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November 11, 2016 Evidence, experts, trustworthy guidelines and WikiRecs
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. They discuss a disruptive new approach to guideline production in cardiology that aims to be agile, responsive and clear about the best approach to a focussed clinical scenario - The Wikirecs approach.
Both the BMJ paper describing the Wikirecs production process and the Heart Editorial by Catherine Otto are linked below.
Link to paper (1): http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/06/heartjnl-2016-310353.extract
Link to paper (2): http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/354/bmj.i5130.full.pdf
15 min
October 31, 2016 Screening for atrial fibrillation - why and how?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Johan Engdahl from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an expert on screening for atrial fibrillation, and wrote a recent editorial on this subject for Heart http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/26/heartjnl-2016-309993.full?sid=32fe2dc0-839f-4ca4-8ed0-0c7360d674a1.
They discuss the reasons for AF screening, whom to target and how to do it - including using your smartphone!
11 min
October 13, 2016 Mechanical circulatory support: current concepts and future directions
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Divaka Perera from St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Divaka recently published an Education in Heart paper entitled "Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support: current concepts and future directions" - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/08/heartjnl-2015-308562.extract
They discuss the physiology behind these devices, when they might be used, and the difficulty in producing robust guidelines in this area of cardiology.
12 min
September 27, 2016 Cardiac MRI in 11 minutes!
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Prof. James Moon. Prof. Moon is director of The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Centre for Rare Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
His group recently published a review article entitled "Cardiac MRI evaluation of myocardial disease". They discuss the growing impact of MRI for the diagnosis and non-invasive monitoring of many different heart diseases.
Link to paper : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/27/heartjnl-2015-309077
12 min
September 12, 2016 High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and incident coronary heart disease
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Carlos Iribarren of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, California, USA. They discuss his publication entitled "High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and incident coronary heart disease among asymptomatic older adults". This time, the discussion ranges from Framingham Risk Scores to Northern Californian earthquakes!
Link to paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/15/1177.long
13 min
August 30, 2016 The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Steven Cohn from the University of Miami Miller school of Medicine. Dr. Cohn has recently published an Education in Heart paper entitled "The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery". This paper gives an in-depth review of this area of cardiology practice that is familiar to many of us. Dr. Cohn is a leading figure in pre-operative assessment and was a reviewer of the most recent ACC guidelines.
Several controversial areas are discussed, including both the use of beta-blockers and revascularisation prior to non-cardiac surgery.
Link to paper : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/20/heartjnl-2015-307997.extract
18 min
August 10, 2016 Carotid artery disease: stenting vs surgery
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Marco Roffi from the University Hospital, Geneva. He is the first author of an Education in Heart paper entitled "Carotid Artery Stenting".
They discuss how best to identify patients with carotid artery disease, the role of imaging, when to choose stenting vs surgery and the current ESC guidelines in this area.
Read the full article: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/13/1059.
16 min
July 28, 2016 Gender differences in coronary heart disease
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Ramzi Khamis, from the National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College, London, UK. He is the lead author on a recent Education in Heart paper entitled "Gender differences in coronary heart disease".
James and Ramzi discuss the complex and under-researched areas that lead to poorer outcomes for females with some forms of heart disease.
Read the full article here: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/28/heartjnl-2014-306463.full
15 min
July 13, 2016 Big data: a big deal for cardiology?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University’s Internet Institute. He is an expert in 'Big Data' and recently delivered the opening keynote lecture at the British Cardiovascular Society's annual meeting in Manchester, entitled ‘Big data: a big deal for cardiology?'
Viktor shares his knowledge about how 'Big Data' is rapidly changing the way we do scientific research. Topics range from 'flu prevention using Google searches to predicting the timing of heart attack and stroke.
Links
http://www.big-data-book.com/
http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/12/996.long
http://www.bcs.com/conference/webcasts1.asp?talkid=5307&confyear=2016
15 min
June 29, 2016 Physical activity in the prevention of coronary heart disease: implications for the clinician
In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd is in conversation with Dr Tina Varghese from Emory University, Atlanta. She has written a review paper on "Physical activity in the prevention of coronary heart disease: implications for the clinician".
http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/03/03/heartjnl-2015-308773.full
In this podcast, they discuss the benefits of regular exercise, how much is too much, how exercise protects your heart and why we aren't good at prescribing exercise for our patients.
10 min

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