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Are e-cigarettes safe?
6d ago00:11:59Tap to summarizeWith Dimitri Richter, Euroclinic of Athens, Athens - Greece and Ricardo Asteggiano, Laboratorio Analisi Ricerca Clinica, Turin - Italy. In this podcast, Dimitri Richter joins Ricardo Asteggiano to discuss if e-cigarettes are safe. REFERENCES: Kang D, Choi KH, Kim H, Park H, Heo J, Park TK, Lee JM, Cho J, Yang JH, Hahn JY, Choi SH, Gwon HC, Song YB. Prognosis after switching to electronic cigarettes following percutaneous coronary intervention: a Korean nationwide study. Eur Heart J. 2025;46:84-95. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/46/1/84/7828721 Münzel T, Crea F, Rajagopalan S, Lüscher T. Nicotine and the cardiovascular system: unmasking a global public health threat. Eur Heart J. 2025 Dec 18:ehaf1010. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advancearticle/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1010/8377624
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Can I still drink coffee?
6d ago00:12:27Tap to summarizeWith Thomas Luscher, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London - UK and Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France. In this podcast, Thomas Luscher joins Marc Ferrini to discuss if we can still drink coffee. References : European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). https://epic.iarc.fr/ National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES} https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.html Luscher TF. Start your day with a morning coffee! Eur Heart J. 2025 Feb 21;46(8):760-762. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/46/8/760/7928645 Wang X, Ma H, Sun Q, Li J, Heianza Y, Van Dam RM, Hu FB, Rimm E, Manson JE, Qi L. Coffee drinking timing and mortality in US adults. Eur Heart J. 2025 Feb 21;46(8):749-759. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae871https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/46/8/749/7928425 Corti R, Binggeli C, Sudano I, Spieker L, Hanseler E, Ruschitzka F, Chaplin WF, Lüscher TF, Noll G. Coffee acutely increases sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure independently of caffeine content: role of habitual versus nonhabitual drinking. Circulation. 2002 Dec 3;106(23):2935-40. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.cir.0000046228.97025.3a
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TAVI in Women: Closing the Sex Gap in Aortic Stenosis Care
3w ago00:14:30Tap to summarizeWith Mirvat Alasnag, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah - Saudi Arabia and Thomas Kümler, Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Herlev - Denmark In this podcast, Mirvat Alasnag joins Thomas Kumler to discuss TAVI in women. References: 1. Tchetche D, Pibarot P, Bax JJ, Bonaros N, Windecker S, Dumonteil N, Nietlispach F, Messika-Zeitoun D, Pocock SJ, Berthoumieu P, Swaans MJ, Timmers L, Rudolph TK, Bleiziffer S, Leroux L, Modine T, van der Kley F, Auffret V, Tomasi J, Stastny L, Hengstenberg C, Andreas M, Leclercq F, Gandet T, Mascherbauer J, Trescher K, Prendergast B, Vasa-Nicotera M, Chieffo A, Mares J, Wesselink W, Rakova R, Kurucova J, Bramlage P, Eltchaninoff H. Transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve replacement in women: the RHEIA trial. Eur Heart J. 2025;46:2079–88. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf133. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/46/22/2079/8103699 2. Eltchaninoff H, Bonaros N, Prendergast B, Nietlispach F, Vasa-Nicotera M, Chieffo A, Pibarot P, Bramlage P, Sykorova L, Kurucova J, Bax JJ, Windecker S, Dumonteil N, Tchetche D. Rationale and design of a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter heart valve replacement in female patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis requiring aortic valve intervention (Randomized researcH in womEn all comers wIth Aortic stenosis [RHEIA] trial). Am Heart J. 2020;228:27–35. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002870320301964 3. Silva I, Alperi A, Hecht S, Zanuttini A, Théron A, Giuliani C, Camacho B, Dahou A, Mares J, Bax J, Bonaros N, Windecker S, Messika-Zeitoun D, Wesselink W, Rakova R, Bramlage P, Tchétché D, Eltchaninoff H, Pibarot P; RHEIA Trial Investigators. Echocardiographic results of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in women with severe aortic stenosis: the RHEIA trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.047196. