Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

Presented at ACC as a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial, VALOR-HCM explores Mavacamten as an alternative to surgical septal myectomy or alcohol ablation in patients with severely symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Steven Nissen and Dr. Milind Desai, principal investigator, discuss the purpose, patient selection, and findings of the VALOR-HCM trial.

Dr. John Rickard provides an overview of the cardiac resynchronization therapy – heart failure optimization clinic from a Tall Rounds® session available online.

April is recognized as Stress Awareness Month. Stress can have many negative direct and indirect effects on your health and wellbeing. Dr. Luke Laffin from the Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation Section at Cleveland Clinic explains why is it important to keep stress under control for yourself as well as the patients you care for.

Patients with rheumatology conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), systemic sclerosis, connective tissue disorders, and even those with unidentified autoimmune and inflammatory conditions have higher rates of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Paul Cremer, MD and Dr. Heba Wassif, Director of the Cardio Rheumatology Center at Cleveland Clinic discuss how cardiologists and rheumatologists work together to create an individualized plan of care to address the patient’s cardiovascular and rheumatology condition for the best possible outcome for the patient.

Dr. Milind Desai provides an overview of the Contemporary Approaches to the Diagnosis and Management of HCM Tall Rounds® session.

Achalasia has many treatments available Thoracic surgeons Dr. Siva Raja and Dr. Monisha Sudarshan discuss how they determine the right treatment for the patient. At Cleveland Clinic, the team provides a multidisciplinary approach to care.

Moderators Edward Soltesz, MD & Oussama Wazni, MD highlight the Advanced AFib Center: Contemporary Hybrid Procedures Tall Rounds® session.

The Cardio-OB clinic takes care of women who either were born with heart disease or acquire heart disease – before pregnancy – during pregnancy and – after pregnancy. Dr. Joanna Ghobrial, Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center and Dr. Katherine Singh, Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist talk about the types of patients who they see in the clinic and the multidisciplinary team available to patients who come to the clinic. The changes a woman’s body goes through during pregnancy and the postpartum period can cause extra stress on the body – especially when they have underlying heart disease. Drs. Singh and Ghobrial discuss preconception counselling to understand the risks of pregnancy- and if pregnancy is the option they choose - how their team cares for complex patients to get them through their pregnancy.

Dr. W.H. Wilson Tang provides an overview of the Multigenerational Care for At-Risk Family Members of Patients with Inherited Cardiomyopathies Tall Rounds® session.

Dr. Eileen Hsich highlights the Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Complex Congenital Transplantations Tall Rounds® session.