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The following question refers to Section 7.6 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by premedical student and CardioNerds Intern Pacey Wetstein , answered first by Mayo Clinic Cardiology Fellow and CardioNerds Academy Chief Dr. Teodora Donisan , and then by expert faculty Dr. Nancy Sweitzer. Dr. Sweitzer is Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Research for the Divisio...
CardioNerds Co-Founder, Dr. Amit Goyal , along with Series Co-Chairs, Dr. Yoav Karpenshif and Dr. Eunice Dugan , and episode Lead, Dr. Sean Dikdan , had the opportunity to expand their knowledge on the topic of ventricular tachycardia and electrical storm from esteemed faculty expert, Dr. Janice Chyou. Audio editing by CardioNerds Academy Intern , Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian . Electrical storm (ES) is a life-threatening arrhythmia syndrome. It is characterized by frequently occurring bouts of unsta...
The following question refers to Sections 3.3 and 3.4 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 resident & 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 Ex...
The following question refers to Sections 7.3.2, 7.3.8, and 7.6.2 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Palisades Medical Center medicine resident & CardioNerds Intern Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by Hopkins Bayview medicine resident & CardioNerds Academy Fellow Dr. Ty Sweeny, and then by expert faculty Dr. Robert Mentz. Dr. Mentz is associate professor of medicine and section chief for Heart Failure at Duke Universi...
CardioNerds (Drs. Amit Goyal and Dan Ambinder ) join Dr. Mina Fares , Dr. Johannes Bergehr, and Dr. Christina Peter from Cambridge University Hospitals in the UK. They discuss a case involving a man man in his 40’s presented with progressive heart failure symptoms. He has extensive background cardiac history including prior episodes of myocarditis and complete heart block status post permanent pacemaker implantation. Ultimately a diagnosis of Danon disease is made. Dr. Sharon Wilson provides the...
The following question refers to Section 3.2 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by student Dr. Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Mayo Clinic Fellow 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 Cardiovascular Wellness and Prevention Program. Dr. Yang is former Governor of the ACC Washington Cha...
The following question refers to Section 7.1 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by New York Medical College medical student and CardioNerds Intern Akiva Rosenzveig , answered first by Lahey Hospital and Medical Center internal medicine resident and CardioNerds Academy House Faculty Leader Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem , and then by expert faculty Dr. Clyde Yancy . Dr. Yancy is Professor of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences, Chief of Cardiology, a...
CardioNerds ( Daniel Ambinder ) join Dr. Tomio Tran , Dr. Vid Yogeswaran , and Dr. Amanda Cai from the University of Washington for a break from the rain at the waterfront near Pike Place Market. They discuss the following case: A 46-year-old woman presents with cardiac arrest and was found to have cor triatriatum sinistrum (CTS). CTS is a rare congenital cardiac malformation in which the left atrium is divided by a fenestrated membrane, which can restrict blood flow and cause symptoms of conges...
The following question refers to Section 6.3 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. Jaideep Patel . Dr. Patel recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University cardiology fellowship and is now a preventive cardiologist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The CardioNerds Decipher The Guidelines Series for the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines...
The following question refers to Sections 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, and 4.4 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Texas Tech University medical student and CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Adriana Mares , answered first by Baylor University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT Trialist Dr. Shiva Patlolla , and then by expert faculty Dr. Shelley Zieroth . Dr. Zieroth is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist, Head of the Medical Heart ...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ), ACHD series co-chairs Dr. Dan Clark and Dr. Josh Saef , and ACHD FIT lead Dr. J.D. Serfas (Duke University) and Cardiology Fellow Dr. Victoria Thomas (Vanderbilt University) join ACHD experts Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn (Professor of Medicine at UCLA and the director of the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center) and Dr. Joanna Ghobrial , Medical and Interventional Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at Cleveland Clinic. They...
CardioNerds ( Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder ), ACHD series co-chairs Dr. Dan Clark and Dr. Josh Saef , and ACHD FIT lead Dr. J.D. Serfas (Duke University) and Cardiology Fellow Dr. Victoria Thomas (Vanderbilt University) join ACHD experts Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn (Professor of Medicine at UCLA and the director of the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center) and Dr. Joanna Ghobrial , Medical and Interventional Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at Cleveland Clinic. They...
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 Houston Methodist medicine resident Dr. Najah Khan , 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 Women s Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital and director of Cardiovascular Prevention for Northwell H...
The following question refers to Section 5.1 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. The question is asked by Keck School of Medicine USC medical student & CardioNerds Intern Hirsh Elhence, answered first by Greater Baltimore Medical Center medicine resident / Johns Hopkins MPH student and CardioNerds Academy House Chief Dr. Alaa Diab , and then by expert faculty Dr. Biykem Bozkurt . Dr. Bozkurt is the Mary and Gordon Cain Chair, Professor of Medicine, Directo...
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 Johns Hopkins Cardiology Fellow Dr. Rick Ferraro , 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 Cardiovascu...
The following question refers to Sections 11.3 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure . The question is asked by Western Michigan University medical student and CardioNerds Intern Shivani Reddy , answered first by Johns Hopkins Osler internal medicine resident and CardioNerds Academy Fellow Dr. Justin Brilliant , and then by expert faculty Dr. Harriette Van Spall . Dr. Van Spall is Associate Professor of Medicine, cardiologist, and Director of E-Health at McMaster...
