Love Your Heart: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast

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.

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July 22, 2025 17 mins

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 therapies.

Get treatment for carotid artery disease. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/carotid-artery-stenosis-treatment

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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 Surgery 

Per Wierup, MD, PhD, Heart Surgeon, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

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July 8, 2025 12 mins

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 artery disease. Learn how multidisciplinary teams are transforming care with new research on cutting-edge therapies.

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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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Learn more about Preventive Cardiology. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/preventive-cardiology-care

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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 follow up care for patients with connective tissue disorders in part two of this two-part series.

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Lars Svensson, MD, PhD
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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 considerations for heart and aorta care for patients with connective tissue disorders in part one of this two-part series.

Meet the Presenters:
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD
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June 10, 2025 14 mins

Experiencing persistent or recurring atrial fibrillation (AFib) can be frustrating, especially when it happens after an ablation procedure. Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA, and Ayman Hussein, MD, discuss treatment options like medications, re-do ablations and the Convergent procedure. 

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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension caused by chronic blood clots in the lungs. It is an under-recognized condition that can be treated and cured in many cases. Michael Tong, MD, and Gustavo Heresi, MD, discuss diagnosis, medical treatment and surgical options for people with CTEPH.

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Bicuspid aortic valve is a common heart condition where the aortic valve has only two leaflets instead of the normal three. In part two of this series, Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, and Brian Griffin, MD, discuss considerations for bicuspid valve surgery and what surgery follow-up is like.

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Bicuspid aortic valve is a common heart condition where the aortic valve has only two leaflets instead of the normal three. Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, and Brian Griffin, MD, discuss treatment options for managing bicuspid valve disease.

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Learn more about the Valve Center. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/heart/depts/valve-center

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The OPTION clinical trial compared left atrial appendage closure to blood thinner medications in patients at risk of stroke after undergoing atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation. Oussama Wazni, MD, and Mohamed Kanj, MD, discuss the findings of the trial and the future of AFib care.

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Our heart valve disease experts answer real questions from real people about the tricuspid valve. Learn about diagnosis and treatment options for heart valve disease, including nonsurgical valve procedures and surgical options for repairs and replacements.

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Meet our panel:
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Cardiologist, Section Head, Invasive & Inte...

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Our heart valve disease experts answer real questions from real people about the mitral valve. Learn about diagnosis and treatment options for heart valve disease, including nonsurgical valve procedures and surgical options for repairs and replacements.

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Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Cardiologist, Section Head, Invasive & Interve...

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Our heart valve disease experts answer aortic valve questions from real people. Learn about diagnosis and treatment options for heart valve disease, including nonsurgical valve procedures and surgical options for repairs and replacements.

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Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Cardiologist, Section Head, Invasive & Interventional Cardiol...

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April 15, 2025 15 mins

With so much diet and nutrition advice available, it's hard to know who to trust when it comes to heart healthy eating. Experts Leslie Cho, MD, and Julia Zumpano, RDN, LD, discuss the best foods for heart health while debunking some common diet myths.

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April 8, 2025 16 mins

Cardiotoxicity from radiation therapy can develop within days or months after radiation, but it often develops years later. Milind Desai, MD, MBA, and Shinya Unai, MD, discuss considerations for patients with radiation heart disease.

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Learn more about the Radiation Heart Disease Clinic
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April 1, 2025 6 mins

Cardiac rehabilitation is a program that combines exercise, diet and education to help people with heart conditions. Erik Van Iterson, PhD, MS, MA, explains how cardiac rehab can improve a patient's quality of life.

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Learn more about Cardiac Rehab at Cleveland Clinic. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/cardiac-rehab


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Heart failure means the heart isn’t pumping as well as it should. Amanda Vest, MBBS, and Edward Soltesz, MD, discuss the types of heart failure, medical and surgical treatment options and Cleveland Clinic’s multidisciplinary approach to heart failure treatment and recovery.

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Amanda Vest, MBBS, Section Head of Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/32674-a...

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March 18, 2025 17 mins

Structural heart disease can affect the heart’s valves, walls, chambers or muscles. Samir Kapadia, MD, Chair of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Section Head of Invasive & Interventional Cardiology, discuss Cleveland Clinic's expertise in medical interventions for structural heart disease, especially the valves. Learn about the cutting-edge research and multid...

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March 11, 2025 20 mins

An aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulge in the organ that moves blood from the heart to the rest of the body. When an aortic aneurysm occurs, a multidisciplinary team of experts can provide the best care for the patient. Francis (Frank) Caputo, MD, and Marijan Koprivanac, MD, discuss aortic aneurysms and the team-based approach to treating these complex conditions at the Cleveland Clinic.


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