Heart Podcast

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Heart Podcast episodes

June 13, 2018 Women in cardiology - breaking down the barriers
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 barriers that exist in cardiology and other medical specialities. They discuss what the issues are and what is being done to help in the UK and beyond. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
12 min
May 15, 2018 Commuting and your cardiovascular health
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 getting to work can affect our health and what we, and society at large, might do to improve things.
Link to published paper: "Using alternatives to the car and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality" - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/04/16/heartjnl-2017-312699.
You can read the related editorial here - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/04/16/heartjnl-2018-313212.
12 min
May 13, 2018 Aortic stenosis - How severe is ’severe’?
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 recent paper that explores whether we need a new cut-off to define severe aortic stenosis. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: Clinical features and prognosis of patients with isolated severe aortic stenosis and valve area less than 1.0 cm2 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/3/222
12 min
April 19, 2018 A focus on valvular heart disease
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. Some excellent papers are discussed covering a range of conditions. Please leave a review of the podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/10/789.
Read the Heart's Special Issue on Valvular Heart Disease for free until the 30th of June 2018: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/10.
17 min
April 11, 2018 An update on Takotsubo’s syndrome - a stress-induced cardiomyopathy
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 latest research on this common, fascinating condition. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 if you enjoy the episode.
Link to published papers: Heart review by Dr Dawson: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/2/96. Education in Heart paper by Dr Lyon: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/18/1461. European position paper by Dr Lyon: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejhf.424/abstract
19 min
March 26, 2018 ECG screening for young athletes - yes or no?
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 comprehensive guide to the management of young athletes with heart conditions. In this episode, they discuss the differences between European and North American ECG screening practices and the reasons for this.
Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published papers:
Management of young competitive athletes with cardiovascular conditions - http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/6/463
ECG screening in athletes: differing views from two sides of the Atlantic - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/03/heartjnl-2016-309448
27 min
March 05, 2018 An ACC preview show with Medscape’s Dr John Mandrola
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 cardiology correspondent. They discuss the eye-catching late-breaking trials from the upcoming ACC meeting in Orlando.
Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
John Mandrola's podcast at Medscape - https://www.medscape.com/index/list_10295_0
John Mandrola's columns at Medscape - https://www.medscape.com/index/section_10325_0 and https://www.medscape.com/index/section_10382_0
18 min
February 24, 2018 Refractory angina - how can we improve our service to patients?
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 refractory angina. Paul is an expert in this area and runs one of the few specialist services in the UK.
Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/23/1911
Link to the Bradford specialist clinic mentioned during the podcast: http://refractoryangina.uk/
15 min
January 21, 2018 The Orbita Trial - the inside scoop - Part 2
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 groundbreaking trial. This is the second part of a wide-ranging discussion during which they cover why the trial was desperately needed, the barriers to getting started and what the startling and unexpected results might mean for PCI in stable coronary artery disease. The concept of post-publication ‘trial by Twitter’ rounds out their chat.
Link to published paper:
Orbita trial : http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673617327149 and editorial mentioned during the discussion : https://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/127th_issue/volume-13/number-12/217/swimming-against-the-tide-insights-from-the-orbita-trial.html
17 min
January 21, 2018 The Orbita Trial - the inside scoop - Part 1
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 groundbreaking trial. In a wide-ranging discussion they cover why the trial was desperately needed, the barriers to getting started and what the startling and unexpected results might mean for PCI in stable coronary artery disease. The second half of the podcast will be released in two weeks.
Link to published paper:
Orbita trial : http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673617327149
Editorial mentioned during the discussion : https://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/127th_issue/volume-13/number-12/217/swimming-against-the-tide-insights-from-the-orbita-trial.html
20 min

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