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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Feb 8, 2016 • 17min
Ischaemic cardiomyopathy: pathophysiology, assessment and the role of revascularisation
Dr Divaka Perera from King's College, London and Guy's and St Thomas' Hopsital joins Dr James Rudd, associate editor at Heart, to discuss his recent Education in Heart paper titled:
"Ischaemic cardiomyopathy: pathophysiology, assessment and the role of revascularisation"
They cover the aetiology of ischaemic cardiomyopathy, the definitions of stunning, hibernation and viability and what the trials and guidelines can tell us. Optimal imaging strategies are debated. There is also mention of the REVIVED BCIS-2 study, of which Dr Perera is PI.
Feb 3, 2016 • 9min
The optimal non-invasive imaging test selection for the diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease
In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is in conversation with Dr Chris Fordyce from the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His team has just published an Education in Heart paper on "Optimal non-invasive imaging test selection for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease."
In this podcast, they discuss the similarities and differences between the international guidelines on the investigation of chest pain. They also highlight the results of the landmark PROMISE and SCOT-HEART studies and discuss how the results of these trials might influence future guidelines.
The paper contains many high-resolution multimedia elements, along with MCQs to test your knowledge in this area.
Oct 27, 2015 • 6min
Education in Heart - The Relaunch, with Dr Sarah Clarke
In this podcast Dr James Rudd talks to Dr Sarah Clarke, President of the British Cardiovascular Society and Editor of the Education in Heart section of the journal. They talk about the education stream of the journal, new multimedia developments, and aligning content with the ESC curriculum.
Oct 20, 2015 • 12min
ESC conference London - Stephen Nicholls
In this podcast Dr James Rudd talks to Professor Stephen Nicholls, consultant cardiologist and Deputy Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute in Adelaide, at the 2015 European Cardiology meeting in London. They discuss the next generation of lipid therapies and imaging as a surrogate marker of disease.
Oct 13, 2015 • 12min
Healthcare outcomes for treatment-naïve cancer patients using cardiovascular biomarkers
In this podcast Dr James Rudd speaks to Dr Alexander Lyon, consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital, about the effects of cancer treatments on the heart, the problems of an aging population, and the new field of cardio-oncology.
Editorial >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/09/heartjnl-2015-308208.full
Full paper >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/08/heartjnl-2015-307848.full
Sep 25, 2015 • 7min
Is anger a trigger for cardiovascular disease?
Editor-in-Chief Dr Catherine Otto talks to Dr Elizabeth Mostofsky at the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand meeting in Melbourne. They discuss the various environmental, physical and psychological triggers for heart disease.
Sep 25, 2015 • 10min
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Editor-in-Chief Dr Catherine Otto talks to Dr Carolyn Lam at the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand meeting in Melbourne. They discuss her session on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Sep 25, 2015 • 9min
Ebstein’s anomaly in adults
Editor-in-Chief Dr Catherine Otto talks to Dr David Calemajer at the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand meeting in Melbourne. They discuss his session on managing the large spectrum of Ebstein's anomaly in adults in the absence of RCT data.
Sep 22, 2015 • 17min
Cardiovascular biomarkers in cancer patients and their association with all-cause mortality
Alistair Lindsey talks to Martin Hülsmann and Noemi Pavo, both from the Medical University of Vienna, about their paper examining cardiovascular biomarkers in cancer patients.
Paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/08/heartjnl-2015-307848.abstract
Sep 3, 2015 • 16min
Habitual chocolate consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy men and women
Chocolate is an important dietary source of flavonoid antioxidants, which are hypothesised to have a beneficial effect on endothelial function and protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD).
In this podcast Dr Alistair Lindsay talks to Dr Phyo K Myint about his team's research into this topic. In order to evaluate any association between habitual chocolate consumption and the risk of cardiovascular events, they analysed data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk), and incorporated the results from this observational study into the evidence available to date.
