HFA Cardio Talk

With Guillaume Baudry, University Hospital of Brabois, Nancy - France, and Marco Metra, University of Brescia - Italy. In this episode of the HFA Cardiotalk podcast, Guillaume Baudry interviews Marco Metra, the lead author of the recent HFA clinical consensus statement on worsening heart failure. They delve into the definition of worsening heart failure, its prognosis, prevention strategies, and b...

With Raja Ezman Faridz Bin Raja Shariff, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor - Malaysia, and Kevin Damman, University Medical Centre Groningen - The Netherlands  In this episode of the HFA Cardiotalk podcast, Ezman Shariff interviewed Kevin Damman – a key opinion leader in the field of cardiorenal interactions, to better understand the role natriuresis plays in the acute heart failure and what we...

With Jozine ter Maaten, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen - the Netherlands, Marta Cobo Marcos, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Spain, Mateusz Sokolski, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Aferdita Spahillari, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC - USA, Laura Cohen, Massachusets General Hospital, Boston, MA - USA, Antonio Cannata, King's College London, London - United Ki...

With Jozine M. ter Maaten, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen - Netherlands, Bart A. Mulder, 2022-2024, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen - Netherlands & Giuseppe Boriani, Polyclinic Modena University Hospital, Modena -Italy. Atrial fibrillation and heart failure often co-exist and influence each other. Treatment of AF specifically in the setting of heart failure can be ch...

With Cornelia Margineanu, Bucharest - Romania & Thomas Felix Luscher, London - UK A brief description of the discussion, which I have provided below: "In this episode, Dr. Cornelia Margineanu interviews Professor Thomas F. Lüscher on Education and professional development of the future generation of heart failure specialists, covering the entire pathway for young physicians, from training and havi...

With Mateusz Sokolski, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw - Poland & Amina Rakisheva, Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Almaty - Kazakhstan. Might heart failure be reversible or does it go only into remission in some cases? During this podcast, we discuss these issues, exploring the possibility of reversing heart failure and ending with regenerative medicine. "Thi...

With Alberto Esteban-Fernández. Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Madrid - Spain & John McMurray. BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glasgow - UK. We discuss the implementation of 2021 HF guidelines, the possibility of implementing foundational therapy in clinical practice, and difficulties and barriers. Also, we discuss future heart failure treatments in the coming years.  Access the 202...

With Antonio Cannata, King's College London - UK and  Folkert Asselbergs, Amsterdam University Medical Centre - Netherlands. In this episode of HFA CardioTalk Antonio Cannata interviews one of the pioneer in digital medicine and artificial intelligence in cardiovascular medicine, Prof Folkert Asselbergs. Several interesting insights were discussed on the present role of AI in Heart Failure and wha...

With Henrike Arfsten,Medical University of Vienna - Austria & Antoni Bayes-Genis, Heart Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias and Pujol de Badalona - Spain In this episode of HFA CardioTalk, Henrike Arfsten interviews Antoni Bayes-Genis on circulating biomarkers in heart failure. They focus in particular on natriuretic peptides and discuss the benefits of biomarkers assessment and their fun...

With Chris Kapelios, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens - Greece &  Gianluigi Savarese, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm - Sweden. This HFA CardioTalk podcast episode addresses Clinical inertia and optimization of heart failure therapy. The data we have on use of HF medications come from registries and may not be generalizable to unselected, real-world populations. The proportion of H...

With Antonio Cannata, King's College London, London - UK & Stuart Pocock, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London - UK. In this episode of HFA CardioTalk, Antonio Cannata interviews Stuart Pocock on how to understand randomised clinical trials. From the use of observational data to the key points in critically interpreting the results. Don't forget: a p value is no substitute for a br...

With Henrike Arfsten, University of Vienna, Vienna - Austria, Juan Pablo Kaski, University College London, London - United Kingdom, Mateusz Sokolski, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw - Poland, Jozine ter Maaten, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen - the Netherlands, Peter van der Meer, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen - the Netherlands, Antonio Cannata, King's College L...

With Wilfred Mullens, Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL) and Hasselt University - Belgium & Alberto Esteban-Fernández, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa y Alfonso X El Sabio University - Spain.   T his podcast addresses some of the main developments in congestion management in heart failure patients, especially those with cardiorenal syndrome. We discuss the ADVOR and CLOROTIC trials and their implicat...

