Heart Podcast

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Professor James Rudd is joined by Professor Kenneth Ellenbogen from Virginia Commonwealth University. They discuss what conduction system pacing is and why it's needed, including the downsides of standard right ventricular apical pacing and coronary sinus pacing. They also discuss what pacing might look like in ten years, including fully leadless pacing. 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: "Primer of conduction system pacing for the general cardiologist"
https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2026/05/13/heartjnl-2025-326980

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Kristian Madsen from Esbjerg in Denmark. They discuss his publication concerning whether there are any persistent benefits of complete revascularisation at diagnosis for patients with stable angina. 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: "The prognostic benefit of complete revascularization assessed using fractional flow reserve CT"

https://heart.bmj.com/content/112/16/908.long

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Mohammed Ruzieh from Northwestern University, Illinois, US. They discuss his paper on managing patients presenting with syncope. 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: "Syncope and the heart: When to suspect and how to act?"

https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2026/05/18/heartjnl-2025-326964

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Tara Chang from Stanford University. They discuss how to assess patients with high blood pressure in the inpatient setting and the best way to manage them. 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 the paper, "Acute elevated blood pressure in the inpatient setting" - 
https://heart.bmj.com/content/112/12/658

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Nick van Osta from Maastricht University. They discuss a review paper on computational modelling in cardiovascular disease. They cover the use of AI for:

ECG diagnosis

automatic ejection fraction segmentation from echocardiography

prediction of success in cardiac resynchronisation therapy

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Link to published paper: "Individual hearts: computational models for improved management of cardiovascular disease" - https://heart.bmj.com/content/112/11/589