heartmatters by Boston Heart: Recent Episodes
Boston Heart Diagnostics
Join Boston Heart Medical Science Liaisons as they interview national thought leaders on topics related to heart disease and heart health.
Join Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer as he introduces LipidSeq TM, a revolutionary genetic test for cardiovascular disease. This saliva-based Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) test identifies the most common genetic causes of lipid and lipoprotein disorders. These disorders are associated with premature cardiovascular, pancreatic, kidney, and neurological diseases.
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Join Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer as he introduces LipidSeq TM, a revolutionary genetic test for cardiovascular disease. This saliva-based Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) test identifies the most common genetic causes of lipid and lipoprotein disorders. These disorders are associated with premature cardiovascular, pancreatic, kidney, and neurological diseases.
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Join Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer as he discusses the Boston Heart Polygenic Risk Map™. These genetic tests leverage Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) to provide physicians with a much more precise understanding of their patient’s absolute genetic risk of complex disease, allowing for the creation of early, personalized intervention strategies.
Join Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer as he discusses the Boston Heart Polygenic Risk Map™. These genetic tests leverage Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) to provide physicians with a much more precise understanding of their patient’s absolute genetic risk of complex disease, allowing for the creation of early, personalized intervention strategies.
Join Michael Dansinger, MD, Vice President of Clinical Affairs, as he introduces Boston Heart’s dried blood spot testing program. Dried blood spots are an innovative sampling technique using drops of blood, from a fingertip, dried onto a special paper. Blood can be collected at home and shipped to the laboratory. When obtaining venous blood is not a viable option, dried blood spot testing may be the perfect solution! More than 40 tests are now available.
Providers can visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/ProvDBS for more information
Patients can visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/PatDBS for more information
Join Dr. Ernst Schaefer (Boston Heart's Co-founder, Chief Medical Officer, and Lab Director) as he discusses the foundations of Boston Heart's new LipoMapTM test based on NMR testing. He provides an overview of cholesterol metabolism and how recent advances in NMR technology have enabled Boston Heart to provide the most comprehensive assessment of lipoproteins and cholesterol metabolism available to practicing clinicians.
Join Dr. Issvoran as he discusses how a national focus to minimize dietary fat during the latter half of the 20th century led to unchecked increases in refined sugars and starches. This unintended consequence in turn fueled increases in obesity and type 2 diabetes and slowed progress with heart disease prevention.
Join Michael Dansinger, MD, Vice President of Clinical Affairs, as he discusses how Boston Heart provides a systematic approach to identifying and reversing key aspects of the atherosclerosis process. Viewers will gain a better understanding of the evidence base and clinical rationale for specialized cardiometabolic testing, and how Boston Heart empowers clinicians to proactively unmask disease and personalize patient treatment like nobody else.
For more information please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com
Join Jonathan Mendoza, DC, RN, FNP-C as he discusses his take on Estrogens, the difference between Estradiol (E2) and Estrone (E1), and the role they play in your health.
Dr Issvoran shares how he uses his expertise in endocrinology and cardiology combined with his background in philosophy to inspire his patients to make positive long-term changes in their lives.
Dr Gerard Issvoran is an osteopathic physician with a passion for cardiometabolic disease prevention and treatment. Dr Issvoran hails from California where he completed his undergraduate work in biology/chemistry with a minor in philosophy. He completed his osteopathic training in south Florida and returned to California to complete a residency in Family Practice. He has been practicing since 1999 as an osteopath with a special interest in sports injuries and later developing a practice in cardiovascular metabolic health.
Join Dr. Michael Dansinger, Medical Director of the Boston Heart Lifestyle Program, as he discusses Boston Heart's most recent Lifestyle Program innovations. The new ultra-personalized Life Plan 3.0 algorithm uses over 100 patient attributes, including patient biomarkers, clinical conditions, and personal preferences, to provide tailored lifestyle management to improve health for the long term.
Life Plan3.0 is the scientifically-designed nutrition and lifestyle plan that helps your patients achieve their weight management goal and their overall heart health. This easy to understand plan provides patients at risk for cardiovascular disease with a highly personalized strategy to help them take control of their heart health. Grounded in science, Life Plan 3.0 takes Boston Heart's Nutrition and Lifestyle Program to the next level by providing a truly individualized plan for each unique patient. The plan features customized weight and fitness goals and specific recommendations to improve biomarker test results and to reduce heart disease risk.
