

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
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Apr 8, 2020 • 19min
Creating a bio-resource to fight Covid-19
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by cardiologist Dr Charlotte Manisty and Professor of Infectious Diseases Mahdad Noursadeghi from London. They have established, in a very short timeframe, a prospective study of Covid-19, designed to understand much more about this devastating pandemic. Learn the details in today's episode.
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Links:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bartscovid19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Tb8UCkv_E&feature=youtu.be

Mar 29, 2020 • 18min
Coping with Covid-19 - advice from a New York City Intensivist
In this special episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Umesh Gidwani, an intensivist from Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. They discuss the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, PPE, cardiac complications and more.
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Link: https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/umesh-k-gidwani

Mar 23, 2020 • 16min
Cardiology in the Covid-19 era: looking after ourselves so we can look after our patients
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Sarah Hudson, a cardiology trainee from Bristol, UK. They discuss Sarah's blog post that can be found below.
Read the blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/heart/2020/03/17/cardiologists-and-coronavirus-looking-after-ourselves-and-each-other-so-we-can-continue-to-look-after-patients/
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Mar 20, 2020 • 27min
Covid-19 in Seattle - hope for the best, prepare for the worst
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Karen Stout who is leading the clinical cardiology care for COVID patients in Seattle. They discuss how she has prepared for this pandemic in terms of staffing her teams, aggressively testing patients for COVID and triaging routine workload across several hospitals in that city.
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Mar 15, 2020 • 16min
His bundle pacing - what you need to know
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Zachary Whinnett from The Hammersmith Hospital in London. They discuss the His bundle pacing and the HOPE HF study.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/2/137

Feb 27, 2020 • 23min
HRT and cardiovascular risk - what’s new?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Felice Gersh from Irvine, California. They discuss a recent editorial published in Heart concerning hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular risk.
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Link to paper - https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2020/01/31/heartjnl-2019-315754
Link to editorial - https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2020/01/31/heartjnl-2019-315898

Feb 11, 2020 • 28min
Improving doctors’ wellbeing - what can be done?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Joanna Poole, an anaesthetics trainee who has been instrumental in publicising doctors' negative experiences within the NHS. These were picked up by the GMC and fed into its recent report on caring for doctors. Please see the links below to Jo's Guardian interview, the GMC report and her blog post.
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Links:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/28/nhs-trainee-doctors-denied-leave-dossier-hospitals
https://www.dauk.org/blog/2019/3/26/guest-blog-dr-joanna-poole-post-mortem-of-a-career
https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/caring-for-doctors-caring-for-patients_pdf-80706341.pdf

Jan 25, 2020 • 20min
Kawasaki disease - a global issue
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Robert Tulloh from Bristol. They discuss his recent review on the lifetime cardiovascular management of patients with previous Kawasaki disease.
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Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2019/12/16/heartjnl-2019-315925

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Jan 11, 2020 • 15min
Lifestyle treatments for atrial fibrillation
Professor Prash Sanders from the University of Adelaide joins to discuss lifestyle treatments for atrial fibrillation. They talk about the importance of addressing modifiable risk factors, managing lifestyle diseases, and achieving positive outcomes through weight loss trials and risk factor management studies. Practical advice on setting achievable targets and regular monitoring is also shared.

Dec 27, 2019 • 23min
Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging
In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Paul Leeson from Oxford. They discuss the science behind AI as applied to imaging. Current and future applications are highlighted, plus some challenges of which we should all be aware.
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Links
https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/paul-leeson
http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/73/11/1317