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This occasional series from the American College of Cardiology offers the latest in clinical education and features an exploration of current research and interviews with cardiovascular experts.
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In this episode of Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists, we dive into the evolving landscape of education and training in Critical Care Cardiology (CCC). As this specialty rapidly advances, what cognitive competencies should be prioritized? How do procedural skills fit into the equation? And who holds the responsibility for defining and standardizing these competencies? Join us as we explore the future of CCC training, the role of medical societies, and strategies for ensuring consistency and excellence in education—both within CCC and across the broader field of cardiology.   Subscribe to CardiaCast |
“Innovation in Action” is a new podcast series hosted by the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Innovation Program aimed to explore innovations shaping care delivery. In this first episode, ACC Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ami Bhatt is joined by Drs. Amey Vrudhula and Lily Stern to delve into artificial intelligence (AI) model training and how to leverage AI for early screening of cardiac amyloidosis.  This podcast is supported by AstraZeneca.  Related References:   Vrudhula A, Stern L, Cheng PC, et al. Impact of case and control selection on training artificial intelligence screening of cardiac amyloidosis. JACC Adv 2024;3:100998.  Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
Special Edition: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for CV Team members, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. In this series the CV Team Section has partnered with the Geriatric Section’s Palliative Care Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts S. Ian Borison, DO; Michelle Churchill, CRNP, ACHPN and Jill Steiner, MD, MS, FACC to share insights to training our trainees in skilled serious illness communication.      Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
Special Edition: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. In this series the CV Team Section has partnered with the Geriatric Section’s Palliative Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Richard A. Josephson, MS, MD, FACC, Christy Cantey DNP, FNP-C, AACC, CCK, and Gwen M. Bernacki, MD MHSA to share insights for high-risk procedures in our high risk patients: we can, but should we?    Suggested Materials:  Vital Talk website. 2024. Available at https://www.vitaltalk.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.   The Conversation Project - Have You Had The Conversation? (Institute for Healthcare Improvement website). 2024. Available at https://theconversationproject.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.   Bernacki GW, Starks H, Krishnaswami A, et al. Peri-procedural code status for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Absence of program policies and standard practices. J Am Geriatr Soc 2022;70:3378-89.    Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
Special Edition:“PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. In this series the CV Team Section has partnered with the Geriatric Section’s Palliative Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Alex Tabone, PA-C, AACC, Alix Barnes, MD, and Sharon Dickinson, PA-C, FACC to share insights for serious conversations in the critical care trenches.    Suggested Materials:  Godfrey S, Barnes A, Gao J, Sulistio MS, Katz JN, Chuzi S. Shared Decision-making in Palliative and End-of-life Care in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. US Cardiology Review 2024;18:e13.  Colorado Program for Patient Centered Decisions (Patient Decision Aid website). 2024. Available at https://www.patientdecisionaid.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.    Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
Special Edition: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. In this series the CV Team Section has partnered with the Geriatric Section’s Palliative Care Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Jae Patton, MSN, CRNP, AACC and Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH to share insights for ensuring quality of life when time is short: tools for the end-stage heart failure care.     Suggested Materials  Center to Advance Palliative Care (Center to Advance Palliative Care website). 2024. Available at https://www.capc.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.  Godfrey S, Kirkpatrick JN, Kramer DB, Sulistio MS. Expanding the paradigm for cardiovascular palliative care. Circulation 2023;148:1039-52.  Godfrey S, Chen CL, Sulistio MS, Kumar S, Newcomer K. Shocked at end-of-life: an educational video for hospice workers about implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. J Pain Symptom Manage 2024;67:e557-58.   Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
“Courtside with the Chair” is a series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Kim is joined by Drs. Peter Dean, Keri Shafer, and Jonathan Edelson to discuss the emergence of Pediatric Sports Cardiology. Dr. Kim moderates the discussion about important issues within pediatric sports cardiology that differentiates from the clinical thinking around adult athletes. The conversation over two parts focuses on the need for the field of pediatric sports cardiology, what defines a ‘pediatric athlete’, considerations for screening this population, differences with shared decision-making compared to adult athletes, and gaps in knowledge.   Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
“Courtside with the Chair” is a series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Kim is joined by Drs. Peter Dean, Keri Shafer, and Jonathan Edelson to discuss the emergence of Pediatric Sports Cardiology. Dr. Kim moderates the discussion about important issues within pediatric sports cardiology that differentiates from the clinical thinking around adult athletes. The conversation over two parts focuses on the need for the field of pediatric sports cardiology, what defines a ‘pediatric athlete’, considerations for screening this population, differences with shared decision-making compared to adult athletes, and gaps in knowledge.   Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit      
Echocardiography (Echo) and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) play a critical role in the cardiac intensive Care Unit (CICU). In this episode, our expert cardiologists Drs. Rosy Thachil, Shashank Sinha, Smadar Kort and Eugene Yuriditsky examine the latest advancements, techniques, and clinical applications of Echo and POCUS in managing critically ill cardiac patients. Learn how these powerful imaging tools can enhance diagnostic accuracy, provide real-time data, guide therapeutic interventions, and improve patient outcomes in the high-stakes environment of the CICU. Whether you're a seasoned cardiologist or a healthcare professional new to critical care cardiology, there is much to learn from these valuable insights and practical tips for optimizing the use of Echo and POCUS.  Related References:  Kirkpatrick JN, Grimm R, Johri AM, et al. Recommendations for echocardiography laboratories participating in cardiac point of care cardiac ultrasound (POCUS) and critical care echocardiography training: report from the American Society of Echocardiography.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2020;33:409-422.e4.   Subscribe to CardiaCast |  
