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ESC Cardio Talk

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The ESC podcasts - regular recordings from the European Society of Cardiology.Hear renowned experts discuss cardiovascular advances relevant to daily practice.Check here regularly to stay up to date.You can also be interested in other ESC podcasts: EHRA Cardio Talk, HFA Cardio Talk, ESC TV Today and much more. Check them out!

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  1. Journal editorial: Reversible remodelling, residual questions: the anabolic-steroid–exposed heart under longitudinal imaging

    With Nick Bijsterveld and Harald Jorstad Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AUMC), Amsterdam - The Netherlands. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  2. Journal editorial: Connecting the dots in cardiovascular medicine: endometriosis, chronic inflammation and venous thromboembolism

    With Elvira Grandone and Concetta Panebianco, San Giovanni Rotondo Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  3. Journal editorial: Using gap to goal to guide treatment escalation: lessons from VICTORION-Challenge and beyond

    With Kausik K Ray and Irene Karungi, Imperial College London, London - UK Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  4. Journal editorial: Not all asymmetry is equal: asymmetric septal hypertrophy across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis and beyond

    With Christoph Grani and Nicolas Ciocca, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  5. Journal editorial: An optimally engineered pump, yet an incomplete therapy: biology, residual risk, and the future of LVAD care

    With Mandeep Mehra, Mass General Brigham, Boston - USA and Milica Vukicevic, Clinical center of Serbia and School of medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade - Serbia. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  6. Journal editorial: Seeing is not knowing: risk, regulation, and the modern donor heart

    With Andreas Zuckermann and Roxana Moayedifar, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna - Austria. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  7. Journal editorial: Screening for coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients: targeting symptomatic men or asymptomatic women?—when registry results challenge guidelines

    With Juerg Schwitter, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne - Switzerland, Panagiotis Antiochos,University Hospital Centre Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne - Switzerland and Ambra Masi, University Hospital Centre Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to…

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  8. Journal editorial : Aortic valve calcification in type 2 diabetes: the heavy weight of comorbidities

    With Bahira Shahim, Ayah Fayad and Kari Feldt, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  9. Journal editorial: Decision curve analysis and the incremental value of cardiac MRI in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

    With Aldostefano Porcari, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London - UK and Stefano Figliozzi, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  10. Journal editorial: Standard-dose direct oral anticoagulants for Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: the definitive case from COMBINE AF

    With Boyoung Joung, Yonsei University, Seoul - Korea and Taehyun Hwang, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul - Korea. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  11. Journal editorial: Sex-neutral efficacy in a sex-biased care continuum: insights from finerenone in cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome

    With Antonia Sambola and Javier Limeres Freire, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona - Spain. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  12. Journal editorial: Cancer and cardiovascular disease: converging burdens, shared challenges

    With Florian A Wenzl University of Zurich, Zurich - Switzerland, Alexander Lyon, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK and David Adlam, University of Leicester, Leicester - UK. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  13. Journal editorial: Preparing for the cardiovascular risks of tropical storms amplified by climate change

    With Benjamin Peter Geisler, University of Oslo, Oslo - Norway and Arnab Ghosh, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  14. Journal editorial: From prescription to persistence: guideline-recommended medical therapy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

    With Johann Bauersachs, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany and Samira Soltani, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  15. Journal editorial: Computed tomography-guided ablation of ventricular tachycardia: how predictable are VT circuits?

    With Philipp Sommer, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen - Germany and Vanessa Sciacca, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  16. Journal editorial: Beyond ischemia and anatomy: functional capacity as a stage-specific prognostic driver in advanced coronary atherosclerosis

    With Edoardo Conte and Daniele Andreini, Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milan - Italy and Gal Tsaban, Mayo Clinic, Rochester - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial

  17. Journal editiorial: Subvalvular aortic stenosis in adulthood: stable, manageable, but never simple

    With Jolanda Sabatino, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro - Italy, Salvatore De Rosa, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro - Italy and Daniele Torella, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro - Italy Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart...

