Podcasts by Heart podcast

A comprehensive review on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) from 2022-04-29T04:35:36

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Harriette Van Spall, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada. They discuss her paper "Heart fa...

The BCS Centenary - the past, present and future of British Cardiology from 2022-04-19T18:19:39

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by past British Cardiovascular Society president, Dr Iain Simpson, and BCS archivist and cardiologist Dr Carolin...

Searching for genetic causes of cardiomyopathy from 2022-03-22T23:29:37

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Social Media Intern, Dr Andrew Perry is joined by Dr. Gasnat Shaboodien, a researcher at the University of Cape Town who studies the genetics of cardiovascular...

Care of the patient after valve intervention from 2022-03-12T08:06:50

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Lynne Millar from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss her review paper - "Care of the patient after va...

How natural language processing (NLP) can improve cardiology care from 2022-02-24T06:42:51

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Meghan Reading Turchioe from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. They discuss a systematic review of the u...

Single Cell Transcriptomics with Dr. Alan Daugherty, Editor-in-Chief of ATVB from 2022-02-11T05:23:40

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Intern, Dr. Andrew Perry, is joined by Dr. Alan Daugherty, from the University of Kentucky, and Editor-in-Chief of the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombos...

Anticoagulant prescribing for atrial fibrillation and risk of incident dementia from 2022-01-27T06:56:56

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash and Dr Sharon Cadogan from the London School of Hygiene&Tropical Medicine, London, ...

Predicting atrial fibrillation in primary care - what's the optimal way? from 2022-01-13T04:59:32

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Ramesh Nadarajah from the University of Leeds. They discuss a systematic review and meta-analysis of AF pr...

2021 AHA/ACC Chest Pain Guidelines with Dr Gulati from the University of Arizona from 2021-12-28T20:53:31

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Social Media Intern, Dr Andrew Perry is joined by preventative cardiologist Dr Martha Gulati from the University of Arizona. They discuss the 2021 AHA/ACC Guid...

Towards a personalised approach for obesity treatment in patients with coronary artery disease from 2021-12-13T07:21:38

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Michelle Kelsey from Duke University. They discuss predictors of success in weight loss strategies in pati...

Making the leap - moving from trainee to consultant cardiologist from 2021-11-29T22:46:46

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Pamela Brown, consultant cardiologist from the James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. They discuss the is...

Machine learning in cardiology - will we ever be replaced by computers? from 2021-11-12T05:00:49

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr James Howard from Imperial College, London. They discuss two papers published in Heart that dive into arti...

Management of frequent PVCs with Dr Bhargava from the Cleveland Clinic from 2021-10-27T05:34

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, coveri...

Benefits of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors across the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases from 2021-10-13T16:25:26

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 c...

How are NICE guidelines developed? from 2021-09-29T00:40:30

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 hear...

Is exercise bad for your calcium score? from 2021-09-13T06:10:51

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 coronar...

BNP levels and risk of subsequent death and hospitalisation - an interview with Dr Clare Taylor from 2021-08-30T15:40:21

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 elevat...

How are novel cardiovascular drugs costed and paid for? from 2021-07-30T04:31:03

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 evalu...

LDL cholesterol - how low should we go? from 2021-07-13T04:24:10

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 ach...

Recreational drugs and vascular health - a hidden epidemic from 2021-06-29T16:41:32

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 "R...

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: emerging techniques and applications from 2021-06-10T21:45:28

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 ...

The Heart Team - time to refresh the concept? from 2021-05-28T04:15:25

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 i...

Translational applications of computational modelling for patients with cardiac arrhythmias from 2021-05-11T05:19:03

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 applicatio...

Cardiac channelopathies: diagnosis and contemporary management - Brugada, LQTS and CPVT from 2021-04-26T05:27:21

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 stratificati...

Female trailblazers in procedural cardiology - career journeys and advice to the next generation from 2021-04-13T03:58:48

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 experien...

Remote monitoring of heart failure - what are the possibilities? from 2021-03-29T03:45:51

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 hea...

Hypertension and stroke risk vary across countries - why? from 2021-03-10T00:55:33

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 tr...

Should we revascularise patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy? from 2021-02-24T05:15:57

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 wi...

Managing Recurrent Pericarditis from 2021-02-10T06:26:36

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 co...

Anti-thrombotic therapy for patients with chronic coronary syndromes from 2021-01-23T16:40:53

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 mana...

hs-CRP in congenital heart disease from 2021-01-09T17:00:17

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-...

Digital monitoring and management of heart failure - a randomised trial from 2020-12-29T15:59:35

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-suppor...

A lipid management masterclass with Dr Susan Connolly from 2020-12-14T21:16:15

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 prevent...

What's normal on a 24 hour ECG? from 2020-11-29T14:24:18

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...

Get better at managing patients with syncope from 2020-11-15T15:27:35

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...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - the essentials from 2020-11-01T14:09:54

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 car...

ACS management in the COVID-19 era from 2020-10-12T16:53

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...

Cardiogenetics - an explainer for the general cardiologist from 2020-09-24T16:24:48

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle. They discuss the role of genetic testing in cardiology. If you enjoy t...

