Oct 13 Cardiology News

FDA approves triple-drug polypill, a change of opinion, a deep dive into invasive pulmonary embolism therapies, heart disease trends, and diabetes care is on fire are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professio ... Show More

A big, deep dive into CTA and fractional flow reserve CT, and a sobering report on the new EVOQUE valve are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https ... Show More

Listener feedback on cardiac sarcoidosis, SA node ablation, surgical AF ablation, chronic kidney disease protection, and recruiting for clinical trials are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. ... Show More

KYW Newsradio's Rasa Kay talks with Deborah Heart and Lung Center Cardiologist Dr Joseph Guarino. They tackle heart topics such as the Holiday Heart Syndrome and where overeating, alcohol consumption and smoking can lead to heart health complications. 

Cardiologists now recognize that heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) may be caused by obesity. This episode of “Intention to Treat” examines new evidence that treating obesity can prevent HFpEF. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/ful ... Show More

NEJM 1991;324:781-788Background A hallmark of post-myocardial infarction (MI) care in the 1980’s was the monitoring and suppression of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) via use of antiarrhythmic drugs. The practice was based on pathophysiologic rationale that PVC burden i ... Show More

Sudden cardiac arrest or death can be traumatic for everyone involved. The important thing to focus on is immediate emergency medical attention and resuscitation. Dr. Michael Emery and Dr. Tamanna Singh, Co-Directors of the Sports Cardiology Center, discuss considerations for pat ... Show More

In this episode, we discuss acute decompensated heart failure and how to best manage these dyspneic patients in the ED. https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Podcast_ADHF.mp3 Download Leave a Comment Tags: Cardiology, Respiratory Show Notes Features that inc ... Show More

Evaluation of patients with Cardiogenic Shock. Why do we need a swan, introduction to CPO, PAPi and survival rates in these critically ill patients Show Notes: https://eddyjoemd.com/cardiogenic-shock-mcs/ TrueLearn Link: https://truelearn.referralrock.com/l/EDDYJOEMD25/Discount c ... Show More

In this first part of our 2-part series on Cardiac Arrest Controversies Rob Simard, Bourke Tillman, Sara Gray and Scott Weingart discuss with Anton how best to ensure high quality chest compressions, the pros and cons of mechanical CPR, the literature on dual sequential defibrill ... Show More

This episode will discuss the physiology behind various CO output monitors such as pulmonary artery catheters, PICCO, pulse wave form analysis, and LiDCO.   

Patients with acute myocardial infarction are at a high risk of heart failure and death. Despite advances in care and reduction in the rate of recurrent myocardial infarctions, the risk for heart failure continues to be unacceptably high. No intervention in 2 decades has been sho ... Show More

This week we enter the worlds of fellow education and echocardiography to review a recent report of a QI project performed at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia regarding the performance of echocardiograms by first year fellows in cardiology. Can the implementation of a checklis ... Show More