  18. Journal editorial: Optimizing anticoagulation quality to improve outcomes in LVAD recipients

    With Maria Generosa Crespo-Leiro, Eduardo Barge-Caballero and David Couto-Mallon, University Hospital A Coruna, A Coruna - Spain. Link to paper Link to editorial

  19. Journal editorial: Walking the tightrope: balancing safety and risk in gender-affirming hormone therapy

    With Alexander Kharlamov, De Haar Research Force, Amsterdam - Netherlands and Marc Ferrini, Saint-Joseph and Saint-Luke Hospital Centre, Lyon - France. Link to paper Link to editorial

  20. Journal editorial - Cardiovascular child health in a changing climate

    With Elena Raffetti, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden and Mayank Dalakoti, University of Cambridge, Cambridge - UK. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  21. Journal editorial - Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a FAITAVI accompli for better outcomes?

    With Morton Kern, VA Long Beach and University of California, Irvine, California - USA and Arnold Seto, VA Long Beach and University of California, Irvine, California - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  22. Journal editorial - More than a sidekick: GIP signalling and cardiovascular outcomes

    With Florian Kahles, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen - Germany and Berkan Kurt, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  23. Journal Editorial - Another piece of the puzzle: long term follow-up of conduction system pacing

    With Pranav Mankad and Kenneth Ellenbogen, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  24. Journal editorial - Pressure-volume loops and cardiac energetics: finally, is it time to translate historical knowledge to clinical routine?

    With Joao Felipe Fernandes, King's College London, London - UK and Debbie Zhao, The University of Auckland, Auckland - New Zealand. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  25. Journal editorial - Advanced cardiac imaging in primary prevention: the great challenge we have to achieve

    With Edoardo Conte, Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milano - Italy, Daniele Andreini, Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milan - Italy and Davide Marchetti, Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milano - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  26. Journal editorial - Macrophage leukotriene B4 production sustains inflammation after myocardial infarction

    With Marie-Noelle Giraud, Faculty of Science and Medicine, Fribourg - Switzerland and Carolina Balbi, Research Centre for Molecular Biology, University of Zurich - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  27. Journal editorial - The emerging story of Myval transcatheter heart valve: lessons from the LANDMARK trial

    With Marie-Annick Clavel, University Institute of Cardiology and Respirology of Quebec (IUCPQ), Laval University, Quebec - Canada and Paolo Springhetti, Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IRCCS), Milan - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  28. Journal editorial: The dilemma of a correct patient selection for implantable cardioverter defibrillator in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy

    With Domenico Filomena, Polyclinic Umberto I, Rome - Italy and Luciano Agati Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  29. Journal editorial: Is routine imaging follow-up after LAA closure necessary?

    With Jonathan Lessick, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa - Israel and Mahmoud Suleiman, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa - Israel. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  30. Journal Editorial: Perioperative discontinuation of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in non-cardiac surgery: is it time to change what we tell our patients?

    With Maura Marcucci, Clinical Institute Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano - Italy and McMaster University, Hamilton - Canada and Mauro Chiarito, Clinical Institute Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano - Italy and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European...

  31. Journal editorial: Arrhythmic risk and advanced heart failure in dilated cardiomyopathy: a deadly tango

    With Jean-Benoit Le Polain de Waroux, St-Jan Hospital, Brugge - Belgium, and Maarten De Smet, AZ Sint Jan, Brugge - Belgium. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

  32. Journal editorial: ApoB and Lp(a): core measures to assess cardiovascular risk

    With Allan Sniderman, McGill University, Montreal - Canada. Link to European Heart Journal Editorial, by Allan Sniderman, Michael J. Pencina and George Thanassoulis Link to European Heart Journal Paper

  33. Journal editorial: With a little HELP from heparin at first medical contact before primary percutaneous coronary intervention

    With David Erlinge and Sasha Koul, Lund University, Lund - Sweden Read the European Heart Journal paper Read the European Heart Journal editorial

  34. Journal editorial - Residual cardiovascular risk beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: inflammation, remnant cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a)

    With Børge Nordestgaard and Anders Berg Wulff, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark. Read the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging paper Read the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging editorial

  35. Journal editorial - Has artificial intelligence proven stress perfusion cardiac computed tomography obsolete or more relevant than ever?

