With Panos E. Vardas, Department at Heraklion University, Hospital, Crete - Greece & Marc Ferrini, Editor-in-Chief CardioPractice; CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France.

In this podcast, Professor Panos E. Vardas (Department at Heraklion University, Hospital, Crete, Greece) joins Dr Marc Ferrini (CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon, France) to discuss how artificial intelligence can modify our daily cardiology practice.

With Nicolaus Marx, WTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen - Germany & Ruxandra Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania.
 
In this podcast, Professor Nicolaus Marx (WTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany), Chair of Task Force of the 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes;  joins Associate Professor Ruxandra Christodorescu (University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania) to discuss lipids and diabetes.

With Dimitris RICHTER, Euroclinic of Athens, Athens - Greece & Heinz DREXEL, Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment, Feldkirch - Austria.

In this podcast, Professor Heinz Drexel (Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment, Feldkirch, Austria) joins Dr Dimitris Richter (Euroclinic of Athens, Athens, Greece) to discuss hypertriglyceridemia and residual cardiovascular risk.

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With Harald Jorstad, Amsterdam UMC - The Netherlands and Michael Papadakis, St. George’s, University of London and St George’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London - UK.  
  
In this podcast, Dr Harald Jorstad (Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands) is joined by Professor Michael Papadakis (St. George’s, University of London and St George’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK) to discuss risk stratification in sports cardiology. 

With Harald Jorstad, Amsterdam UMC - The Netherlands and Maria Sanz de la Garza, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona - Spain.
  
In the second of two podcasts, Dr Harald Jorstad (Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands) joins Dr Maria Sanz de la Garza (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) to discuss the role of imaging for the prevention of sudden cardiac death with a focus on multimodality imaging in aortopathies and ischaemic heart disease. 

With Harald Jorstad, Amsterdam UMC - The Netherlands and Maria Sanz de la Garza, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona - Spain. 

In the first of two podcasts, Dr Harald Jorstad (Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands) joins Dr Maria Sanz de la Garza (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) to discuss the role of imaging for the prevention of sudden cardiac death with a focus on multimodality imaging in cardiomyopathies. 

With Harald Thune Jørstad (host), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam - The Netherlands & Flavio D'Ascenzi, University of Siena, Siena - Italy.

In this podcast, Dr Harald Thune Jørstad (Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Assoc. Prof. Flavio D’Ascenzi (University of Siena, Siena, Italy) discuss exercise prescription in athletes with cardiomyopathies.

With Harald Thune Jørstad (host), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam - The Netherlands, Jolien Roos-Hesselink2, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam -The Netherlands  & Dr.Martijn Kauling, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam - The Netherlands.

In this podcast, Dr Harald Thune Jørstad (Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Prof. Jolien Roos-Hesselink and Dr.Martijn Kauling (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) discuss physical exercising for cardiovascular prevention.

With Stefano Nistri, CMSR Veneto Medica, Altavilla Vicentina - Italy & Luigi P. Badano, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan - Italy.

In this podcast, Professor Luigi P. Badano (University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy) joins Dr Stefano Nistri (CMSR Veneto Medica, Altavilla Vicentina, Italy) to discuss tricuspid insufficiency for the general cardiologist.

With Damien Cullington, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool - UK & Julie De Backer, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent - Belgium.

With Candice Silversides, University of Toronto, Toronto - Canada &  Bernard Clarke, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester - UK.

With Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France & Jean-Philippe Collet, Pitie Salpetriere APHP University Hospital, Paris -France.

With Riccardo Asteggiano, University of Insurbria, Varese - Italy, Ruxandra Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania & Piotr Ponikowski, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw - Poland.

With Ruxandra Maria Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania & Gerasimos Filippatos, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens - Greece.

With Ruxandra Maria Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania & Petar Seferovic, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade - Serbia 

With Riccardo Asteggiano, University of Insurbria, Varese - Italy & Bernard Cosyns, University of Brussels, Brussels - Belgium.

With Stefano Nistri, CMSR Veneto Medica, Altavilla Vicentina - Italy and Ali Nazmi Calik, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research, Istanbul - Turkey 

With Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France and Pierre Deharo, APHM Hopital de la Timone, Marseille - France

With Professor Konstantinos Toutouzas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens - Greece & Associate Professor Dimitrios T. Farmakis, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens - Greece & University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia - Cyprus.

With Riccardo Asteggiano, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese - Italy, LARC-Laboratorio Analisi e Ricerca Clinica, Turin - Italy & López-Fernández, La Paz Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute, Madrid - Spain

With Konstantinos Toutouzas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens - Greece & Grigoris Gerotziafas, Hematology and Thrombosis Center, Hôpital Tenon, Hôpitaux Universitaires de l'Est Parisien, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris - France 

With Dr Riccardo Asteggiano,  University of Insubria, Varese - Italy & Professor Thomas, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern - Switzerland.

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In this interview with Borja Ibáñez, National Centre for Cardiovascular Research CNIC and Fundacion Jimenez Diaz Hospital, Madrid - Spain, one of the Task Force co-ordinators of the ESC 2023 Guidelines for the management of acute coronary sydromes, and Riccardo Asteggiano, Laboratorio Analisi Ricerca Clinica, Turin - Italy, underline the complex aspects of long-term therapy after ACS, mainly concerning antithrombotic management and secondary prevention management.

With Bernard Iung, Hospital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris - France & Konstatinos Toutouzas, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens - Greece.

In this podcast, they discuss primary mitral regurgitation.

With Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, The Allina Heart Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN & Marc Ferrini2, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon, France.