Doctors and other health care providers enthusiastically explain the clinical benefits of the Boston Heart Lifestyle Program for their patients.
Watch testimonials from real patients to hear how the Lifestyle Program with its personalized eating and exercise plans and one-on-one coaching with Registered Dietitians, has made a difference in their lives. Learn how you and your patients can get started with the program today.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of on-duty death among firefighters (45% of on-duty deaths) and is believed to account for about 22% of on-duty deaths in the police force (Kales 2007). Hear from First Responders on how they used their personalized eating and activity plans along with one-on-one coaching with Registered Dietitians to reduce their risk.
Offensive and defensive linemen have a 52% greater risk of dying from heart disease than the general population (Miller et al., 2008). Hear from former NFL players on how they used their personalized eating and activity plans along with one-on-one coaching with Registered Dietitians to reduce their risk.
Join Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer as he discusses the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) IgM and IgG antibody testing at Boston Heart Diagnostics. IgM antibodies eliminate pathogens in the early stages of infection. IgG antibodies develop later and provide the majority of antibody-based immunity against invading pathogens including COVID-19. These tests help identify people who have been exposed and have possibly developed immunity to COVID-19.
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dr. Amy Doneen(Medical Director of the Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Center and Co-Founder of the Bale-Doneen Method for preventing heart attack and stroke) and Boston Heart Medical Science Liaison Ann Sims as they discuss the role certain genetics plays in vascular health. Learn how Dr. Doneen utilizes certain genetic tests(Apo E, Haptoglobin, LPA Aspirin, KIF6 Statin Benefit, 9p21 CVD risk, 4q25 Afib risk) and imaging to truly personalize risk assessment and treatment plans for her patients.
For more information on the Bale-Doneen Method and/or their best-selling book "Beat The Heart Attack Gene" please visit https://baledoneen.com
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dharmesh Patel, MD, FACC, FACP, FASPC, FNLA who is a cardiologist at the Stern Cardiovascular Foundation and Boston Heart Medical Science Liaison Ann Sims as they discuss the benefits of looking beyond the basic lipid panel. Learn what studies and guidelines support using ApoB testing for CVD risk stratification, what patient populations are more likely to have a normal LDL-C and elevated ApoB and the role of small LDL particles in promoting atherosclerosis.
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dr. Amy Doneen(Medical Director of the Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Center and Co-Founder of the Bale-Doneen Method for preventing heart attack and stroke) and Boston Heart Medical Science Liaison Ann Sims as they discuss the role inflammation plays in vascular health. Learn how Dr. Doneen utilizes certain biomarkers and imaging to truly personalize risk assessment and treatment plans for her patients.
For more information on the Bale-Doneen Method and/or their best-selling book "Beat The Heart Attack Gene" please visit https://baledoneen.com
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
A healthy lifestyle is the number one recommendation to prevent chronic diseases. Join Dr. Michael Dansinger, a nationally recognized expert on lifestyle medicine and Medical Director of the Boston Heart Lifestyle Program, and Caitlin Quinn, Boston Heart’s lead dietitian, as they review what the Boston Heart Lifestyle Program is and how healthcare providers can use it as a resource to help their patients improve their lifestyle.
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dr. Michael Davidson(Cardiologist, Lipidologist, and Director of the Lipid Clinic at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) and Boston Heart Medical Science Liaison Peg Daly as they discuss the history and the latest information regarding Omega 3's and Fatty Acid's.
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dr. Robert Superko and Dr. Sotirios Tsimikas as they discuss Lp(a) as well as what is new in the field of Lp(a).
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dr. Robert Superko as he discusses what Lp(a) is and why it is important.
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!
Join Dr. Robert Superko as he discusses why advanced lipid testing is useful and the clinical evidence behind it.
For more medical education resources please visit https://bostonheartdiagnostics.com/providers/medical-education/ or call Customer Care at 877.425.1252 to request to speak with a Medical Science Liaison.
A big thank you to Hartwell Studios in Nashville, TN for our intro and outro music!!