The CardioNerds Academy welcomes Dr. Melanie Sulistio to give the 2nd Annual Sanjay V. Desai Lecture in Medical Education to mark the graduation of the 2022 CardioNerds Academy Class. Join us as Dr. Sulistio and CardioNerds Academy Program Director Dr. Tommy Das discuss the humanity deficiency in medicine, and how the practice of compassionate assumption can lead us to be better physicians for our patients, our colleagues, our learners, and ourselves. Credit to rising CardioNerds Academy chiefs ...
CardioNerds join Dr. Samid Muhammad Farooqui, Dr. Hiba Hammad, and Dr. Syed Talal Hussain, from the University of Oklahoma Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, in Oklahoma City. The fellows will take us in a fascinating discussion of a case of rapidly progressing dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension in a patient with metastatic breast cancer. They will then reveal an interesting etiology of pulmonary hypertension, where the secret was on the wedge! University of Oklahoma facult...
The following question refers to Section 4.4 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian , answered first by medicine resident Dr. Ahmed Ghoneem , and then by expert faculty Dr. Noreen Nazir . Dr. 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 Prevention Guide...
The following question refers to Section 10.1 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure . The question is asked by Western Michigan University medical student and CardioNerds Intern Shivani Reddy , answered first by Boston University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds Ambassador Dr. Alex Pipilas , and then by expert faculty Dr. Ileana Pina. Dr. Pina is Professor of Medicine and Quality Officer for the Cardiovascular Line at Thomas Jefferson University, Clinical Profes...
CardioNerds Amit Goyal , Dr. Colin Blumenthal , Dr. Kelly Arps and Dr. Justice Oranefo discuss mechanical stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation with Dr. Christopher Ellis , cardiac electrophysiology lab director and director of the left atrial appendage closure program at Vanderbilt University. There has been a significant increase in the number of patients undergoing left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO). This trend is expected to continue with current and upcoming clinical data on this top...
It’s another session of CardioNerds Round s! In these rounds, Dr. Jenna Skowronski (Chief FIT at University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Natalie Stokes (Formerly FIT at University of Pittsburgh and now General Cardiology Faculty at University of Pittsburgh) join transformational leader, educator and researcher, Dr. Mary Norine Walsh (Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center and Program Director of AHFT at St. Vincent) to discuss cardio-obstetrics and heart fa...
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 Brigham & Women’s medicine intern & Director of CardioNerds Internship Dr. Gurleen Kaur , 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...
The following question refers to Section 9.5 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure . The question is asked by Keck School of Medicine USC medical student & CardioNerds Intern Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Duke University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT Ambassador Dr. Aman Kansal , and then by expert faculty Dr. Javed Butler . Dr. Butler is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist, President of the Baylor Scott and White Research Institu...
The CardioNerds delve into the nuanced practice of sedation and analgesia for critically ill cardiac patients, distinguishing between pain and agitation management and outlining various opioid and sedative agents, their pharmacokinetics, and clinical applications. Expert Dr. Chris Domenico discusses tailored strategies for complex scenarios like VT storm, cardiogenic shock, and targeted temperature management, emphasizing individualized goals, delirium prevention, and the crucial role of interdisciplinary communication. The episode highlights the importance of re-evaluating sedation needs to improve long-term patient outcomes.
The following question refers to Section 3.2 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 ...
The following question refers to Section 9.1 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure . The question is asked by Keck School of Medicine USC medical student & CardioNerds Intern Hirsh Elhence , answered first by Duke University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT Ambassador Dr. Aman Kansal , and then by expert faculty Dr. Anu Lala . Dr. Lala is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist, associate professor of medicine and population health science ...
CardioNerds ( Amit and Dan ) join Dr. Maria Pabon (cardiology fellow), Dr. Kevin Bersell (cardiology fellow), Dr. Saad Sultan Ghumman (interventional cardiology fellow), and Dr. Rhanderson Cardoso (cardiovascular imaging fellow) from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Together, they explore a complex case of STEMI that was further complicated by ventricular free wall rupture. Additionally, Dr. Ajar Kochar , Program Director for Interventional Cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, provides an in...
CardioNerds ( Dr. Amit Goyal ), Dr. Sonu Abraham (CardioNerds Ambassador from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA) discuss left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and the implications of renal dysfunction with Dr. Brian Houston and Dr. Nisha Bansal . This episode will focus on the intersection of left ventricular assist devices and renal dysfunction. Patients with a combination of heart failure and renal dysfunction overall have a guarded prognosis and their management poses unique ...
CardioNerds ( Amit and Dan ) join Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman , Dr. Gurleen Kaur , and Dr. Danny Pipilas from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Residency Program for Italian food and cannolis at the North End in Boston as they discuss the case of an elderly man with primary cardiac lymphoma. They review an approach to intracardiac masses, discuss advantages and disadvantages of various imaging modalities for the evaluation of intracardiac masses, and also delve into anthracycline toxicity. The E-CPR s...
