Top Cardiology News for June 2025
The TCTMD news team share their h, from troponin spikes in exercise to GLP-1s in PAD, STEMI delays, and the legacy of Dimitrios Karmpaliotis.
Jun 25, 2025•13 min
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Episodes
Top Cardiology News for May 2025
The TCTMD news team discuss their favorite moments of the month. Today's special guest is Morton Kern.
May 28, 2025•21 min
Top Cardiology News for April 2025
TCTMD journalists share their highlights, from a novel endovascular therapy to pacing questions, early ezetimibe, and more. This month's special guest is Juan Granada.
Apr 30, 2025•16 min
Now With the TCTMD Team
Our monthly podcast is growing! Tune in for favorite moments of March from Caitlin Cox, Yael Maxwell, Laura McKeown, Todd Neale, and Mike O'Riordan.
Mar 26, 2025•13 min
Top Cardiology News for February 2025
THT 2025, AEDs in schools, PAD pain, wildfires and CVD, heart health in sexual minorities.
Feb 26, 2025•17 min
Top Cardiology News for January 2025
STS 2025, bariatric surgery vs GLP-1s, defining obesity, pregnancy complications, and private equity-owned hospitals.
Jan 28, 2025•18 min
Most Memorable Stories of 2024
An annual tradition: TCTMD's Yael Maxwell, Laura McKeown, Michael O'Riordan, Caitlin Cox, and Todd Neale describe their standout stories.
Dec 18, 2024•26 min
November 2024: Wrapping Up AHA 2024
Host Shelley Wood hears some scientific session highlights from AHA President Keith Churchwell.
Nov 27, 2024•19 min
October 2024: Live From TCT 2024
Shelley Wood, Ajay Kirtane, and Roxana Mehran look back at key moments, trials, and takeaways from this year's meeting.
Oct 30, 2024•18 min
September 2024: Catching Up on ESC
Shelley Wood and Carlos Aguiar look back on Europe's biggest cardiology congress.
Sep 25, 2024•24 min
August 2024: Picturing HCM Ahead of ESC
Shelley Wood speaks with Srihari Naidu and Lindsay Davis about their new children's book on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Aug 28, 2024•18 min
Top News for July 2024
Access to cardiologists, equity in valve disease, repurposing instrumented radial arteries, recovering from RECOVER IV's demise, and more.
Jul 24, 2024•16 min
June 2024: NY Valves and AHA Turns 100
Top news for June, plus Rose Marie Robertson looks back on 100 years of cardiology progress.
Jun 26, 2024•31 min
May 2024: EuroPCR and Other Meeting Highlights
Host Shelley Wood sums up some top news from SCAI, ESC-HF, ESOC, HRS, and EuroPCR, with takeaways from Thomas Cuisset.
May 28, 2024•14 min
April 2024: Key Takeaways From ACC 2024
Hear some hot takes on REDUCE-AMI, ORBITA-COSMIC, PREVENT, and more of the top news this month.
Apr 24, 2024•21 min
March 2024: Art and Arteries
Shelley Wood talks painting, science, tragedy, and woo-woo with C. Michael Gibson.
Mar 27, 2024•19 min
Top Cardiology News for February 2024
Big wins for the tricuspid valve, a blow for the HDL hypothesis, TAVI and SAVR in younger patients, and a tribute to Alain Cribier.
Feb 28, 2024•18 min
January 2024: Top News
Working through PTO, private equity interest in cardiology, off-label PFO closure, and more.
Jan 31, 2024•14 min
Most Memorable Stories of 2023
An annual tradition, TCTMD's Yael Maxwell, Laura McKeown, Michael O'Riordan, Caitlin Cox, and Todd Neale describe their top stories.
Dec 27, 2023•27 min
November 2023: TCT, AHA, and PCR London Valves
Host Shelley Wood hears highlights from Ajay Kirtane, Juan Granada, Joanna Chikwe, and Bernard Prendergast.
Nov 29, 2023•29 min
October 2023: Singer-Songwriter Suzie Brown
This month, host Shelley Wood hears from heart failure cardiologist and Nashville musician, Suzanne Brown Sacks.
Oct 20, 2023•19 min
September 2023: Top News
CV drug costs, a sexual misconduct survey, incidental CAC on chest CT, real-world MitraClip, and a new cardiology board.
Sep 27, 2023•18 min
August 2023: Top News From ESC
Host Shelley Wood catches up with ESC President Franz Weidinger to hear his highlights from this year's Congress.
Aug 29, 2023•17 min
July 2023 These Vital Signs
Shelley Wood speaks with Sayed Tabatabai about his new book on doctoring, love, and loss, and the inspiration of a Twitter constraint.
Jul 26, 2023•23 min
June 2023: Top News
The UK's TAVI fracas, colchicine's approval, CV risks with opioid alternatives, a kitchen-sink approach to CLTI, and more.
Jun 27, 2023•18 min
May 2023: Highlights From EuroPCR and SCAI
Host Shelley Wood catches up with Davide Capodanno and Sunil Rao to hear their highlights from these meetings.
May 31, 2023•25 min
April 2023: Top News
Weight regain and cardiometabolic risk, recalled medical devices, a pandemic of inactivity, devices for diuretic resistance, and an all-women CV surgery trial.
Apr 26, 2023•17 min
March 2023: ACC in Review
Shelley Wood hears about this year's most memorable moments (and trials) from Douglas Drachman, MD, and Katie Berlacher, MD.
Mar 29, 2023•15 min
February 2023: Top News
Go Red for Women's footprint, CMS coverage for LVADs, rising violence against cardiologists, and more.
Feb 22, 2023•18 min
January 2023: Creativity and CV Surgery
Shelley Wood talks with cardiovascular surgeon Joanna Chikwe about carving out time for creativity and the arts.
Jan 25, 2023•20 min
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