Pulmonary Hypertension with Dr Murali Chakinala

In this episode I meet with Dr Murali Chakinala, an expert in pulmonary hypertension at Washington University in St Louis. We review the groupings of pulmonary hypertension, diagnosis and management considerations.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Dr Richard Bach

In this episode I visit with Dr Richard Bach, the director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at Washington University. We talk about everything from diagnosis, risk of exercise, medical management, indications for myectomy and alcohol ablations.

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History of tPA in acute MI with Dr Phil Ludbrook

The first patient treated with tPA in an acute myocardial infarction was at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. In this episode, I talked with one of the key players in making that happen, Dr Phil Ludbrook. It’s a great bit of medical history that I hope you enjoy!

Link to original case series of 7 patients published in the New England of Journal of Medicine in 1984.

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