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CardioNerds Tommy Das (Program Director of the CardioNerds Academy and cardiology fellow at Cleveland Clinic ), Rick Ferraro (cardiology fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital ), and Dr. Xiaoming Jia (Cardiology Fellow at Baylor College Medicine) take a closer look at the mechanism of icosapent ethyl in triglyceride lowering and ASCVD risk reduction with Dr. Michael Shapiro , the Fred M. Parrish professor of cardiology at Wake Forest University and Director of the Center for Preventative Cardiolog...
CardioNerd ( Amit Goyal ), ACHD series co-chair Dr. Agnes Koczo ( UPMC ), and episode FIT lead, Dr. Logan Eberly (Emory University, incoming ACHD fellow at Boston Adult Congenital Heart) join Dr. Peter Ermis (Program Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Texas Children’s Heart Center ), and Dr. Scott Cohen (Associate Professor and Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin ) for a discussion about transitions of care in congenit...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ), join Dr. Gurleen Kaur (Director of CardioNerds Internship and medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ), Dr. Victoria Thomas ( Cardionerds Ambassador, Vanderbilt University Medical Center ) Dr. Katie Berlacher (Cardiology program director, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ), and Dr. Julie Damp ( Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cardiovascular disease fellowship program director) to discuss becoming & thriving as a fellowshi...
CardioNerds ( Amit and Dan ) join Dr. Omid Amidi ( CardioNerds Academy Graduate ) and Dr. Marwah Shahid from the UCLA Cardiology Fellowship program along with Dr. Evelyn Song (CardioNerds Academy House Faculty and Heart Failure Hospitalist at UCSF ) to discuss a complex case focused on management of severe coronary artery disease in a patient with Glanzmann thrombasthenia. Dr. Rushi Parikh (Interventional cardiologist, UCLA ) provides the ECPR for this episode. Audio editing by CardioNerds Acade...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ), Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem ( CardioNerds Academy Chief of House Taussig and medicine resident at Lahey Hospital ), and Dr. Gurleen Kaur (Director of CardioNerds Internship and medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ) discuss family history of premature ASCVD with Dr. Ann Marie Navar , Preventive Cardiologist and Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Population and Data Sciences at UT Southwestern Medical Center . They di...
It’s another session of CardioNerds Rounds! In these rounds, Co-Chairs, Dr. Karan Desai and Dr. Natalie Stokes and Dr. Tiffany Dong (FIT at Cleveland Clinic ) joins Dr. Randall Starling (Professor of Medicine and Director of Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Cleveland Clinic) to discuss the nuances of guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) through real cases. As a past president of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) and author on several guidelines, Dr. Starling ...
Atrial fibrillation may reach pandemic proportions in the next 2-3 decades. Factors that drive this phenomenon have been studied in predominantly White populations, leading to a significant underrepresentation of certain racial/ethnic groups in atrial fibrillation epidemiological studies. Most atrial fibrillation epidemiology studies suggest that the non-Hispanic Black population has a lower incidence/prevalence of atrial fibrillation, despite a higher risk factor burden (“Afib paradox”). At the...
CardioNerds conducts a deep dive into the REDUCE-IT trial, highlighting how icosapent ethyl significantly reduces cardiovascular events and mortality in high-risk patients on statin therapy with elevated triglycerides. Dr. Peter Toth explains the unique pleiotropic effects of EPA, differentiating it from DHA, and addresses controversies like the mineral oil placebo. The discussion also compares REDUCE-IT with the negative STRENGTH trial and provides practical guidance on integrating icosapent ethyl into clinical practice, balancing benefits with potential risks.
The following question refers to Section 4.11 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen , answered first by UCSF resident Dr. Jessie Holtzman , and then by expert faculty Dr. Laurence Sperling . Dr. Laurence Sperling is the Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine and Founder of Preventive Cardiology at the Emory Clinic. Dr. Sperling was a member of the writing group for the 2018 Cholesterol Guidel...
The following question refers to Section 6.1 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen , answered first by UCSD cardiology fellow Dr. Harpreet Bhatia , and then by expert faculty Dr. Eugenia Gianos . Dr. Gianos specializes in preventive cardiology, lipidology, cardiovascular imaging, and women’s heart disease; she is the director of the Women’s Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and director of Cardiovascular Prevention for Northwell Hea...