ESC Top 10 highlights with Dr Sarah Hudson from 2020-09-14T18:52:58

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Sarah Hudson, a cardiology fellow from the U.K. They discuss 10 trials and 3 insightful talks from the dig...

How to improve at communicating risk from 2020-08-26T18:41:38

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Alexandra Freeman and Dr Gabriel Reccia from The Winton Centre at the University of Cambridge. They discus...

Balloon aortic valvuloplasty - everything you need to know as a general cardiologist from 2020-08-14T16:59:35

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by David Hildick-Smith from the Sussex Cardiac Centre in Brighton. They discuss balloon aortic valvuloplasty - w...

Estimating excess deaths from Covid-19 from 2020-07-29T18:24:17

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Amitava Banerjee from UCL. They discuss both his Lancet paper and a subsequent pre-print describing the di...

Diet after a heart attack - what should we tell patients? from 2020-07-12T15:04:41

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Thomas Butler from the University of Chester. They discuss his Review paper in Heart entitled "Optimum nut...

Dilated cardiomyopathy and athlete's heart - how to tell the difference from 2020-06-28T14:13:58

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Lynne Millar from Bart's Hospital, London. They discuss her recent paper entitled "Differentiation between...

Learning cardiology online and why EP is an amazing speciality from 2020-06-15T09:39

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Vishal Luther from Hammersmith Hospital, London. They discuss how cardiology can be taught effectively onl...

The future of cardiology in the post-COVID era from 2020-05-28T18:05:54

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Simon Ray, President of the British Cardiovascular Society. They discuss how cardiology might be de...

Predicting sudden death using 5 ECG abnormalities from 2020-05-13T19:59:35

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arttu Holkeri from Helsinki in Finland. They discuss his paper entitled "Predicting sudden cardiac death i...

Angina - contemporary diagnosis and management from 2020-05-01T10:41:08

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Tom Ford from Gosford, Australia. They discuss all aspects of angina diagnosis and management. The accompa...

Creating a bio-resource to fight Covid-19 from 2020-04-08T18:56:27

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by cardiologist Dr Charlotte Manisty and Professor of Infectious Diseases Mahdad Noursadeghi from London. They h...

Coping with Covid-19 - advice from a New York City Intensivist from 2020-03-29T11:48:43

In this special episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Umesh Gidwani, an intensivist from Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. They discuss the ongoing Covid-...

Cardiology in the Covid-19 era: looking after ourselves so we can look after our patients from 2020-03-23T14:49:54

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Sarah Hudson, a cardiology trainee from Bristol, UK. They discuss Sarah's blog post that can be found belo...

Covid-19 in Seattle - hope for the best, prepare for the worst from 2020-03-20T13:49:39

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Karen Stout who is leading the clinical cardiology care for COVID patients in Seattle. They discuss how sh...

His bundle pacing - what you need to know from 2020-03-15T11:20:33

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Zachary Whinnett from The Hammersmith Hospital in London. They discuss the His bundle pacing and the HOPE ...

HRT and cardiovascular risk - what's new? from 2020-02-27T17:20:15

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Felice Gersh from Irvine, California. They discuss a recent editorial published in Heart concerning hormon...

Improving doctors' wellbeing - what can be done? from 2020-02-11T20:12:18

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Joanna Poole, an anaesthetics trainee who has been instrumental in publicising doctors' negative experienc...

Kawasaki disease - a global issue from 2020-01-25T14:31:38

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Robert Tulloh from Bristol. They discuss his recent review on the lifetime cardiovascular managemen...

Lifestyle treatments for atrial fibrillation from 2020-01-11T12:07:14

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Prash Sanders from the University of Adelaide. They discuss the ideas behind lifestyle modification...

Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging from 2019-12-27T17:20:52

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Paul Leeson from Oxford. They discuss the science behind AI as applied to imaging. Current and future applications are highli...

A heart failure extravaganza! from 2019-12-02T09:09:13

In this double-length episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Dr Stephen Pettit from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. They discuss cardiogenic shock, HFPEF, new drugs for heart fai...

Frequent PVCs - to treat or not to treat? from 2019-11-09T13:55:45

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Marc Deyell from the University of British Columbia. They discuss his Heart paper "Outcomes of untreated f...

Napping - good for the heart? from 2019-10-28T21:53:47

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Nadine Hausler from the university hospital of Lausanne. They discuss her paper all about the effects of n...

Pre-operative cardiac testing - how should we do it? from 2019-10-12T16:31:43

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Marcio Bittencourt from Sao Paolo University. They discuss an editorial he wrote on pre-op cardiac testing...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction - which treatments work? from 2019-09-22T13:22:45

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Sean Zheng from Kings College, London. They discuss Dr Zheng's award-winning paper on heart failure with p...

Big data in cardiology - what you need to know from 2019-09-12T20:14:38

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Prof. Mamas Mamas from the Universities of Manchester and Keele. They discuss the power of big data and how T...

Predicting hospital admissions using machine learning from 2019-09-01T07:27:51

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Kazem Rahimi from Oxford University (https://www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/team/kazem-rahimi). They discuss his ...

Deep Medicine with Eric Topol, author of the Topol NHS review from 2019-08-06T18:32:20

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. They discuss the impact ...

