Heart podcast

Heart podcast

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Heart podcast episodes

  • Monitoring the biological activity of abdominal aortic aneurysms - beyond ultrasound
    In this episode of the Heart podcast, associate editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Rachel Forsythe, a vascular surgeon from the University of Edinburgh.
    They discuss her recent review paper, "Monitoring the biological activity of abdominal aortic aneurysms - beyond ultrasound". This common disease still causes considerable morbidity and mortality despite advances in surgical technique, largely because it is difficult to predict aneurysm expansion and rupture. They cover established clinical techniques and finish by highlighting newer approaches involving molecular imaging and targeted contrast agents.
    13 min
  • A 10-year prognostic model for patients with suspected angina attending a chest pain clinic
    In this edition of the Heart Podcast, associate editor Dr James Rudd chats to Professor Adam Timmis from the Barts Heart Centre, London, UK about his recent publication "A 10-year prognostic model for patients with suspected angina attending a chest pain clinic" http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/02/29/heartjnl-2015-308994.full?sid=bd5e1edf-49cd-4a7d-b2cc-17f0c311890d.
    They discuss the motivation for his study, debate diagnosis vs. prognosis in angina, and cover how the online prognosis calculator can be applied in the local chest pain clinic.
    Calculator: https://www.sealedenvelope.com/trials/pisa/
    9 min
  • Controlled release metoprolol for aortic regurgitation
    In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Kaspar Broch of the Oslo University Hospital, Norway to discuss his recent paper in Heart entitled: "Controlled release metoprolol for aortic regurgitation: A randomised clinical trial"
    They discuss the rationale for beta-blockers in aortic regurgitation and the results of this first clinical trial of these agents.
    Full paper >> heart.bmj.com/content/102/3/191.…-a075-27b877e18613
    10 min
  • Handheld echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by non-experts
    Heart digital media editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Michelle Ploutz from the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, to discuss her recent paper in Heart, entitled "Handheld echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by non-experts".
    They cover using echocardiography, performed by trained local nurses, to diagnose rheumatic heart disease in Uganda. The need for this approach, and how it fared in this study of 1000 African school children are revealed.
    Read the full article here: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/1/35.full.
    11 min
  • Ischaemic cardiomyopathy: pathophysiology, assessment and the role of revascularisation
    Dr Divaka Perera from King's College, London and Guy's and St Thomas' Hopsital joins Dr James Rudd, associate editor at Heart, to discuss his recent Education in Heart paper titled:
    "Ischaemic cardiomyopathy: pathophysiology, assessment and the role of revascularisation"
    They cover the aetiology of ischaemic cardiomyopathy, the definitions of stunning, hibernation and viability and what the trials and guidelines can tell us. Optimal imaging strategies are debated. There is also mention of the REVIVED BCIS-2 study, of which Dr Perera is PI.
    17 min
  • The optimal non-invasive imaging test selection for the diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease
    In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is in conversation with Dr Chris Fordyce from the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His team has just published an Education in Heart paper on "Optimal non-invasive imaging test selection for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease."
    In this podcast, they discuss the similarities and differences between the international guidelines on the investigation of chest pain. They also highlight the results of the landmark PROMISE and SCOT-HEART studies and discuss how the results of these trials might influence future guidelines.
    The paper contains many high-resolution multimedia elements, along with MCQs to test your knowledge in this area.
    10 min
  • Education in Heart - The Relaunch, with Dr Sarah Clarke
    In this podcast Dr James Rudd talks to Dr Sarah Clarke, President of the British Cardiovascular Society and Editor of the Education in Heart section of the journal. They talk about the education stream of the journal, new multimedia developments, and aligning content with the ESC curriculum.
    6 min
  • ESC conference London - Stephen Nicholls
    In this podcast Dr James Rudd talks to Professor Stephen Nicholls, consultant cardiologist and Deputy Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute in Adelaide, at the 2015 European Cardiology meeting in London. They discuss the next generation of lipid therapies and imaging as a surrogate marker of disease.
    12 min
  • Healthcare outcomes for treatment-naïve cancer patients using cardiovascular biomarkers
    In this podcast Dr James Rudd speaks to Dr Alexander Lyon, consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital, about the effects of cancer treatments on the heart, the problems of an aging population, and the new field of cardio-oncology.
    Editorial >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/09/heartjnl-2015-308208.full
    Full paper >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/08/heartjnl-2015-307848.full
    13 min

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