CardioNerds

A US-based cardiology podcast created in 2019 by Dr Amit Goyal and Dr Daniel Ambinder. It provides in-depth discussions of clinical cardiology topics, current guidelines, and expert interviews to enhance cardiology education and patient care.

July 26, 2026

459. The Continuum of Prevention and Heart Failure with Dr. Anu Lala and Dr. Martha Gulati

Cardiology, general-practice and endocrinology clinicians get a prevention-focused approach to hypertension, diabetes, obesity and early cardiac remodelling. It frames heart failure as a continuum from risk factors to structural change and symptoms, linking reliable blood-pressure measurement, urine albumin-creatinine ratio, natriuretic peptides, echocardiography and parallel cardiometabolic treatment to earlier action.

July 11, 2026

458. The Golden Age of Pulmonary Embolism Randomized Controlled Trials with Dr. Jay Giri

Cardiology, respiratory and critical-appraisal teams get an evidence update on intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism. It separates anticoagulation from catheter-directed thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy while keeping right ventricular dysfunction, biomarkers, oxygen requirement, bleeding risk, clinical deterioration endpoints, multidisciplinary PERT decisions and post-PE symptoms in view.

July 4, 2026

457. Insights into INOCA and ANOCA with Dr. Claire Raphael

Cardiology, emergency and acute medicine clinicians get a focused update on recurrent angina despite non-obstructive coronary angiography. ANOCA, INOCA and MINOCA are separated clearly, with microvascular dysfunction, vasospasm, SCAD, myocarditis, Takotsubo, early cardiac MRI, risk-factor treatment and cardiac rehabilitation kept in view.

June 26, 2026

456. ACS Guidelines Question #2 with Dr. Michelle O’Donoghue

Cardiology, emergency and acute medicine teams get a focused update on late-presenting ST elevation myocardial infarction. A stable, pain-free patient with completed infarction more than 24 hours after symptom onset does not routinely benefit from opening an occluded infarct-related artery, but ongoing ischaemia, shock, severe heart failure or life-threatening arrhythmia changes the decision.

June 22, 2026

455. The Long-Term Management Of Patients With Pulmonary Embolism with Dr. Soophia Naydenov

Cardiology, respiratory and acute medicine teams get a structured approach to persistent symptoms after pulmonary embolism. It differentiates post-PE impairment, chronic thromboembolic disease and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, linking follow-up to symptom scoring, V/Q imaging, echocardiography, functional assessment and individualised anticoagulation decisions.

June 5, 2026

453. ACS Guidelines Question #1 with Dr. Sunil Rao – Vascular Access

ACS angiography planning should not stop at choosing the wrist. Radial access is preferred when feasible, but femoral backup, crossover triggers, radial spasm and possible mechanical circulatory support need to be anticipated before the case becomes unstable.

June 2, 2026

452. Risk stratification in Acute Pulmonary Embolism with Dr. Stavros Konstantinides

Acute pulmonary embolism can look deceptively stable before blood pressure falls. This teaching keeps risk stratification dynamic, using right ventricular dysfunction, oxygenation, lactate, troponin and trajectory to separate low, intermediate-high and high-risk PE.

May 28, 2026

151: CCTA, CT-FFR, and AI Plaque Analysis to Personalize CAD Detection, Prevention, and Management with Dr. Michael Gallagher

Stable chest discomfort may need anatomy, physiology and plaque burden considered together. CCTA can show coronary atherosclerosis directly; CT-FFR and CAD-RADS modifiers help interpret lesion-specific flow limitation, plaque burden and high-risk plaque features.

May 26, 2026

450. Journal Club: The I-CLASS Registry with Dr. Theofanie Mela and Dr. Pugazhendhi Vijayraman

Heart failure with broad left bundle branch block needs CRT decisions grounded in response, anatomy and evidence limits. Biventricular pacing remains the guideline-supported first-line strategy for typical reduced ejection fraction, while left bundle branch area pacing raises capture, expertise and selection questions.

May 22, 2026

449. Atrial Fibrillation: Challenging Scenarios in Atrial Fibrillation Management with Dr. Bradley Knight

Complex atrial fibrillation is framed around the decision that changes management: rhythm control, rate control, cardioversion, ablation or pacing. Pre-excitation, pregnancy, repaired Tetralogy of Fallot and tachy-brady syndrome each need a more precise description than chronic AF.

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