The following question refers to Section 4.6 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by student Dr. Shivani Reddy , answered first by NP Carol Patrick , and then by expert faculty Dr. Eileen Handberg . Dr. Handberg is an Adult Nurse Practitioner, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Program in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Florida. She has served as Chair of the Cardiovascular Team Section and the Board ...
The following question refers to Section 4.3 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by pharmacy resident Dr. Anushka Tandon, and then by expert faculty Dr. Noreen Nazir . Dr. Noreen Nazir is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago , where she is the director of cardiac MRI and the preventive cardiology program. The CardioNerds Decipher The Guidelines Series for the 2021 ESC CV Prevent...
This question refers to Sections 3.1 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern, student Dr. Hirsh Elhence , answered first by internal medicine resident at Beaumont Hospital and soon to be Mayo Clinic cardiology fellow and Dr. Teodora Donisan and then by expert faculty Dr. Eugene Yang . Dr. Yang is professor of medicine of the University of Washington where he is medical director of the Eastside Specialty Center and the co-Director of the Card...
The following question refers to Section 3.4 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by student Dr. Adriana Mares , answered first by early career preventive cardiologist Dr. Dipika Gopal , and then by expert faculty Dr. Michael Wesley Milks. Dr. Milks is a staff cardiologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he serves as the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and an associate program director of the card...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal , Daniel Ambinder ) and special co-host Dr. Mark Belkin , join the Journal of Cardiac Failure Family to discuss the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for The Management of Heart Failure . The JCF Editor-In-Chief Dr. Robert Mentz, Deputy Editor Dr. Anu Lala , and FIT editors — Dr. Vanessa Bluemer , Dr. Ashish Corrhea , and Dr. Quinton Youmans — share their hot takes and practical takeaways from the guidelines. At JCF , we’re privileged to share this important document that will...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ) join Dr. Phoo Pwint Nandar (former FIT Ambassador ), Dr. Deep Shah (current FIT Ambassador ), and Dr. Sugat Wagle from the Summa Health Cardiology Department for an afternoon at Cuyahoga National Valley Park . We discuss a case of a post-partum woman who presented with ventricular fibrillation arrest due to SCAD. She had ongoing advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) for nearly 60 minutes before obtaining return of spontaneous circulation. We discuss ...
CardioNerds ( Daniel Ambinder ), ACHD series co-chairs, Dr. Josh Saef (ACHD fellow, University of Pennsylvania) Dr. Daniel Clark (ACHD fellow, Vanderbilt University ), and ACHD FIT lead Dr. Jon Kochav ( Columbia University ) join Dr. Eric Krieger (Director of the Seattle Adult Congenital Heart Service and the ACHD Fellowship, University of Washington ) to discuss multimodality imaging in congenital heart disease . Audio editing by CardioNerds Academy Intern , Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian . Special i...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ), join Dr. Kara Denby (Interventional cardiology fellow, Cleveland Clinic ), Dr. Tony Pastor (ACHD fellow, Harvard Medical School ), Dr. Katie Berlacher (Cardiology program director, UPMC ), and Dr. Stephen Cook (ACHD cardiologist, Indiana University ) to discuss empowering the LGBTQIA+ community of cardiovascular patients & professionals and more in this installment of the Narratives in Cardiology Series. This episode features the Indiana ACC Ch...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ) join Dr. Sonu Abraham (Cardiology fellow, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center ), Dr. Amitoj Singh (Internal Medicine Resident, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center ), Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem (Internal Medicine Resident, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center , CardioNerds Academy Chief) and Dr. Aanika Balaji (Internal Medicine Resident, Johns Hopkins ) for a scrumptious meal on the Boston Harbor as they discuss a case of a young woman with metastatic melanoma on im...
The CardioNerds Academy Class of 2021 graduation ceremony kicked off the inaugural Sanjay V Desai Lecture: Growth Mindset, Power of Yet, & Pursuit of Mastery. Join us as Dr. Tommy Das (CardioNerds Academy Program Director), and Dr. Saman Nematollahi (CardioNerds Academy Director of Research) discuss Growth Mindset with Dr. Keri Shafer and Dr. David Hirsh . Terrific acting by Dr. Patrick Zakka , Dr. Teodora Donisan , Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem , and Dr. Jessie Holtzman . Dr. Sanjay V Desai serves as t...
