Heart Podcast
BMJ Group
The Heart Podcast is your go-to source for the latest insights and developments in cardiovascular medicine. Each episode features in-depth interviews with renowned authors and leading experts in the field, delving into the latest advances in cardiovascular research and treatments.
Heart - heart.bmj.com - is a renowned international journal from the BMJ Group and the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) dedicated to publishing research and reviews on cardiovascular disease. Stay ahead in your field by tuning into our expert discussions and accessing cutting-edge information.
Subscribe now or listen on your favourite podcast platform to elevate your understanding of cardiovascular medicine. The Heart podcast is published every other Tuesday.
Podcast hosted by:
James Rudd, Digital Media Editor, University of Cambridge
Heart - heart.bmj.com - is a renowned international journal from the BMJ Group and the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) dedicated to publishing research and reviews on cardiovascular disease. Stay ahead in your field by tuning into our expert discussions and accessing cutting-edge information.
Subscribe now or listen on your favourite podcast platform to elevate your understanding of cardiovascular medicine. The Heart podcast is published every other Tuesday.
Podcast hosted by:
James Rudd, Digital Media Editor, University of Cambridge
Episodes
Mentioned books
5 snips
Nov 29, 2020 • 18min
What’s normal on a 24 hour ECG?
Dr. Marc Deyell discusses his team's systematic review on ambulatory ECGs, providing age-specific normal ranges. They explore sinus pauses, conduction abnormalities, and ectopic activities in different age groups, emphasizing the importance of accurate interpretation for cardiac monitoring
Nov 15, 2020 • 39min
Get better at managing patients with syncope
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Boon Lim from Imperial College syncope service. They discuss all aspects of this common condition.
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Links
https://stopfainting.com/
ESC syncope guidelines - https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/39/21/1883/4939241
Nov 1, 2020 • 34min
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - the essentials
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Lynne Williams from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. They discuss all aspects of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, from symptoms to genetic testing, plus a discussion of an emerging new medical therapy.
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Links:
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/409
https://heart.bmj.com/content/104/1/73
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/936542
Oct 12, 2020 • 28min
ACS management in the COVID-19 era
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by interventional cardiologist Dr Sukh Nijjer from Hammersmith Hospital, London. They discuss his paper in Heart concerned with the optimal management of ACS in the COVID-19 era.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/20/1609
Sep 24, 2020 • 19min
Cardiogenetics - an explainer for the general cardiologist
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle. They discuss the role of genetic testing in cardiology.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/12/938
Sep 14, 2020 • 20min
ESC Top 10 highlights with Dr Sarah Hudson
Dr Sarah Hudson, a cardiology fellow from the U.K., discusses 10 trials and 3 insightful talks from the digital 2020 ESC meeting. Topics include innovative trials in cardiology, advances in research and treatment, and the value of Bayesian integration in viewing literature holistically.
Aug 26, 2020 • 24min
How to improve at communicating risk
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Alexandra Freeman and Dr Gabriel Reccia from The Winton Centre at the University of Cambridge. They discuss their paper which is about how best to communicate risks to cardiology (and other) patients.
Link to published paper:
1. https://wintoncentre.maths.cam.ac.uk/
2. https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/11/heartjnl-2020-317593
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Aug 14, 2020 • 22min
Balloon aortic valvuloplasty - everything you need to know as a general cardiologist
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by David Hildick-Smith from the Sussex Cardiac Centre in Brighton. They discuss balloon aortic valvuloplasty - what it is and when it can be used.
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Link to published paper:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/14/1102
Jul 29, 2020 • 25min
Estimating excess deaths from Covid-19
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Amitava Banerjee from UCL. They discuss both his Lancet paper and a subsequent pre-print describing the direct and indirect effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on mortality over 1 year.
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Links:
https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ABANE83
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30854-0/fulltext
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.10.20127175v1
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Jul 12, 2020 • 27min
Diet after a heart attack - what should we tell patients?
Dr. Thomas Butler discusses optimum nutritional strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation. Topics include the significance of BACPR, synthesizing nutrition recommendations, optimizing diets for heart health, navigating protein sources post-heart attack, and debunking myths around diet recommendations.
