The Tell-Tale Heart: The Pharmacist's Cardiovascular Digest

The Tell-Tale Heart: The Pharmacist's Cardiovascular Digest

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The Tell-Tale Heart: The Pharmacist's Cardiovascular Digest episodes

  • S2 Ep95: Lp(a), PREVENT, and LDL-C Goals: Insights From NLA Fall Update

    This was a collaboration with the National Lipid Association's Lipid Insights podcast. You can listen to more Lipid Insights on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

    Michael J. Wilkinson, MD, FACC, FNLA, is an associate professor of medicine and director of the advanced lipid treatment program at UC San Diego Health. You can find him on Linkedin.

    47 min
  • S2 Ep94: Foundational HFpEF Therapy: A Heart Failure Cardiologist’s View

    Dr. Morris and Dr. Beavers discuss the 2026 American College of Cardiology (ACC) expert consensus decision pathway for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. You can read the report here.

    About the Guest 

    Alanna Morris, MD, MSc, is a heart failure cardiologist and the Executive Medical Director, US Medical Affairs at Bayer. 

    Upcoming Meeting 

    The Heart Failure Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 takes place October 9–12, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona. 

    49 min
  • S1 Ep37: ESC 2026 Hot Line Recap: 3 Trials Every Pharmacist Needs

    CARDIO-TTRansform — eplontersen in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).
    ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04136171

    SINGLE-AF — direct oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation at intermediate stroke risk.
    ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04437654

    POET II — response-tailored, shortened antibiotic therapy in left-sided infective endocarditis.
    ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03851575

    19 min
  • S1 Ep34: Putting the 2026 CKM Guidelines Into Practice: A Pharmacist's Perspective
    In this episode of The Tell-Tale Heart, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, welcomes back Lavinia Salama, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BC-ADM, CDCES, for an in-depth look at the new cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) guidelines and how they translate into everyday practice. Salama says she's encouraged that CKM recommendations have evolved from a conceptual framework into a formal, multisociety guideline, with new emphasis on albuminuria, the PREVENT risk equation, and routine screening for obstructive sleep apnea, MASLD/MASH, and social determinants of health.
    34 min
  • S1 Ep33: Craig Beavers, PharmD Breaks Down the 2026 CKM Guidelines — And Why They Matter
    In this solo episode of the Tell-Tale Heart podcast, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, delivers an immediate reaction to the newly released 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN guidelines for cardiovascular kidney metabolic (CKM) syndrome. Beavers calls the document a landmark framework that formally unites obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease into a single disease continuum — a shift he argues changes everything about how clinicians should approach prevention. 
    13 min
  • S1 Ep31: From Misdiagnosis to Advocacy: Addressing Bias and Equity in Heart Failure Management
    In this episode of The Tell-Tale Heart, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, speaks with Rhonda Monroe, MBA, a heart failure survivor and lead advocate at HeartLife, about her lived experience with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and the systemic failures that nearly cost her life. Following the birth of her third child, Monroe experienced classic cardiac symptoms but was repeatedly misdiagnosed as having indigestion or "hysterical motherhood" despite an EKG confirming an acute myocardial infarction.
    54 min

About The Tell-Tale Heart: The Pharmacist's Cardiovascular Digest

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This podcast delivers concise clinical updates in cardiology alongside insightful career stories from pharmacists in the field. Host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, CACP, provides…