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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 ProfessionalsExpertise in Mitral Valve Surgery
When treating mitral valve disease, a surgeon must decide whether to repair or replace a valve. Cleveland Clinic experts discuss robotically-assisted surgery…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsA Discussion on Marfan Syndrome and Connective Tissue Disorders - Part II
Connective tissue disorders like Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes can affect the function of the heart and aorta. Cleveland Clinic experts…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsA Discussion on Marfan Syndrome and Connective Tissue Disorders - Part I
Connective tissue disorders like Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes can affect the function of the heart and aorta. Cleveland Clinic experts…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsUpdate on Vascular Medicine Clinical Trials
G. Jay Bishop, MD, and Aravinda Nanjundappa, MBBS, MD, explore Cleveland Clinic’s latest advances in vascular medicine, from research on aortic aneurysm…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTANDEM Insights: Trial Results and Clinical Implications
Learn about the promising results of a fixed-dose combination therapy trial that achieved up to a 50% reduction in LDL cholesterol. Steven Nissen, MD and…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTreating AFib After Ablation
Persistent or recurrent atrial fibrillation (AFib) following ablation remains a clinical challenge, especially when it occurs more than three months after an…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsExpertise in Structural Heart Disease
Structural heart disease encompasses a range of abnormalities affecting the heart’s valves, chambers, and muscle. At Cleveland Clinic, our team brings deep…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsManaging Aortic Aneurysms
When an aortic aneurysm occurs, a multidisciplinary team of experts can provide the best care for the patient. Francis (Frank) Caputo, MD, and Marijan…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsExperience and Outcomes in Bicuspid Valve Repair - Part II
Bicuspid aortic valve is a common heart condition where the aortic valve has only two leaflets instead of the normal three. In part two of this two-part…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsExperience and Outcomes in Bicuspid Valve Repair - Part I
Bicuspid aortic valve is a common heart condition where the aortic valve has only two leaflets instead of the normal three. In part one of this two-part…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsACC 2025 Research Highlights
Venugopal Menon, MD, Section Head of Clinical Cardiology , spotlights new Cleveland Clinic research presented at ACC 2025. Explore the highlights of six…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAdvancements in HCM: From AI Diagnosis to Gene Therapy
Cleveland Clinic is transforming hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) care through new clinical trial innovations. Milind Desai, MD, MBA, recaps two recent…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsInnovative Heart Failure Therapies and Clinical Trials
Cleveland Clinic's dedication to research and a team of teams approach puts the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute at the forefront of heart failure care…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsRobotics Volumes and Outcomes
Siva Raja, MD, PhD, provides an update on volumes and outcomes for robotically-assisted thoracic surgery at Cleveland Clinic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLVAD as a Destination Therapy
For patients with heart failure, a left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) can help the body meet its circulatory needs. Pavan Bhat, MD, and Michael Tong, MD…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsPulmonary & Esophageal Volumes and Outcomes
Daniel Raymond, MD, provides an update on volumes and outcomes for the pulmonary and esophageal surgery programs at Cleveland Clinic. Learn more about the…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLung Transplantation Volumes and Outcomes
Kenneth McCurry, MD, provides an update on lung transplant volumes and outcomes for the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLAAC and Ablation: Results from the OPTION Trial
The OPTION clinical trial compared left atrial appendage closure to continued oral anticoagulation in patients at risk of stroke after undergoing atrial…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsReoperative Surgery Volumes and Outcomes
Shinya Unai, MD, provides an update on reoperation volumes and outcomes for the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Learn…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsThoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Volumes and Outcomes
Marc Gillinov, MD, provides an update on volumes and outcomes for the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Learn more about…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLorundrostat: Results from Advance-HTN Phase 2 Study
Luke Laffin, MD, shares the findings from a late breaker he presented at ACC 2025. Lorundrostat is an investigational drug found to significantly lower 24-hour…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLepodisiran: A Novel Therapy to Reduce Lipoprotein(a)
Steven Nissen, MD, shares the findings from a late breaker he presented at ACC 2025. Lepodisiran is a small interfering RNA that targets lipoprotein(a) levels…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAorta Surgery Updates and Outcomes
Patrick Vargo, MD provides an update on surgery volumes and outcomes from the Aorta Center. Learn more about the Aorta Center. Looking to refer a patient?…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCoronary Artery Surgery Updates and Outcomes
Faisal Bakaeen, MD provides an update on the state of coronary artery surgery. Learn more about the Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Center…
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Cleveland Clinic’s Superior Surgical Outcomes - Part II
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, Chief of Cleveland Clinic's Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, and Marc Gillinov, MD, Chair of…
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Cleveland Clinic’s Superior Surgical Outcomes - Part I
Join Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, Chief of Cleveland Clinic's Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, and Marc Gillinov, MD, Chair of…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsShould You Recommend a Robotic Approach for Patients Requiring Heart Valve Surgery?
Robotically assisted heart surgery provides an alternative to a sternotomy that offers many benefits to the patient. Marc Gillinov, MD, and Tarek Malas, MD…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsInterventional Cardiology Update
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, provides an update on Cleveland Clinic's Section of Interventional Cardiology. Looking to refer a patient? Please reach out to our…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsUnderstanding Cardiac Rehab
Cardiac rehabilitation is a program that combines exercise, diet and education to help people with heart conditions. Erik Van Iterson, PhD, MS, MA, explains…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCardiac Disease as the Leading Cause of Mortality in Women
Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in women in the United States and around the world. Vikas Sunder, MD, a cardiologist in the Department of…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds®: TAVR for Bicuspid Valves
Grant Reed, MD, discusses the considerations and risks of TAVR in bicuspid aortic valves. Learn more about Tall Rounds online…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsRadiation Heart Disease
Cardiotoxicity from radiation therapy can develop within days or months after radiation, but it often develops years later. Milind Desai, MD, MBA, and Shinya…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds®: TAVR vs SAVR - Small Annulus Considerations
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, provides the TAVR perspective on SAVR in patients with small annulus, including outcomes of TAVR vs SAVR. Learn more about Tall Rounds…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsWhich Heart Health Diet Should you Recommend for Your Patient?
