JAMA Cardiology Author Interviews: Recent Episodes
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Interviews with authors of articles from JAMA Cardiology. JAMA Cardiology publishes exceptional original research, state-of-the-art reviews, and informative opinions that advance the science and practice of cardiology, enhance cardiovascular health, and inform health care policy. JAMA Cardiology is the definitive journal for clinical investigators, clinicians, and trainees in cardiovascular medicine worldwide. JAMA Cardiology focuses on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine, including epidemiology and prevention, diagnostic testing, interventional and pharmacologic therapeutics, translational research, health care policy and outcomes, and global health.
Interview with Alfred E. Buxton, MD, and Marie-France Poulin, MD, authors of Mechanisms Underlying Alterations in Cardiac Conduction After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Hosted by Kristen K. Patton, MD. Related Content:
- Mechanisms Underlying Alterations in Cardiac Conduction After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Special edition of the JAMA Editor's Summary featuring the JAMA Network articles published at the 2025 European Society of Cardiology Congress. Hosted by JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, with JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, JAMA Senior Editor Philip Greenland, MD, and JAMA Cardiology Editor Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS. Related Content:
- Remote Screening for Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation
- Long-Term Anticoagulation Discontinuation After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
- Systolic Blood Pressure and Microaxial Flow Pump–Associated Survival in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock
- Helicobacter pylori Screening After Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Physiology-Guided Complete Revascularization in Older Patients With Myocardial Infarction
- Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided Complete vs Culprit-Only Revascularization in Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease
- Transcatheter or Surgical Treatment of Patients With Aortic Stenosis at Low to Intermediate Risk
- Semaglutide and Tirzepatide in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Bivalent RSV Prefusion F Protein–Based Vaccine for Preventing Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Older Adults
- High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults
- Risk of Myocarditis or Pericarditis With High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine
- Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of New-Onset Myocarditis and Pericarditis
- Participation of Women in Cardiovascular Trials From 2017 to 2023
- Prevalence, Determinants, and Time Trends of Cardiovascular Health in the WHO African Region
Interview with Frederick L. Ruberg, MD, and Mathew S. Maurer, MD, authors of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in Older Black and Hispanic Individuals With Heart Failure. Hosted by Sadiya Khan, MD. Related Content:
- Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in Older Black and Hispanic Individuals With Heart Failure
Interview with Margaret Infeld, MD, MS, author of Clinical Outcomes With Personalized Accelerated Physiologic Pacing in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Follow-Up of the myPACE Trial. Hosted by Robert Bonow, MD. Related Content:
- Clinical Outcomes With Personalized Accelerated Physiologic Pacing in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Interview with Roxana Mehran, MD, author of Preserving and Promoting Clinical Trial Representativeness: A Review of Existing Strategies and the Path Forward. Hosted by Robert Bonow, MD. Related Content:
- Preserving and Promoting Clinical Trial Representativeness
Interview with Michael McDermott, MBChB, author of CT Angiography, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, and Preventive Therapy: A Nested Substudy of the SCOT-HEART 2 Randomized Clinical Trial, and Pamela S. Douglas, MD, author of The Last Mile in Prevention—Can Coronary CT Angiography Help? Hosted by Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD. Related Content:
- CT Angiography, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, and Preventive Therapy
- The Last Mile in Prevention—Can Coronary CT Angiography Help?
Interview with Leonoor F. J. M. Wijdeveld, BSc and Sean J. Jurgens, MD, MSc, PhD, authors of Cardiomyopathy-Associated Gene Variants in Atrial Fibrillation. Hosted by Sharlene Day, MD. Related Content:
- Cardiomyopathy-Associated Gene Variants in Atrial Fibrillation
- Genetic Testing in Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
Interview with Alexander C. Fanaroff, MD, MHS, author of Encouraging Pharmacist Referrals for Evidence-Based Statin Initiation: Two Cluster Randomized Clinical Trials. Hosted by Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD. Related Content:
- Encouraging Pharmacist Referrals for Evidence-Based Statin Initiation
Interview with Thomas Gaziano, MD, author of Sodium Reduction Legislation and Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure in South Africa, and Daniel W. Jones, MD, author of Dietary Sodium- and Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitutes—The Tipping Point? Hosted by Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD. Related Content:
- Sodium Reduction Legislation and Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure in South Africa
- Dietary Sodium- and Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitutes—The Tipping Point?
