Podcasts
New hope for resistant hypertension, with Prof Markus Schlaich
Professor Markus Schlaich
Vol 217, Issue 11: 28 November 2022. Professor Markus Schlaich is Director of the Dobney Hypertension Centre in Perth, and Dobney Chair of Clinical Research at the University of Western Australia. His recently published research on dual endothelin antagonist aprocitentin for resistant hypertension can be found at The Lancet. His op-ed for InSight+ is free to access and can be found here. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 23 mins, 41 secs.
Hypertension: a call to action, with Prof Alta Schutte and Prof Markus Schlaich
Professor Alta Schutte and Professor Markus Schlaich
Vol 215, Issue 11: 6 December 2021. Professor Alta Schutte is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at UNSW Sydney, and a Professorial Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health. Professor Markus Schlaich is the Dobney Chair of Clinical Research at the University of Western Australia. They discuss hypertension control rates in Australia and why they need urgent improvement, and how we can do that. This podcast accompanies their MJA Perspective, published here. With MJA news and online ed...
Sex disparities in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes, with Professor Roxana Mehran
Professor Roxana Mehran
Vol 215, Issue 6: 20 September 2021. Professor Roxana Mehran is Director of the Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She discusses why women with acute coronary syndromes are underdiagnosed, suffer delays in treatment and are often sent home undertreated compared with their male counterparts. To accompany her coauthored editorial at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/216/3...
Coronary artery calcium scoring, with Prof Garry Jennings
Professor Garry Jennings
Vol 214, Issue 9: 17 May 2021. Professor Garry Jennings is Chief Medical Advisor to the National Heart Foundation of Australia. He talks about coronary artery calcium scoring, and a new position statement providing guidance to clinicians about its use, to accompany his coauthored Position Statement at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/9/national-heart-foundation-australia-position-statement-coronary-artery-calcium. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 12 mins, 34 secs.
Coronary artery calcium scoring, with Prof Tom Marwick and Dr Prasanna Venkataraman
Professor Tom Marwick and Dr Prasanna Venkataraman
Vol 213, Issue 3: 3 August. Professor Tom Marwick is Director of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Dr Prasanna Venkataraman is a cardiologist. They discuss the use of coronary artery calcium scoring as a risk assessment tool for cardiovascular disease. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 24 mins, 26 secs.
Deep vein thrombosis, with Dr Paul Kruger
Dr Paul Kruger
Vol 210, Issue 11: 17 June 2019. Dr Paul Kruger is a haematologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, and PathWest Laboratory Medicine in Perth. He discusses the diagnosis and management of deep vein thrombosis. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 14 mins, 29 secs.
Assessing syncope risk, with Dr Jason Chan
Dr Jason Chan
Vol 210, Issue 10: 27 May 2019. Dr Jason Chan is an emergency physician at Redcliffe Hospital in south-east Queensland. He discusses syncope and how to improve risk stratification of syncope patients in emergency rooms. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 12m 46s