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 ...
Jan 21, 2018•17 min•Ep. 112
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...
Jan 21, 2018•20 min•Ep. 111
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.c...
Jan 14, 2018•24 min•Ep. 110
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.
Jan 02, 2018•10 min•Ep. 109
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 ...
Dec 10, 2017•16 min•Ep. 108
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
Nov 15, 2017•16 min•Ep. 107
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Ian Graham, from Trinity College Dublin. Professor Graham is a world authority in preventative cardiology. They discuss the differences in reaching secondary prevention targets amongst men and women in three different areas of the world. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/20/1587
Nov 12, 2017•10 min•Ep. 106
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Nick Morrell, a pulmonary hypertension expert from Cambridge, UK. First, they discuss the classification of pulmonary hypertension. They then move on to contemporary patient management and the latest in pulmonary hypertension research. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/20/1680 and to Professor Morrell's research lab - https://www.bhf.org.uk/research/our-top-professors/professo...
Oct 24, 2017•17 min•Ep. 105
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Aseem Malhotra from Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK. They discuss what we should tell our patients about diet and exercise - high fat, low fat or something else? Link to published paper: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/15/1111
Oct 11, 2017•16 min•Ep. 104
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Ronak Rajani from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. They discuss the clinical trials and applications of FFR CT. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/15/1216.long
Sep 12, 2017•14 min•Ep. 103
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Shelley Wood, a journalist and managing editor of TCTMD.com. They discuss how to get the most from a medical conference, what’s going to be big at ESC 2017 and why you should always pack your running shoes in your conference bag. Link to TCTMD: https://www.tctmd.com/
Aug 22, 2017•14 min•Ep. 102
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Raja Selvaraj from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India. They discuss the pressing need for the reuse of cardiac devices in low and middle income countries and his research in this area. Link to published paper: http://heartasia.bmj.com/content/9/1/59
Aug 14, 2017•12 min•Ep. 101
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Benjamin Levine from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas. They discuss the physiological challenges presented by space travel and how astronauts can adapt. And James discovers he could still become an astronaut (at least as far as his heart is concerned) - there’s hope yet! Link to authors details: http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/14262/benjamin-levine.html
Jul 31, 2017•13 min•Ep. 100
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Pier Lambiase from Bart's Heart Centre and University College London. They discuss arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy - its causes, incidence, treatment and outcomes. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/19/1543.
Jul 31, 2017•11 min•Ep. 99
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Heart Editor-In-Chief Professor Catherine Otto from Seattle, USA. They discuss actionable steps for getting your research published. Spoiler - it all starts with a good question! Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/16/1292.
Jul 13, 2017•13 min•Ep. 98
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr David Adlam from the University of Leicester. They discuss spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) - its pathology, aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. Dr Adler is happy to be emailed about adding patients to SCAD registry and to give clinical advice to other physicians. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/heartjnl-2016-310320.info
Jun 30, 2017•16 min•Ep. 97
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Eike Nagel from the Frankfurt Institute for Translational Cardiovascular Imaging. They discuss how cardiac MRI can guide the management of patients with angina, as demonstrated in the MR Inform study, presented as a late-breaking trial at ACC 2017. They also touch on the latest NICE guidelines for management of stable angina. Link to Study: http://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Clinical-Trials/2017...
Jun 14, 2017•15 min•Ep. 96
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd is joined by Dr Jubin Joseph from St Thomas’ Hospital, London. They discuss a new section in Heart, aimed particularly at cardiology trainees and fellows, called Cardiology in Focus. They also highlight the attractiveness of cardiology as a specialty as well as some of the current challenges that it faces.
Jun 07, 2017•10 min•Ep. 95
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Adam Timmis from Barts Heart Centre. The UK NICE committee updated their stable chest pain guidelines in 2016 and this was controversial. They discuss the changes in the guidelines since 2010. Link to published paper: heartjnl-2015-308341 http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/27/heartjnl-2015-308341
May 11, 2017•10 min•Ep. 94
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Paul Cremer from The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss Paul's views, expressed in a Heart Editorial, on the latest NICE guidelines for assessment of stable chest pain. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/05/02/heartjnl-2017-311410
May 03, 2017•9 min•Ep. 93
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. van Hagen and Professor Roos Hesselink from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. They discuss an approach to managing cardiac emergencies arising during pregnancy, based on their excellent Education in Heart paper linked below. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/2/159.long
Apr 26, 2017•13 min•Ep. 92
In this special episode, we bring you three interviews with key people behind clinical decision tools for prediction of pulmonary embolism. This topic is covered in a BMJ Learning module called 'Step by step: how to diagnose pulmonary embolism', which is a practical guide for GPs available at www.learning.bmj.com - direct URL: https://goo.gl/NyN3FQ. The program starts with an interview with Dr Phil Wells, who is the author of the Wells score for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. This ...
Apr 12, 2017•14 min•Ep. 91
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Amitava Banerjee from Farr Institute, University College London, UK. They discuss established ways of cardiovascular risk prediction but also get distracted by machine learning and electronic health record real-time analytics. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/02/24/heartjnl-2016-311141 AND second paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/02/22/heartjnl-2016-310668...
Apr 11, 2017•10 min•Ep. 90
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Paulus Kirchhof from University of Birmingham. They discuss the latest ESC guidelines for atrial fibrillation, including the concept of heart teams, catheter ablation and why AF hasn’t be cured yet. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/01/11/heartjnl-2016-310843.full
Mar 30, 2017•15 min•Ep. 89
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Giovanni Biglino from the Bristol Heart Institute. They discuss computational modelling in congenital heart disease, including optimal stent selection, new device development and 3D printed handheld models for patient education. http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/2/98.abstract
Mar 14, 2017•13 min•Ep. 88
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Andrew Chapman from the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh. They discuss the controversial area of myocardial injury vs. myocardial infarction and delve into unresolved areas in troponin research and clinical application. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/103/1/10
Feb 27, 2017•11 min•Ep. 87
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Prachi Bhatnagar from Oxford, UK. They discuss the changing incidence, prevalence and admission rates for cardiovascular disease amongst UK residents. They also explore possible reasons for the observed results. Link to published paper: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/07/26/heartjnl-2016-309573.full?sid=5fd48f9a-227a-4c6f-b16e-24e6cb059cdd
Feb 15, 2017•13 min•Ep. 86
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Nik Sabharwal from Oxford Heart Centre, UK. They discuss the very latest developments in nuclear cardiology, including new tracers, updated guidelines and replacing cardiologists with machines!
Jan 26, 2017•18 min•Ep. 85
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Nadia Khan from University of British Columbia in Vancouver. They discuss the incidence of prodromal symptoms before an acute coronary syndrome, the opportunities for medical intervention and how to raise awareness amongst patients and healthcare providers. Full text >> http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/12/13/heartjnl-2016-309945.abstract
Jan 12, 2017•11 min•Ep. 84
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Michelle Williams from university of Edinburgh. They discuss all aspects of cardiac CT - indications, benefits and technical advances.
Dec 12, 2016•15 min•Ep. 83
