Cardiology Course FM

Today we're looking at one of the most valuable — and most feared — signs in clinical medicine: the jugular venous pressure. Many students find it difficult to see, many doctors skip it, and yet it can tell us more about a patient's circulation in thirty seconds than many expensive tests. We'll cover how to examine it properly, what the waves mean, the abnormalities and the conditions behind them, how to confirm them with modern tools, and how to treat the underlying problems.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Alexander Wood

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

In our last episode, we discussed antiplatelets and anticoagulants in pregnancy. Today we complete the pharmacology picture with a practical guide to selecting safe cardiac drugs during pregnancy — blood pressure medicines, beta-blockers, heart failure drugs, antiarrhythmics, lipid-lowering drugs, pulmonary hypertension therapies and emergency drugs — and how to manage them during breastfeeding.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

In our pregnancy series, almost every episode has come back to one difficult question: which blood thinners are safe in pregnancy? Today we answer it in depth. We'll go through antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulants, oral and parenteral, how to select the right one for each condition, how to switch between them, how to manage them around delivery and breastfeeding, and how to reverse them in an emergency.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

Our pregnancy series continues with a topic that many people find surprising: heart attacks and coronary artery disease in pregnancy. We usually think of heart attacks as a disease of older men, but they do happen in pregnant women and new mothers, often with different causes and very different treatment decisions. Today we'll discuss how coronary disease presents in pregnancy, its causes, complications, treatment in the emergency room and the cath lab, and the precautions and diet that protect these women.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

In our pregnancy series, we've covered the heart in pregnancy, gestational diabetes and gestational hypertension. Today we go deeper into one of the most challenging situations in cardiac obstetrics: valvular heart disease in pregnancy. We'll talk about how to diagnose it, which valve lesions are dangerous, the complications, how to treat them — including anticoagulation for mechanical valves and procedures during pregnancy — and what a pregnant woman with valve disease should eat.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

Our pregnancy series continues with a topic that sits at the crossroads of obstetrics, haematology and cardiology: coagulation disorders in pregnancy. Pregnancy changes the blood's clotting system profoundly, protecting the mother from bleeding at delivery, but also putting her at risk of dangerous clots. And some women have bleeding disorders that make delivery hazardous. Today we'll discuss diagnosis, complications, treatment, and the food and precautions that keep mothers safe.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

Our pregnancy series continues with a condition that strikes young, previously healthy women at what should be the happiest time of their lives: peripartum cardiomyopathy, which many people also call postpartum cardiomyopathy. Today we'll explain what it is, why it happens, how to recognise it early, its complications, the latest treatments, and the food and precautions that help these women recover.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

Our pregnancy series continues today with a topic that reflects one of the great successes of modern medicine: congenital heart disease in pregnancy. Children born with heart defects, who once rarely survived, are now growing up, and many of them are women hoping to become mothers. Today we'll discuss how to assess and diagnose congenital heart disease in pregnancy, which conditions are dangerous, the complications, treatment, and the food and precautions every woman should know.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

Over the last two episodes, we explored the heart in pregnancy and gestational diabetes. Today we complete the trilogy with one of the most important and dangerous conditions in obstetric medicine: gestational hypertension, and its close relative, preeclampsia. We'll discuss how to diagnose it, its complications, how to treat it, when to deliver, and what a pregnant woman with high blood pressure should eat.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.

In our last episode, we explored the heart in pregnancy. Today we focus on a condition that affects millions of pregnancies every year, and has lifelong consequences for both mother and child: gestational diabetes. We'll talk about why it happens, how to diagnose it, its complications, how to treat it, and — very importantly — what a pregnant woman should eat.

Guest: Dr. A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, author, educator and founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors.
Host: Samantha

Cardiology Course FM is the station for doctors, students, nurses and everyone who looks after the heart.

Learn more:
• Cardiology books: https://cardiologybooks.com
• Mentorship with the Academy of Elite Doctors: https://academyofelitedoctors.com
• Online cardiology courses: https://cardiologycourse.com
• World Elite Doctors: https://worldelitedoctors.com

For medical education only. This episode is not a substitute for individual medical advice.