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The Tell-Tale Heart: The Pharmacist's Cardiovascular Digest
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This podcast delivers concise clinical updates in cardiology alongside insightful career stories from pharmacists in the field. Host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, CACP, provides essential knowledge and practical perspectives for pharmacy professionals specializing in cardiovascular care.
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36: 2026 ACC Consensus Pathway Redefines HFpEF Diagnosis, Treatment Priorities
1w ago00:13:40Tap to summarizeManagement of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: 2026 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee
Transcribe →35: Deprescribing in Cardiovascular Disease: A New AHA Roadmap for Tackling Polypharmacy
3w ago00:39:19Tap to summarizeLearn more about the AHA scientific statement here.
Transcribe →34: Putting the 2026 CKM Guidelines Into Practice: A Pharmacist's Perspective
Jun 2400:33:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Tell-Tale Heart, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, welcomes back Lavinia Salama, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BC-ADM, CDCES, for an in-depth look at the new cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) guidelines and how they translate into everyday practice. Salama says she's encouraged that CKM recommendations have evolved from a conceptual framework into a formal, multisociety guideline, with new emphasis on albuminuria, the PREVENT risk equation, and routine screening for obstructive sleep apnea, MASLD/MASH, and social determinants of health.
Transcribe →33: Craig Beavers, PharmD Breaks Down the 2026 CKM Guidelines — And Why They Matter
Jun 1000:12:09Tap to summarizeIn this solo episode of the Tell-Tale Heart podcast, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, delivers an immediate reaction to the newly released 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN guidelines for cardiovascular kidney metabolic (CKM) syndrome. Beavers calls the document a landmark framework that formally unites obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease into a single disease continuum — a shift he argues changes everything about how clinicians should approach prevention.
Transcribe →32: What's Making Headlines in Cardiovascular Care: A Pharmacist's Breakdown of the Latest Breakthroughs
May 2700:08:55Tap to summarizeIn this mini news episode of the Tell-Tale Heart podcast, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, highlights three major developments in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic medicine that pharmacists should have on their radar.
Transcribe →31: From Misdiagnosis to Advocacy: Addressing Bias and Equity in Heart Failure Management
May 1200:53:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Tell-Tale Heart, host Craig Beavers, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, CACP, speaks with Rhonda Monroe, MBA, a heart failure survivor and lead advocate at HeartLife, about her lived experience with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and the systemic failures that nearly cost her life. Following the birth of her third child, Monroe experienced classic cardiac symptoms but was repeatedly misdiagnosed as having indigestion or "hysterical motherhood" despite an EKG confirming an acute myocardial infarction.
Transcribe →30: Debriefing ACC 2026: Key Cardiovascular Trials and Their Clinical Implications for Pharmacists
Apr 2800:55:40Tap to summarizeSPIRIT-HF CHAMPION-AF SMART-DECISION VESALIUS-CV (sub-study) CORAL REEF Ez-PAVE
Transcribe →29: New Dyslipidemia Guidelines Restore LDL Goals and Expand Pharmacist Opportunities
Mar 3100:48:00Tap to summarizeYou can learn more about the 2026 dyslipidemia guidelines here: 2026 Dyslipidemia Guideline Hub | JACC
Transcribe →27: Pharmacists’ Evolving Role in Electrophysiology Takes Center Stage Ahead of ACC 2026
Mar 1700:37:09Tap to summarizeYou can reach the guests on this episode here: Kristen Campbell, PharmD
Transcribe →28: Unpacking the 2025 ACC/AHA Pulmonary Embolism Guidelines With a Thrombosis Pharmacist
Mar 300:49:50Tap to summarizeLearn more about the HI-PEITHO trial here.You can reach the guest on this episode here:Allison Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP, on LinkedIn
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