The Power of Zero with Dr Scott Murray from 2019-07-29T19:24:58

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Scott Murray, President of the British Association of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation. They discuss ...

Improving the lives of trainee cardiologists - some success stories from 2019-07-11T19:57:37

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Drs Sarah Hudson (@sarahhudsonuk), Ashley Nisbet (@drashnisbet) and Clare Coyle from SW England and London. T...

Behind the scenes at Heart with Editor in Chief Professor Catherine Otto from 2019-06-28T14:58:53

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Catherine Otto, Editor in Chief of Heart. Find out what happens to your paper once you hit the 'submit' butto...

Cholesterol - the lower the better? from 2019-06-08T15:00:17

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Stephen Weng from the University of Nottingham. They discuss his Heart paper "Sub-optimal cholesterol resp...

Learning cardiology using simulators - can we replace patients? from 2019-05-27T14:47:39

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Dr Khalid Barakat from Bart's Hospital in London. Khalid is the national lead for simulation-based training and is based at St. Barthol...

Statistics and risk - what’s my heart age? from 2019-05-06T13:11:13

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by eminent statistician Professor David Spiegelhalter from Cambridge University. They discuss how we can better ...

Aortic stenosis - how should we treat it in 2019? from 2019-04-28T14:04:50

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle. They discuss the latest in aortic stenosis treatments in the low-risk ...

Radiation - what cardiologists need to know from 2019-04-13T15:05:59

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Michelle Williams from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss all aspects of radiation in cardiology an...

Cardiomyopathies - a comprehensive overview from Professor Perry Elliott from 2019-03-28T19:49:25

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Perry Elliott from UCL and Bart's in London, a world leader in cardiomyopathy care and research. Th...

Obesity and atrial fibrillation from 2019-03-13T11:42:13

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Drs Glover and Hong from the University of Toronto in Canada. They discuss their Heart paper "Impact of body ...

Myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries, what next? from 2019-02-27T12:42:57

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Puja Mehta from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They discuss the concept of myocardial infarction...

Tips and tricks for managing hypertension from 2019-02-11T16:03:12

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Melvin Lobo from Bart’s Hospital, London. They discuss all aspects of high blood pressure and its m...

How should we treat older people with heart attacks? from 2019-01-29T14:56:32

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Vijay Kunadian from Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital . They discuss the RITA SENIOR trial, de...

Heart attack care and outcomes for women - bias or biology? from 2019-01-10T11:15:50

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Chris Gale and Dr Chris Wilkinson from Leeds University. They discuss their paper "Sex differences ...

Heart Transplantation - The Essentials from 2018-12-21T14:15:15

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Clive Lewis from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK. They discuss cardiac transplantation in depth. Le...

Cardio-oncology - the essentials (Part 2) from 2018-12-12T15:43:05

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arjun Ghosh from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss the essentials of cardio-oncology - what it is, w...

Cardio-oncology - the essentials (Part 1) from 2018-11-29T17:25:47

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arjun Ghosh (Twitter: @Arjunkg) from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss the essentials of cardio-onco...

Do we still need stethoscopes? from 2018-11-13T13:49:09

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Bernard Prendergast from St Thomas' Hospital, London. They discuss his recent publication in Heart c...

The SCOT-HEART trial - a discussion with Professor David Newby from 2018-10-26T09:39:55

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd is joined by Professor David Newby from Edinburgh University. They discuss the landmark SCOT-HEART trial, which demonstrate...

The Big Beat Challenge from the British Heart Foundation from 2018-10-11T16:12:28

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Nilesh Samani, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The BHF is launching a groun...

Diet and exercise for life - a discussion with Dr Hazel Wallace, the Food Medic - Part 2 from 2018-09-25T15:27:23

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Hazel Wallace, a.k.a the food medic, from London. Hazel is a doctor, a bestselling author, a qualified per...

Diet and exercise for life with Dr Hazel Wallace - Part 1 from 2018-09-11T20:11:35

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Hazel Wallace, a.k.a the food medic, from London. Hazel is a medical doctor, a bestselling author, a quali...

Respiratory infections and subsequent heart attacks and strokes from 2018-08-29T10:06:53

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They discuss the links betw...

Perivascular adipose tissue and coronary atherosclerosis from 2018-07-26T11:24:10

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Charalambos Antoniades from Oxford, UK. They discuss his novel method of measuring coronary plaque ...

Bringing your research to life through public and media engagement from 2018-07-17T15:45:30

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Greg Jones, the media manager at The British Heart Foundation, the largest independent funder of cardiovascular...

Why cardiologists should use social media from 2018-07-10T10:01:48

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Rohin Francis from London. Rohin is a Twitter and Youtube advocate. They discuss why social media makes sens...

Mechanical support options for shock from 2018-06-28T11:00:39

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Clive Lewis from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK. He's an expert in advanced heart failure support. T...

Women in cardiology - breaking down the barriers from 2018-06-13T18:59:12

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor DrJames Rudd is joined by Dr Cara Hendry from Manchester and Dr Iain Simpson from Southampton. They are passionate about reducing barri...

Commuting and your cardiovascular health from 2018-05-15T16:05:19

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Jenna Panter from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. They discuss how our choice get...

