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Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals
A Cleveland Clinic podcast exploring heart, vascular and thoracic topics of interest to healthcare providers: medical and surgical treatments, diagnostic testing, medical conditions, and research, technology and practice issues.
Episodes
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAdvancing Cardiovascular Care Through Genetic Testing
Krishna Aragam, MD, Michael Hill, MD, and Christina Rigelsky, MS, CGC, discuss how cardiovascular genomics is transforming the evaluation and management of…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds® Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension
In this excerpt from Tall Rounds®, Luke Laffin, MD, discusses the evolving role of renal denervation for uncontrolled hypertension, including guideline…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds® Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Systematic Team Approach to Diagnosis & Management
In this excerpt from Tall Rounds®, Cleveland Clinic experts discuss imaging modalities that aid the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. The conversation explores…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsEvolving Strategies in Aortic Arch Repair
Eric Roselli, MD, and Patrick Vargo, MD, discuss how advances in open, hybrid and endovascular techniques are changing the treatment of aortic arch disease…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsManagement of Complex Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Milind Desai, MD, and Per Wierup, MD, discuss the evaluation and management of high-risk aortic valve endocarditis, including indications for urgent…
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Lepodisiran and the Emerging Role of Oxidized Phospholipids in Lipoprotein(a) Risk
Luke Laffin, MD, speaks with Steven Nissen, MD, about findings from the ALPACA trial evaluating lepodisiran and its effects on oxidized phospholipids and…
- Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals
Talking Tall Rounds®: Updates on Less Invasive Cardiac Surgery
In this excerpt from Tall Rounds®, Gianluca Torregrossa, MD, discusses minimally invasive and totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (TECAB)…
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CTX310 and the Future of Gene Editing for Lipid Disorders
Steven Nissen, MD, and Luke Laffin, MD, discuss one-year follow-up data for CTX310, a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy targeting ANGPTL3 to treat lipid…
- Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals
Evaluating Kylo-11 for Long-Acting Lipoprotein(a) Suppression
Steven Nissen, MD, and Ashish Sarraju, MD, discuss early clinical data on Kylo-11, a novel therapy that produced substantial reductions in lipoprotein(a) for…
- Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals
Robotic Approaches to Mitral and Aortic Valve Surgery
Marc Gillinov, MD, and Per Wierup, MD, discuss the evolution of robotic valve surgery, including advanced mitral valve repair techniques, patient selection and…
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Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
Bo Xu, MD, and Shinya Unai, MD, discuss approaches to diagnosing and treating infective endocarditis, including indications for surgical intervention. The…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsExpanding Coronary Revascularization With TECAB
Donna Kimmaliardjuk, MD, and Gianluca Torregrossa, MD, discuss the expanding role of robotic coronary artery bypass grafting, including total endoscopic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsStenting, Surgery and Hybrid Strategies for Coronary Disease
Faisal Bakaeen, MD, and Grant Reed, MD, discuss recent advances in the treatment of coronary artery disease, including drug-coated balloons, intravascular…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsIndividualizing Aspirin Therapy in Preventive Cardiology
Luke J. Laffin, MD, and Vikas Sunder, MD, discuss the evolving role of aspirin in primary prevention, emphasizing individualized assessment of each patient's…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsRobotic Lung Transplantation
Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Gregory Jones, MD, discuss the development of robotic lung transplantation, including candidate selection, operative considerations…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsA Multidisciplinary Approach to Limb Preservation
Courtney Hanak, MD, and Ravi Ambani, MD, discuss limb preservation and amputation prevention in patients with peripheral arterial disease and chronic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals2026 Cholesterol Guidelines and What Clinicians Need to Know
Ashish Sarraju, MD, and Leslie Cho, MD, discuss key updates in the 2026 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines, including earlier LDL screening and integration of the…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsPost-Transplant Care and Complications in the First Year
Michael Zhen-Yu Tong, MD, and Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD, discuss the clinical management of heart transplant patients during the first year, including…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCombined Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA, and Mohamed Kanj, MD, discuss the clinical rationale and outcomes behind combining atrial fibrillation ablation with left atrial…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsOptimizing PCI Outcomes in Complex Coronary Disease
