EP345: 5 Highlights From PD 2024

Doctor Warrick Bishop - Heart Health

Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.

The podcast is hosted by Dr. Warrick Bishop, a cardiologist and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network. He discusses highlights from the 2024 Port Douglas Heart Meeting, an important cardiology conference. Key topics covered include the use of new medical devices like the AngioVac to treat endocarditis, the trend towards earlier intervention for valve issues, the management of heart conditions in pregnant women, and the effects of intensive athletic training on the heart. Dr. Bishop also encourages listeners to get their heart health checked at virtualheartcheck.com.au

Takeaways:

• The podcast discusses highlights from the 2024 Port Douglas Heart Meeting, a major cardiology conference.
• One presentation covered the use of a device called AngioVac to vacuum out bacterial clumps (vegetations) from heart valves in cases of infective endocarditis.
• There is a trend towards earlier intervention for aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation, as waiting too long can lead to irreversible ventricular damage.
• Experts discussed the high-risk cardiac conditions that require special consideration for women during pregnancy, such as pulmonary hypertension, poor ventricular function, and aortic dilation.
• The podcast covered how the "athlete's heart" can undergo structural changes depending on the type of training, with endurance sports leading to heart enlargement and strength training leading to thickening.
• Advances in mitral valve assessment and repair techniques, including the use of percutaneous mitral valve clips, were discussed.
• The podcast host encourages listeners to check their heart attack risk at the website www.virtualheartcheck.com.au.
• The podcast aims to provide clinically relevant information that cardiologists use in their day-to-day practice.
• The conference is described as a highlight in the host's calendar and highly regarded by other general cardiologists.
• The host plans to share more highlights from the rest of the conference in future podcast episodes.

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Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.

Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.

The devastating fact in all of this is…

Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.

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