

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

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.

Jun 28, 2020 • 20min
Dilated cardiomyopathy and athlete’s heart - how to tell the difference
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Lynne Millar from Bart's Hospital, London. They discuss her recent paper entitled "Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals".
Link to published papers:
https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2020/04/26/heartjnl-2019-316147
https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2020/04/26/heartjnl-2020-316979
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Jun 15, 2020 • 25min
Learning cardiology online and why EP is an amazing speciality
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Vishal Luther from Hammersmith Hospital, London. They discuss how cardiology can be taught effectively online and then move on to discussing the pros and cons of electrophysiology as a sub-speciality in cardiology.
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Links:
http://webinar.cardiologists.london/
https://bjca.tv/video-gallery/
EP decoded book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Decoding-Cardiac-Electrophysiology-Understanding-Techniques/dp/3030286711

May 28, 2020 • 29min
The future of cardiology in the post-COVID era
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Simon Ray, President of the British Cardiovascular Society. They discuss how cardiology might be delivered in the wake of Covid-19, including virtual clinics, online education, streamlined MDTs and much more.
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Links
https://www.bcs.com/pages/page_box_contents.asp?pageid=1034&navcatid=34
https://gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/medical-specialties/cardiology/

May 13, 2020 • 21min
Predicting sudden death using 5 ECG abnormalities
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Arttu Holkeri from Helsinki in Finland. They discuss his paper entitled "Predicting sudden cardiac death in a general population using an electrocardiographic risk score".
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/6/427

May 1, 2020 • 22min
Angina - contemporary diagnosis and management
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Tom Ford from Gosford, Australia. They discuss all aspects of angina diagnosis and management. The accompanying paper is FREE for all readers to enjoy - https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/5/387.
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