Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

CardioNerds join Dr. Tony Li Yi Wei , Dr. Rodney Soh Yu Hang , and Dr. Zan Ng Zhe Yan from the National University Heart Centre Singapore for a cocktail drink on the top of marina bay sands. They discuss the following case featuring a young woman with recurrent ACS ultimately found to have Takayasu Arteritis. The ECPR for this episode is provided by Dr. Teng Gim Gee and Professor Tan Huay Cheem. E...

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 o...

The following question refers to Section 8.5 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Western Michigan University medical student & CardioNerds Intern  Shivani Reddy , answered first by University of Southern California cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT Trialist  Dr. Michael Francke , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Shashank Sinha . D...

CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambider ) ACHD series co-chair Dr. Daniel Clark (Vanderbilt University), cardiology FIT lead Dr. Stephanie Fuentes (Houston Methodist Hospital), and Dr. Frank Fish, a Pediatric Electrophysiologist and the Director of the Pediatric Electrophysiology (EP) Lab at Monroe Carrell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University. He is a board certified Adult Congenita...

Join CardioNerds Co-Founder Dr. Dan Ambinder , Dr. Nino Isakadze (EP Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital), Dr. Karan Desai (Cardiology Faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview) join Digital Health Experts, Dr. Francoise Marvel (Co-Founder of Corrie Health and Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Digital Health Lab) and Dr. David Cho (Chair of the ACC Health Care Innovation Council) for ano...

CardioNerds ( Drs. Amit Goyal , Matthew Delfiner , and Tiffany Dong ) discuss infective endocarditis with distinguished clinician-educator Dr. Michael Cullen . We dive into the nuances of infective endocarditis, including native valve endocarditis, prosthetic valve endocarditis, and right-sided endocarditis. Notes were drafted by Dr. Tiffany Dong, and audio editing was performed by student Dr. Adr...

The following question refers to Section 4.7 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by  student Dr. Shivani Reddy , answered first by  NP Carol Patrick , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Eileen Handberg . Dr. Handberg is an Adult Nurse Practitioner, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Program in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine a...

The following question refers to Section 7.8 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Stony Brook University Hospital medicine resident and CardioNerds Intern Dr. Chelsea Tweneboah , answered first by Mayo Clinic Cardiology Fellow and CardioNerds Academy Chief Dr. Teodora Donisan , and then by expert faculty Dr. Michelle Kittleson . The  Deci...

The following question refers to Section 7.3 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Palisades Medical Center medicine resident & CardioNerds Academy Fellow  Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by Hopkins Bayview medicine resident & CardioNerds Academy Faculty  Dr. Ty Sweeny , and then by expert faculty Dr. Gregg Fona...

In this episode, CardioNerds Dr. Daniel Ambinder , Dr. Giselle Suero Abreu , and Dr. Saahil Jumkhawala discuss thromboembolic disease in cardio-oncology with faculty expert Dr. Joshua Levenson , the Associate Program Director of the cardiology fellowship and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine. Venous (VTE) and arterial thromboembolic (ATE) events a...

Join CardioNerds Co-Founder Dr. Dan Ambinder , Dr. Nino Isakadze (EP Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital), Dr. Karan Desai (Cardiology Faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview) join Digital Health Expert, Dr. La Princess Brewer (Associate Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester) for another installment of the Digital Health Series. In this specific episode, we discuss how digit...

CardioNerds co-founder Dr. Dan Ambinder joins CardioNerds join Dr. Pooja Prasad , Dr. Khoa Nguyen and expert Dr. Abigail Khan (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine) from Oregon Health & Science University and discuss a case of mechanical valve thrombosis. Audio editing by  CardioNerds Academy Intern , student doctor Adriana Mares ....

The following question refers to Section 4.5 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by  Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by pharmacy resident Dr. Anushka Tandon, and then by expert faculty  Dr. Noreen Nazir . Dr. Nazir is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is the director of cardiac MRI and the preventive c...

