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The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead – a weekly journal review podcast that is designed to keep you up to date and informed on the latest publications and hottest topics in electrophysiology. Key takeaways, in-depth interpretations, and informative interviews are all fitted into 15 minute time slots, so that they fit easily into your busy schedule. Click the link below to learn more!
Episodes
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Episode 121: A Discussion of Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia, LIVE at HRX
Join Digital Education Committee host Jason Jacobson, MD, FHRS, as he discusses this late 2024 article with guests Miguel Valderrabano, MD, PhD, FHRS and J…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Episode 120: A Discussion of High Incidence of Phrenic Nerve Injury in Patients Undergoing PFA for AFib LIVE at HRX
This study examined outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation treated with pulsed field ablation (PFA) and found a notably high incidence of phrenic nerve…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Episode 119: A Discussion of Near-Term Prediction of Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias Applying AI to Single-Lead Ambulatory Electrocardiogram LIVE at HRX
Please join HRS Digital Education Committee Vice-Chair, Tina Baykaner, MD, MPH, of Stanford University, as she is joined by Heart Rhythm Society President Mina…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
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- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Episode 118: A Discussion of Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation.....
Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD, University of Adelaide is joined by Jenelle Dziano, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, The University of Adelaide and Jared…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 117: A Discussion of Can ICD Electrograms Help Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation?
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Wendy S. Tzou, MD, FHRS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Kishan…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 116: A Discussion of Multicenter Results of a Novel Pediatric Pacemaker...LIVE from HRS 2025 in San Diego
Deep Chandh Raja, MBBS, MD, PhD, Australian National University, Kauvery Hospital is joined by Andreas Pflaumer, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, Royal Children's Hospital…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 115: A Discussion of Socio-economic Position and Sudden Cardiac Death...
Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD is joined by Martin K. Stiles, MBChB, PhD, FHRS, University of Auckland and Waikato Hospital and Eloi Marijon, MD, PhD, Paris…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 114: A Discussion of Lifestyle and risk factor modification in atrial fibrillation...
Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD is joined by Thomas F. Deering, BS, MBA, MD, FHRS, CCDS, and T. Jared Bunch, MD, FHRS to discuss a 31-item questionnaire was…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 113: A Discussion on the Effect of Pulsed Field Ablation on Human Coronary Arteries...
Please join host Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS at HRS 2025 in San Diego as he discusses this article with Stephanie Wang, MD and Emily Zeitler, MD. The study…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 112: A Discussion of Brugada Syndrome Ablation...
Please join host Jason T. Jacobson, MD, FHRS at HRS 2025 in San Diego as he discusses this article with Marmar Vaseghi, MD, MS, PhD, FHRS and Mayank Sardana…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 111: A Discussion of Computed Tomography-Guided Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia LIVE at HRS 2025 in San Diego
This late-breaking randomized trial, published online on April 26, 2025 in Heart Rhythm, demonstrated that using CT scan guidance for ventricular tachycardia…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 110: A Discussion of Left bundle area pacing in hypertrophied hearts...LIVE from HRS 2025 in San Diego
Left Bundle Area Pacing in Hypertrophied Hearts: An Ex Vivo Ovine Model to Study Deployment of Pacing Leads in Thick Septum describes the development of a…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 109: A Discussion of Survival Outcomes after SCA in Young, Competitive Athletes in the US
Join us at Heart Rhythm 2025 for the discussion of this study. Between July 2014 and June 2023, researchers tracked 641 sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) incidents…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 108: A Discussion of LBBAP compared with biventricular pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy...
This global, multicenter registry included 2,579 CRT recipients with LVEF ≤ 50% who underwent either LBBAP or conventional biventricular pacing (BVP), with 780…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 107: A Discussion of Catheter Ablation of AFib in Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Amyloidosis...
