Love Your Heart: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast
A Cleveland Clinic podcast to help you learn more about heart and vascular disease and conditions affecting your chest. We explore prevention, diagnostic tests, medical and surgical treatments, new innovations and more.
Episodes
333 episodes
Advances in Treating Ventricular Septal Rupture
Venugopal Menon, MD, and Michael Tong, MD, explain how modern advances are transforming treatment for a rare but life-threatening complication after a heart attack: ventricular septal rupture. Learn why early transfer to an expert center matter...
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16:23
How a Blood Test Can Predict Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
A new Cleveland Clinic study uncovered how gut health could influence serious vascular conditions. Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, and Scott Cameron, MD, PhD, explain the surprising link between the gut microbiome, TMAO levels and abdominal aortic aneu...
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22:27
Caring for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
Discover how a multidisciplinary team tackles peripheral artery disease (PAD) with a patient-first approach. Lee Kirksey, MD, Aravinda Nanjundappa, MBBS, MD, and G. Jay Bishop, MD, share how collaborative care across vascular medicine, vascular...
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17:57
The Immune System’s Role in Cardiovascular Disease
Samir Kapadia, MD, Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and David Zidar, MD, PhD, an interventional cardiologist and immunologist, introduce the Cardioimmunology Center. They explore how immune system activity can influence ...
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14:10
Saving the Valve During Aortic Root Surgery
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, and Xiaoying Lou, MD, discuss valve-sparing aortic root surgery, an advanced technique that preserves the patient’s native valve while treating aortic aneurysms. They explain who qualifies for this procedure, how it’s pe...
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24:43
Obesity Plus Heart Failure: What Are Safe and Effective Weight Loss Strategies?
Cleveland Clinic experts Tamanna Singh, MD, and Amanda Vest, MBBS, discuss how obesity affects heart health, especially in people with heart failure. They share medical strategies like healthy lifestyle changes and new medications that ca...
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19:55
Team-Based Care for Lung and Multi-Organ Transplant
Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Marie Budev, DO, discuss Cleveland Clinic’s leadership in lung and multi-organ transplantation, highlighting innovations like ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) and the collaborative care model that supports complex transpla...
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11:06
Lifelong Management of Heart Valve Patients
If you're living with a leaky mitral valve, valve repair can restore your heart health and your lifestyle. Cleveland Clinic cardiac surgeons Marc Gillinov, MD, and Tarek Malas, MD, explain why valve repair is often better than replacement...
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11:46
New Drug Trial to Treat High Blood Pressure
Preventive cardiologist and researcher Luke Laffin, MD, discusses results from the Advance-HTN Phase 2 study. The trial tested a new medication called Lorundrostat for treatment of high blood pressure. Schedule an appointment at Clevela...
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11:11
Taking Care of Your Cardiovascular Health While Aging
Cleveland Clinic experts discuss how heart conditions uniquely affect older adults. Abdulla Damluji, MD, and Ardeshir Hashmi, MD, explain Cleveland Clinic’s holistic care strategies that integrate cardiology and geriatrics to improve outcomes a...
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20:33
Ask the Heart Doctor: State-of-the-Art Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Coronary artery disease means that blood vessels in the heart are blocked, limiting the movement of blood throughout the heart. Expert cardiothoracic surgeons discuss techniques for coronary artery bypass surgery and what to expect in recovery ...
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20:52
Ask the Heart Doctor: Coronary Artery Disease Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Options
Coronary artery disease means that blood vessels in the heart are blocked, limiting the movement of blood throughout the heart. Expert cardiothoracic surgeons discuss coronary artery disease symptoms, diagnostic testing, medical treatments and ...
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15:40
Innovations in Managing Lung Failure
Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Marie Budev, DO, from Cleveland Clinic’s Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program discuss how their multidisciplinary team manages lung failure and advances transplant care. Learn about techniques like ex vivo lung perfus...
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20:09
Multi-Arterial and Total Arterial Bypass Grafting
Faisal Bakaeen, MD, and Donna Kimmaliardjuk, MD, discuss the benefits and considerations of multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a technique that can improve long-term outcomes for patients with coronary artery disease. They s...
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14:23
New Research to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Aortic Stenosis
Steven Nissen, MD, shares research about a new treatment for elevated lipoprotein(a) levels called Lepodisiran. Lowering lipoprotein(a) levels can improve a patient's risk for blocked arteries and aortic valve disease. Schedule an appoi...
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8:59
Growth of ECMO: Advanced Life Support and Other Devices
When a heart is weak after a heart attack, cardiac arrest or surgery, mechanical circulatory support (MCS) can help the heart function while it heals or assist patients long-term. Cleveland Clinic experts discuss MCS devices, specifically...
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15:55
New Trials to Reduce LDL Cholesterol
A recent clinical trial has shown exciting results for a new combination pill that could help people at high risk for heart disease. This pill combines two medications that work together to lower LDL cholesterol. Steven Nissen, MD, and As...
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9:29
Ask the Heart Doctor: Aortic Aneurysm Treatment & Surgery
The aorta is the large blood vessel that moves blood from the heart through the rest of the body. Sometimes, genetic conditions, heart valve and blood vessel diseases or lifestyle choices can cause a bulge in the aorta, called an aortic aneurys...
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20:26
Ask the Heart Doctor: Aortic Aneurysm Diagnosis & Prevention
The aorta is the large blood vessel that moves blood from the heart through the rest of the body. Sometimes, genetic conditions, heart valve and blood vessel diseases or lifestyle choices can cause a bulge in the aorta, called an aortic aneurys...
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21:47
Innovations in Carotid Stenting
Ravi Ambani, MD, and Aravinda Nanjundappa, MBBS, MD, discuss Cleveland Clinic’s leadership and progress in treating carotid artery disease. Learn how multidisciplinary teams are transforming care with new research on medical and surgical therap...
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17:01
Mitral Valve: Repair, Replace, Redo
Repairs, replacements, reoperations and robots? Expert Cleveland Clinic surgeons break down exactly what to expect from mitral valve surgery.Meet the presenters:Marc Gillinov, MD, Heart Surgeon, Chair of Thoracic and Cardiovascular ...
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9:06
Innovations in Vascular Medicine Care
G. Jay Bishop, MD, and Aravinda Nanjundappa, MBBS, MD, explore Cleveland Clinic’s latest advances in vascular medicine, from research on aortic aneurysm biomarkers to innovative treatments for pulmonary embolism, hypertension, and peripheral ar...
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12:15
Impact of Processed Foods and Additives on Heart Health
Steve Nissen, MD, and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Julia Zumpano discuss the health risks of ultra-processed foods. They offer practical tips for making healthier nutritional choices to prevent obesity, heart disease and diabetes. ...
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8:39
Marfan Syndrome and Connective Tissue Disorders - Part II
Connective tissue disorders like Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes can affect the heart and aorta, the main blood vessel that carries blood throughout the body. Cleveland Clinic experts discuss imaging, surgical techniques and fo...
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19:47
Marfan Syndrome and Connective Tissue Disorders - Part I
Connective tissue disorders like Marfan, Loeys-Dietz and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes can affect the heart and aorta, the main blood vessel that carries blood throughout the body. Cleveland Clinic experts discuss the diagnosis of these syndromes and...
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