Focus on Heart Health

By ReachMD

What's Focus on Heart Health about?

In this special series, ReachMD examines the reasons behind the dropping rates of death from heart disease: more effective medications, smarter technologies, more efficient treatment guidelines and much more.

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Focus on Heart Health episodes:

05.31.2022
Optimizing Dyslipidemic Cardiovascular Residual Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl in Post-MI Patients: Key Takeaways
Host: William Boden, MD, FACC, FAHA Patients with ASCVD and a history of MI are at especially high risk for repeat adverse cardiac events. Listen in as Dr. Bill Boden summarizes a post hoc...
04.30.2022
The 4 Pillars of Treatment in HFrEF: Does Risk of Hyperkalemia Threaten to Topple Them Over?
Host: Mikhail Kosiborod, MD Guest: Michael Böhm, MD, FESC The 2022 updates to the ACC/AHA guidelines for heart failure are the first since 2017. In the interim, considerable research has been conducted...
04.30.2022
From Paper to Patient: Applying Guideline Updates to Practice
Host: Marco Metra, MD Guest: Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS Since the 2017 AHA/ACC/HFSA guidelines, considerable research has been conducted in the care of patients with heart failure, including the impact of...
11.30.2018
Peripheral Artery Disease: How New Stent Options Are Revolutionizing Care
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: William Gray, MD When compared to the options available to coronary artery disease patients, advances in treatment for peripheral artery disease have unfortunately been lacking. But now that’s all changing with the introduction...
11.12.2018
New Options to Reduce Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
Host: Peter Libby, MD Host: Michael Miller, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Guest: Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC Guest: R. Preston Mason, PhD Guest: Børge G. Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc This innovative, 30-minute, CME activity features...
11.08.2018
How the Game is Changing in Heart Failure Treatment
Host: John J. Russell, MD Guest: Devi Nair, MD Thanks to recent advancements in technology, physicians are now able to transition from a reactive approach to heart failure treatment to a proactive one. Providing insight into this pivot...
06.29.2018
Challenging Case Studies: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Post-discharge Antithrombotic Management
Guest: Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH Guest: Roxana Mehran, MD Based on a live symposium held on April 26, 2018, this innovative, 15-minute, case-based CME activity features two prominent faculty covering important, timely clinical issues and recent data...
06.26.2018
Changing Course: Anticoagulation in Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events
Guest: Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH Guest: C. Michael Gibson, MD, FSCAI This CME activity is based on a live symposium held on April 26, 2018. It features a 15-minute Video Expert Dialogue with two internationally renowned faculty...
06.08.2018
Are VADs the Answer to the Heart Failure Epidemic?
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Eduardo Rame, MD Following a successful ventricular assist device clinical trial, Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr. Eduardo Rame, Cardiologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss how this...
04.30.2018
Living with Heart Disease: How a Patient Gave Her Diagnosis Meaning
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Mark Zucker, Director of the Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program at RWJBH/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and his HCM patient and founder of...
03.05.2018
Time for a Heart-to-Heart: Reflections of Life on the Transplant List
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Bob Mitchell Quite suddenly, Bob Mitchell became very sick. He would endure three near-fatal episodes of ventricular tachycardia due to a heart muscle comprised of 54% scar...
02.09.2018
Heart of the Matter: Emerging Treatment Options for Congenital Heart Disease
Host: John J. Russell, MD Guest: Thomas Doyle, MD About 40,000 babies are born with Congenital Heart Disease each year, making it one of the most common birth defects and causes of...
01.29.2018
How the Latest Hypertension Guidelines Will Change Your Practice
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Paul Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, FAHA Under the 2017 Hypertension Guidelines, 46 percent of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, which is up from 32 percent under...
01.29.2018
How Hypertension Guidelines Changes Are Impacting Our Patients
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Karol Watson, MD, PhD Under the 2017 Hypertension Guidelines, 46 percent of U.S. adults have high blood pressure which is up from 32 percent under the old...
01.29.2018
What to Know About the Latest Recommended Guidelines for High Blood Pressure in Adults
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Robert Carey, MD, FAHA Under the 2017 Hypertension Guidelines, 46 percent of U.S. adults have high blood pressure which is up from 32 percent under the old...
01.29.2018
Beyond Hypertension Diagnosis: What Else We Need to Do For Our Patients
