Dr. Ron Witteles from Standford university provides an approach to cardiac amyloid and specifically AL (Light-Chain) Cardiac Amyloidosis. The discussion is lead by Amit and Dr. Ashley Bock. This episode is the fourth and final part of our immersive journey into the jungle of beta-pleated sheets in the heart. We…
Cardionerds (Daniel Ambinder and Carine Hamo) chat with Dr. Virginia Hahn about her work profiling HFpEF patients via endomyocardial biopsy only to find a significant proportion of patients with unsuspected cardiac amyloid. This is followed by a high yield discussion with Dr. Joban Vaishnav about ATTR cardiac amyloid treatment and…
Amit and Dr. Zach Il’Giovine learn about multimodality imaging in amyloid from Dr. Paul Cremer at the Cleveland Clinic. On their way to Dr. Cremer’s office, they run into Dr. Eoin Donnellan and discuss some incredible fellow research related to cardiac amyloid from an electrophysiologic perspective. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/cardiac-amyloid/
A new case of congestive heart failure due to amyloid cardiomyopathy is presented by Yuxuan Wang and discussed by Carine, Heather, Dan and Amit. Guest oncology star: Jackie Zimmerman. Flutter moment by Mark Heslin. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/cardiac-amyloid/
Amit joins Dr. Laura Young to take a pulse check with experts, and learn more about the structural management of obstructive HCM. They discuss the interventional perspective with interventional cardiologist Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy and surgical perspective from cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Per Wierup. Flutter moment by Crystal Silbak, RN. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy/
Dr. Edward Kasper shares a unique historical perspective on how the field evolved as medicine learned more about HCM. He shares so many life lessons and clinical pearls that apply to HCM and the practice of medicine in general. Flutter moment by Dr. Sidney Schechet (ophthalmology). Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy/
Clinical and echo expert Dr. Jose Madrazo discusses a high yield and practical approach to diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy/
Dr. Fatimah Alkhunaizi and the CardioNerds discuss a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, covering pathophysiology, diagnosis, imaging, and management of HCM. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy/
Amit, Carine, and Dan interview imaging expert Dr. Sneha Vakamudi and structural heart disease expert Dr. Rani Hasan about nuances regarding the diagnosis and treatment of aortic stenosis. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/episodes/aortic-stenosis/
Dr. Heather Kagan and the CardioNerds discuss a case of aortic stenosis, covering diagnosis, surveillance, imaging, management and followup. Show notes and images: https://www.cardionerds.com/episodes/aortic-stenosis/