Diets for heart health are not one size fits all. Julia Zumpano, RD. discusses several different heart health diets and how to help your patient determine the…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAortic Valve Imaging & Clinical Considerations
Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, discusses patient prosthesis mismatch, imaging and clinical considerations for the aortic valve. Learn more about Tall Rounds online…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLong-term Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke and Death Doubles with History of COVID-19 Infection
The study found that people with any type of COVID-19 infection were twice as likely to have a major cardiac event, such as heart attack, stroke or even death…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds®: Cardiac Sarcomas
Eric Roselli, MD, provides an overview, a complex cardiac sarcoma case is presented by Holliann Willekes, MD, followed by an update on imaging modalities from…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsOral Anticoagulation Compared to Left Atrial Appendage Closure Following Catheter Ablation: Results From the OPTION Trial
A Cleveland Clinic-led trial found that a minimally-invasive procedure – left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) – resulted in significantly less bleeding in…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsCardiac Imaging in the VALOR-HCM Trial
Mavacamten is the first and only FDA-approved cardiac myosin inhibitor to treat obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). An important factor to the…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsStatin Initiation for Primary Prevention Among Statin Naïve Adults
Clinicians should consider statin therapy for primary prevention. Vikas Sunder, MD, a cardiologist in Preventive Cardiology, reviews indicators and…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsManagement of the Patient after Conduction System Implant
Roy Chung, MD sits down with Thomas Callahan, MD to talk about the challenges of left bundle branch area pacing, particularly management after implant. Dr…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsMetabolic Challenges in Heart Failure
Amanda Vest, MBBS, discusses metabolic challenges in heart failure, new opportunities with obesity and cachexia. Learn more about Cleveland Clinic's Center for…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsHypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmias
Patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy can suffer from arrhythmias before and after septal myectomy. Dr. Nicholas Smedira specializes in the…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsPercutaneous Mitral Valve Therapies
In this episode, Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, leads a discussion on the role of percutaneous mitral valve therapies in 2024. Learn more about Cleveland Clinic's…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsLeft Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction is a condition that restricts blood flow from the left ventricle of the heart. LVOT obstruction is defined as…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds: Contemporary Treatment of End Stage Heart Failure
In this episode, Dr. Edward Soltesz provides an overview with a case presentation, and J. Emanuel Finet, MD, discusses treatment options for end stage heart…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsDiagnosis & Surgical Treatment of Aortic Dissection
Dr. Patrick Vargo describes imaging and surgical considerations for aortic dissection. Learn more about the Aorta Center at Cleveland Clinic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds: 2024 AATS Highlights
In this episode, Eric Roselli, MD, Michael Tong, MD and Siva Raja, MD, PhD provide an overview of Cleveland Clinic's highlights at the 2024 AATS Annual…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsAortic Dissection
Dr. Patrick Vargo describes considerations for aortic dissection. Learn more about the Aorta Center at Cleveland Clinic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds®: Lung Transplantation
In this episode, Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Marie Budev, DO, provide an overview of lung transplant allocation, marginal donors and the utilization of ex-vivo…
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Summary of the Pericardial Diseases: International Position Statement on New Concepts and Advances in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging
Pericardial diseases have gained renewed clinical interest, leading to a renaissance in the field. Allan Klein, MD, and Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBChB, discuss…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds: Post-diagnostic Monitoring of Cardiac Amyloidosis
In this episode, a case is presented by Alvin George, MD; Mazen Hanna, MD, discusses monitoring ATTR cardiac amyloidosis post-diagnosis; and Deborah Kwon, MD…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsA Year of Excellent Outcomes
Caring for life, researching for health, educating those who serve. This is the mission of Cleveland Clinic. Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, Chief, Cleveland Clinic…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsTalking Tall Rounds®: Diagnosis and Management of INOCA
In this episode, Khaled Ziada, MD, and Stephen Ellis, MD, discuss approaches to diagnosing & managing ischemia with no obstructive arteries (INOCA). Learn more…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsConsiderations for Heart Failure and Pregnancy
Pregnancy may add an extra layer of complexity for heart failure patients. Karlee Hoffman, DO, reviews considerations for managing these patients, prognosis…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsOpen Hybrid Treatment of Complex Type A Aortic Dissection
In this episode, Marijan Koprivanac, MD, discusses open hybrid treatment of complex type A aortic dissection with occluded right carotid artery. Learn more…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsIs It Too Late? When to Consider LVAD as an Option
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have dramatically shifted the outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure. The question remains, when is the best…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsHybrid Arch Replacement for Type A Dissection
In this episode, Marijan Koprivanac, MD, provides an overview of hybrid arch replacement for retrograde type A dissection with high-risk features. Learn more…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsWhat's New in Heart Transplantation?
The first heart transplant was in 1967. In 1968, the first heart transplantation at Cleveland Clinic was performed. Much has changed over the last 50 years…
Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare ProfessionalsHybrid Treatment of Complex Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Marijan Koprivanac, MD, discusses open hybrid treatment of complex thoracic aortic aneurism in a high-risk octogenarian patient. Learn more about Cleveland…