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OCT and Virtual Reality: A Conversation with Dr. Nick West of Abbott

January 29, 2021 by Alain Bouchard, MD 1 Comment

OCT

Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Mustafa Ahmed are joined by Dr. Nick West of Abbott in a discussion of the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and virtual reality to image coronary atherosclerosis and optimize coronary stent procedures. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. 4.86/5 (7) Tell Us How We're Doing… Was […]

Filed Under: Heart Disease, Medical News, Podcast Tagged With: imaging, oct, stents

HFpEF: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Drs. Shane Nanayakkara and Jason Guichard

December 24, 2020 by Shane Nanayakkara, MBBS 2 Comments

In this week’s episode, Dr. Alain Bouchard discusses HFpEF, or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, with Dr. Shane Nanayakkara and Dr. Jason Guichard. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. 4.8/5 (5) Tell Us How We're Doing… Was This Article Helpful?

Filed Under: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Podcast

Control of Inflammation Through Diet

December 22, 2020 by Martin Juneau, MD Leave a Comment

How does a diet that helps prevent inflammation aid in cardiovascular health?

In this article from November 23, 2020, Dr. Martin Juneau of the Montreal Heart Institute looks at the effect of an anti-inflammatory diet on cardiovascular health. OVERVIEW Chronic inflammation is actively involved in the formation and progression of plaques that form on the lining of the arteries, which can lead to the development of cardiovascular […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Disease, Risk & Prevention

Atrial Fibrillation: Rhythm Control Including Ablation with Dr. Richard Vest

November 26, 2020 by Alain Bouchard, MD 1 Comment

What goes into the treatment of atrial fibrillation?

Just because it doesn’t feel like atrial fibrillation doesn’t mean it isn’t there, and early detection can be key to effective treatment! Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Richard Vest, an electrophysiology expert, discuss the treatment of atrial fibrillation as well as clinical research into advancing those methods. Listen to their previous conversation on atrial fibrillation here. Subscribe […]

Filed Under: Heart Disease, Podcast

Atrial Fibrillation: What Your Heart is Trying to Tell You with Dr. Richard Vest

November 16, 2020 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

What goes into the treatment of atrial fibrillation?

Some atrial fibrillation patients have described their heartbeat as a sort of Morse code. But what is it trying to say? Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Richard Vest, an electrophysiology expert, discuss atrial fibrillation and its prevalence, detection, and treatment. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. 4.91/5 (11) Tell Us How We're […]

Filed Under: Heart Disease, Podcast

Medical Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Dr. Jason Guichard

November 5, 2020 by Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD Leave a Comment

Mitral Valve regurgitation mitral insufficiency

In today’s episode of the MyHeart.net podcast, Drs. Alain Bouchard, Mustafa Ahmed, and Jason Guichard discuss the medical treatment of functional mitral regurgitation. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. 5/5 (4) Tell Us How We're Doing… Was This Article Helpful?

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast

Surgical Repair of the Mitral Valve with Dr. Clifton Lewis

October 1, 2020 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

Mitral valve repair, illustrated and shown in real life.

Dr. Alain Bouchard discusses the history of surgical options and modern techniques for degenerative mitral valve disease and mitral regurgitation with Dr. Clifton Lewis, Director of Adult Cardiac Surgery at UAB, and Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Director of Interventional and Structural Cardiology at UAB. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Valves, Podcast

Mitral Clip: Everything You Ever Needed to Know with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

September 24, 2020 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 1 Comment

When a patient has mitral regurgitation but is not a candidate for open-heart surgery, what is a doctor to do? Thankfully, with the groundbreaking MitraClip (or mitral clip), these patients can still be treated through specialized techniques. Dr. Mustafa Ahmed discusses the procedure’s history, benefits, and more with Dr. Alain Bouchard in our latest podcast. […]

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast Tagged With: Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve

Mitral Regurgitation

September 21, 2020 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 2 Comments

What is Mitral Regurgitation

Join Drs. Mustafa Ahmed and Alain Bouchard as they discuss Mitral Regurgitation — also known as ‘the leaky valve.’ Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below if you would like us to include a transcript of this episode! 4.86/5 (14) Tell Us How We're Doing… Was This Article Helpful?

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast Tagged With: Mitral regurgitation

What If You Have Mild Congestive Heart Failure?

August 26, 2020 by Alain Bouchard, MD 3 Comments

A woman discussing mild congestive heart failure with her doctor, who is holding a chest x-ray image.

Heart failure is a very common disease and affects approximately 1-2 percent of the adult population in developed countries. The prevalence of congestive heart failure rises to about 10% among the population over 70 years of age. Projection in the United States shows that heart failure will increase by more than 40% by the year […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Tagged With: Heart failure, mild congestive heart failure

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