Special Edition: PharmD Appreciation: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. This series, published during American Pharmacists Month, celebrates our pharmacist CV Team members in an educational series with a specific Pharmacist focus. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Tomasz Jurga, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BCCP, HF-Cert, AACC; Lydia Tran, PharmD, BCPS and Bruce Warden, PharmD, BCPS, FNLA, FASPC to discuss the role of the pharmacists of the care team for lipid management.     Subscribe to CardiaCast  
Special Edition: PharmD Appreciation: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. This series, published during American Pharmacists Month, celebrates our pharmacist CV Team members in an educational series with a specific Pharmacist focus. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Lydia Tran, PharmD, BCPS and Sushma Dey, PharmD, BCACP to discuss the role of the pharmacists on the care team for hypertension management.      Subscribe to CardiaCast  
In this installment of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and Antiarrhythmic Drugs (AADs) series, Dr. Suneet Mittal interviews Dr. Jeff Healey about evidence supporting the guidelines and how they compare to previous guidelines. Listen as Dr. Healey analyzes the utilization of AADs based on the 2023 guidelines.  This podcast is part of Early Onset of Atrial Fibrillation & the Contemporary Use of Antiarrhythmic Drugs grant initiative.    Educational grant support is provided by Sanofi. Click here for more: https://learn.acc.org/Page/LearnAntiarrhythmicDrugsforAF     Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 
Special Edition: PharmD Appreciation: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. This series, published during American Pharmacists Month, celebrates our pharmacist CV Team members in an educational series with a specific Pharmacist focus. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Anastasia Armbruster, PharmD, FACC, BCCP and Megan Labreck, PharmD, BCPS, CACP to discuss the most recent atrial fibrillation (Afib) guidelines and what the documents mean to a pharmacist working on a cardiac arrhythmia care team.   Subscribe to CardiaCast  
In this episode of CardiaCast, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) expert Dr. Matthew Martinez will discuss with Dr. Michelle Kittleson recommendations for early diagnosis in the 2024 HCM guideline and review the latest clinical and real-world trial data for new (mavacamten) and emerging (aficamten) cardiac myosin inhibitors.   This CardiaCast is part of an educational series, “2024 Update to the AHA/ACC HCM Guideline: Expert Interpretation for Application to Practice,” which includes a total of three ACC CardiaCasts and an accredited #MedX. The series is produced by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and Med-IQ and supported by an educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb. Exploring HCM Diagnosis and Treatment Options: The New Frontier of Cardiac Myosin Inhibitors (acc.org)   Suggested Materials:    Olivotto I, Oreziak A, Barriales-Villa R, et al; EXPLORER-HCM study investigators. Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020;396:759-69. Erratum in: Lancet 2020;396:758.   Desai MY, Owens A, Wolski K, et al. Mavacamten in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy referred for septal reduction: week 56 results from the VALOR-HCM randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiol 2023;8:968-77.   Maron MS, Masri A, Nassif ME, et al; SEQUOIA-HCM Investigators. Aficamten for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1849-61.  
Special Edition: PharmD Appreciation: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to everyday challenges. This series, published during American Pharmacists Month, celebrates our pharmacist CV Team members in an educational series with a specific PharmD focus. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Jessie Dunne, PharmD, BCCP, BCPC and Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS, FAHA, FHFSA to discuss the most recent heart failure guidelines, expert consensus publication, and what these documents mean to a pharmacist working on a heart failure care team.    Subscribe to CardiaCast  
In this episode of CardiaCast, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) expert Dr. Matthew Martinez will discuss with Dr. Cesar Herrera challenges that exist in Latin America related to the application of the recently issued guideline, “2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR Guideline for the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.”     This CardiaCast is part of an educational series, “2024 Update to the AHA/ACC HCM Guideline: Expert Interpretation for Application to Practice,” which includes a total of three ACC CardiaCasts and an accredited #MedX. The series is produced by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and Med-IQ and supported by an educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb. Exploring HCM Diagnosis and Treatment Options: The New Frontier of Cardiac Myosin Inhibitors (acc.org)  Subscribe to CardiaCast  
“PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. This series, published during Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, is in collaboration with the ACC’s Vascular Disease Section. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Demetria Bolden, PhD, MBA, CPTD, Osama Ibrahim, MD, FACC and Bailey Estes, MSN, AGNP-C for the final installment of the PAD series focused on the impact of social determinants of health for the PAD patient population.   Subscribe to CardiaCast  
“PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. This series, published during Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, is in collaboration with the ACC’s Vascular Disease Section. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Craig Beavers, BCCP, BCPS-AQ, FACC, Maya Serhal MD, FACC and Bailey Estes MSN, AGNP-C for a discussion on guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) and supervised exercise therapy in the treatment of PAD.    Subscribe to CardiaCast  
 “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. This series, published during Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, is in collaboration with the ACC’s Vascular Disease Section. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Derek Pineda, NP, AACC, Bailey Estes, MSN, AGNP-C, and Pradeep Nair, MD, FACC for a discussion of interventional treatment options for PAD.    Subscribe to CardiaCast  
PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. This series, published during Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, is in collaboration with the ACC’s Vascular Disease Section. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Hussein Abu Daya MD, FACC, Brian Rose, PA-C, MPH, AACC and Bailey Estes MSN, AGNP-C, to begin the PAD series with an introductory overview.  
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