Grant Reed, MD, and Laura Young, MD, discuss contemporary decision making in percutaneous coronary intervention, including patient selection, ischemia…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsSclerotherapy for Cosmetic and Symptomatic Spider Veins
Gayan De Silva, MD, and Kathleen Boyle, DO, discuss clinical evaluation and treatment of patients with spider veins, including differentiation from underlying…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCHIP and Cardiovascular Disease
Samir Kapadia, MD, and Ohad Oren, MD, examine clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and its role as a causal driver of cardiovascular disease…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAVANT GUARD Study: Early Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Walid Saliba, MD, and Oussama Wazni, MD, discuss the design and outcomes of the AVANT GUARD study evaluating first-line pulsed field ablation in drug-naive…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsSurgical Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Milind Desai, MD, and Nicholas Smedira, MD, review contemporary diagnostic pathways and surgical decision making for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsThe Role of Smoking Cessation in Vascular Disease Management
Lee Kirksey, MD, and J. Eduardo Corso, MD, examine the clinical impact of smoking on peripheral artery disease, aneurysmal disease and outcomes after vascular…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds®: Utility of Metabolic Exercise Testing in Cardiovascular Disease
This episode examines the clinical utility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing with emphasis on cardiac output, ventilatory efficiency, and metabolic responses…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCardiac Surgical Support for High‑Risk Lead Extraction
Thomas Callahan, MD, and Shinya Unai, MD, discuss the role of cardiac surgical backup during transvenous lead extraction. The conversation examines risk…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsDiagnosis and Management of Pericarditis
Allan Klein, MD, and Deborah Kwon, MD, discuss contemporary guidance on pericarditis with emphasis on evolving diagnostic criteria, inflammatory syndromes and…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsIntegrating PFA Into Your Clinical Practice
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, and Arwa Younis, MD, discuss the clinical application of pulsed field ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation and ventricular…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsSURPASS-CVOT and the Case for Dual Incretin Therapy
Luke Laffin, MD, and Steven Nissen, MD, discuss findings from SURPASS-CVOT, including a secondary analysis evaluating broader cardiovascular and renal outcomes…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsMonthly Therapy for Hypertension: Insights From the Phase II KARDINAL Trial
Steven Nissen, MD, and Luke Laffin, MD, discuss late-breaking data from the Phase II KARDINAL Trial evaluating Tonlamarsen, a once-monthly therapeutic for…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAdvancing Vascular Surgery Care Through Clinical Trials
Sean Lyden, MD, and Jon Quatromoni, MD, discuss the evolving landscape of vascular clinical trials, highlighting investigational therapies and device-driven…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAortic Valve Repair for Aortic Regurgitation
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, and Milind Desai, MD, MBA, discuss contemporary evaluation and management of aortic valve regurgitation, emphasizing advanced imaging…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsNew Comprehensive Care Model for the Woman Athlete
Women’s cardiologist Tamanna Singh, MD, and sports medicine physician Marie Schaefer, MD, introduce the WISER (Women's Integrated Sports, Exercise and…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCoarctation of the Aorta: Repair Strategies and Outcomes
Eric Roselli, MD, and Patrick Vargo, MD, discuss the contemporary management of aortic coarctation in adults, including late complications, reintervention…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCardio‑Obstetrics and Heart Failure: Preconception to Postpartum Management
Maria Mountis, DO, and Karlee Hoffman, DO, explore the complexities of pregnancy and parenthood in heart transplant recipients or those living with heart…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsThe Future of Cardiac Care: Genomic Insights and Precision Therapies
The new Haslam-Bailey Family Section of Cardiovascular Genomics and Precision Medicine is integrating genomic data into cardiovascular risk assessment…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAdvances in the Diagnosis and Management of Inherited Arrhythmias
Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA, and Jeffery Courson, DO, examine the evaluation and management of inherited arrhythmias and genetic cardiomyopathies. They discuss…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCleveland Clinic's New Cardiovascular Center on Aging
Venugopal Menon, MD, and Abdulla Damluji, MD, discuss the emerging subspecialty of cardiovascular aging and the growing need to tailor cardiovascular care for…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsStructured Follow‑Up for Aortic Valve Replacement Success
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, and Marijan Koprivanac, MD, discuss contemporary follow‑up strategies after TAVR and SAVR, highlighting advances in minimally invasive…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsNew Guidelines on Acute Coronary Syndromes: Key Takeaways for Cardiologists