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Paul Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, FAHA Under the 2017 Hypertension Guidelines, 46 percent of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, which is up from 32 percent under the old benchmark. This interview covers the key...
07.19.2017
Managing to an LDL-P Goal within Existing Therapeutic Strategies
Host: William C. Cromwell, MD, FAHA, FNLA The 2013 AHA/ACC cholesterol management guidelines prioritized therapies based on the proven benefit in treatment populations. However, as clinicians know, individual patient response to therapy varies. Optimizing individual patient care requires identification of...
07.19.2017
Alternate LDL Measures: Outcomes Tell the Story
Guest: William C. Cromwell, MD, FAHA, FNLA Ample data have demonstrated when LDL cholesterol and alternative measures – LDL-P or apo B – disagree, the risk for CVD events tracks with LDL-P or apo B. Additionally, it’s been demonstrated that...
07.19.2017
Is LDL-C a Reliable Measure in Your At-Risk Patients?
Host: William C. Cromwell, MD, FAHA, FNLA For decades, LDL-C has been the customary measure used by clinicians to estimate LDL quantity. However, LDL-C depends upon cholesterol content within lipoprotein particles and varies widely among individuals, often dependent on metabolic...
07.19.2017
5-Step Approach to Managing CVD Risk in At-Risk Patients
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: William C. Cromwell, MD, FAHA, FNLA Is LDL-C the most reliable measure for patients with cardiometabolic risk factors? What alternative measures are available for managing these patients, and how are they used in clinical practice?...
07.07.2017
Toward Instantaneous Care: Real-Time Monitoring of Vital Signs
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Denise Devine What if there was a way to monitor vital signs in real time? Denise Devine, Co-Founder of RTM Vital Signs, LLC, is working on just...
06.07.2017
Unclog the Arteries: Treatment Options for Arterial Disease
Host: Barnett Mennen, MD Guest: Grace Wang, MD, FACS Unclogging patient arteries is a key step to preventing stroke in patients with arterial disease. Whether it be preventing the operative stage, or...
10.10.2016
Treating Erectile Dysfunction: Key Cardiovascular Considerations
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Live from the Clinical Lipid Update of the National Lipid Association in Amelia Island, FL, host Dr. Alan Brown welcomes Dr. Robert Kloner, Vice President of...
10.03.2016
Pharmacometabolomics to Predict Statin Response: Ready for Prime Time?
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Live from the Clinical Lipid Update of the National Lipid Association in Amelia Island, FL, host Dr. Alan Brown welcomes Dr. Rhoda Cooper-DeHoff. Dr. Cooper-DeHoff is...
09.26.2016
Triglyceride-Lowering Therapies: Addressing Gaps in the Guidelines
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Live from the Clinical Lipid Update of the National Lipid Association in Amelia Island, FL, host Dr. Alan Brown welcomes Dave Dixon, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist and...
09.19.2016
PCSK9 Antibodies for Dyslipidemia: Efficacy, Safety, and Non-Lipid Effects
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Live from the Clinical Lipid Update of the National Lipid Association in Amelia Island, FL, host Dr. Alan Brown welcomes Dr. Eugenia Gianos. Dr. Gianos is...
08.16.2016
New Medication for High Cholesterol Not Cost-Effective
[Read the Article] The FDA recently approved a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors. These new medications could substantially reduce heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths, however they are very expensive. A new study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of...
08.09.2016
Device Reduces Risk of Brain Injury After Heart Valve Replacement
[Read the Article] Patients who might benefit from a heart valve replacement but are too ill for open heart surgery can sometimes undergo a less invasive procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve implantation or "TAVI". About 10% of patients undergoing...
08.01.2016
Optimizing Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure: New Thinking, New Choices
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: James J. Januzzi, MD The financial and human burden of heart failure in the United States is substantial and growing. This condition represents the most common cause of hospitalizations and readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries, and...
06.13.2016
PVC Ablation Procedures for Ventricular Tachycardia
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Francis Marchlinski, MD Host Dr. Jennifer Caudle welcomes Dr. Francis E. Marchlinski, Richard T. and Angela Clark President's Distinguished Professor and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at...
05.09.2016
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Elderly: Best Lipid Strategies
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Guest: Joyce Ross, MSN, CRNP, CS, CLS, FNLA, FPCNA Host Dr. Alan Brown welcomes Joyce Ross, MSN, CRNP, FNLA, President-Elect of the National Lipid...
04.25.2016
Bridging The Cardiology Gap: Care Priorities for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Yuli Kim, MD Advancements in cardiac surgery and medical care for pediatric patients over the past decades have produced a sizeable population of adults living with congenital...
02.08.2016
Individualizing VTE Treatment and Prevention of Recurrence: The Place for Direct Oral Anticoagulants in VTE
