In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Marianna Fontana from Royal Free Hospital in London, UK. They discuss the current and future state of therapies for ATTR amyloidosis affecting the heart. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a supportive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper:

https://heart.bmj.com/content/112/3/129

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Robin Bouleau from Stockholm, Sweden. They discuss his study that aimed to test whether having PVCs but a normal heart was a risk for future AF and stroke. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper:

https://heart.bmj.com/content/112/1/21.long

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Professor James Rudd is joined by Dr Craig Balmforth from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss the rationale for identifying high-risk plaque, how imaging can help, and emerging therapies, including PCI. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/112/1/13.long

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Kazuaki Negishi from Sydney, Australia. They discuss the optimal use of imaging to detect cardiac effects of cancer therapies. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/111/22/1057

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Paulus Kirchhoff from the University of Hamburg in Germany. They discuss the concept of device-detected atrial fibrillation and how we should approach anticoagulation in this common patient group. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/111/21/999.long

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Aernoud Fiolet from Utrecht in the Netherlands. They discuss the imaging substudy of the LoDoCo2 trial, which tested colchicine in patients with chronic coronary syndromes. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/111/23/1156.long

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Michelle Williams from the University of Edinburgh. They discuss the possibility of predicting cardiovascular disease on CT from clinical factors in the SCOT-HEART trial. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks!

Link to published paper:

https://openheart.bmj.com/content/12/2/e003162

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805971

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr John Sapp from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They discuss his review paper all about ventricular tachycardia in terms of drug and device therapies, plus advances in VT ablation. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us reach more people—thanks!

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/07/heartjnl-2024-325370