Aortic stenosis - How severe is 'severe'? from 2018-05-13T11:15:04

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Praveen Mehrotra, an echo expert from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. They discuss his...

A focus on valvular heart disease from 2018-04-19T10:04:23

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Catherine Otto, Editor in Chief of the journal. They discuss the latest issue of Heart that is dedicated to valve disease. So...

An update on Takotsubo’s syndrome - a stress-induced cardiomyopathy from 2018-04-11T15:13:03

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Dana Dawson from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland. They discuss the clinical features, pathology and lat...

ECG screening for young athletes - yes or no? from 2018-03-26T14:10:44

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Andrew D'Silva from Brighton, UK. Along with Professor Sanjay Sharma, Dr D'Silva has published a comprehensi...

An ACC preview show with Medscape's Dr John Mandrola from 2018-03-05T13:14:57

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and EP specialist Dr John Mandrola from Louisville, Kentucky. John is also Medscape's chief cardio...

Refractory angina - how can we improve our service to patients? from 2018-02-24T13:29:28

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Paul Sainsbury from Bradford Royal Infirmary. They discuss his recent Education in Heart paper all about ref...

The Orbita Trial - the inside scoop - Part 2 from 2018-01-21T18:29:38

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd visits Professor Darrel Francis and Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee at "Orbita HQ" in Imperial College, London to discuss their groundbr...

The Orbita Trial - the inside scoop - Part 1 from 2018-01-21T18:26:58

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd visits Professor Darrel Francis and Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee at "Orbita HQ" at Imperial College, London to discuss their groundbr...

Cardiac CT, NICE and chest pain - can we meet the demand for imaging? from 2018-01-14T11:24

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and cardiac CT expert Dr. Ed Nicol from The Royal Brompton Hospital, London. They discuss what th...

Can we predict aortic stenosis progression using blood biomarkers? from 2018-01-02T09:18:26

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Atul Anand from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss his recent research paper about using cardiac myos...

Inflammation and heart disease - what's next? from 2017-12-10T17:12:20

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by a vascular biology legend, Professor Peter Libby from Harvard University and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine ...

Management of mature athletes with cardiovascular conditions from 2017-11-15T11:13:14

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Andrew D'Silva, author of a comprehensive Education in Heart paper about assessing and treating older athle...

Gender differences in achieving secondary prevention targets - a comparison of three regions from 2017-11-12T13:04:48

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Ian Graham, from Trinity College Dublin. Professor Graham is a world authority in preventative cardi...

Pulmonary hypertension - a guide for cardiologists from 2017-10-24T19:26:33

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Nick Morrell, a pulmonary hypertension expert from Cambridge, UK. First, they discuss the classifica...

Olive oil, sunshine and a half hour walk - a conversation with Dr. Aseem Malhotra from 2017-10-11T14:56:14

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Aseem Malhotra from Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK. They discuss what we should tell our patients about di...

CT-derived fractional flow reserve - are we there yet? from 2017-09-12T11:11:16

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Ronak Rajani from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. They discuss the clinical trials and applications...

Life on the conference trail - an ESC 2017 preview show with Shelley Wood from TCTMD.com from 2017-08-22T10:58:15

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Shelley Wood, a journalist and managing editor of TCTMD.com. They discuss how to get the most from a medical c...

Reuse of pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation devices from 2017-08-14T14:28:12

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Raja Selvaraj from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Ind...

How does going to space affect our health? from 2017-07-31T11:34:26

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Benjamin Levine from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas. They discuss the physiological challenge...

Losing control - Arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy from 2017-07-31T09:30:04

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Pier Lambiase from Bart's Heart Centre and University College London. They discuss arrhythmia-induce...

Tips for publishing your research from 2017-07-13T13:33:37

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Heart Editor-In-Chief Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle, USA. They discuss actionable steps for getting yo...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection - why does it happen? from 2017-06-30T09:50:36

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr David Adlam from the University of Leicester. They discuss spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) - ...

An MR-guided approach to angina management - the MR INFORM Study from 2017-06-14T13:36:05

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Eike Nagel from the Frankfurt Institute for Translational Cardiovascular Imaging. They discuss how c...

Cardiology in Focus - the launch plan from 2017-06-07T14:03:14

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Jubin Joseph from St Thomas’ Hospital, London. They discuss a new section in Heart, aimed particularly at...

Assessing stable chest pain - a NICE win for CT from 2017-05-11T16:15:45

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Adam Timmis from Barts Heart Centre. The UK NICE committee updated their stable chest pain guideline...

Stable chest pain assessment revisited - the case against cardiac CT from 2017-05-03T15:02:23

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Paul Cremer from The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss Paul's views, expressed in a Heart Editorial, on the l...

Tips for managing cardiac emergencies in pregnancy from 2017-04-26T15:40:22

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. van Hagen and Professor Roos Hesselink from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. They discuss an approach to man...

How to diagnose pulmonary embolism: Age-adjusted D-dimer, PERC rule and Wells score from 2017-04-12T16:33

In this special episode, we bring you three interviews with key people behind clinical decision tools for prediction of pulmonary embolism. This topic is covered in a BMJ Learning module called 'St...