CardioNerds, Amit Goyal , Dr. Tommy Das (Program Director of the CardioNerds Academy and Cardiology fellow at Cleveland Clinic ), Dr. Rick Ferraro (Director of CardioNerds Journal Club and Cardiology fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital ), Dr. Patrick Zakka ( CardioNerds Academy Chief fellow of House Jones and Cardiology fellow at UCLA ) discuss omega-3 fatty acids & the battle of the oils with Dr. Pam Taub, Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center...
In this episode we discuss cardiogenic shock due to valvular heart disease. Join Dr. Pranoti Hiremath (Interventional cardiology fellow, Johns Hopkins ), Dr. Karan Desai (CN Critical Care Series Co-Chair, Cardiology fellow, University of Maryland ), Dr. Yoav Karpenshif (CN Critical Care Series Co-Chair, Chief cardiology fellow, University of Pennsylvania ), and Amit Goyal ( CardioNerds Co-Founder) as they interview Dr. Paul Cremer (Associate Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Associ...
The following question refers to Section 4.8 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern student Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen , answered first by UCSF resident Dr. Jessie Holtzman , and then by expert faculty Dr. Melissa Tracy . Dr. Tracy is a preventive cardiologist, echocardiographer, Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, and solid organ transplant cardiologist at Rush University. The CardioNerds Decipher The Guidelines Series for the 2021 ESC...
The following question refers to Section 4.10 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern student Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen , answered first by UCSD fellow Dr. Patrick Azcarate , and then by expert faculty Dr. Laurence Sperling . Dr. Laurence Sperling is the Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine and Founder of Preventive Cardiology at the Emory Clinic. Dr. Sperling was a member of the writing gro...
The following question refers to Section 4.7 and figure 16 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern Student Dr. Shivani Reddy , answered first by Fellow at Johns Hopkins Dr. Rick Ferraro , and then by expert faculty Dr. Roger Blumenthal . Dr. Roger Blumenthal is professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins where he is Director of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease . He was instrumental in developing the 2018 ACC/AHA C...
The following question refers to Section 4.3 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by medicine resident CardioNerds Academy House Chief Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem , and then by expert faculty Dr. Kim Williams . Dr. Williams is Chief of the Division of Cardiology and is Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Rush University Medical Center. He has served as President of ASNC, Chairman of the Board of the Ass...
The following question refers to Section 3.3 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern student Dr. Adriana Mares , answered first by Brigham & Women’s medicine intern & Director of CardioNerds Internship Dr. Gurleen Kaur , and then by expert faculty Dr. Allison Bailey . Dr. Bailey is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Centennial Heart. She is the editor-in-chief of the American College of Cardiology’s Extended Lea...
This question refers to Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines . The question is asked by CardioNerds Academy Intern, student Dr. Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Ohio State University Cardiology Fellow Dr. Alli Bigeh , and then by expert faculty Dr. Eugene Yang . Dr. Yang is professor of medicine of the University of Washington where he is medical director of the Eastside Specialty Center and the co-Director of the Cardiovascular Wellness and Prevention Program. Dr. Yang...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ) and guest host, Dr. Priya Kothapalli ( UT Austin fellow and CardioNerds Ambassador ), join SUNY Downstate cardiology fellows, Dr. Eric Kupferstein and Dr. Gautham Upadhya to discuss a case about a patient who had coronary artery bypass grafting that was complicated by a LIMA grafted to the great cardiac vein. Dr. Alan Feit (Professor of Medicine, SUNY Downstate) provides the E-CPR for this episode. Dr. Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos (Director, robotic ca...
CardioNerds ( Daniel Ambinder ), ACHD series co-chair, Dr. Josh Saef (ACHD fellow at University of Pennsylvania), and ACHD FIT lead Dr. Charlie Jain (Mayo Clinic) join ACHD expert Dr. George Lui (Medical Director of The Adult Congenital Heart Program at Stanford and Program Director for the ACGME adult congenital heart disease fellowship at Stanford) to discuss Tetrology of Fallot . Audio editing by CardioNerds Academy Intern , Dr. Leticia Helms . Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) is the most common cya...
