
ESC Cardio Talk
The ESC podcasts - regular recordings from the European Society of Cardiology.
Hear renowned experts discuss cardiovascular advances relevant to daily practice.
Check here regularly to stay up to date.
You can also be interested in other ESC podcasts: EHRA Cardio Talk, HFA Cardio Talk and ESC TV Today. Check them out!
Latest episodes

May 15, 2023 • 8min
Journal Editorial - Hypertension, brain imaging phenotypes, and cognitive impairment: lessons from Mendelian randomization
With Ernesto Schiffrin, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal - Canada & James Engert, McGill University, Montreal - Canada Link to editorial Link to paper

May 8, 2023 • 9min
Journal Editorial - Why Y? The Y chromosome may serve a cardiovascular purpose after all
With Peter Libby & Aeron Small, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston - USA Link to paper Link to editorial

Apr 3, 2023 • 11min
Journal Editorial - C-reactive protein in people with high lipoprotein a: a partner in crime or an innocent bystander?
With Carl Orringer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - USA & Michael Albosta, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami - USA Link to paper Link to editorial

Mar 27, 2023 • 11min
Journal Editorial - Reassurance for parents with children born via assisted reproductive technology or too soon to tell?
With Gemma Figtree, & Claire Lawley, University of Sydney - Australia. Link to paper Link to editorial

Mar 20, 2023 • 7min
Journal Editorial - Pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease: how to improve?
With Johanna van der Zande & Jolien Roos-Hesselink, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam - The Netherlands Link to editorial Link to paper

Mar 13, 2023 • 14min
Journal Editorial - Are we getting closer to treating heart and mind together and bridging the gap for individual patients attending cardiac rehabilitation?
With Susanne Pedersen and Robert Ahm, University of Southern Denmark, Odense - Denmark Link to editorial Link to paper

Feb 27, 2023 • 14min
Journal Editorial - Histiocytes set on the heart: cardiac complications of Erdheim–Chester disease
With Matthew Collin, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne - UK and John Irving, NHS Health Scotland. Link to editorial Link to paper

Jan 30, 2023 • 8min
Journal Editorial - Cancer is a comorbidity of heart failure
With Pietro Ameri, University of Genova - Italy & Wouter Meijers, University of Groningen, Groningen - The Netherlands Link to editorial Link to paper

Jan 9, 2023 • 10min
Journal Editorial - Moving beyond lifestyle: the case for childhood adversity, social determinants of health, and psychosocial factors in cardiovascular risk prediction
With Adrienne Kovacs, Equilibria Psychological Health, Ontario - Canada & Keila Lopez, Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - USA Link to editorial Link to paper

Dec 19, 2022 • 7min
Journal Editorial - Wideband cardiac magnetic resonance for myocardial tissue characterization in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
With Bernhard Gerber, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels - Belgium & Varnavas Varnavas, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc UClouvain, Brussels - Belgium Link to editorial Link to paper