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future - CV risk prediction in 2020 from 2017-04-11T08:54:52

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Amitava Banerjee from Farr Institute, University College London, UK. They discuss established ways of card...

Atrial fibrillation - the essentials from 2017-03-30T12:59:57

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Paulus Kirchhof from University of Birmingham. They discuss the latest ESC guidelines for atrial fib...

Computational modelling for congenital heart disease: how far are we from clinical translation? from 2017-03-14T11:56:15

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Giovanni Biglino from the Bristol Heart Institute. They discuss computational modelling in congenital heart di...

The troponin controversies from 2017-02-27T11:35:36

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Andrew Chapman from the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh. They discuss the c...

Trends in the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the UK from 2017-02-15T14:01:01

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Prachi Bhatnagar from Oxford, UK. They discuss the changing incidence, prevalence and admission rates for ...

State of the art in nuclear cardiology from 2017-01-26T14:53:46

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Nik Sabharwal from Oxford Heart Centre, UK. They discuss the very latest developments in nuclear cardiol...

Sex differences in prodromal symptoms in acute coronary syndrome from 2017-01-12T15:55:18

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Nadia Khan from University of British Columbia in Vancouver. They discuss the incidence of prodromal...

An update on Cardiac CT from 2016-12-12T14:23:30

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Michelle Williams from university of Edinburgh. They discuss all aspects of cardiac CT - indications, b...

The electronic health record as a catalyst for quality improvement in patient care from 2016-11-29T12:24:18

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Thomas Payne from the University of Seattle, where he is the Chief Medical information Officer with a resea...

Younger smokers over eight times more likely to have heart attack. Why and what can be done? from 2016-11-28T12:05:16

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Ever Grech from South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Sheffield, UK. They discuss Dr Grech’s innovative st...

Evidence, experts, trustworthy guidelines and WikiRecs from 2016-11-11T15:45:49

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. They discuss a disrup...

Screening for atrial fibrillation - why and how? from 2016-10-31T10:34:33

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Johan Engdahl from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an expert on screening for atrial ...

Mechanical circulatory support: current concepts and future directions from 2016-10-13T16:20:09

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Divaka Perera from St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Divaka recently published an Education in Heart paper enti...

Cardiac MRI in 11 minutes! from 2016-09-27T12:55:35

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Prof. James Moon. Prof. Moon is director of The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Centre for ...

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and incident coronary heart disease from 2016-09-12T14:11:02

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Carlos Iribarren of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, California, USA. T...

The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery from 2016-08-30T12:49:13

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Steven Cohn from the University of Miami Miller school of Medicine. Dr. Cohn has recently published an Educati...

Carotid artery disease: stenting vs surgery from 2016-08-10T11:24:19

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Marco Roffi from the University Hospital, Geneva. He is the first author of an Education in Heart paper ...

Gender differences in coronary heart disease from 2016-07-28T10:43:34

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Ramzi Khamis, from the National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College, Londo...

Big data: a big deal for cardiology? from 2016-07-13T11:55:02

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University’s Interne...

Physical activity in the prevention of coronary heart disease: implications for the clinician from 2016-06-29T14:30:59

In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd is in conversation with Dr Tina Varghese from Emory University, Atlanta. She has written a review paper on "Physical activ...

Interview with Dr Marc Dweck - his journey into research from 2016-06-17T14:40:08

In this episode of the Heart podcast, digital media editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Marc Dweck from Edinburgh University. Marc is a BHF Intermediate Fellow and an Honorary Cardiology Consul...

Monitoring the biological activity of abdominal aortic aneurysms - beyond ultrasound from 2016-05-24T15:03:53

In this episode of the Heart podcast, associate editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Rachel Forsythe, a vascular surgeon from the University of Edinburgh.

They discuss her recent review paper, "M...

Interview with Professor Peter Weissberg of the British Heart Foundation from 2016-05-24T12:13:15

In this edition of the Heart podcast, associate editor Dr. James Rudd sits down with Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (www.bhf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/...

A 10-year prognostic model for patients with suspected angina attending a chest pain clinic from 2016-04-28T12:51:40

In this edition of the Heart Podcast, associate editor Dr James Rudd chats to Professor Adam Timmis from the Barts Heart Centre, London, UK about his recent publication "A 10-year prognostic model ...

Controlled release metoprolol for aortic regurgitation from 2016-03-29T14:54:30

In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Kaspar Broch of the Oslo University Hospital, Norway to discuss his recent paper in Heart entitled: "Contr...

Handheld echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by non-experts from 2016-03-04T16:47:12

Heart digital media editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Michelle Ploutz from the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, to discuss her recent paper...

Ischaemic cardiomyopathy: pathophysiology, assessment and the role of revascularisation from 2016-02-08T16:40:07

Dr Divaka Perera from King's College, London and Guy's and St Thomas' Hopsital joins Dr James Rudd, associate editor at Heart, to discuss his recent Education in Heart paper titled: "Ischaemic ca...

The optimal non-invasive imaging test selection for the diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease from 2016-02-03T14:45:46

In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is in conversation with Dr Chris Fordyce from the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His team has just published an Edu...

