CardioPractice Cardio Talk

With 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.

With 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.

With 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.

With 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.

With Hector Bueno, Task Force Co-Chairperson of the "2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease", National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid - Spain and Ruxandra Christodorescu, CardioPractice Board member, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania. In this podcast, Hector Bueno joins Ruxandra Christodorescu to discuss sex and gender differences in 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.

With Cecilia Linde, President-Elect of the ESC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden and Marc Ferrini, Editor-in-Chief CardioPractice, CH Saint Joseph and Saint Luc, Lyon - France. In this podcast, Cecilia Linde joins Marc Ferrini to discuss general cardiology and cardiometabolic diseases.

With 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.

With Neil Stone, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and Vascular Center of Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA, and Luigina Guasti, ESC Chair of the ESC Council of CardioPractice, University of Insubria, Varese - Italy. Volume dedicated to Scott Grundy, a pioneer in lipidology. In this podcast, Neil J. Stone joins Luigina Guasti to pay tribute to Scott Grundy, a pioneer in lipidology. REFERENCE: Stone, NJ, et al. In memoriam: A tribute to Scott M. Grundy. J Clin Lipidol. 2025;19(1)1:3-6.

With Konstantinos Koskinas, Chair of new ESC Lipid Guidelines, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern - Switzerland and Dimitrios Richter, Editorial Board CardioPractice, Euroclinic of Athens, Athens - Greece. In this podcast, Konstantinos Koskinas joins Dimitrios Richter to discuss the updated 2025 ESC Lipid Guidelines - novelties of the new Guidelines. REFERENCE: Mach F, et al. 2025 Focused Update of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias. Eur Heart J 2025 Aug 29:ehaf190.

With Isabella Sudano, Department of cardiology, University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Zurich - Switzerland and Ruxandra Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania. In this podcast, Isabella Sudano joins Ruxandra Christodorescu to discuss working towards patient-centred care in hypertension.