The following question refers to Section 7.2 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Cleveland Clinic internal medicine resident and CardioNerds Intern Akiva Rosenzveig , answered first by UPMC Harrisburg cardiology fellow and CardioNerds Academy House Faculty Leader  Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Randall Star...

Eisenmenger syndrome is an end-stage complication of congenital heart disease that occurs when a left to right shunt causes pulmonary over-circulation, leading to vascular remodeling, increased vascular resistance, and ultimately even shunt reversal. Aside from cardiac complications, this pathology has unique complications secondary to chronic cyanosis. In this episode of CardioNerds co-founder Dr...

CardioNerds CardioOncology Series Co-Chairs, Dr. Teodora Donisan and Dr. Dinu Balanescu , and FIT Lead Dr. Bala Pushparaji discuss Interventional CardioOncology with Prof. Cezar Iliescu . In this episode, we discuss the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases encountered by the interventional onco-cardiologist, with a focus on nuances in endovascular therapies tailored to cancer patients and their uni...

The following question refers to Section 3.4 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by student Dr. Adriana Mares , answered first by early career preventive cardiologist Dr. Dipika Gopal , and then by expert faculty Dr. Michael Wesley Milks. Dr. Milks is a staff cardiologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, wh...

The following question refers to Section 4.3 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Texas Tech University medical student and CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Adriana Mares , answered first by Rochester General Hospital cardiology fellow and Director of CardioNerds Journal Club Dr. Devesh Rai , and then by expert faculty Dr. Eldrin Lewis . Dr...

CardioNerds co-founder Dr. Dan Ambinder joins Dr. Abdelrhman Abumoawad , Dr. Leili Behrooz from the Boston University Vascular Medicine over hot chocolate in Boston. They discuss two interesting cases of lower extremity edema caused by May-Thurner syndrome. Dr. Naomi Hamburg (Professor of Vascular Medicine and Cards at BU/BMC) provides the ECPR for this episode. Audio editing by  CardioNerds...

CardioNerds co-founder Dr. Amit Goyal and episode leads Dr. Jaya Kanduri (FIT Ambassador from Cornell University) and Dr. Jenna Skowronski (FIT Ambassador from UPMC) discuss Complications of acute myocardial infarction with expert faculty Dr. Jeffrey Geske. They discuss various complications of acute MI such as cardiogenic shock, bradyarrythmias, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, rupture...

The following question refers to Figures 6-8 from Sections 3.2 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by  student Dr. Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Ohio State University Cardiology Fellow  Dr. Alli Bigeh , and then by expert faculty Dr. Eugene Yang . Dr. Yang is Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington where he is also the Medical Director of the Eastside...

The following question refers to Sections 6.1 and 7.3 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Keck School of Medicine USC medical student & former CardioNerds Intern  Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Greater Baltimore Medical Center medicine resident and CardioNerds Academy Fellow  Dr. Alaa Diab , and then by expert faculty&#1...

Stroke is a potentially devastating TAVR complication. In this episode, CardioNerds ( Drs. Amit Goyal , Nikolaos Spilias, Ahmed Ghoneem , and Chelsea Amo-Tweneboah ) discuss TAVR and stroke risk, stroke prevention strategies, and future directions with Dr. Samir Kapadia , Department chair and chief, Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. They also discuss device innovation and randomized con...

CardioNerds cofounders Dr. Amit Goyal and Dr. Daniel Ambinder join Dr. Isabel Balachandran , Dr. Diego Celli from the Texas Heart Institute. They discuss the nuances of risk stratification management of intermediate risk pulmonary embolism. The ECPR for this episode was provided by Dr. Alam Mahboob (Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Department of Medicine and As...

CardioNerds cofounder Dr. Daniel Ambinder , series co-chair Dr. Dinu Balanescu (FIT, Mayo Clinic), and episode lead Dr. Anjali Rao (FIT, UTSW) discuss training in cardio-oncology with Dr. Stephanie Feldman from Rutgers University. In this episode, the group discusses some of the most burning questions about educating the next wave of cardio-oncologists. As Dr. Feldman mentions, the projected numbe...