at Johns Hopkins University ), discuss the baseline assessment of stroke and bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with Dr. Elaine Hylek . Dr. Hylek is a professor of medicine at the Boston Uni...

With the advent and rapid evolution of contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the early invasive management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has become a mainstay in therapy with significant impact on patient outcomes. However, despite modern advances in technology and system-based practices, AMI presenting with cardiogenic shock (CS) continues to portend a high risk of morbidi...

It’s another session of CardioNerds Rounds! In these rounds, Co-Chair, Dr. Karan Desai (previous FIT at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and now faculty at Johns Hopkins) joins Dr. Ryan Tedford (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Heart Failure and Medical Directory of Cardiac Transplantation at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC ) to discuss the nuances of managin...

The following question refers to Section 6.2 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by  Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen , answered first by Houston Methodist medicine resident  Dr. Najah Khan , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Jaideep Patel . Dr. Patel recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University cardiology fellowship and is now a preventive cardio...

The following question refers to Section 4.9 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by  Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen , answered first by UCSD fellow  Dr. Patrick Azcarate , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Melissa Tracy . Dr. Tracy is a preventive cardiologist, former Director of the Echocardiography Lab, Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, and solid organ...

The following question refers to Section 4.6 and Figure 13 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by student doctor  Shivani Reddy , answered first by NP  Carol Patrick , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Roger Blumenthal . Dr. Roger Blumenthal is professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins where he is Director of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiova...

The following question refers to Section 4.3 of the  2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern  Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by pharmacy resident Dr. Anushka Tandon and then by expert faculty  Dr. Kim Williams . Dr. Williams is Chief of the Division of Cardiology and is Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Rush...