Interview with Barry A. Borlaug, MD, and Jwan A. Naser, MBBS, authors of Prevalence of HFpEF in Isolated Severe Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation. Hosted by James E. Udelson, MD. Related Content:
- Prevalence of HFpEF in Isolated Severe Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation
Interview with Paul L. Hess, MD, MHS, and Vincenzo B. Polsinelli, MD, authors of Hospital Heart Failure Medical Therapy Score and Associated Clinical Outcomes and Costs. Hosted by James E. Udelson, MD. Related Content:
- Hospital Heart Failure Medical Therapy Score and Associated Clinical Outcomes and Costs
Interview with Luis R. Lopes, PhD, author of Prevalence, Cardiac Phenotype, and Outcomes of Transthyretin Variants in the UK Biobank Population, and Senthil Selvaraj, MD, MS, MA, author of Genotype- vs Phenotype-Guided Approaches to Improve ATTR Detection. Hosted by Sharlene M. Day, MD. Related Content:
- Prevalence, Cardiac Phenotype, and Outcomes of Transthyretin Variants in the UK Biobank Population
- Genotype- vs Phenotype-Guided Approaches to Improve ATTR Detection
Interview with Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, DPhil, author of Leadless Ultrasound-Based Cardiac Resynchronization System in Heart Failure. Hosted by Kristen K. Patton, MD. Related Content:
- Leadless Ultrasound-Based Cardiac Resynchronization System in Heart Failure
Interview with Alisse Hauspurg, MD, MS, author of Postpartum Ambulatory Blood Pressure Patterns Following New-Onset Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Hosted by Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc. Related Content:
- Postpartum Ambulatory Blood Pressure Patterns Following New-Onset Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Interview with Jonathan Afilalo, MD, MSc, author of Osteosarcopenia and Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Hosted by Robert O. Bonow, MD. Related Content:
- Osteosarcopenia and Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Interview with Sanjiv J. Shah, MD, author of Atrial Shunt Device Effects on Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: The REDUCE LAP-HF II Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by James E. Udelson, MD. Related Content:
- Atrial Shunt Device Effects on Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Interview with Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD, and Jeremy S. Treger, MD, PhD, authors of A Revised Definition of Left Bundle Branch Block Using Time to Notch in Lead I. Hosted by Kristen K. Patton, MD. Related Content:
- A Revised Definition of Left Bundle Branch Block Using Time to Notch in Lead I
Interview with Michael T. Lu, MD, MPH, author of Effects of Pitavastatin on Coronary Artery Disease and Inflammatory Biomarkers in HIV: Mechanistic Substudy of the REPRIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial, and Matthew J. Feinstein, MD, MSc, author of Statins, Inflammation, and Tissue Context in REPRIEVE. Hosted by Robert Bonow, MD. Related Content:
- Effects of Pitavastatin on Coronary Artery Disease and Inflammatory Biomarkers in HIV
- Statins, Inflammation, and Tissue Context in REPRIEVE
Interview with Sanjiv J. Shah, MD, author of Effect of Tafamidis on Cardiac Function in Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: A Post Hoc Analysis of the ATTR-ACT Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by James E. Udelson, MD. Related Content:
- Effect of Tafamidis on Cardiac Function in Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Interview with Divaka Perera, MA, MD, author of Viability and Outcomes With Revascularization or Medical Therapy in Ischemic Ventricular Dysfunction: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of the REVIVED-BCIS2 Trial, and Julio A. Panza, MD, author of Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy—Scarred by the Data but Still Alive. Hosted by James E. Udelson, MD. Related Content:
- Viability and Outcomes With Revascularization or Medical Therapy in Ischemic Ventricular Dysfunction
- Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy—Scarred by the Data but Still Alive
Interview with Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, and John W. Ostrominski, MD, authors of Prevalence and Overlap of Cardiac, Renal, and Metabolic Conditions in US Adults, 1999-2020. Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MSc. Related Content:
- Prevalence and Overlap of Cardiac, Renal, and Metabolic Conditions in US Adults, 1999-2020
Interview with Maria C. Magnus, PhD, author of Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease After Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, author of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Birthing Adults—When Null Results Matter. Hosted by Roxana Mehran, MD
Related Content:
- Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease After Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Birthing Adults—When Null Results Matter
Interview with Marianna Fontana, MD, PhD, author of Tracking Treatment Response in Cardiac Light-Chain Amyloidosis With Native T1 Mapping, and Sarah A. M. Cuddy, MB, BCh, BAO, author of Imaging Biomarkers in the Management of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis. Hosted by James Udelson, MD.