Join HRS Board Member Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS (University of Adelaide) as he discusses this exciting paper, presented at Heart Rhythm 2025. He is…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 106: A Discussion of 1st-in-Human Study of a Leadless Pacemaker System...
Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS, University of Adelaide is joined by Jenish Shroff, MBBS, MD, Australian National University, and Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 105: A Discussion of...Acute Results of the Volt-AF IDE Trial...
Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, Emory University is joined by Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, MS, FHRS, University of California, San Francisco, and Christopher C…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 104: A Discussion of Implantable Loop Recorder &Arrhythmia Detection in HCM...Live at HRS 2025
Sandeep A Saha, MD, MS, FHRS, Oregon Heart Center PC is joined by Saket Sanghai, MD, FHRS, Oregon Health & Science University, and Naga Venkata Krishna Chand…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 103: A Discussion of Independent External Evaluation of Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Risk Scores... Live at HRS 2025 in San Diego
Join host Elizabeth S DeWitt, MD, CEPS-P, and episode guests Cheyenne Beach, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, and Robert Przybylski, MD as they discuss Sudden cardiac death…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 102: A Discussion of Repeat Procedures After Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Join host Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS and episode guests Ante Anic, MD and Konstantinos Vlachos, MD as they discuss the recent article Repeat Procedures after…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 101: A Discussion of Pulsed Field or Cryoballoon Ablation...
Join host Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS, and episode guests Jason G. Andrade, MD, FHRS, and Melanie Gunawardene, MD, as they discuss Pulsed Field or…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 100: A Discussion of Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillators in Young Patients...
Join host Michael S. Lloyd, MD,FHRS and episode participants Karim Benali, MD, PhD and Reinoud Knops, MD, PhD as they discuss this recent article that focuses…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 99: A Discussion of Artificial Intelligence for Individualized Treatment...
Join host and Digital Education Chair Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS, as he discusses this article from Nature with guests Anand N Ganesan, MBBS, PhD…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 98: A Discussion of Effect of targeted education of patients with atrial fibrillation...
Host Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD, of the University Medical Centre Groningen & University of Adelaide, is joined by Andrea Robinson, MSN, ACNP, from…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 97: A Discussion of Pulmonary Vein Isolation versus SHAM Intervention...
Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, Emory University, is joined by Harish Doppalapudi, MD, FHRS, University of Alabama at Birmingham, to discuss this provocative…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 96: A Discussion of Racial Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology...
Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD, University Medical Centre, Groningen & University of Adelaide, is joined by So-Ryoung Lee, MD, PhD, Seoul National University…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 95: A Discussion of Personalized Voltage Maps Guided by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance...
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital, is joined by Arif Elvan, MD, PhD, Klinikum Braunschweig, and Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS, FHRS…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 94: A Discussion of Atrial Fibrillation Nomenclature, Definitions, and Mechanisms...
Deep Chandh Raja, MBBS, MD, PhD, Australian National University, Kauvery Hospital, is joined by Dhiraj Gupta, MBBS, MD, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 93: A Discussion of Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with AFib...
William Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Tobias Reichlin, MD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and Nikolas Nozica, MD…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 92: A Discussion of Substrate Mapping for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation...
William Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Wendy Tzou, MD, FHRS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Arif Elvan…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 91: A Discussion of LAA Closure after Ablation for AFib
Bruce Koplan, MD, FHRS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Erik Andrews, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Matthew Reynolds, MD, MS, FHRS…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 90: A Discussion of Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for VT
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Isabella Alviz, MD, Brigham, and Women's Hospital, and Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 89: A Discussion of Vasovagal Responses to Human Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia...
Dr. Jason T. Jacobson, MD, FHRS, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College is joined by Melissa Robinson, MD, FHRS, Providence Heart Institute of…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 88: A Discussion of Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Rare Pathogenic Variants...
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Ezim Ajufo, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Victor Nauffal, MD, Brigham and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 87: A Discussion of Performance of Atrial Fibrillation Burden Trends...
Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, Emory University is joined by Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD, University Medical, Centre Groningen & University of Adelaide, and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 86: A Discussion of A Discussion of Radiofrequency catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation by pulmonary vein isolation...
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, Brigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 85: A Discussion of Bipolar RF Ablation of Refractory Ventricular Arrythmias...
Join Michael Lloyd and his guests Wendy Tzou, and Jason Jacobson as they discuss this late breaker in person at APHRS 2024 in Sydney, Australia…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 84: A Discussion of Arrhythmic prognosis to LV systolic dysfunction severity...
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Edoardo Bressi, MD Queen Elizabeth Hospital - University Hospitals Birmingham, and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 83
Join us for this episode of The Lead, recorded live at APHRS 2024 in Sydney, Australia. https://www.hrsonline.org/education/TheLead…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 82
This review of the results from the International Collaborative LBBAP Study (I-CLAS Group) was discussed live and in person at the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 81
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Xiaoxiao Qian, MD…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 80
This episode is a discussion of the paper entitled, "Catheter Ablation versus Advanced Therapy for Patients with Severe Heart Failure and Ventricular…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 79
Join host Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, as she discusses Managing Data Overload: AI Wearables and Apps with article author Hawkins Gay, MD, MPH. This…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 78
In this episode of The Lead, brought to you live from HRX, Deepthy Varghese interviews author Sana Al-Khatib on two of her recent publications…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 77
Join us for another episode of The Lead! https://www.hrsonline.org/education/TheLead https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2823283 Host…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
HRX Innovation Hub Podcast, powered by CardiacRMS: CIED Heart Failure Monitoring for EPs
Moderated by Rebecca Yapejian with CardiacRMS, this podcast is a dynamic discussion between Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD, FHRS and Suneet Mittal, MD, FHRS, on the…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 76
Join moderator Melissa Middeldorp as she discusses the NEJM article Asundexian versus Apixaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation with Christopher C Cheung…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 75
Dr. Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, Emory University is joined by Lucas V. A. Boersma, MD, PhD, St Antonius Hospital, and Michael Hoskins, MD, New Mexico Heart…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 74
Niraj Sharma, MD, FHRS, Northside Hospital is joined by Rhea Pimentel, BChir, MD, FHRS, University of Kansas Health System and Usman Siddiqui, MD, Florida…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 73
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Rod S. Passman, MD, FHRS, Northwestern University and Graham Peigh, MD, MS…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 72
Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, Northside Hospital is joined by Hung-Fat Tse, Sr., MD, University of Hong Kong and Glenn Young, MBBS, Royal Adelaide Hospital…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 71
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Andrés Felipe Miranda-Arboleda, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital Babak Nazer, MD…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 70
Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, Emory University, is joined by Jayanthi N. Koneru, MBBS, FHRS, VCU Medical Center, Cardiology, and S. Patrick Whalen, MD, FHRS…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 69
Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, Northside Hospital is joined by Sirena Bridges, MSN, FNP-BC, CCDS, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare, and Jodie L. Hurwitz, MD…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 68
Jason T. Jacobson, MD, FHRS, Westchester Medical Center-New York Medical College is joined by Jose Carlos Pachon-Mateos, MD, PhD, Sao Paulo Heart Hospital, and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 67
Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, Northside Hospital is joined by Tina Baykaner, MD, MPH Stanford University, and Gurukripa N Kowlgi, MBBS, MSci, Mayo…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 66
William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, MS, FHRS, University of California, San Francisco, and…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 65
Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, Northside Hospital is joined by James O'Hara, PhD, PA, Virginia Heart, and Shunmuga Sundaram Ponnusamy, MBBS, MD, CEPS-A…
- The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
The Lead Podcast - Episode 64
Danesh Kella, MBBS, FHRS, Mayo Clinic is joined by Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, Emory University, and Siva K. Mulpuru, MD, FHRS, Mayo Clinic to discuss how the…