Heart podcast

Heart podcast

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Heart podcast episodes

  • Obesity and atrial fibrillation
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Drs Glover and Hong from the University of Toronto in Canada. They discuss their Heart paper "Impact of body mass index on the outcome of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation". They cover the use of AF ablation, what the guidelines tell us and how obesity makes a recurrence of AF after ablation more likely.
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    Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/3/244.
    18 min
  • Myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries, what next?
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Puja Mehta from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They discuss the concept of myocardial infarction with non-obstructed coronary arteries (MINOCA).
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    Link to published paper:
    https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/11/27/heartjnl-2018-314012
    https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/3/143/2967570
    16 min
  • Tips and tricks for managing hypertension
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Melvin Lobo from Bart’s Hospital, London. They discuss all aspects of high blood pressure and its management, plus Professor Lobo gives his view of the future of non-drug therapy in the wake of the Symplicity trials.
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    Link to published paper:
    Education in Heart : https://heart.bmj.com/content/104/18/1543
    European Heart Journal (free PDF) : https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/15/1101/3056932
    23 min
  • How should we treat older people with heart attacks?
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Vijay Kunadian from Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital . They discuss the RITA SENIOR trial, designed to tell us the best way to manage older patients with a heart attack - invasive or medical.
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    Link to published paper:
    https://heart.bmj.com/content/102/6/416?ijkey=62261479a0ca4163d857d406efe131a5423c5aec&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
    Dr Kunadian's Twitter - https://twitter.com/vijaykunadian?lang=en
    22 min
  • Heart attack care and outcomes for women - bias or biology?
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Chris Gale and Dr Chris Wilkinson from Leeds University. They discuss their paper "Sex differences in quality indicator attainment for myocardial infarction: a nationwide cohort study". The paper discovered that more than 8,200 women in England and Wales (over a ten year period) could potentially have survived their heart attacks had they simply been given the same quality of treatment as men.
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    Link to published paper:
    Paper (open access) - https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/11/23/heartjnl-2018-313959
    BHF article - https://blog.bhf.org.uk/what-women-want-equal-healthcare-would-be-a-good-start-419aa3d95dc4
    17 min
  • Cardio-oncology - the essentials (Part 2)
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arjun Ghosh from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss the essentials of cardio-oncology - what it is, why it's important and some common clinical scenarios.
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    Link to published paper: https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000774
    21 min
  • Cardio-oncology - the essentials (Part 1)
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arjun Ghosh (Twitter: @Arjunkg) from Bart's Hospital in London. They discuss the essentials of cardio-oncology and in this episode, ongoing trials, how to get trained and set up a service and what the active areas of research are in cardio-oncology.
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    Link to published paper: https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000774
    24 min
  • Do we still need stethoscopes?
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Bernard Prendergast from St Thomas' Hospital, London. They discuss his recent publication in Heart concerning the ability of the stethoscope to detect important valve disease in asymptomatic primary care patients. They also cover POCUS, the feasibility of screening elderly patients for valve disease and whether Bernard still uses a stethoscope in real life.
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    Link to published paper:
    Primary paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/24/heartjnl-2018-313082
    Editorial: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/05/24/heartjnl-2018-313474
    The Oxvalve study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216199/
    16 min
  • The SCOT-HEART trial - a discussion with Professor David Newby
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd is joined by Professor David Newby from Edinburgh University. They discuss the landmark SCOT-HEART trial, which demonstrated that a CT-guided investigation strategy for chest pain could reduce future myocardial infarction risk. How might this be the case? What does it mean for future guidelines? And should we ditch the treadmill test?
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    Links to published papers:
    Original study - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60291-4/fulltext#seccestitle10
    5 year outcome study - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805971
    20 min
  • The Big Beat Challenge from the British Heart Foundation
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Nilesh Samani, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The BHF is launching a groundbreaking £30m research grant that will transform care for patients, and is asking for your innovative ideas. Worldwide applications are welcome.
    Link: https://www.bhf.org.uk/bigbeatchallenge
    12 min

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