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Alok A. Khorana, M.D. Join Prof. Alok Khorana as he is interviewed on the the place for direct oral anticoagulants in the individualization of VTE treatment and prevention of recurrence. This session will highlight the...
01.26.2016
Combination of Diet and Exercise Offers Benefits in Patients with a Common Type of Heart Failure
[Read the Article] Among obese older patients with an increasingly common type of heart failure, calorie restriction and/or exercise training improved their ability to participate in physical activity without experiencing shortness of breath, according to a new study.Heart failure with...
11.10.2015
Shared Financial Incentives for Both Physicians and Patients Improved Cholesterol Levels
[Read the Article] Financial incentives for physicians or patients are one way healthcare organizations are trying to improve health outcomes. A new study examined whether providing these financial incentives would help improve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in patients with a...
09.08.2015
Study Finds Survival After Cardiac Arrest Improves When More Patients Receive Bystander CPR and External Defibrillation
[Read the Article] Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health issue, accounting for approximately 200,000 deaths per year in the United States. A new study examined whether increased use of defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by first responders and...
06.22.2015
Caring for the Heart: Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization
Host: John J. Russell, MD Dr. Bruce Fye's unique book, Caring for the Heart: Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization, weaves together three important themes. It describes major developments in the diagnosis and...
07.15.2010
The Clinically Broken Heart: Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Host: Janet Wright, MD Guest: Scott Sharkey, MD Takotsubo, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy (also known as 'broken heart syndrome'), was first recognized in Japan in the 1990s. Acute emotional or physical stress trigger...
05.26.2009
How Statins May Protect Men's Urologic Health
Guest: R. Jeffrey Karnes, MD Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Jennifer St. Sauver, PhD Three recent observational studies from the Olmsted County Study of Urinary Health Status among Men, which...
05.07.2009
Erectile Dysfunction: A Window Into Cardiovascular Health
Guest: Martin Miner, MD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Are younger men with erectile dysfunction (ED) at considerably higher risk of heart disease, and if so, why? It is known that the condition...
03.25.2009
3D Imaging for Stroke-Inducing Carotid Artery Disease
Guest: Alan Moody, MBBS Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Can three-dimensional MRI help us measure potential risks for stroke associated with an intraplaque hemorrhage? We are rapidly learning more about the significance of...
02.09.2009
Cardiac Screening for Children Prescribed ADHD Meds?
Guest: Patrick Frias, MD Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Although sudden death in the pediatric population is rare, there has been a great deal of discussion recently over the possibility of an...
02.06.2009
Mortality After Myocardial Infarction in Men vs Women
Guest: Laura Wexler, MD Host: Lauren Streicher, MD A recent study looks at mortality after myocardial infarction across gender lines. The results showed that women have a higher rate of dying than men....
02.04.2009
Why a Good Night’s Sleep is Good for the Heart
Guest: Diane Sperling Lauderdale, PhD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Investigators have become interested in the relationship between sleep and health. The latest research shows that people who sleep for fewer hours than...
02.03.2009
Long-Term Neurological Outcomes Following Heart Surgery
Guest: Jose Biller, MD Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Neurologic complications associated with cardiac surgery can involve just about any part of the peripheral and central nervous systems. Yet varying degrees of...
02.03.2009
Evaluating Cognitive Changes After Cardiac Surgery
Guest: Jose Biller, MD Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Though innovations in surgical technology and anesthetic techniques have greatly improved the outlook following cardiac surgery, we must remain attentive to the possibility...
02.03.2009
Saving Lives With CPR and AED
Guest: Vincent Bufalino, MD Host: Bruce Japsen CPR and AED can make the difference between life and death. But the varying degrees of knowledge and usage of these life-saving practices across the...
02.03.2009
Integrating Online Heart Disease Risk Assessments into Practice
Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Vincent Bufalino, MD Patients and doctors are becoming more aware of tools like Web-based risk assessment for heart disease for reaching and potentially helping thousands of people. But...
02.03.2009
Transitioning Cardiac Patients From Pediatric to Adult Care
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Guest: Michael McConnell, MD Once mostly a condition of childhood, our patients with congenital heart disease are now living well into adulthood: nearly two million American children...
01.30.2009
Changing the Paradigm of Valve Surgery: Repair or Replace?
Guest: W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD The most pressing question facing cardiac valve surgery is whether to undergo a replacement or repair procedure. Though outcomes of valve...