Education in Heart - The Relaunch, with Dr Sarah Clarke from 2015-10-27T15:18:12

In this podcast Dr James Rudd talks to Dr Sarah Clarke, President of the British Cardiovascular Society and Editor of the Education in Heart section of the journal. They talk about the education...

ESC conference London - Stephen Nicholls from 2015-10-20T14:19:40

In this podcast Dr James Rudd talks to Professor Stephen Nicholls, consultant cardiologist and Deputy Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute in Adelaide, at the 2...

Healthcare outcomes for treatment-naïve cancer patients using cardiovascular biomarkers from 2015-10-13T14:03:54

In this podcast Dr James Rudd speaks to Dr Alexander Lyon, consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital, about the effects of cancer treatments on the heart, the problems of an aging popu...

Is anger a trigger for cardiovascular disease? from 2015-09-25T12:35:25

Editor-in-Chief Dr Catherine Otto talks to Dr Elizabeth Mostofsky at the Cardiac Society of Australia&New Zealand meeting in Melbourne. They discuss the various environmental, physical and psych...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction from 2015-09-25T12:32:20

Editor-in-Chief Dr Catherine Otto talks to Dr Carolyn Lam at the Cardiac Society of Australia&New Zealand meeting in Melbourne. They discuss her session on heart failure with preserved ejection ...

Ebstein's anomaly in adults from 2015-09-25T12:27:50

Editor-in-Chief Dr Catherine Otto talks to Dr David Calemajer at the Cardiac Society of Australia&New Zealand meeting in Melbourne. They discuss his session on managing the large spectrum of Ebs...

Cardiovascular biomarkers in cancer patients and their association with all-cause mortality from 2015-09-22T16:39:29

Alistair Lindsey talks to Martin Hülsmann and Noemi Pavo, both from the Medical University of Vienna, about their paper examining cardiovascular biomarkers in cancer patients.

Paper: http://heart...

Habitual chocolate consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy men and women from 2015-09-03T13:57:22

Chocolate is an important dietary source of flavonoid antioxidants, which are hypothesised to have a beneficial effect on endothelial function and protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD).

In...

Haemodynamic and anatomic progression of aortic stenosis from 2015-07-23T15:02:28

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is a progressive disease, but the impact of baseline AS haemodynamic or anatomic severity on AS progression remains unclear. In this podcast Dr Alistair Lindsay talks ...

PCI recommendations and guidelines 2015 from 2015-06-08T13:56:10

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) has a considerable evidence base and it is firmly established as the most common procedure used in the invasive treatment of patients with CHD in the UK....

Type 2 myocardial infarction in clinical practice from 2015-04-21T14:35:42

Dr Alistair Lindsay speaks to Dr Tomasz Baron about his research which aimed to assess differences in incidence, clinical features, current treatment strategies and outcome in patients with type 2 ...

Cardiovascular risk profile and frailty in a population-based study of older British men from 2015-04-17T11:05:45

Frailty in older age is known to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the extent to which frailty is associated with the CVD risk profile has been little studied. Dr Al...

Identifying low risk patients after a single high sensitivity troponin from 2015-03-25T16:32:36

Dr Alistair Lindsay speaks to Dr Edward Carlton about his published paper investigating whether a novel accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) for suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) could su...

Coffee consumption and coronary artery calcium from 2015-03-25T11:44:23

Dr Alistair Lindsay spoke to Dr Eliseo Guallar about his study to nvestigate the association between regular coffee consumption and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a large sample...

Fitness and stress resilience in adolescence and coronary heart disease risk in middle age from 2015-01-22T12:13:42

Alistair Lindsay talks to Scott Montgomery, honorary professor of epidemiology and public health, Institute of Epidemiology&Health, UCL, about his paper investigating physical fitness and stress re...

Adding ezetimibe to simvastatin: Results of the IMPROVE-IT trial from 2015-01-07T11:35:18

Alistair Lindsey talks to Christopher Cannon, Havard Clinical Research Institute, about the results of his IMPROVE-IT trial, which examined clinical outcomes of adding ezetimibe to simvastatin.

T...

Endothelial function in contemporary patients with repaired coarctation of aorta from 2014-11-14T15:36:14

Some studies have suggested endothelial dysfunction in adult patients after repair of aortic coarctation (CoA), and it has been proposed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of arterial hypertens...

New ESC Guidelines for aortic disease from 2014-10-03T15:27:04

The ESC has published new guidelines for diagnosis and management of thoracic aortic disease. In this podcast, Catherine Otto asks Dr Iung, Professor of Cardiology, Bichat Hopital, Paris Diderot ...

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in children and young adults from 2014-09-26T16:22:35

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Dr James Rudd, associate editor, sits down to talk with Prof Valentin Fuster, director of Mount Sinai Heart and physician-in-chief at The Mount Sinai Medical C...

Risk models for pregnant women with congenital heart disease from 2014-09-05T15:48:40

In this podcast Catherine Otto speaks to Dr P G Pieper, Associate Professor of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, about the recent paper in Heart on assessing the ris...

"Is climbing Everest good for my heart, doctor?" from 2014-09-01T10:55:33

Recorded at the 2014 British Cardiovascular Society meeting in Manchester, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd talks to Dr Rob Casserley, summiteer of Everest, and his wife and cardiologist Marie-...

