Heart Podcast
Episodes
Acute cardiac care in the UK and the role of coronary care units
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Burrell (consultant cardiologist at the Southwest Cardiothoracic Centre, Plymouth) talks to Nick West (clinical lead for coronary interven...
Atherosclerotic plaque imaging; Past, present, and future
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Alistair Lindsay hosts a round table from the BCS conference in Manchester, on the topic of atherosclerotic plaque imaging; past, present, and future....
Sudden cardiac death in athletes
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sport was the theme of 2012’s British Cardiovascular Society Conference, and Sanjay Sharma (professor at the CRY Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Spor...
Carry on in the Cath Lab!
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Hall (British Cardiovascular Society vice president for training) talks to Tim Stephens (lead nurse for patient safety, Barts and the London) and ...
Tissue engineering for mending a broken heart
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from their sessions at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference, Alexander Lyon (senior lecturer in cardiology, Imperial College, Lo...
Changing cholesterol levels: past, present, and future
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Where are we now with changing cholesterol levels to reduce cardiovascular disease risk? Keith Fox (British Cardiovascular Society president) asks Ror...
Calcification in aortic valve disease
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Lloyd (consultant cardiologist in Eastbourne) talks to Marc Dweck (senior specialist registrar in cardiology, undertaking a PhD in aortic valve di...
Mitral regurgitation and percutaneous interventions
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Meeting up at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference, Philip MacCarthy (a cardiology consultant in London) talks to Alec Vahanian (professor of...
Obesity and heart disease
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Alistair Lindsay talks to Jennifer Logue about the link between obesity and heart disease. Increasing weight is associated with a hig...
Risk of heart failure following unrecognised MI
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Alistair Lindsay talks to Maarten Leening (Erasmus MC, The Netherlands) about his research into the risk of heart failure following undiagnosed myocar...
Assessment of reperfusion injury
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Alistair Lindsay talks to Declan O’Regan about assessing reperfusion injury using cardiac MRI in patients with acute MI. See also; Assessment of sev...
Who will benefit from ACE inhibition?
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Alistair Lindsay talks to Leong Ng about his work into using biomarkers to identify which groups of patients will benefit from ACE inhibition after ac...
Optimal medical therapy and mortality after acute myocardial infarction
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this first edition of the BMJ Heart podcast, Alistair Lindsay talks to Peter Bramlage about his paper on how and when patients are treated after ac...