Heart Matters

Despite decades of research and advancements in cardiology care, racial disparities remain an obstacle. How can we improve access to care and eliminate this disparity? Dr. Alan Brown is joined by Dr. Keith Ferdinand, professor of medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine, to discuss what we can do as clinicians to ensure that all of our patients receive the same quality of care.

What do we need to know about the impact of triglyceride levels? Dr. Elliot Brinton, President at the Utah Lipid Center in Salt Lake City briefly dives into the impact that triglycerides have on our endothelial cells and LDL cholesterol.

The development of cardiac devices enhanced by wireless remote monitoring has changed the way cardiologists care for their patients. With that in mind, Dr. Matthew Sorrentino discusses remote monitoring in cardiology with Dr. Suneet Mittal, medical director of the Snyder Center for Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

One of the leading causes of death in the US, cardiovascular disease risk-reduction has neglected triglycerides. To explain why that is, Dr. Matthew Sorrentino discusses approaches to take when reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease with expert guest, Dr. Elliot Brinton, president of the Utah Lipid Center in Salt Lake City.

Dr. Matthew Sorrentino sits down with Dr. Anita Moon-Grady, a pediatric cardiologist at UCSFD, and Dr. Laxmi Ghimire, a pediatric specialist at Lake Region General Hospital to discuss the results from their recent study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, focusing on the prevalence of congenital heart disease in conjoined twins and higher-order multiple births.

With an explosion in new medications to treat diabetes, Heart Matters hosts Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Alan Brown sit down to discuss the cardiovascular risk benefits of these new diabetes treatments and how cardiologists can improve patient care.

Can low gravity and space flight impact our cardiac function? Dr. Arun Sharma, a stem cell biologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California, joins Dr. Alan Brown to discuss the impact of outer space on the heart.

The development of statin medications has pushed preventative treatment to the forefront of cardiology. How have advancements in prevention impacted the field? Heart Matters hosts Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Alan Brown sit down to discuss prevention in cardiovascular disease and how cardiologist treat their patients.

The development of statin medications has pushed preventative treatment to the forefront of cardiology. How have advancements in prevention impacted the field? Heart Matters hosts Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Alan Brown sit down to discuss prevention in cardiovascular disease and how cardiologist treat their patients.

Dr. Matthew Sorrentino sits down with Dr. Erin Michos, an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health and the Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine to discuss the ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines, originally released in 2013 and updated in 2018.