Related Content:
- Tracking Treatment Response in Cardiac Light-Chain Amyloidosis With Native T1 Mapping
- Imaging Biomarkers in the Management of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis
Interview with Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc, author of Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump or No Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock, and David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, and Manesh R. Patel, MD, authors of Evidence Generation for Novel Cardiovascular Devices—Putting the Horse Back in Front of the Cart. Hosted by Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM.
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- Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump or No Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock
- Evidence Generation for Novel Cardiovascular Devices—Putting the Horse Back in Front of the Cart
Interview with Sharlene M. Day, MD, Rachel Lampert, MD, and Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD, authors of Vigorous Exercise in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Hosted by Robert Bonow, MD. Related Content:
- Vigorous Exercise in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Interview with Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, author of Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of Ultrasound Renal Denervation in the Sham-Controlled RADIANCE II, RADIANCE-HTN SOLO, and RADIANCE-HTN TRIO Trials. Hosted by Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc. Related Content:
- Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of Ultrasound Renal Denervation in the Sham-Controlled RADIANCE II, RADIANCE-HTN SOLO, and RADIANCE-HTN TRIO Trials
- Is There a Role for Renal Denervation in the Treatment of Hypertension?
Interview with Jenica N. Upshaw, MD, MS, author of Association of Preexisting Heart Failure With Outcomes in Older Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, and Ana Barac, MD, PhD, author of Assessing Heart Failure vs Lymphoma Treatment Risks and Benefits—It Takes Two to Tango. Hosted by Robert Bonow, MD. Related Content:
- Association of Preexisting Heart Failure With Outcomes in Older Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Assessing Heart Failure vs Lymphoma Treatment Risks and Benefits—It Takes Two to Tango
Interview with Søren Zöga Diederichsen, MD, PhD, author of Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Bradyarrhythmias in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care: Post Hoc Analysis of the LOOP Randomized Clinical Trial, and Mark Schoenfeld, MD, author of Incidental Detection of Bradycardia by Implantable Loop Recorders—Unintended Consequences. Hosted by Kristen K. Patton, MD.
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- Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Bradyarrhythmias in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care
- Incidental Detection of Bradycardia by Implantable Loop Recorders—Unintended Consequences
Interview with Michael J. Reardon, MD, and Daniel O’Hair, MD, authors of Structural Valve Deterioration After Self-Expanding Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients at Intermediate or High Risk. Hosted by Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS. Related Content:
- Structural Valve Deterioration After Self-Expanding Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients at Intermediate or High Risk
Interview with Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, author of Effect of Nudges to Clinicians, Patients, or Both to Increase Statin Prescribing: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial, and Faraz S. Ahmad, MD, MS, author of Nudging to Improve Cardiovascular Care—Clinicians, Patients, or Both. Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MS.
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- Effect of Nudges to Clinicians, Patients, or Both to Increase Statin Prescribing
- Nudging to Improve Cardiovascular Care—Clinicians, Patients, or Both
JAMA Interim Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, interviews Robert M. Carey, MD, University of Virginia, about his review article on treatment of hypertension in the November 8, 2022, issue of JAMA. Their discussion addresses the clinical consequences of hypertension, as well as nonpharmacological and pharmacological approaches to management, including patients with resistant hypertension.
Related Content:
- Treatment of Hypertension
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JAMA Interim Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, interviews Robert M. Carey, MD, University of Virginia, about his review article on treatment of hypertension in the November 8, 2022, issue of JAMA. Their discussion addresses the clinical consequences of hypertension, as well as nonpharmacological and pharmacological approaches to management, including patients with resistant hypertension.