Patient selection for transcatheter aortic valve implantation from 2014-08-26T16:38:51

Professor Vahanian, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, is a world leader in management of patients with Valvular Heart Disease and is the lead author of the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines. ...

Transcatheter mitral valve repair: which patients benefit? from 2014-08-22T15:11:54

In this interview held during the Transcatheter Valve Therapeutics Meeting in Vancouver, Canada in June 2014, Heart editor Catherine Otto talks to Ted Feldman, Evanston Hospital. Professor Feldma...

Cardiac Electrophysiology in 2014 from 2014-08-15T15:54:28

Recorded at the 2014 British Cardiovascular Society meeting in Manchester, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd talks to Dr Arthur Yue, consultant electrophysiologist at the University Hospital of ...

Physical activity level and prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease from 2014-08-04T15:57:38

Extensive research has established that physical activity is inversely associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in healthy adults. In patients with manifest cardiovascular d...

Short-term effects of air pollution on a range of cardiovascular events in England and Wales from 2014-07-25T17:15:20

Experimental and epidemiological studies have provided evidence of associations between air pollution and cardiovascular health. More pollution-related deaths occur from heart disease than from ...

Patient prosthesis mismatch: Does it matter? from 2014-06-20T16:14:26

In this podcast Heart editor in chief Catherine Otto, discusses patient prothesis mismatch with Professor Philippe Pibarot, Directeur, Chaire de Recherche du Canada sur les Maladies Valvulaires...

Determinants of effective heart failure self-care from 2014-06-20T10:52:02

Heart failure (HF) self-care matters, but what matters most in HF self-care? To inform the design of future interventions and promote effective HF self-care, a systematic review of qualitative st...

Joint British Societies’ consensus recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease from 2014-03-25T15:22:35

This podcast discusses the 3rd Joint British Societies’ (JBS) consensus recommendations, released on 26th March 2014.

These eagerly anticipated guidelines incorporate much of the recent re...

Validity of Charlson Comorbidity Index in patients hospitalised with acute coronary syndrome from 2014-03-21T16:33:11

In this podcast, Philip Urban, Cardiovascular Department, Hôpital de La Tour, Geneva, discusses the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI).

Read the related paper:

Validity of Charlson Com...

Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and coronary artery calcification in Japanese men from 2014-03-21T16:29:42

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major public health problem not only in developed but also in developing countries.1 CHD rates in Japan are uniquely low compared to the USA and other developed...

Statins after acute coronary syndrome: a missed opportunity from 2014-03-07T16:36:16

Catherine Otto, Heart editor, talks to Greg Roth from the Division of Cardiology at University of Washington about his editorial which appears on heart.bmj.com and discusses prescription of stat...

Maintenance of statin use over 3 years following acute coronary syndromes from 2014-02-18T17:25:42

Dr Alistair Lindsay speaks to Dr Corina Grey, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, about her recent study looking at long-term adherence to statins in ACS patients.

Read th...

Aortic dilatation patterns and rates in adults with bicuspid aortic valves from 2014-02-18T11:02:10

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is related to aortic dilatation, but patterns/rates are conflicting with no comparison among aneurysms of different aetiology.

In this podcast Alistair Lindsey ...

Drs Bob Bonow and Catherine Otto discuss current issues in aortic valve stenosis from 2013-12-16T14:11:30

At the 2013 Uruguayan Society of Cardiology meeting in Montevideo, Dr Robert Bonow, Professor of Cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, gave a talk on aortic valve st...

MRI-measured regression of carotid atherosclerosis induced by statins with and without niacin from 2013-12-02T15:54:46

Read the full research onine: http://heart.bmj.com/content/99/22/1675

Dr Joao Lima, from the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balitmore, and colleagues set out to evalua...

Fatal venous thromboembolism associated with hospital admission from 2013-12-02T14:52:07

Read the full research online: http://heart.bmj.com/content/99/23/1734

In 2010, the Department of Health in England introduced an incentivised national target for National Health Service (...

Bone marrow derived cell therapy in ischemic cardiomyopathy from 2013-11-19T12:12:54

Catherine Otto, Heart's editor in chief, interviews April Stempien-Otero from the University of Washington, at the American Heart Association meeting in Dallas.

They discuss Dr Stempien-Ot...

Professor Alain Cribier from 2013-07-01T13:42:51

Patrick Calvert interviews Alain Cribier, Director of Cardiology at Charles Nicolle Hospital, University of Rouen in France, and pioneer in the field of aortic and mitral valvuloplasty.

Professor Alec Vahanian from 2013-07-01T13:42:51

Patrick Calvert interviews Alec Vahanian, Head of the Cardiology Department, Bichat University Hospital, Paris at the annual British Cardiovascular Society meeting in London.

Anthony De Maria from 2013-07-01T13:42:51

Alistair Lindsay interviews Anthony De Maria, director of the Cardiovascular Center at the UC San Diego medical school, and current Editor in Chief of JACCE.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation and transient left ventricular dysfunction from 2013-04-23T16:27:45

As we near ten years since the first transcatheter aortic vale implantation, Alistair Lindsey, Heart’s JournalScan editor, talks to Philip MacCarthy, consultant cardiologist, King’s College Hosp...

