Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

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Valve Disease: When is the right time to intervene? Jul 04, 2019

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Steven Nissen, MD, sits down with Marc Gillinov, MD, Chairman of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Brian Griffin, MD, Section Head Cardiovascular Imaging to discuss the timing of heart surgery, one valve at a time – the differences between aortic and mitral valves and regurgitation and stenosis. Changes in diagnostic imaging techniques, surgical and interventional options, as well as looking at outcomes data have changed the way we look at these patients and timing of intervention.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH): Diagnosis and Treatment Jun 27, 2019

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Dr. Nicholas Smedira leads a panel of experts in the discussion of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Cardiac surgeon Dr. Michael Tong, pulmonologist Dr. Gustavo Heresi, interventional radiologist Dr. Ihab Haddadin, and vascular medicine specialist Dr. John Bartholomew provide insight into topics clinicians need to know to manage patients with CTEPH: diagnosis of pulmonary emboli vs. CTEPH, diagnostic imaging, management of acute vs. subacute emboli, patients at risk, surgery techniques vs. interventional approaches and postoperative care .

Nutrition, Supplements and Energy Drinks: Implications for Cardiac Care of the Athlete Jun 20, 2019

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Kate Patton, Med, RD, CCSD, LD, Preventive Cardiology and athlete nutrition expert from our Sports Cardiology Center discusses the impact of supplements and energy drinks on cardiovascular health and athletic performance and foods that provide sports performance benefits.

Nutrition: Implications for Cardiac Care of the Athlete Jun 13, 2019

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Cardiologist Dr. Tamanna Singh from our Sports Cardiology Center discusses diet and nutrition for optimal athletic performance, including nutritional sources, diet types and balancing nutrition for performance with nutrition for cardiovascular health as part of our Sports Cardiology Lecture Series.

Pericardial Cases: Advanced Constriction – Between a Rock and a Hard Place Jun 06, 2019

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Dr. Allan Klein, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Pericardial Disease Center introduces pericarditis cases, a discussion of various types of pericarditis including presentation, imaging, pathology, treatment and considerations. Robert Montgomery, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow presents a case of advanced pericardial constriction. Dr. Paul Cremer moderates a panel including cardiac surgeon Shinya Unai, MD, cardiologists and imaging specialists Dr. Christine Jellis and Dr. Deborah Kwon, and pathologist Dr. Carmela Tan addressing surgical treatment, and advanced imaging.

Cardiac MRI: Clinician considerations when ordering a cardiac MRI May 30, 2019

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Dr. Deborah Kwon Director of MRI in the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic answers questions about cardiac MRI: what is the best use? When should contrast be ordered? What is the latest research involving cardiac MRI? And - what clinicians should know about ordering MRI.

Pericardial Cases: Coming to Grips with Transient Constriction May 23, 2019

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Dr. Allan Klein, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Pericardial Disease Center introduces pericarditis cases, a discussion of various types of pericarditis including presentation, imaging, pathology, treatment and considerations. Jay Ramchand, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow presents two cases of transient pericarditis. Dr. Paul Cremer moderates a panel including cardiac surgeon Shinya Unai, MD, cardiologists and imaging specialists Dr. Christine Jellis and Dr. Deborah Kwon, and pathologist Dr. Carmela Tan addressing surgical treatment, and advanced imaging.

Tafamidis treatment of transthyretin mediated amyloidosis (TTR) approved by FDA May 16, 2019

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Mazen Hanna, MD, Co-Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Amyloidosis Center talks about the FDA’s recent approval of the drug Tafamidis for the treatment of ATTR Amyloidosis (also known as Amyloid Transthyretin Amyloidosis), the research behind it, what this medication does, and what this means for patients.

Ethnic Differences in 10 Year Clinical Outcomes after Drug Eluting Stenting May 09, 2019

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Stephen Ellis, MD, interventional cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic discusses the findings a study aimed at looking at long term outcomes of African American as compared to Caucasians following drug eluting stents (DES) presented at the 2019 American College of Cardiology Conference. Dr. Ellis describes the characteristics of the study group, interesting factors noted in late outcomes and strategies for improvements in the future.

Treatments for Carotid Artery Disease: Expert Panel Apr 25, 2019

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Lee Kirksey, MD, vascular surgeon and Vice Chairman of Vascular Surgery, leads a discussion of treatment options for carotid artery disease with Sean Lyden, MD, Chairman of Vascular Surgery, and Christopher Smolock, MD, including results of randomized trials, approaches and timing for symptomatic carotid artery disease, outcomes and stroke risk following endarterectomy, approaches for asymptomatic patients with carotid stenosis, identifying high risk patients and the role of carotid stenting and medical management.

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