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.125.047196 4. Eltchaninoff H, Windecker S, Mack MJ, Pibarot P, Thourani VH, Bax JJ, Cohen DJ, Bonaros N, Makkar R, Bleiziffer S, Szeto WY, Berthoumieu P, Hahn RT, Hovorka T, Mareš J, Taylor J, Tchetche D, Leon MB. Aortic Valve Replacement in Women: A Pooled Analysis of the RHEIA and PARTNER 3 Trials. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2025;18:1540-53. https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2025.03.036 5. Herrmann HC, Mehran R, Blackman DJ, Bailey S, Möllmann H, Abdel-Wahab M, Ben Ali W, Mahoney PD, Ruge H, Wood DA, Bleiziffer S, Ramlawi B, Gada H, Petronio AS, Resor CD, Merhi W, Garcia Del Blanco B, Attizzani GF, Batchelor WB, Gillam LD, Guerrero M, Rogers T, Rovin JD, Szerlip M, Whisenant B, Deeb GM, Grubb KJ, Padang R, Fan MT, Althouse AD, Tchétché D; SMART Trial Investigators. Self-expanding or balloon-expandable TAVR in patients with a small aortic annulus (SMART trial). N Engl J Med. 2024;390:1959–71. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2312573 6. Herrmann HC, Tchetche D, Mehran R, et al. SMART trial 2-year outcomes: continued superior valve performance for the self-expanding TAVR system in small annulus patients. Presented at CRT 2025: 8-11 March 2025, Washington, DC, USA 7. Praz F, Borger MA, Lanz J, Marin-Cuartas M, Abreu A, Adamo M, Ajmone Marsan N, Barili F, Bonaros N, Cosyns B, De Paulis R, Gamra H, Jahangiri M, Jeppsson A, Klautz RJM, Mores B, Pérez-David E, Pöss J, Prendergast BD, Rocca B, Rossello X, Suzuki M, Thiele H, Tribouilloy CM, Wojakowski W; ESC/EACTS Scientific Document Group. 2025 ESC/EACTS guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2025;46:4635–736. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/46/44/4635/8234488 8. Mack MJ, Leon MB, Thourani VH, Makkar R, Kodali SK, Russo M, Kapadia SR, Malaisrie SC, Cohen DJ, Pibarot P, Leipsic J, Hahn RT, Blanke P, Williams MR, McCabe JM, Brown DL, Babaliaros V, Goldman S, Szeto WY, Genereux P, Pershad A, Pocock SJ, Alu MC, Webb JG, Smith CR; PARTNER 3 Investigators. Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a balloon-expandable valve in low-risk patients (PARTNER 3). N Engl J Med. 2019;380:1695–705. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1814052 9. Kodali S, Williams MR, Doshi D, Hahn RT, Humphries KH, Nkomo VT, Cohen DJ, Douglas PS, Mack M, Xu K, Svensson L, Thourani VH, Tuzcu EM, Weissman NJ, Leon M, Kirtane AJ. Sex-specific differences at presentation and outcomes among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:377–84. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M15-0121 10. Chieffo A, Petronio AS, Mehilli J, Chandrasekhar J, Sartori S, Lefèvre T, Presbitero P, Capranzano P, Tchetche D, Iadanza A, Sardella G, Van Mieghem NM, Meliga E, Dumonteil N, Fraccaro C, Trabattoni D, Mikhail G, Sharma S, Ferrer MC, Naber C, Kievit P, Baber U, Snyder C, Sharma M, Morice MC, Mehran R; WIN-TAVI Investigators. 1-Year Clinical Outcomes in Women After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the First WIN-TAVI Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018;11:1–12. https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.09.034 11. Tateishi K, Hmoud H, De Gregorio I, Hastings R, De Gregorio J. The impact of gender on outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation between self-expanding valve and balloon-expandable valve. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2024;63:38–42. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1553838924000034 12. Iribarren AC, AlBadri A, Wei J, Nelson MD, Li D, Makkar R, Merz CNB. Sex differences in aortic stenosis: identification of knowledge gaps for sex-specific personalized medicine. Am Heart J Plus. 2022;21:100197. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9629620/ 13. Springhetti P, Abdoun K, Clavel M-A. Sex differences in aortic stenosis: from the pathophysiology to the intervention, current challenges, and future perspectives. J Clin Med. 2024;13:4237. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/14/4237 14. Tastet L, Kwiecinski J, Pibarot P, Capoulade R, Everett RJ, Newby DE, Shen M, Guzzetti E, Arsenault M, Bédard É, Larose É, Beaudoin J, Dweck M, Clavel MA. Sex-related differences in the extent of myocardial fibrosis in patients with aortic valve stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020;13:699–711. https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.06.014 15. Treibel TA, Kozor R, Schofield R, Benedetti G, Fontana M, Bhuva AN, Sheikh A, López B, González A, Manisty C, Lloyd G, Kellman P, Díez J, Moon JC. Reverse myocardial r...