Pathophysiology and management of acute coronary syndromes from 2013-04-23T16:26:07

Mark de Belder (consultant cardiologist in Middlesbrough) talks to James McLenachan (consultant cardiologist in Leeds) and Keith Channon (professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxfo...

Aortic valve disease from 2013-04-23T16:23:59

Guy Lloyd (a consultant cardiologist in Eastbourne) talks to Gerry McCann (a cardiologist in Leicester) and John Chambers (president of the British Heart Valve Society) about aortic valve diseas...

Reperfusion injury from 2013-04-23T16:22:47

Michael Marber (professor of Cardiology at King’s College London) discusses reperfusion injury with Michel Ovize (professor at the Hôpitaux de Lyon).

See also:

Postconditioning and p...

Current issues in cardiology training from 2013-04-23T16:21:39

Jim Hall (BCS vice-president for training, and chairman of the SAC) talks to Thanh Phan (SPL trainee from the Northern Deanery) about current issues in cardiology training. These include Workpla...

Interpreting the ECGs of airline pilots from 2013-04-23T16:20:47

Iain Simpson (vice president for Education and Research at the British Cardiovascular Society, and a cardiologist in Southampton) talks to Michael Joy (professor at the University of Surrey, and...

The future of cardiovascular imaging from 2013-04-23T16:20:04

Matthias Schmitt (cardiac magnetic resonance specialist, University Hospital of South Manchester) and Guy Lloyd (consultant cardiologist in Eastbourne) talk to William Zoghbi (president of the A...

Radiofrequency ablation and ventricular fibrillation storms from 2013-04-23T16:19:16

Andrew Grace (consultant cardiologist, Cambridge) talks to Bill Stevenson (electrophysiologist from the Brigham Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School) about radiofrequency ablation in the con...

Acute cardiac care in the UK and the role of coronary care units from 2013-04-23T16:18:11

Christopher Burrell (consultant cardiologist at the Southwest Cardiothoracic Centre, Plymouth) talks to Nick West (clinical lead for coronary intervention at Papworth Hospital and deputy chair o...

Atherosclerotic plaque imaging; Past, present, and future from 2013-04-23T16:17:07

Alistair Lindsay hosts a round table from the BCS conference in Manchester, on the topic of atherosclerotic plaque imaging; past, present, and future.

He is joined by:

Matthias Nahre...

Sudden cardiac death in athletes from 2013-04-23T16:16:05

Sport was the theme of 2012’s British Cardiovascular Society Conference, and Sanjay Sharma (professor at the CRY Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sports Cardiology Unit, St Georges Hospital) spoke...

Carry on in the Cath Lab! from 2013-04-23T16:15:13

Jim Hall (British Cardiovascular Society vice president for training) talks to Tim Stephens (lead nurse for patient safety, Barts and the London) and Chris Sadler (consultant anaesthetist, direc...

Tissue engineering for mending a broken heart from 2013-04-23T16:14:09

Following on from their sessions at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference, Alexander Lyon (senior lecturer in cardiology, Imperial College, London) talks to Christopher Breuer (director ...

Changing cholesterol levels: past, present, and future from 2013-04-23T16:12:58

Where are we now with changing cholesterol levels to reduce cardiovascular disease risk? Keith Fox (British Cardiovascular Society president) asks Rory Collins (professor of Medicine and Epidemi...

Calcification in aortic valve disease from 2013-04-23T16:11:54

Guy Lloyd (consultant cardiologist in Eastbourne) talks to Marc Dweck (senior specialist registrar in cardiology, undertaking a PhD in aortic valve disease) about calcification in aortic stenosi...

Mitral regurgitation and percutaneous interventions from 2013-04-23T16:10:05

Meeting up at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference, Philip MacCarthy (a cardiology consultant in London) talks to Alec Vahanian (professor of cardiology, Hôpital Bichat, Paris) about mi...

Obesity and heart disease from 2013-04-23T16:08:32

In this podcast, Alistair Lindsay talks to Jennifer Logue about the link between obesity and heart disease.

Increasing weight is associated with a higher prevalence of known risk factors f...

Risk of heart failure following unrecognised MI from 2013-04-23T16:07:47

Alistair Lindsay talks to Maarten Leening (Erasmus MC, The Netherlands) about his research into the risk of heart failure following undiagnosed myocardial infarctions in elderly people.

Se...

Assessment of reperfusion injury from 2013-04-23T16:05:56

Alistair Lindsay talks to Declan O’Regan about assessing reperfusion injury using cardiac MRI in patients with acute MI.

See also;

Assessment of severe reperfusion injury with T2* ca...

Who will benefit from ACE inhibition? from 2013-04-23T16:04:39

Alistair Lindsay talks to Leong Ng about his work into using biomarkers to identify which groups of patients will benefit from ACE inhibition after acute coronary syndrome.

See also:

Optimal medical therapy and mortality after acute myocardial infarction from 2013-04-23T16:03:29

In this first edition of the BMJ Heart podcast, Alistair Lindsay talks to Peter Bramlage about his paper on how and when patients are treated after acute myocardial infarction, and the effect op...