Heart podcast

Heart podcast

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Heart podcast episodes

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Interview with Dr Marc Dweck - his journey into research
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, digital media editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Marc Dweck from Edinburgh University. Marc is a BHF Intermediate Fellow and an Honorary Cardiology Consultant who has won many awards for his approach to vascular imaging for risk prediction.
    As part of the Cardiology in Focus series, Marc shares his pathway into cardiovascular research and discusses its highs and lows. Marc has plenty of tips for those entering or established in a scientific career!
    13 min
  • Interview with Professor Peter Weissberg of the British Heart Foundation
    In this edition of the Heart podcast, associate editor Dr. James Rudd sits down with Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (www.bhf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-directors).
    As the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK (around £100 million annually), Peter has sage advice for young researchers considering a career in cardiovascular science. He looks back at some highlights from his 12 years as Medical Director of the BHF. Finally, Peter explains why there has never been a better time to consider a career in cardiovascular research.
    9 min

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