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Management of women's heart health - real-world experience
4w ago00:19:40Tap to summarizeWith Tiziana Claudia Aranzulla, Mauriziano Umberto Hospital, Turin - Italy and Ricardo Asteggiano, Laboratorio Analisi Ricerca Clinica, Turin - Italy. In this podcast, Tiziana Aranzulla joins Ricardo Asteggiano to discuss the management of women's heart health. REFERENCES: Greenwood BN, Carnahan S, Huang L. Patient-physician gender concordance and increased mortality among female heart attack patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2018 Aug 21;115(34):8569-74. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1800097115 CardioDonna Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dauT9OMUc https://www.insalutenews.it/in-salute/medicina-di-genere-salvata-la-prima-paziente-al-centro-cardiodonna-del-mauriziano-di-torino Noelle Russell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZRdje_TZFo
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Menopause and cardiovascular risk
Apr 1400:13:31Tap to summarizeWith Eva Gerdts, University of Bergen, Bergen - Norway and Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France. In this podcast, Eva Gerdts joins Marc Ferrini to discuss menopause and cardiovascular risk. REFERENCES: Swan study: El Khoudary SR, Greendale G, Crawford SL, Avis NE, Brooks MM, Thurston RC, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Waetjen LE, Matthews K. The menopause transition and women's health at midlife: a progress report from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause. 2019;26:1213-27. Joint analysis of four population cohorts in the USA: Ji H, Kim A, Ebinger JE, Niiranen TJ, Claggett BL, Bairey Merz CN, Cheng S. Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Mar 1;5:19-26. Erratum in: JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Mar 1;5(3):364. Women's Health Initiative HERS study: Grady D, Applegate W, Bush T, Furberg C, Riggs B, Hulley SB. Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS): design, methods, and baseline characteristics. Control Clin Trials. 1998 Aug;19(4):314-35.
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Treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 2026: what are the challenges?
Mar 300:10:59Tap to summarizeWith Alex Horby Christensen, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen - Denmark and Thomas Kumler, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital and Steno Diabetes Center, Herlev - Denmark. In this podcast, Alex Horby Christensen joins Thomas Kumler to discuss the challenges of the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 2026.
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How to implement a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 2026
Mar 300:15:19Tap to summarizeWith William John McKenna, University College London, London - UK and Marc Ferrini, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France. In this podcast, William John McKenna joins Marc Ferrini to discuss how to implement a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 2026.
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The management of heart failure in patients with aortic stenosis
Feb 300:23:22Tap to summarizeWith Victoria Delgado, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Barcelona - Spain and Stefano Nistri, CMSR Veneto Medica, Altavilla Vicentina - Italy. In this podcast, Victoria Delgado joins Stefano Nistri to discuss the management of heart failure in patients with aortic stenosis.
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Assessment of asymptomatic patients with aortic valve stenosis
Feb 300:16:33Tap to summarizeWith Konstantinos Toutouzas, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - Greece and Stefano Nistri, CMSR Veneto Medica, Altavilla Vicentina - Italy. In this podcast, Konstantinos Toutouzas joins Stefano Nistri to discuss the assessment of asymptomatic patients with aortic valve stenosis.
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Heart failure and mental health
Jan 1300:14:27Tap to summarizeWith Marta Farrero, Task Force Coordinator of the "2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease", Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona - Spain and Ruxandra Christodorescu, CardioPractice Board member, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania. In this podcast, Marta Farrero joins Ruxandra Christodorescu to discuss heart failure and mental health. Reference: Bueno H, Deaton C, Farrero M, Forsyth F, Braunschweig F, Buccheri S, Dragan S, Gevaert S, Held C, Kurpas D, Ladwig KH, Lionis CD, Maas AHEM, Merșa CO, Mindham R, Pedersen SS, Rojnic Kuzman M, Szmit S, Taylor RS, Uchmanowicz I, Vilchinsky N; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease: developed under the auspices of the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee. Eur Heart J. 2025 Nov 3;46(41):4156-4225. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf191.
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