Related Content:
- Treatment of Hypertension
More programs like this one are available via the JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast.
Interview with Nicholas M. Pajewski, PhD, author of Longer-Term All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality With Intensive Blood Pressure Control: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial, and Daniel W. Jones, MD, author of Blood Pressure Control After SPRINT—Back to Reality. Hosted by Gregg C. Fonarow, MD.
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- Longer-Term All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality With Intensive Blood Pressure Control
- Blood Pressure Control After SPRINT—Back to Reality
Interview with Santhi K. Ganesh, MD, author of Burden of Rare Genetic Variants in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With High-risk Features, and Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, author of Genetic Testing in High-risk Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection—Searching for Clinical Utility Among Background Genetic Noise. Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MS.
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- Burden of Rare Genetic Variants in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With High-risk Features
- Genetic Testing in High-risk Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection—Searching for Clinical Utility Among Background Genetic Noise
Interview with Santhi K. Ganesh, MD, author of Burden of Rare Genetic Variants in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With High-risk Features, and Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, author of Genetic Testing in High-risk Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection—Searching for Clinical Utility Among Background Genetic Noise. Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MS.
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- Burden of Rare Genetic Variants in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With High-risk Features
- Genetic Testing in High-risk Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection—Searching for Clinical Utility Among Background Genetic Noise
Interview with Santhi K. Ganesh, MD, author of Burden of Rare Genetic Variants in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With High-risk Features, and Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, author of Genetic Testing in High-risk Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection—Searching for Clinical Utility Among Background Genetic Noise. Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MS.
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- Burden of Rare Genetic Variants in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With High-risk Features
- Genetic Testing in High-risk Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection—Searching for Clinical Utility Among Background Genetic Noise
Interview with Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH, author of Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: The REVEAL-HF Randomized Clinical Trial, and Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil, author of Improving Quality Improvement—From Aspiration Toward Empiricism. Hosted by Gregg C. Fonarow, MD.
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- Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
- Improving Quality Improvement—From Aspiration Toward Empiricism
Interview with João L. Cavalcante, MD, author of Association of Left Ventricular Remodeling Assessment by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance With Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Aortic Regurgitation, and Vidhu Anand, author of Earlier Intervention in Asymptomatic Chronic Aortic Regurgitation—Novel Indicators of Myocardial Overload.Hosted by Robert Bonow, MD.
Interview with Ambarish Pandey, MD, MSCS, author of Machine Learning–Based Models Incorporating Social Determinants of Health vs Traditional Models for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure, and Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH, author of Machine Learning and Social Determinants of Health—An Opportunity to Move Beyond Race for Inpatient Risk Prediction in Patients With Heart Failure. Hosted by Clyde W. Yancy, MD.
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- Machine Learning–Based Models Incorporating Social Determinants of Health vs Traditional Models for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure
- Machine Learning and Social Determinants of Health—An Opportunity to Move Beyond Race for Inpatient Risk Prediction in Patients With Heart Failure
In July 2022, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, took on a new role as the 17th editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. In conversation with Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, MD, Bibbins-Domingo discusses her research background, approaches to leadership in health care, and the critical role that journals play in communication about public health and science.
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- A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA’s New Editor in Chief (audio)
Interview with Aniruddh P. Patel, MD, author of Association of Pathogenic DNA Variants Predisposing to Cardiomyopathy With Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes and All-Cause Mortality, and M. Benjamin Shoemaker, MD, author of Mortality Among Patients With Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Rare Variants in Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmia Genes. Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MS.
Interview with Amil M. Shah, MD, MPH, and Peder L. Myhre, MD, PhD, authors of Sex and Race Differences in N-Terminal Pro–B-type Natriuretic Peptide Concentration and Absolute Risk of Heart Failure in the Community. Hosted by Clyde Yancy, MD.
Interview with Sidney C. Smith, MD, author of Performance of Management Strategies With Class I Recommendations Among Patients Hospitalized With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in China, and Hani Jneid, author of Insights and Opportunities in STEMI Care in China Hosted by Clyde Yancy, MD.