    With Edward Hulten, Brown University, Providence, and Islam Shatla, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA. Link to editorial Link to paper

  36. Journal editorial - When coronary plaque is found in everyone: is anyone really at risk?

    With Francesca Coraducci Marche Polytechnic University of Ancona, Ancona - Italy, Marco Guglielmo, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht - The Netherlands, and Anna Giulia Pavon, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugano - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to paper

  37. Journal editorial - Predicting the diastolic left ventricular pressure curve non-invasively: how far can echo go?

    With Frank Flachskampf, Uppsala University, Uppsala - Sweden, and James Thomas, Northwestern University, Chicago - USA. Link to editorial Link to paper

  38. Journal editorial - Artificial intelligence–derived stress ejection fraction in stress cardiac magnetic resonance with dipyridamole: bridging past insights with future innovations

    With Damiano Fedele, University of Bologna, Bologna - Italy and University Medical Center Utrecht - The Netherlands, Marco Guglielmo, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht - The Netherlands, and Anna Giulia Pavon, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugano - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to...

  39. Journal editorial - T1 mapping is not ready to replace the use of contrast agents in stress CMR

    With Giovanni Donato Aquaro, University of Pisa - Italy, and Carmelo De Gori, Fondazione Monasterio, Pisa - Italy. Link to editorial Link to paper

  40. Journal editorial - The emerging role of left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) in heart failure: a new frontier for CMR

    With Federico Fortuni and Claudio Bernetti, University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy Link to paper Link to editorial

  41. Journal editorial - Accelerated pacing as a treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and atrial fibrillation?

    With Markus Meyer, Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota - USA, Tim Van Loon and Joost Lumens, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Link to paper Link to editorial

  42. Journal editorial - Multivalvular diseases: look beyond the valves - no way home

    With Irene Carrion-Sanchez and Jose Luis Zamorano, Ramon and Cajal University Hospital, Madrid - Spain. Link to paper Link to editorial

  43. Journal editorial - Another piece in the puzzle of atrial fibrillation risk: clinical, genetic, and electrocardiogram-based artificial intelligence

    With Shinwan Kany, The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg - Germany, and Shaan Khurshid, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School - USA. Link to paper Link ton editorial

  44. Journal editorial - The challenge of interpreting cardiac adaptation to exercise: the importance of picking up the training history

    With Viviana Maestrini, Sapienza University of Rome - Italy and Sara Monosilio, Sapienza University of Rome - Italy. Link to paper Link to editorial

  45. Journal Editorial - Familial hypercholesterolaemia: need for equitable treatment in women and men

    With Raul Santos, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo - Brazil. Link to Editorial Link to Paper

  46. Journal Editorial - Valvular heart disease: the oncoming tsunami

    With Kwan-Leung CHAN & Lawrence Lau, University of Ottawa Heart institute - Canada. Link to editorial Link to paper

  47. Journal Editorial - Challenge–skill balance in cardiac surgery: an attempt to explain sex-related differences in coronary surgery

    With Torsten Doenst & Philine Fleckenstein, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena - Germany. Link to paper Link to editorial

  48. Journal Editorial - Looking beyond the right ventricular strain: right atrial strain in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    With Marta Cvijic & Jana Ambrozic, University Medical Centre Ljubljana - Slovenia. Link to editorial Link to paper

  49. Journal Editorial - Quantitative myocardial perfusion and the power of numbers

    With Juerg Schwitter, Ambra Masi & Panagiotis Antiochos, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to paper

  50. Journal Editorial - Artificial intelligence-enhanced exposomics: novel insights into cardiovascular health

    With Rohan Khera & Evangelos Oikonomou, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven - USA Link to paper Link to editorial

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The ESC podcasts - regular recordings from the European Society of Cardiology.Hear renowned experts discuss cardiovascular advances relevant to daily practice.Check here regularly to stay up to date.You can also be interested in other ESC podcasts: EHRA Cardio Talk, HFA Cardio Talk, ESC TV Today and much more. Check them out!

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How many episodes does ESC Cardio Talk have?

ESC Cardio Talk has 230 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 26, 2026.

What is ESC Cardio Talk about?

The ESC podcasts - regular recordings from the European Society of Cardiology.Hear renowned experts discuss cardiovascular advances relevant to daily practice.Check here regularly to stay up to date.You can also be interested in other ESC podcasts: EHRA Cardio Talk, HFA Cardio Talk, ESC TV Today...

How often does ESC Cardio Talk release new episodes?

ESC Cardio Talk publishes every two weeks, based on its 230 episodes since March 2019.

Who hosts ESC Cardio Talk?

ESC Cardio Talk is created and hosted by European Society of Cardiology.
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