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 twice a month, every other Tuesday.Podcast hosted by:Professor James Rudd, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist, University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
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Jan 12, 2017 • 11min
Sex differences in prodromal symptoms in acute coronary syndrome
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Nadia Khan from University of British Columbia in Vancouver. They discuss the incidence of prodromal symptoms before an acute coronary syndrome, the opportunities for medical intervention and how to raise awareness amongst patients and healthcare providers.
Full text >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/12/13/heartjnl-2016-309945.abstract
Dec 12, 2016 • 15min
An update on Cardiac CT
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Michelle Williams from university of Edinburgh. They discuss all aspects of cardiac CT - indications, benefits and technical advances.
Nov 29, 2016 • 14min
The electronic health record as a catalyst for quality improvement in patient care
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Thomas Payne from the University of Seattle, where he is the Chief Medical information Officer with a research interest in electronic Health Records (EHRs). They discuss the state of play of EHRs in the US and beyond, current research and clinical opportunities and a vision of the future.
Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/08/heartjnl-2015-308724.abstract
Nov 28, 2016 • 10min
Younger smokers over eight times more likely to have heart attack. Why and what can be done?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Ever Grech from South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Sheffield, UK. They discuss Dr Grech’s innovative study design, why younger smokers have >8 times the risk of heart attack than older patients and what can be done about this.
Read the full article and related editorial here:
http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/31/heartjnl-2016-309595.full
http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/31/heartjnl-2016-310687.full
Nov 11, 2016 • 15min
Evidence, experts, trustworthy guidelines and WikiRecs
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Catherine Otto from University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. They discuss a disruptive new approach to guideline production in cardiology that aims to be agile, responsive and clear about the best approach to a focussed clinical scenario - The Wikirecs approach.
Both the BMJ paper describing the Wikirecs production process and the Heart Editorial by Catherine Otto are linked below.
Link to paper (1): http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/06/heartjnl-2016-310353.extract
Link to paper (2): http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/354/bmj.i5130.full.pdf
Oct 31, 2016 • 10min
Screening for atrial fibrillation - why and how?
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Johan Engdahl from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an expert on screening for atrial fibrillation, and wrote a recent editorial on this subject for Heart http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/26/heartjnl-2016-309993.full?sid=32fe2dc0-839f-4ca4-8ed0-0c7360d674a1.
They discuss the reasons for AF screening, whom to target and how to do it - including using your smartphone!
Oct 13, 2016 • 12min
Mechanical circulatory support: current concepts and future directions
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Divaka Perera from St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Divaka recently published an Education in Heart paper entitled "Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support: current concepts and future directions" - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/08/heartjnl-2015-308562.extract
They discuss the physiology behind these devices, when they might be used, and the difficulty in producing robust guidelines in this area of cardiology.
Sep 27, 2016 • 11min
Cardiac MRI in 11 minutes!
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Prof. James Moon. Prof. Moon is director of The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Centre for Rare Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
His group recently published a review article entitled "Cardiac MRI evaluation of myocardial disease". They discuss the growing impact of MRI for the diagnosis and non-invasive monitoring of many different heart diseases.
Link to paper : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/27/heartjnl-2015-309077
Sep 12, 2016 • 13min
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and incident coronary heart disease
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Carlos Iribarren of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, California, USA. They discuss his publication entitled "High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and incident coronary heart disease among asymptomatic older adults". This time, the discussion ranges from Framingham Risk Scores to Northern Californian earthquakes!
Link to paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/15/1177.long
Aug 30, 2016 • 17min
The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Steven Cohn from the University of Miami Miller school of Medicine. Dr. Cohn has recently published an Education in Heart paper entitled "The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery". This paper gives an in-depth review of this area of cardiology practice that is familiar to many of us. Dr. Cohn is a leading figure in pre-operative assessment and was a reviewer of the most recent ACC guidelines.
Several controversial areas are discussed, including both the use of beta-blockers and revascularisation prior to non-cardiac surgery.
Link to paper : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/20/heartjnl-2015-307997.extract