With Amitai Segev, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan - Israel and Massimo Francesco Piepoli, IRCCS San Donato Polyclinic, San Donato Milanese - Italy In this episode of HFA Cardio Talk, we dive into the world of heart failure prevention with our esteemed guest, Prof. Massimo Piepoli, an eminent figure in preventive cardiology, as he is interviewed by Dr. Amitai Segev. Join us as we discuss the impor...

With Interviewee: Doctor Tuvia Ben Gal, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel and Interviewer: Doctor Cornelia Margineanu, Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu, Bucharest, Romania. In this podcast, Dr Cornelia Margineanu from Bucharest, Romania interviews professor Tuvia Ben Gal from Petah Tikva, Israel on cardiac transplantation. Throughout the podcast, the ex...

Interviewees: Associate Professor Jasper Brugts, Erasmus University Medical Centre of Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Professor John Cleland and Doctor Ross Campbell, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland; Doctor Jeroen Dauw AZ Saint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium and Interviewers: Doctor Antonio Cannata, King's College London, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Irel...

With  Antonio Cannata, BHF Centre of Excellence, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Science. Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London - UK & Mauro Giacca, King's College, BHF Centre of Excellence, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Science. Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London - UK. In this episode, Dr Cann...

With Sotiria Liori, Attikon University Hospital, Athens - Greece and Ovidiu Chioncel, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Disease - Institut De Boli Cardiovasculare C.C.Iliescu, Bucharest; University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest - Romania. In the latest episode of HFA Cardio Talk, Dr. Sotiria Liori, member of the HFA Young Committee, interviews Prof. Ovidiu Chioncel on cardiogenic shock....

With Dr. Mateusz Sokolski, Wroclaw Medical University – Poland and Prof. Finn Gustafsson , University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Denmark In February´s HFA Cardio Talk, Finn Gustafsson, Professor of Cardiology at the University of Copenhagen, director of the advanced heart failure, transplantation and mechanical circulatory support program at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark and member of the...

With Doctor Emanuele Bobbio, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg - Sweden and Professor Carsten Tschoepe, Head of the Cardiomyopathy Unit – Campus Virchow German  Heart Center at Charite (DZHK), Berlin - Germany and Head of the Cardiovascular Unit Immunocardiology, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charite - Germany In January's HFA Cardio Talk, Prof. Tschöpe, chair of the HFA Committee...

With Brenda Moura, Military Hospital, Porto, and Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto - Portugal & Francesca Musella, Santa Maria della Grazie Hospital, Naples, Italy, Karolinska Institutet - Sweden In December´s HFA Cardio Talk, Dr. Francesca Musella interviews Dr. Brenda Moura on the emerging role of Patients´profiling in Heart Failure. The podcast starts with an overview of this emerging...

With Daniela Tomasoni and Marianna Adamo, University of Brescia, Brescia - Italy. In November's HFA Cardio Talk, Dr. Daniela Tomasoni interviews Dr. Marianna Adamo on valvular heart disease in heart failure. The podcast starts with an epidemiological overview and then addresses the main pathophysiological mechanisms of valvular heart disease in patients with heart failure. It also discusses curren...

With Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (Interwiee), Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London - United Kingdom & Jessica Artico (Interwier), University College of London and Barts Heart Centre, London - United Kingdom. In this podcast, Prof Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, interviewed by Dr Jessica Artico, will discuss the enhanced role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Heart Failure Patients and in th...

With Angela Massouh (Host), American University of Beirut - Lebanon and Loreena Hill (Interviewee), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast - United Kingdom In September's HFA cardio podcast Dr. Angela Massouh interviews Dr. Loreena Hill on living with a Left Ventricular Assist Device, lessons learned from around the globe. This podcast will address the lived experiences of pat...

With Emma Louise Robinson (Host), University of Colorado, Aurora, USA. - USA and Luisa Mestroni (Interviewee), University of Colorado, Aurora, USA. In July's HFA Cardio Talk podcast, Dr Emma Robinson interviews Prof Luisa Mestroni, Director of the International Familial Cardiomyopathy Registry and Co-Director of the Molecular Genetics Program of the Cardiovascular Institute in Denver. This podcast...