Explore the latest ACC/AHA guidelines on acute coronary syndromes with co-authors Venugopal Menon, MD, and Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD, joined by Donna…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsGut Microbiome and TMAO as Predictors of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Progression
Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, and Scott Cameron, MD, PhD, discuss emerging evidence linking gut microbiome-derived TMAO to abdominal aortic aneurysm development and…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTranscatheter Pulmonary Valve Therapy: Lifetime Management Strategies
Hani Najm, MD, and Joanna Ghobrial, MD, discuss the evolving role of transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in lifetime management of congenital heart…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsVentricular Septal Rupture Post-MI: Evolving Strategies for Optimal Outcomes
Venugopal Menon, MD, Director of the Coronary ICU, and Michael Tong, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in advanced heart failure, discuss contemporary…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsOptimizing Outcomes for Lung Failure Treatment and Transplant
Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Marie Budev, DO, share Cleveland Clinic’s multidisciplinary approach to managing end-stage lung disease and advancing lung…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCleveland Clinic's New Cardioimmunology Center
Samir Kapadia, MD, Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and David Zidar, MD, PhD, an interventional cardiologist and immunologist…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsGuidelines and Innovations Shaping Peripheral Artery Disease Treatment
Lee Kirksey, MD, Aravinda Nanjundappa, MBBS, MD, and G. Jay Bishop, MD, discuss a multidisciplinary approach to peripheral artery disease (PAD) management…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAmerican College of Cardiology Concise Clinical Guidance on Pericarditis
Allan Klein, MD, and Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBChB, discuss the 2025 ACC Concise Clinical Guidance on pericardial disease. They explore updated diagnostic criteria…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsExpertise in Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, and Xiaoying Lou, MD, share a deep dive into valve-sparing aortic root surgery, an advanced technique that preserves the patient’s…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsResearch: Gene Editing for Lifelong Lipid Control
Steven Nissen, MD, and Luke Laffin, MD, discuss a groundbreaking phase 1 trial of a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy targeting ANGPTL3. They explore its…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLifelong Mitral Valve Management After Repair
A. Marc Gillinov, MD, and Tarek Malas, MD, discuss the long-term benefits of mitral valve repair for patients with degenerative mitral valve disease. They…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsInnovations in Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion and Multi-Organ Transplantation
Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Marie M. Budev, DO, discuss Cleveland Clinic’s leadership in lung and multi-organ transplantation, highlighting innovations like ex…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsManaging Obesity in Adults With Heart Failure
Tamanna Singh, MD, and Amanda Vest, MBBS, discuss the relationship between obesity and heart failure. They discuss multidisciplinary strategies, including…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsInnovations in Multi-Arterial and Total Arterial Bypass Grafting
Donna Kimmaliardjuk, MD, and Faisal Bakaeen, MD, explore the latest in multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). They discuss patient selection…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsExpertise in Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Use
When a heart is weak after a heart attack, cardiac arrest or surgery, mechanical circulatory support (MCS) can help the heart function while it heals or assist…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsWomen and Heart Disease: Sex-Based Differences in Heart Failure
Amanda Vest, MBBS, explores sex-based differences in heart failure, focusing on biological and social factors that influence disease development, treatment…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsWomen and Heart Disease: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Gaps Among Women with PAD
Scott Cameron, MD, highlights the underdiagnosis and undertreatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in women. He discusses diagnostic challenges and…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsWomen and Heart Disease: The Association Between Females and AFib
Women are more likely than men to experience atrial fibrillation symptoms. Mohamed Kanj, MD, discusses gender-based differences in atrial fibrillation…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsInnovations in Carotid Stenting
Ravi Ambani, MD, and Aravinda Nanjundappa, MBBS, MD, discuss Cleveland Clinic’s leadership and progress in treating carotid artery disease. Learn how…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTreating Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension caused by chronic blood clots in the lungs. It is an under-recognized…