Heart Podcast

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

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

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Marco Roffi from the University Hospital, Geneva. He is the first author of an Education in Heart paper entitled "Carotid Artery Stenting". They discuss how best to identify patients with carotid artery disease, the role of imaging, when to choose stenting vs surgery and the current ESC guidelines in this area. Read the full article: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/13/1059.

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Ramzi Khamis, from the National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College, London, UK. He is the lead author on a recent Education in Heart paper entitled "Gender differences in coronary heart disease". James and Ramzi discuss the complex and under-researched areas that lead to poorer outcomes for females with some forms of heart disease. Read the full article here: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/28/heartjnl-2014-306463.full

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University’s Internet Institute. He is an expert in 'Big Data' and recently delivered the opening keynote lecture at the British Cardiovascular Society's annual meeting in Manchester, entitled ‘Big data: a big deal for cardiology?' Viktor shares his knowledge about how 'Big Data' is rapidly changing the way we do scientific research. Topics range from 'flu prevention using Google searches to predicting the timing of heart attack and stroke. Links http://www.big-data-book.com/ http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/12/996.long http://www.bcs.com/conference/webcasts1.asp?talkid=5307&confyear=2016

In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd is in conversation with Dr Tina Varghese from Emory University, Atlanta. She has written a review paper on "Physical activity in the prevention of coronary heart disease: implications for the clinician". http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/03/03/heartjnl-2015-308773.full In this podcast, they discuss the benefits of regular exercise, how much is too much, how exercise protects your heart and why we aren't good at prescribing exercise for our patients.

In this episode of the Heart podcast, digital media editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Marc Dweck from Edinburgh University. Marc is a BHF Intermediate Fellow and an Honorary Cardiology Consultant who has won many awards for his approach to vascular imaging for risk prediction. As part of the Cardiology in Focus series, Marc shares his pathway into cardiovascular research and discusses its highs and lows. Marc has plenty of tips for those entering or established in a scientific career!

In this episode of the Heart podcast, associate editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Rachel Forsythe, a vascular surgeon from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss her recent review paper, "Monitoring the biological activity of abdominal aortic aneurysms - beyond ultrasound". This common disease still causes considerable morbidity and mortality despite advances in surgical technique, largely because it is difficult to predict aneurysm expansion and rupture. They cover established clinical techniques and finish by highlighting newer approaches involving molecular imaging and targeted contrast agents.

In this edition of the Heart podcast, associate editor Dr. James Rudd sits down with Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (www.bhf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-directors). As the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK (around £100 million annually), Peter has sage advice for young researchers considering a career in cardiovascular science. He looks back at some highlights from his 12 years as Medical Director of the BHF. Finally, Peter explains why there has never been a better time to consider a career in cardiovascular research.

In this edition of the Heart Podcast, associate editor Dr James Rudd chats to Professor Adam Timmis from the Barts Heart Centre, London, UK about his recent publication "A 10-year prognostic model for patients with suspected angina attending a chest pain clinic" http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/02/29/heartjnl-2015-308994.full?sid=bd5e1edf-49cd-4a7d-b2cc-17f0c311890d. They discuss the motivation for his study, debate diagnosis vs. prognosis in angina, and cover how the online prognosis calculator can be applied in the local chest pain clinic. Calculator: https://www.sealedenvelope.com/trials/pisa/

In this episode of the Heart Podcast, Heart associate editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Kaspar Broch of the Oslo University Hospital, Norway to discuss his recent paper in Heart entitled: "Controlled release metoprolol for aortic regurgitation: A randomised clinical trial" They discuss the rationale for beta-blockers in aortic regurgitation and the results of this first clinical trial of these agents. Full paper >> heart.bmj.com/content/102/3/191.…-a075-27b877e18613

Heart digital media editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Michelle Ploutz from the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, to discuss her recent paper in Heart, entitled "Handheld echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by non-experts". They cover using echocardiography, performed by trained local nurses, to diagnose rheumatic heart disease in Uganda. The need for this approach, and how it fared in this study of 1000 African school children are revealed. Read the full article here: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/1/35.full.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.