In this podcast, Dr Maurice Enriquez-Sarano (The Allina Heart Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA) joins Dr Marc Ferrini (Editor-in-Chief CardioPractice; CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon, France) to discuss our current understanding of mitral valve prolapse (MVP). The treatment of MVP has evolved in recent years, and we now know that a small fraction of myxomatous mitral valve prolapse patients may, over time, experience severe arrhythmia, irrespective of mitral regurgitation severity. Dr Sarano presents the current thinking on the diagnosis and the tools available for arrhythmic risk stratification.

With João Bicho Augusto, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora - Portugal, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London - United Kingdom & Victoria Johnson, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main - Germany.

In this podcast, Dr João Bicho Augusto (Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal & Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom) joins Dr Victoria Johnson (University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) to discuss his CardioPractice article: Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging algorithms - what is used in clinical routine?

With Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France and Massimo Volpe, Sapienza University of Rome - Italy

With Konstantinos Toutouzas and Charalambos Vlachopoulos, First Department of Cardiology of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - Greece. 

With Maxime Guenoun, Department of Rhythmology, European Hospital, Marseille - France and Christophe Leclercq, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes - France.

In this podcast, Christophe Leclercq joins Maxime Guenoun to discuss how to manage patients with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation.

With Nikolaus Marx, Chair of Task Force of the 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen - Germany and Ruxandra Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania.

With Alexander Kharlamov, De Haar Research Task Force, Rotterdam - The Netherlands, and Pepijn Adriaan Van Diemen, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam - The Netherlands.

In this podcast, Alexander Kharlamov joins Pepijn Adriaan Van Diemen to discuss how to choose whether to be or not to be invasive in patients with chronic coronary syndrome.

REFERENCE

Vrints C, Andreotti F, Koskinas KC, Rossello X, Adamo M, Ainslie J, Banning AP, Budaj A, Buechel RR, Chiariello GA, Chieffo A, Christodorescu RM, Deaton C, Doenst T, Jones HW, Kunadian V, Mehilli J, Milojevic M, Piek JJ, Pugliese F, Rubboli A, Semb AG, Senior R, Ten Berg JM, Van Belle E, Van Craenenbroeck EM, Vidal-Perez R, Winther S; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J. 2024 Sep 29;45(36):3415-3537. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/45/36/3415/7743115

DISCLOSURES:

Alexander Kharlamov and Pepijn Adriaan Van Diemen have no conflicts of interest to declare.

With Alexander Kharlamov, De Haar Research Task Force, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Pepijn Adriaan Van Diemen, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In this podcast, Alexander Kharlamov joins Pepijn Adriaan Van Diemen to discuss how to choose between anatomic vs functional tests in chronic coronary syndrome patients.

Reference: Vrints C, Andreotti F, Koskinas KC, Rossello X, Adamo M, Ainslie J, Banning AP, Budaj A, Buechel RR, Chiariello GA, Chieffo A, Christodorescu RM, Deaton C, Doenst T, Jones HW, Kunadian V, Mehilli J, Milojevic M, Piek JJ, Pugliese F, Rubboli A, Semb AG, Senior R, Ten Berg JM, Van Belle E, Van Craenenbroeck EM, Vidal-Perez R, Winther S; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J. 2024 Sep 29;45(36):3415-3537. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/45/36/3415/7743115

DISCLOSURES: 

Alexander Kharlamov and Pepijn Adriaan Van Diemen have no conflicts of interest to declare.

With Miguel Camafort-Babkowki, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Spain, and Ruxandra Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania.

Miguel Camafort-Babkowski joins Ruxandra Christodorescu to discuss hypertension and heart failure.

With Rosa Maria Bruno, Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre – PARCC, Pharmacology & Hypertension Unit, European Hospital Georges Pompidou APHP, Paris, and Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France.

In this podcast, Rosa Maria Bruno joins Marc Ferrini to discuss hypertension in pregnancy.

Reference:

McEvoy JW, McCarthy CP, Bruno RM, Brouwers S, Canavan MD, Ceconi C, Christodorescu RM, Daskalopoulou SS, Ferro CJ, Gerdts E, Hanssen H, Harris J, Lauder L, McManus RJ, Molloy GJ, Rahimi K, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Rossi GP, Sandset EC, Scheenaerts B, Staessen JA, Uchmanowicz I, Volterrani M, Touyz RM; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension. 

Eur Heart J. 2024;45:3912-4018

With Roberto Pedretti, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan - Italy, and Luigina Guasti, University of Insubria, Varese - Italy and Chair of the ESC Council of CardioPractice.

In this podcast, Roberto Pedretti joins Luigina Guasti to discuss cardiovascular risk factors in older adults.

With Thomas Kümler, Complications Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital and University of Copenhagen, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen - Denmark and Professor Marco Proietti, Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine, University of Milan, Milan - Italy.

In this podcast, Marco Proietti joins Thomas Kümler to discuss stroke in older adults.

With Mario Bocchiardo, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (SV) - Italy and Riccardo Asteggiano, LARC (Laboratorio Analisi Ricerca Clinica), Turin - Italy.

In this podcast, Mario Bocchiardo joins Ricardo Asteggiano to discuss atrial fibrillation screening in patients with cryptogenic stroke.

With Davide Forno, Maria Vittoria Hospital Turin - Italy and Riccardo Asteggiano, LARC (Laboratorio Analisi Ricerca Clinica), Turin - Italy.

In this podcast, Davide Forno joins Riccardo Asteggiano to discuss patent foramen ovale.

With Emil Wolsk, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Herlev - Denmark and Thomas Kümler, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital and Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev and University of Copenhagen, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen - Denmark.

In this podcast, Emil Wolsk joins Thomas Kümler to discuss dyspnoea of unknown cause.