Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

The following question refers to Section 6.1 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. Eugenia Gianos . Dr. Gianos specializes in preventive cardiology, lipidology, cardiovascular imaging, and women’s heart disease; she is the director o...

The following question refers to Section 5.1 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 & CardioNerds Intern  Hirsh Elhence,  answered first by Greater Baltimore Medical Center medicine resident / Johns Hopkins MPH student and CardioNerds Academy House Chief  Dr. Alaa Diab , and the...

The following question refers to Section 4.6 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by Student  Dr. Shivani Reddy , answered first by Johns Hopkins Cardiology Fellow  Dr. Rick Ferraro , 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 Progr...

The following question refers to Sections 11.3 of the  2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure . The question is asked by Western Michigan University medical student and CardioNerds Intern  Shivani Reddy , answered first by Johns Hopkins Osler internal medicine resident and CardioNerds Academy Fellow  Dr. Justin Brilliant , and then by expert faculty  Dr...

The CardioNerds Academy welcomes Dr. Melanie Sulistio to give the 2 nd Annual Sanjay V. Desai Lecture in Medical Education to mark the graduation of the 2022 CardioNerds Academy Class. Join us as Dr. Sulistio and CardioNerds Academy Program Director Dr. Tommy Das discuss the humanity deficiency in medicine, and how the practice of compassionate assumption can lead us to be better physicians for ou...

CardioNerds join Dr. Samid Muhammad Farooqui, Dr. Hiba Hammad, and Dr. Syed Talal Hussain, from the University of Oklahoma Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, in Oklahoma City. The fellows will take us in a fascinating discussion of a case of rapidly progressing dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension in a patient with metastatic breast cancer. They will then reveal an interesting...

The following question refers to Section 4.4 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by medicine resident Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem , 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 car...

The following question refers to Section 10.1 of the  2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure .  The question is asked by Western Michigan University medical student and CardioNerds Intern Shivani Reddy , answered first by Boston University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds Ambassador Dr. Alex Pipilas , and then by expert faculty Dr. Ileana Pina. Dr. Pina is Professor of Me...

CardioNerds Amit Goyal , Dr. Colin Blumenthal , Dr. Kelly Arps and Dr. Justice Oranefo discuss mechanical stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation with Dr. Christopher Ellis , cardiac electrophysiology lab director and director of the left atrial appendage closure program at Vanderbilt University. There has been a significant increase in the number of patients undergoing left atrial appendage occl...

It’s another session of CardioNerds Round s! In these rounds, Dr. Jenna Skowronski (Chief FIT at University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Natalie Stokes (Formerly FIT at University of Pittsburgh and now General Cardiology Faculty at University of Pittsburgh) join transformational leader, educator and researcher, Dr. Mary Norine Walsh  (Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation at Ascension St. Vincen...

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 Brigham & Women’s medicine intern & Director of CardioNerds Internship Dr. Gurleen Kaur , and then by expert faculty Dr. Michael Wesley Milks. Dr. Milks is a staff cardiologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Ohio...

The following question refers to Section 9.5 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 & CardioNerds Intern  Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Duke University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT Ambassador  Dr. Aman Kansal , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Javed Butl...

The practice of critical care cardiology relies on the use of invasive hemodynamics, mechanical ventilation, mechanical circulatory support, and other advanced techniques to help our patients recover from critical cardiac illnesses. To facilitate these interventions, it is essential to have a broad understanding of how sedation and analgesia keep our patients comfortable and safe throughout their...

The following question refers to Section 3.2 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern, 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 of the University of Washington where he is medical dir...

The following question refers to Section 9.1 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 & CardioNerds Intern  Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Duke University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT Ambassador  Dr. Aman Kansal , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Anu Lala . Dr. L...

CardioNerds ( Amit and Dan ) join Dr. Maria Pabon (cardiology fellow), Dr. Kevin Bersell (cardiology fellow), Dr. Saad Sultan Ghumman (interventional cardiology fellow), and Dr. Rhanderson Cardoso (cardiovascular imaging fellow) from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Together, they explore a complex case of STEMI that was further complicated by ventricular free wall rupture. Additionally, Dr. Ajar Koc...

CardioNerds ( Dr. Amit Goyal ), Dr. Sonu Abraham (CardioNerds Ambassador from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA) discuss left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and the implications of renal dysfunction with Dr. Brian Houston and Dr. Nisha Bansal . This episode will focus on the intersection of left ventricular assist devices and renal dysfunction. Patients with a combination of hea...

CardioNerds ( Amit and Dan ) join Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman , Dr. Gurleen Kaur , and Dr. Danny Pipilas from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Residency Program for Italian food and cannolis at the North End in Boston as they discuss the case of an elderly man with primary cardiac lymphoma. They review an approach to intracardiac masses, discuss advantages and disadvantages of various imaging modalitie...

CardioNerds co-founder Amit Goyal , Dr. Dinu Balanescu , Dr. Teodora Donisan , and Dr. Anjali Agarwalla get the cardiologist perspective of Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction (CTRCD) from Dr. Joerg Hermann . We previously learned from the oncologist perspective with Dr. Susan Dent in Episode #261! In this episode, we discuss the history of cancer therapies and our developing understanding...

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) and student Dr. Shivani Reddy (Medical Student at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker SOM), as they discuss how digital health in changing the landscape of CV Disease Management with Dr. Dipti Itchhapo...

It’s another session of CardioNerds Round s! In these rounds, Dr. Karan Desai (Formerly FIT at University of Maryland Medical Center and currently faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) joins Dr. Dan Burkhoff (Director of Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and MCS Research at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation) to discuss mechanical circulatory support options through the lens of pressure-volum...

The following question refers to Section 9.5 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 Brigham & Women’s medicine resident and Director of CardioNerds Internship  Dr. Gurleen Kaur , and then by expert faculty Dr. Shashank Sinh...

The following question refers to Section 8.1 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 Brigham & Women’s medicine resident and Director of CardioNerds Internship  Dr. Gurleen Kaur , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Prateet...

The following question refers to Section 7.7 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure .  The question is asked by St. George’s University medical student and CardioNerds Intern  Chelsea Tweneboah , answered first by Baylor College of Medicine Cardiology Fellow and CardioNerds Ambassador Dr. Jamal Mahar , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Michelle Kittleson. Dr. Ki...

The following question refers to Section 7.6 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure .  The question is asked by premedical student and CardioNerds Intern Pacey Wetstein, answered first by Baylor College of Medicine Cardiology Fellow and CardioNerds Ambassador  Dr. Jamal Mahar , and then by expert faculty  Dr. Nancy Sweitzer . Dr. Sweitzer is Professor...