Heart Podcast

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd is joined by EP specialist Dr Bhargava from the Cleveland Clinic. They discuss his Education in Heart paper on PVCs, covering assessment, drugs and ablation. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Guarav Gulsin from the University of British Columbia. They cover everything you need to know about this class of drugs for use in heart disease and beyond following the publication of a comprehensive review paper in Heart. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Madalina Garbi from Royal Papworth Hospital. They discuss her role on the NICE committee for valvular heart disease and how NICE guidelines differ from those developed by professional societies. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Alastair Moss from the University of Leicester. They discuss the paradoxical effect of exercise on coronary artery calcification. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://it...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Clare Taylor from the University of Oxford. They discuss the high risk of events associated with an elevated BNP and how pathways to the diagnosis of heart failure might be improved. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Al...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Drs Ferro and Khazi from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. They discuss how new drugs are evaluated for cost-effectiveness and how we determine if they are affordable for both patients and healthcare systems. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically down...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Chris Packard from the University of Glasgow. They discuss recent guideline changes in LDL targets and how these might be achieved in clinical practice. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https:...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Salim Virani and Dr Dhruv Mahtta from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. They discuss their recent paper entitled "Recreational substance use among patients with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease". If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your ph...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Sven Plein from the University of Leeds. They discuss his recent review, how to get trained in CMR and what a day in the life of a researcher / clinician looks like. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Philip MacCarthy from King's College Hospital, London. They discuss what the heart team is, how's it's evolved and what the future heart team might look like. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consid...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Patrick Boyle and Dr Nazem Akoum from the University of Washington in Seattle. They discuss the applications of computational modelling for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, plea...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Greg Mellor from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. They discuss LQTS, Brugada and CPVT syndromes - diagnosis, risk stratification, patient education and therapeutic options. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Shrilla Banerjee and Dr Shazia Hussain, UK-based interventional cardiologists. They discuss their experiences in cardiology as females and offer some help and advice to the next generation considering a craft speciality. Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/107/5/428 If you enjoy the show,...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Michelle Kittleson from Cedars Sinai Heart Institute. They discuss her review on remote monitoring for heart failure. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.c...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Martin O'Donnell from Galway in Ireland. They discuss his paper "Variations in knowledge, awareness and treatment of hypertension and stroke risk by country income level". If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Matthew Ryan from King's College, London. They discuss whether and how we should revascularise patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, plus also mention the REVIVED study which reports in 2022. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and co...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Allan Klein from The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss the use of Rilanocept for treating this troublesome condition and the Rhapsody trial. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at ht...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr William Parker from the University of Sheffield. They discuss his Education in Heart paper on optimal management of chronic coronary syndrome patients with reference to their anti-thrombotic needs. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone a...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Laurie Geenen from Erasmus medical centre in Rotterdam. They discuss a paper entitled "Prognostic value of C-reactive protein in adults with congenital heart disease". If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please conside...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Kazem Rahimi from Oxford, UK. They discuss his paper titled "Home monitoring with technology-supported management in chronic heart failure: a randomised trial". If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please cons...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by lipid expert Dr Susan Connolly from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. They discuss primary and secondary prevention, risk scores, imaging and two new drugs with the potential to improve lipid management significantly over the next 5 years. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes auto...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Marc Deyell from Vancouver. They discuss his team's systematic review and meta-analysis of ambulatory ECGs, in which they produce some age-specific normal ranges in healthy people. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Boon Lim from Imperial College syncope service. They discuss all aspects of this common condition. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Lynne Williams from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. They discuss all aspects of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, from symptoms to genetic testing, plus a discussion of an emerging new medical therapy. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to you...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by interventional cardiologist Dr Sukh Nijjer from Hammersmith Hospital, London. They discuss his paper in Heart concerned with the optimal management of ACS in the COVID-19 era. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please...