HCPLive Cardiology Podcasts

The advanced heart failure and transplant workforce faces a measurable recruitment deficit, driven less by competition from critical care subspecialties than by how and when trainees encounter the field during their formation. In this episode of Moving the Needle in Medicine , host Dr. Alex Hajduczok, MD, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at Oklahoma Heart Institute, sits down with Dr. A...

Check out the video version of this episode on HCPLive! Finerenone's expansion into non-diabetic kidney disease is prompting a broader rethink of how chronic kidney disease is measured, mechanistically understood, and treated across its many causes. On an episode of Don't Miss a Beat recorded at the 10th Annual Heart in Diabetes Meeting , hosts Stephen Greene, MD, meeting co-chair and heart failur...

The shift from purely clinical heart failure diagnosis to biomarker-guided management unfolded over decades of incremental evidence, institutional skepticism, and a handful of pivotal decisions by a small number of physician-scientists willing to champion tools before their adoption became mainstream. In this episode of Moving the Needle in Medicine, host Alexander Hajduczok, MD, a cardiologist an...

A physician's career path is rarely linear and the influences shaping it are seldom predictable. Few understand this better than Andrew Sauer, MD. In this episode of Moving the Needle in Medicine , host Alexander Hajduczok, MD, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at Oklahoma Heart Institute, sits down with Sauer, director of the Haverty Family Cardiometabolic Center and co-director of the...

A physician's career path is rarely linear and the influences shaping it are seldom predictable. In the inaugural episode of Moving the Needle in Medicine , host Alex Hajduczok, MD, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at Oklahoma Heart Institute, sits down with Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, director of the Davis Women's Heart Center at Houston Methodist and one of the most recognized...

Welcome back to Don't Miss a Beat ! In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, cohosts Steven Green, MD, and Muthu Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, sit down with Ambarish Pandey, MD, from UT Southwestern, to discuss the landmark POLY-HF trial, presented at the 2025 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans. The discussion centers on the novel concept of a “polypill” approach for patients with...

At the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 , hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, a cardiologist and codirector of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Stephen Greene, MD, an advanced heart failure specialist at Duke University School of Medicine, discussed the evolving role of oral diuretic intensification as...

At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2025 in Madrid, hosts Steve Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, sat down with Javed Butler, MD, to review the results of the highly anticipated VICTOR trial, a companion study to the pivotal VICTORIA trial evaluating vericiguat in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). While VICTORIA focused on patients recently hospitalized...

In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, hosts Stephen Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, sit down with Darren McGuire, MD, to explore the groundbreaking results of the SURPASS-CVOT trial. This cardiovascular outcome study is the first to directly compare two incretin-based therapies—tirzepatide, a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, and dulaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist—among patients w...

This episode of Don’t Miss a Beat centers on the evolving treatment landscape for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) with special guest Ahmad Masri, MD. Hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, a cardiologist and codirector of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Steve Greene, MD, an advanced heart failure specialist at Duke University...

This episode of Don’t Miss a Beat , recorded at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2025 Annual Scientific Sessions , explores the evolving landscape of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) treatment, focusing on the implementation of combination therapies. Hosts Steve Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, discuss the transition from a previously limited treatment l...

In this on-site episode of Don't Miss a Beat from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2025 Annual Scientific Sessions , hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, and Steve Greene, MD, break down a pair of trials from the meeting: STRIDE and SOUL. STRIDE Trial The STRIDE trial, funded by Novo Nordisk, was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study initiated in 2020 to evaluate the effects...

In this episode of Don't Miss a Beat , hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, and Steve Greene, MD, are joined by Taher Modarressi, MD, to explore the practicalities of implementing cardiometabolic therapies in clinical practice. Modarressi shares his experiences establishing a cardiometabolic clinic and offers invaluable advice on overcoming barriers like insurance coverage and cost issues. The dis...

Live from ESC Congress 2024! In this edition of Don’t Miss a Beat, Stephen Greene, MD, an advanced heart failure specialist at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses the prospect of finerenone in treatment algorithms for heart failure with Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, codirector of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, based on data from th...

Brendon Neuen, MBBS, PhD, joins hosts to discuss the landmark FLOW trial and its implications on the future of chronic kidney disease management as well as other compelling data surrounding semaglutide from the 61st European Renal Association Congress. Key Highlights: 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - ERA Recap  03:06 - FLOW Background 05:20 - FLOW Results 06:56 - FLOW Reaction (Neuen) 09:13 - Semaglutide Mor...

In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, Javed Butler, MD, joins hosts Muthiah Vaduganthan, MD, MPH, and Steve Greene, MD, for a breakdown of the EMPACT-MI trial, including primary results, secondary findings, how data from DAPA-MI and EMPACT-MI complement each other, and what is next for the SGLT2 inhibitor class.  Key Highlights: 00:00 - Intro 01:57 - Trial Design and Results 07:00 - Inclusion Crit...

In this episode, hosts sit down between sessions at AHA 2023 to discuss the landmark SELECT trial, their interpretation of the data, and its implications for care moving forward. Later in the episode, hosts give an overview of the DAPA-MI trial. 

On the floor from HFSA 2023! Hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, and Steve Greene, MD, are joined by Marat Fudim, MD, MHS, of Duke, to discuss the REBALANCE-HF trial, which examined endovascular ablation of the right greater splanchnic nerve in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

In this episode of Don't Miss a Beat, hosts offer a breakdown of 3 trials of note from the upcoming ESC Congress 2023 and provide context around the recent announcement of topline results from the SELECT trial.

In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, hosts sit down at ESC HFA to discuss key takeaways from the ACC's expert clinical decision pathway and preview HFpEF data scheduled to be presented during the meeting.

Hosts are joined by Tor Biering-Sørenson, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD, to discuss the NUDGE FLU trial and how the lessons learned can inform implementation strategies for various other types of therapies.

Don't Miss a Beat hosts are joined by Alexandre Mebazaa, MD, PhD, lead investigator of the STRONG-HF trial, to discuss the inspiration for the trial, its design, and important takeaways for those looking to implement a similar strategy of rapid, in-hospital uptitration of GDMT in heart failure at their own practice. Video Version

Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Stephen Greene, MD, of the Duke University School of Medicine, are bringing you insights from the floor at the American Heart Association 2022 Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Il. In the episode, which was recorded on day 2 of the 3-day meeting, our hosts offer listeners perspective on the EMPA-KIDNEY and the TRANSFORM-HF trial, th...

In this special edition episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, which was filmed on-site at the HFSA 2022 annual scientific meeting, hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, codirector of Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Stephen Greene, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, take the audience on a deep dive into implementa...

In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, hosts Stephen Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, provide a recap of the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022. This recap begins with a discussion on the results of the phase 3 DELIVER trial, in which Vaduganathan served as an investigator, the ADVOR trial, and REVIVED.