Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

Echocardiography can be a useful diagnostic tool in caring for cardiac patients. Dr. Richard Grimm and Dr. Rhonda Miyasaka speak about various types of tests using echocardiography. Learn indications, benefits, and challenges of these imaging tests.

Managing patients with cardiac sarcoidosis can be difficult. This condition can affect the heart in multiple ways. Dr. Christine Jellis, Dr. Manuel Ribeiro Neto and Dr. Ziad Taimeh discuss a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

Dr. Sudish Murthy discusses the management of incidentally discovered lung nodules during cardiac testing. Enjoy the full Tall Rounds® & earn free CME•Case Presentation: Andrew Feczko, MD •Incidence, Institutional Strategy for Incidental Nodules: Peter Mazzone, MD•Reading the Lung Part of a Cardiac Test - Radiologist’s Perspective: Michael Bolen, MD•Surgical Management of Indeterminate Lung Nodule: Usman Ahmad, MD•Pulmonary Surgery in Cardiac High Risk Patient: Daniel Raymond, MD•Non-Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer - Radiation Oncology Perspective: Gregory Videtic, MD•Timing Pulmonary Surgery after TAVR and Coronary Stenting - New Data: Amar Krishnaswamy, MD

Dr. Lars Svensson and Dr. Sagar Kalahasti provide an overview of the recent Tall Rounds session highlighting collaborative and comprehensive care of the Marfan patient and family.

Physiologic pacing is an approach to treat patients with complete heart block that minimizes pacing induced cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Dr. Oussama Wazni, Section Head, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, and Dr. Roy Chung, Director of Physiologic Pacing Center, discuss physiologic pacing at Cleveland Clinic: outcomes, indications, benefits, patient selection and contraindications of this type of pacing.

Dr. Jennifer Hargrave provides an overview of the Blood Conservation in Cardiac & Vascular Surgery Tall Rounds® session.

Alcohol septal ablation has been performed at Cleveland Clinic since the late 1980’s. Dr. Samir Kapadia describes optimal patients for this procedure and outcomes of septal ablation vs. surgery (septal myectomy). Alcohol septal ablation is a good treatment option for appropriately selected patients. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) requires a team approach involving cardiologists, surgeons and genetic counselors to plan the best procedure for each individual patient.

Dr. L. Leonardo Rodriguez provides an overview of the Aortic Valve and Root Surgery in Young Patients: Complex Considerations Tall Rounds® session.

Obstructive sleep apnea is related to various types of cardiovascular disease. Cardiologist Dr. Michael Faulx and Dr. Reena Mehra, Director of Sleep Disorders Research in the Sleep Center, have worked together to investigate this relationship. It is important to ask the right questions and look for risk factors to determine if there are underlying sleep disorders in the patient with cardiovascular disease. The STOP-BANG questionnaire can be used to test for high probability for sleep apnea but there are limitations. Testing for sleep apnea can be done at home – or in lab; and there are many ways it can be treated. Treating sleep apnea can improve cardiovascular disease, especially atrial fibrillation and high blood pressure.

Dr. Peter Aziz and Dr. Oussama Wazni highlight the contemporary & collaborative management of inherited arrhythmia’s.