Heart Podcast

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Hazel Wallace, a.k.a the food medic, from London. Hazel is a medical doctor, a bestselling author, a qualified personal trainer and regularly lectures to healthcare professionals about diet and exercise medicine. They discuss the latest thinking in diet and exercise and how to improve teaching for doctors on these subjects. This is a very fun episode! Watch out for part 2 in two weeks. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Links: https://thefoodmedic.co.uk/

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They discuss the links between respiratory infections and subsequent heart attacks and strokes. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2018/respiratory-infections-could-increase-risk-heart-attack-and-stroke

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Charalambos Antoniades from Oxford, UK. They discuss his novel method of measuring coronary plaque inflammation using CT imaging, and how this method might be important for predicting heart attacks. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/24/heartjnl-2017-312324

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Greg Jones, the media manager at The British Heart Foundation, the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK. They discuss why it's important and beneficial to engage both with the public and the media if you are doing cardiovascular research. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: https://www.bhf.org.uk/research

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Rohin Francis from London. Rohin is a Twitter and Youtube advocate. They discuss why social media makes sense for cardiologists and indeed all healthcare practitioners. They cover Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and podcasts. Plus, what *not* to do online. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Heart Journal's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Heart_BMJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Clive Lewis from Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK. He's an expert in advanced heart failure support. They discuss in detail the pros and cons of the various mechanical support options for cardiogenic shock. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to a paper all about circulatory support: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/18/1494

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor DrJames Rudd is joined by Dr Cara Hendry from Manchester and Dr Iain Simpson from Southampton. They are passionate about reducing barriers that exist in cardiology and other medical specialities. They discuss what the issues are and what is being done to help in the UK and beyond. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Jenna Panter from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. They discuss how our choice getting to work can affect our health and what we, and society at large, might do to improve things. Link to published paper: "Using alternatives to the car and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality" - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/04/16/heartjnl-2017-312699. You can read the related editorial here - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/04/16/heartjnl-2018-313212.

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Praveen Mehrotra, an echo expert from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. They discuss his recent paper that explores whether we need a new cut-off to define severe aortic stenosis. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: Clinical features and prognosis of patients with isolated severe aortic stenosis and valve area less than 1.0 cm2 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/3/222

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Professor Catherine Otto, Editor in Chief of the journal. They discuss the latest issue of Heart that is dedicated to valve disease. Some excellent papers are discussed covering a range of conditions. Please leave a review of the podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/10/789. Read the Heart's Special Issue on Valvular Heart Disease for free until the 30th of June 2018: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/10.

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Dana Dawson from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland. They discuss the clinical features, pathology and latest research on this common, fascinating condition. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 if you enjoy the episode. Link to published papers: Heart review by Dr Dawson: http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/2/96. Education in Heart paper by Dr Lyon: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/18/1461. European position paper by Dr Lyon: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejhf.424/abstract

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Andrew D'Silva from Brighton, UK. Along with Professor Sanjay Sharma, Dr D'Silva has published a comprehensive guide to the management of young athletes with heart conditions. In this episode, they discuss the differences between European and North American ECG screening practices and the reasons for this. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published papers: Management of young competitive athletes with cardiovascular conditions - http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/6/463 ECG screening in athletes: differing views from two sides of the Atlantic - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/03/heartjnl-2016-309448

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and EP specialist Dr John Mandrola from Louisville, Kentucky. John is also Medscape's chief cardiology correspondent. They discuss the eye-catching late-breaking trials from the upcoming ACC meeting in Orlando. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 John Mandrola's podcast at Medscape - https://www.medscape.com/index/list_10295_0 John Mandrola's columns at Medscape - https://www.medscape.com/index/section_10325_0 and https://www.medscape.com/index/section_10382_0

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Paul Sainsbury from Bradford Royal Infirmary. They discuss his recent Education in Heart paper all about refractory angina. Paul is an expert in this area and runs one of the few specialist services in the UK. Please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/23/1911 Link to the Bradford specialist clinic mentioned during the podcast: http://refractoryangina.uk/

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd visits Professor Darrel Francis and Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee at "Orbita HQ" in Imperial College, London to discuss their groundbreaking trial. This is the second part of a wide-ranging discussion during which they cover why the trial was desperately needed, the barriers to getting started and what the startling and unexpected results might mean for PCI in stable coronary artery disease. The concept of post-publication ‘trial by Twitter’ rounds out their chat. Link to published paper: Orbita trial : http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673617327149 and editorial mentioned during the discussion : https://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/127th_issue/volume-13/number-12/217/swimming-against-the-tide-insights-from-the-orbita-trial.html

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd visits Professor Darrel Francis and Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee at "Orbita HQ" at Imperial College, London to discuss their groundbreaking trial. In a wide-ranging discussion they cover why the trial was desperately needed, the barriers to getting started and what the startling and unexpected results might mean for PCI in stable coronary artery disease. The second half of the podcast will be released in two weeks. Link to published paper: Orbita trial : http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673617327149 Editorial mentioned during the discussion : https://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/127th_issue/volume-13/number-12/217/swimming-against-the-tide-insights-from-the-orbita-trial.html

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and cardiac CT expert Dr. Ed Nicol from The Royal Brompton Hospital, London. They discuss what the updated NICE guidelines for the assessment of stable chest pain mean for the UK imaging community. They also cover the differences between the UK, European and US guidelines and how technological developments in CT might help patients and save money. Please leave us a podcast review at itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart…id445358212?mt=2 Link to published papers and podcasts: Podcasts on the NICE guidelines from authors for, and against, the new approach: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/assessing-stable-chest-pain-a-nice-win-for-ct?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/heart-podcast https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/stable-chest-pain-assessment-revisited-the-case-against-cardiac-ct?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/heart-podcast Assessment of patients with stable chest pain : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/30/heartjnl-2017-3

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Atul Anand from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss his recent research paper about using cardiac myosin-binding protein C as a marker of progression of aortic stenosis. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/12/01/heartjnl-2017-312257.

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by a vascular biology legend, Professor Peter Libby from Harvard University and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. They discuss how the inflammation hypothesis of atherosclerosis has been proven by the CANTOS trial and what the future might hold. We trust you'll enjoy the police sirens in the middle of the interview and hope you enjoy the discussion. Link for CANTOS study - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1707914

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Andrew D'Silva, author of a comprehensive Education in Heart paper about assessing and treating older athletes with heart conditions. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/30/heartjnl-2016-310744