ACC CardiaCast

Drs. Rosy Thachil and Shashank Sinha continue their series, "Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists", sponsored by ACC's Critical Care Cardiology (CCC) Section. In this episode, Drs. Thachil and Sinha talk with Drs. David Morrow and Elliott Miller regarding their December 2023 Journal of American College of Cardiology publication, a multinational perspective on "Research Priorities in Critical Care Cardiology". Drs. Morrow and Miller explore the challenges and opportunities in generating high-quality evidence for treating complex, critically ill cardiac patients. With limited clinical trials and guidelines specific to CCC, they examine the variation in cardiovascular intensive care unit practices and identify key areas for CCC research, challenges in the field, and important strategies to enhance future progress.

"Heart Vision" is a new CardiaCast podcast series stemming from the ACC Cardiovascular Imaging Section Leadership Council. This podcast series will tackle topics on emerging multimodality imaging data, trends, practice patterns, disease status and advocacy effort.

In this episode, Drs. Purvi Parwani and João L. Cavalcante will discuss Valvular Heart Disease: Multimodality imaging evaluation, the future of advanced imaging, future imaging markers in development for patients with valvular heart disease.

Suggested Materials:

Myerson SG. CMR in evaluating valvular heart disease: diagnosis, severity, and outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2021;14:2020-32.

Drs. Rosy Thachil and Shashank Sinha continue their series, "Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists", sponsored by ACC's Critical Care Cardiology (CCC) Section. In this episode, Drs. Thachil and Sinha interview the co-directors and co-founders of the New York University (NYU) Langone Critical Care Cardiology Symposium, Drs. Carlos Alviar and James Horowitz.

The NYU Critical Care Cardiology Symposium is the first of its kind in North America to provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art approach to the evaluation and management of patients with acute cardiovascular conditions in the contemporary cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). The CICU has undoubtedly evolved in recent years with respect to complexity, acuity, and severity of illness. The NYU Critical Care Cardiology Symposium provides a dedicated educational space pertaining to the care of these critically ill cardiac patients. More information about the conference can be found here (save the date for October 25-26, 2024!).

Please also don't forget to join ACC's Critical Care Cardiology (CCC) Section at ACC.org!

"Heart Vision" is a new CardiaCast podcast series stemming from the ACC Cardiovascular (CV) Imaging Section Leadership Council. This podcast series will tackle topics on emerging multimodality imaging data, trends, practice patterns, disease status and advocacy effort.

In this first "Heart Vision" episode, Drs. Purvi Parwani and Jamieson Bourque are joined by Dr. Ron Blankstein, current Chair of Cardiovascular Imaging Section Leadership Council. Together they discuss present challenges and opportunities ahead in the world of multimodality imaging and the role of the ACC CV Imaging Council in meeting those challenges.

"Courtside with the Chair" is a new series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In Part 2 of this episode, Dr. Jonathan Kim is joined by Drs. Sawalla Guseh, Rachel Lampert, and Dermot Phelan who discuss pitfalls to consider in various cardiac screening strategies employed for athletes, including history and physical, electrocardiogram and other imaging modalities, and approaches to mitigate these issues for health care professionals involved in athlete physicals.

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In this episode, Drs. Erin Michos and Leslie Cho discuss the representation of women in clinical trials and the diversity of the CLEAR Outcomes Trial.

This podcast is part of Bempedoic Acid: New Evidence Transforming the LDL-C Treatment Landscape grant initiative.

Educational grant support is provided by Esperion.

Suggested Materials:

1. Nissen SE, Menon V, Nicholls SJ, et al. Bempedoic acid for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in statin-intolerant patients. JAMA 2023;330:131-140.

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"Courtside with the Chair" is a new series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Kim is joined by Drs. Sawalla Guseh, Rachel Lampert, and Dermot Phelan who discuss pitfalls to consider in various cardiac screening strategies employed for athletes, including history and physical, electrocardiogram and other imaging modalities, and approaches to mitigate these issues for health care professionals involved in athlete physicals.

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Do you ever wonder how care delivery for the sickest patients with heart disease in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) has changed in the last few decades? Who belongs, both patients and providers, in the CICU? Advanced practice providers (APPs), in particular, have an increasingly important role and responsibility in supporting these complex, interdisciplinary teams.

Welcome to this episode, "Invaluable and Indispensable: Integrating Advanced Practice Providers in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit," the latest in our ongoing ACC CardiaCast series entitled "Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists." We are truly honored to welcome our esteemed guests from Duke University, Drs. Callie Tennyson and Jason Katz, to discuss their timely and topical upcoming publication in the Journal of American College of Cardiology entitled "Role of Advanced Practice Providers in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Team."

In this episode, Drs. Pamela Mason and Ijeoma Ekeruo discuss the risk of stroke with atrial fibrillation (AF) and method patients can use to reduce this risk. In particular, Drs. Mason and Ekeruo discuss left atrial appendage occlusion procedures that can prevent strokes for patients with AF.

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Our understanding of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and cardiovascular (CV) risk has evolved over the last two decades, with data that can inform decision making. The topic, at the intersection of cardiology and women's health, is an important issue for our female patients and health care providers. Despite this, managing CV risk, and the risk associated with MHT in women, is not emphasized in cardiology training. In this episode, Drs. Abramson, Ahmed, Kalenga, and McLaughlin address these knowledge gaps and discuss new research on the relationship between MHT and hypertension. Additionally, the broader issue of addressing CV risk in post-menopausal women requiring or requesting MHT and counseling and managing women on hormone therapy from the cardiologist's perspective are also examined.

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