Interview with Olav Wendelboe Nielsen, MD, PhD, DMSc, and Edina Hadziselimovic, MD, authors of Association of Annual N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Measurements With Clinical Events in Patients With Asymptomatic Nonsevere Aortic Stenosis: A Post Hoc Substudy of the SEAS Trial Hosted by Patrick O’Gara, MD.
Interview with Daniel S. Berman, MD, and Donghee Han, MD, authors of Association of Plaque Location and Vessel Geometry Determined by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography With Future Acute Coronary Syndrome–Causing Culprit Lesions Hosted by Robert Bonow MD.
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Interview with Valy Fontil, MD, and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo,PhD, MD, MAS, authors of Association of Differences in Treatment Intensification, Missed Visits, and Scheduled Follow-up Interval With Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Blood Pressure Control, and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PHD, MHS, RN, author of Treatment Intensification and Missed Visits as Important Targets for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension Control Hosted by Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, MS.
Interview with Douglas L. Mann, MD, and Eugene Braunwald, MD, authors of Effect of Treatment With Sacubitril/Valsartan in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Clyde Yancy, MD.
Interview with Mario Gaudino, MD, author of Comparison of Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Skeletonized vs Pedicled Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting Techniques in the Arterial Revascularization Trial, and Frank W. Sellke, MD, author of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With the Internal Thoracic Artery: A Great Operation With Some Unanswered Questions
Interview with Marcelo F. Di Carli, and Wunan Zhou, MD MPH, authors of Association of Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve With Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With Aortic Stenosis: The Microvascular Disease in Aortic Stenosis (MIDAS) Study
Interview with Omar F. AbouEzzeddine, MDCM, MS and Margaret M. Redfield, MD, authors of Prevalence of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Interview with Christopher J. O'Donnell, MD, and Murray B. Stein, MD, authors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease: State of the Science, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Opportunities
Interview with Christopher Rush, PhD, author of Prevalence of Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, and Viviany Taqueti, MD, author of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction—Common, Unrecognized, and Prevalent in Patients With or Without Epicardial CAD
Interview with Ron Blankstein, MD, and Adam N Berman, MD, authors of Association of Socioeconomic Disadvantage With Long-term Mortality After Myocardial Infarction: The Mass General Brigham YOUNG-MI Registry, and Edward Havranek, MD, author of Does Health Inequity Begin at Home?
Interview with Dawood Darbar, MD, author of Association of Rare Genetic Variants and Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Ethnic Minority Individuals, and Sadiya Sana Khan, MD, and Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, authors of Genetic Studies of Atrial Fibrillation in Diverse Cohorts and Identification of Diverse Phenotypes Associated With Single Genes
Interview with Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, and Stephen J. Greene, MD, authors of Comparison of New York Heart Association Class and Patient-Reported Outcomes for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, and Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS, author of The Growing Case for Routine Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Interview with Jeffrey Healey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, author of Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in the Older Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, author of Screening the Older Population for Atrial Fibrillation—Have We Moved the Needle Forward?
Interview with Thomas Pilgrim, MD, author of Effectiveness of Systematic Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nepalese Schoolchildren: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial, and Kumar Narayanan, MD, author of Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease—Quo Vadis?
Interview with Alice K. Jacobs, MD and Mario Gaudino, MD, author of Differences in Long-term Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Single vs Multiple Arterial Grafts and the Association With Sex
Interview with Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, MD, DMSc, author of Association of Low Plasma Transthyretin Concentration With Risk of Heart Failure in the General Population
Interview with Aaron L. Baggish, MD, and Jonathan H Kim, MD, authors of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Athletic Heart: Emerging Perspectives on Pathology, Risks, and Return to Play, and James E. Udelson, MD, author of Return to Play for Athletes After Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection—Making High-Stakes Recommendations as Data Evolve
Interview with Alan Braverman, MD, author of Clinical Features and Outcomes of Pregnancy-Related Acute Aortic Dissection
Interview with Nisha I. Parikh, MD, MPH, author of Association of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women, and C Noel Bairey Merz, MD, author of Can We Improve Cardiovascular Disease for Women Using Data Under Our Noses?: A Need for Changes in Policy and Focus
Interview with Elizabeth L. Godfrey, BS, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MBBS, and Abbas Rana, MD, authors of Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List
Interview with Nelson Wang, MD, MPhil, author of Association of Low-Dose Triple Combination Therapy With Therapeutic Inertia and Prescribing Patterns in Patients With Hypertension: A Secondary Analysis of the TRIUMPH Trial
Interview with Seamus P. Whelton, MD, MPH, author of Association of Normal Systolic Blood Pressure Level With Cardiovascular Disease in the Absence of Risk Factors, and Daniel W. Jones, MD, author of What Is a Normal Blood Pressure?
