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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Jul 23, 2015 • 10min
Haemodynamic and anatomic progression of aortic stenosis
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is a progressive disease, but the impact of baseline AS haemodynamic or anatomic severity on AS progression remains unclear. In this podcast Dr Alistair Lindsay talks to Dr Virginia Nguyen about her study to evaluate the impact of baseline AS severity assessed, either by using echocardiography (haemodynamic assessment) or MSCT (anatomic assessment) on AS progression.
Jun 8, 2015 • 11min
PCI recommendations and guidelines 2015
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) has a considerable evidence base and it is firmly established as the most common procedure used in the invasive treatment of patients with CHD in the UK. The evidence base relating to PCI has been reviewed and this has been published in Heart. The guidelines focus on issues pertinent to practice within the UK and set out a recommended template to ensure optimal delivery of patient care. Dr Alistair Lindsay speaks to Professor Adrian Banning from the John Radcliffe Hospital at the University of Oxford who was co-author on the guidelines.
Apr 21, 2015 • 9min
Type 2 myocardial infarction in clinical practice
Dr Alistair Lindsay speaks to Dr Tomasz Baron about his research which aimed to assess differences in incidence, clinical features, current treatment strategies and outcome in patients with type 2 vs. type 1 acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Full paper found here >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/101/2/101.full?sid=e9538ca9-604b-40af-95a7-c03f016f4c2e
Apr 17, 2015 • 13min
Cardiovascular risk profile and frailty in a population-based study of older British men
Frailty in older age is known to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the extent to which frailty is associated with the CVD risk profile has been little studied. Dr Alistair Lindsay talked to Dr Sheena Ramsay about her study and the clinical implications of the results.
The original paper can be found here: http://heart.bmj.com/content/101/8/616.full?sid=767613b9-71bb-41af-80e8-361647c03828
Mar 25, 2015 • 12min
Identifying low risk patients after a single high sensitivity troponin
Dr Alistair Lindsay speaks to Dr Edward Carlton about his published paper investigating whether a novel accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) for suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) could successfully identify low-risk patients suitable for discharge after a single high-sensitivity troponin T.
Mar 25, 2015 • 7min
Coffee consumption and coronary artery calcium
Dr Alistair Lindsay spoke to Dr Eliseo Guallar about his study to nvestigate the association between regular coffee consumption and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a large sample of young and middle-aged asymptomatic men and women.
Read the article here http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/02/06/heartjnl-2014-306663.full?sid=3959ea9e-52ba-4e69-97fa-1b55aa2b9738
Jan 22, 2015 • 8min
Fitness and stress resilience in adolescence and coronary heart disease risk in middle age
Alistair Lindsay talks to Scott Montgomery, honorary professor
of epidemiology and public health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, UCL, about his paper investigating physical fitness and stress resilience in adolescence and risk of coronary heart disease in middle age.
Read the paper:
http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2015/02/10/heartjnl-2014-306703
Jan 7, 2015 • 7min
Adding ezetimibe to simvastatin: Results of the IMPROVE-IT trial
Alistair Lindsey talks to Christopher Cannon, Havard Clinical Research Institute, about the results of his IMPROVE-IT trial, which examined clinical outcomes of adding ezetimibe to simvastatin.
This podcast was recorded at the American Heart Association scientific sessions in Chicago.
Nov 14, 2014 • 12min
Endothelial function in contemporary patients with repaired coarctation of aorta
Some studies have suggested endothelial dysfunction in adult patients after repair of aortic coarctation (CoA), and it has been proposed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of arterial hypertension in the absence of re-coarctation.
A study recently published in Heart aimed to assess the presence of endothelial dysfunction, the number of endothelial progenitor cells, and the levels of proinflammatory cytokines associated with endothelial injury in contemporary patients after CoA repair.
Alistair Lindsay discusses what the work revealed with lead author Robert Radke, Division of Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Muenster.
Read the full paper (for free):
http://goo.gl/z32cOl
Oct 3, 2014 • 6min
New ESC Guidelines for aortic disease
The ESC has published new guidelines for diagnosis and management of thoracic aortic disease.
In this podcast, Catherine Otto asks Dr Iung, Professor of Cardiology, Bichat Hopital, Paris Diderot University, France, to summarise the key new points in these guidelines, specifically focusing on aortopathy in patients with bicuspid valve disease, and in those with Marfan syndrome and other inherited connective tissue disorders.
This podcast was recorded at the European Society of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions, Barcelona, Spain, August 2014.
