Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

Dr. Scott Cameron discusses the diagnoses of non-atherosclerotic lower extremity arterial disease.

Simple is not so simple anymore. Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mitral valve disease is rapidly evolving. A Case Based Approach to Mastering the Mitral Valve: Imaging, Innovation, and Intervention is an educational activity designed to highlight key insights using a case-based approach. Come see Drs. Brian Griffin and Marc Gillinov present alongside other experts in the field of mitral valve.

In the U.S. from March 2020 to June 2021, 147 lung transplants took place for COVID fibrosis or COVID ARDS. In this podcast, Dr. Kenneth McCurry and Dr. Marie Budev, surgical director and medical director, respectively, of the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Cleveland Clinic discuss COVID-19, ARDS, fibrosis and the potential role of lung transplantation to treat those patients with advanced disease.

Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy discusses the management of heart failure with functional mitral regurgitation.

Hemodynamic stability is crucial after any operation. Dr. Scott Cameron discusses some of the nuances of medication management for patients who have undergone surgery on their aorta.

Dr. Sudish Murthy discusses thoracic surgery techniques and robotic tracheal resection.

Over the last decade, the tricuspid valve has transformed from being the “forgotten valve” to gaining clinical attention as the one of the next frontiers in structural heart disease. The evolving landscape of structural interventions and multimodality imaging have led to advances in the assessment and management of TR. Dr. Tom Wang discusses considerations for the evaluation and management of TR.

Venu Menon, MD, provides an overview of the preoperative hyperacute phase, and Ran Lee, MD, discusses the postoperative phase in the ICU.

Rishi Puri, MD, PhD discusses future horizons in LV restoration, and Chonyang Albert, MD, provides a case presentation and case follow-up.

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect and a leading cause of pulmonary valve disease. Patients may not recognize that they are symptomatic. Dr. Joanna Ghobrial outlines the care and management for patients with pulmonary valve disease.