We’re focusing on a challenging topic: anticoagulation in CKD patients with atrial fibrillation. With up to 25% of CKD patients affected, managing this common arrhythmia is no easy task. How do we balance stroke prevention and bleeding risks? What’s the role of DOACs versus vitamin K antagonists? And should dialysis patients even receive anticoagulation? Are ... Show More
Sep 10
#81 Diuretics in Acute Heart Failure: take them with a “pinch of salt”? with Jozene Ter Maaten
In acute heart failure, we’re told to take things with a pinch of salt but salt might be exactly what we should watch. Hugo Diniz welcomes Jozine ter Maaten, the principal investigator behind the PUSH-AHF trial, to argue heart failure is a sodium problem dressed as a fluid one — ... Show More
40m 47s
Sep 10
#80 European Specialty Examination in Nephrology: demystifying the ESENeph with David Lappin
Every nephrology trainee in Europe has heard about it, stressed about it, or is quietly pretending it doesn’t exist: the ESENeph. Is it a genuine European passport, or just one more exam? Hugo Diniz talks to David Lappin, about the exam’s format, its career value, and why trainee ... Show More
29m 40s
Dec 2023
353. Atrial Fibrillation: Anticoagulation Pharmacology & Clinical Decision-Making with Dr. Ashley Lochman and Dr. Chris Domenico
CardioNerds co-founder Dr. Amit Goyal, series co-chair Dr. Colin Blumenthal, and episode lead Dr. Anushka Tandon to discuss pharmacologic anticoagulation options in atrial fibrillation with Drs. Ashley Lochman and Chris Domenico. The case-based review helps clarify some key conce ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 2023
309. Atrial Fibrillation: Situational Assessment of Stroke and Bleeding Risk with Dr. Hafiza Khan
Dr. Daniel Ambinder (CardioNerds Co-Founder), Dr. Kelly Arps (Series Co-Chair and EP fellow at Duke University), Dr. Stephanie Fuentes Rojas (FIT Lead and EP fellow at Houston Methodist), and Dr. Ingrid Hsiung (Cardiology Fellow at Baylor Scott & White Health) discuss situational ... Show More
31m 48s
Jul 2022
224. Atrial Fibrillation: Assessment of Stroke & Bleeding Risk with Dr. Elaine Hylek
CardioNerds (Amit Goyal), Dr. Colin Blumenthal (CardioNerds Academy House Faculty Leader and FIT at the University of Pennsylvania), and Dr. Anjali Wagle (CardioNerds Ambassador and FIT at Johns Hopkins University), discuss the baseline assessment of stroke and bleeding risk in p ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2023
The Lead Podcast - Episode 28
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, of Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by guests Erik Andrews, MD, MPH, and Christian Thomas Ruff, MD, MPH, of Brigham and Women's Hospital to discuss Safety of Switching from a Vitamin K Antagonist ... Show More
18m 56s