What's Focus on Heart Health about?

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Focus on Heart Health episodes:

Optimizing Dyslipidemic Cardiovascular Residual Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl in Post-MI Patients: Key Takeaways

The 4 Pillars of Treatment in HFrEF: Does Risk of Hyperkalemia Threaten to Topple Them Over?

From Paper to Patient: Applying Guideline Updates to Practice

Peripheral Artery Disease: How New Stent Options Are Revolutionizing Care

New Options to Reduce Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)

How the Game is Changing in Heart Failure Treatment

Challenging Case Studies: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Post-discharge Antithrombotic Management

Changing Course: Anticoagulation in Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events

Are VADs the Answer to the Heart Failure Epidemic?

Living with Heart Disease: How a Patient Gave Her Diagnosis Meaning

Time for a Heart-to-Heart: Reflections of Life on the Transplant List

Heart of the Matter: Emerging Treatment Options for Congenital Heart Disease

How the Latest Hypertension Guidelines Will Change Your Practice

How Hypertension Guidelines Changes Are Impacting Our Patients

What to Know About the Latest Recommended Guidelines for High Blood Pressure in Adults

Beyond Hypertension Diagnosis: What Else We Need to Do For Our Patients

Managing to an LDL-P Goal within Existing Therapeutic Strategies

Alternate LDL Measures: Outcomes Tell the Story

Is LDL-C a Reliable Measure in Your At-Risk Patients?

5-Step Approach to Managing CVD Risk in At-Risk Patients

Toward Instantaneous Care: Real-Time Monitoring of Vital Signs

Unclog the Arteries: Treatment Options for Arterial Disease

Treating Erectile Dysfunction: Key Cardiovascular Considerations

Pharmacometabolomics to Predict Statin Response: Ready for Prime Time?

Triglyceride-Lowering Therapies: Addressing Gaps in the Guidelines

PCSK9 Antibodies for Dyslipidemia: Efficacy, Safety, and Non-Lipid Effects

New Medication for High Cholesterol Not Cost-Effective

Device Reduces Risk of Brain Injury After Heart Valve Replacement

Optimizing Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure: New Thinking, New Choices

PVC Ablation Procedures for Ventricular Tachycardia

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Elderly: Best Lipid Strategies

Bridging The Cardiology Gap: Care Priorities for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Individualizing VTE Treatment and Prevention of Recurrence: The Place for Direct Oral Anticoagulants in VTE

Combination of Diet and Exercise Offers Benefits in Patients with a Common Type of Heart Failure

Shared Financial Incentives for Both Physicians and Patients Improved Cholesterol Levels

Study Finds Survival After Cardiac Arrest Improves When More Patients Receive Bystander CPR and External Defibrillation

Caring for the Heart: Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization

The Clinically Broken Heart: Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy

How Statins May Protect Men's Urologic Health

Erectile Dysfunction: A Window Into Cardiovascular Health

3D Imaging for Stroke-Inducing Carotid Artery Disease

Cardiac Screening for Children Prescribed ADHD Meds?

Mortality After Myocardial Infarction in Men vs Women

Why a Good Night’s Sleep is Good for the Heart

Long-Term Neurological Outcomes Following Heart Surgery

Evaluating Cognitive Changes After Cardiac Surgery

Saving Lives With CPR and AED

Integrating Online Heart Disease Risk Assessments into Practice

Transitioning Cardiac Patients From Pediatric to Adult Care

Changing the Paradigm of Valve Surgery: Repair or Replace?