Interview with Lakshmi Muthukumar, MD, and Arshad Jahangir, MD, authors of Association Between Malignant Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death: A Review, and Marc Andrew Miller, MD, and David Adams, MD, authors of Hybrid Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse
Interview with Robert O. Bonow, MD, Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, and Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, authors of Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Myocardial Injury and Mortality and Ajay J. Kirtane, MD
Interview with Schuyler Jones, MD, and Adrian F Hernandez, MD, MHS, authors of Rationale and Design of the Aspirin Dosing—A Patient-Centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-term Effectiveness (ADAPTABLE) Trial
Interview with Aaron L. Baggish, MD, author of Association of Ascending Aortic Dilatation and Long-term Endurance Exercise Among Older Masters-Level Athletes
Interview with Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, author of Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course, and Nanette K. Wenger, MD, author of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes for Women—Biology, Bias, or Both?
Interview with Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, and Sameer A Hirji, MD, authors of Utility of 90-Day Mortality vs 30-Day Mortality as a Quality Metric for Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes, and Michael J. Mack, MD, author of Ninety-Day Outcome Assessment After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement—Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
Interview with Michael J. Reardon, MD, Martin B. Leon, MD, and Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, authors of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Patients at Low Surgical Risk—Selective or Ubiquitous?
Interview with Scott David Solomon, MD, and Stephen Yishu Wang, BS, authors of Longitudinal Associations Between Income Changes and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, and Edward P. Havranek, MD, author of The Influence of Social and Economic Factors on Heart Disease
Interview with Kausik K. Ray, MD, author of Effect of 1 or 2 Doses of Inclisiran on Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: One-Year Follow-up of the ORION-1 Randomized Clinical Trial, and Maarten JG. Leening, MD, PhD, author of Safety and Tolerability of Sustained Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Trial Data and Public Perception in a World Where Vaccines and Statins Are About to Collide
Interview with Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASE, author of Assessment of Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain for Early Prediction of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Interview with Richard G. Bach, MD, author of Effect of Simvastatin-Ezetimibe Compared With Simvastatin Monotherapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome Among Patients 75 Years or Older: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial, and Antonio M. Gotto, MD DPhil, author of Intensive Lipid Lowering in Elderly Patients
Interview with Stephen W. Waldo, MD, author of Association of Coronary Anatomical Complexity With Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous or Surgical Revascularization in the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Program
Interview with Amit Khera, MD, MSc, author of Identifying Familial Hypercholesterolemia Using a Blood Donor Screening Program With More Than 1 Million Volunteer Donors and and Stephen Daniels, MD, author of Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
Interview with Barry H. Greenberg, author of Association of Rivaroxaban With Thromboembolic Events in Patients With Heart Failure, Coronary Disease, and Sinus Rhythm: A Post Hoc Analysis of the COMMANDER HF Trial, and Marvin A. Konstam, MD, author of Antithrombotic Therapy in Heart Failure—The Clot Thickens
Interview with Scott David. Solomon, MD, author of Association of Influenza-like Illness Activity With Hospitalizations for Heart Failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Interview with Paul A Heidenreich, MD, MS, author of Association of Statin Adherence With Mortality in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Interview with Benjamin D. Levine, author of Association of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality With High Levels of Physical Activity and Concurrent Coronary Artery Calcification
Interview with Andreas M. Zeiher, MD, author of Association of Mutations Contributing to Clonal Hematopoiesis With Prognosis in Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure, and Peter Libby, MD, author of CHIPping Away at the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure
Interview with Utibe R Essien, MD, and Daniel E. Singer, MD, authors of Association of Race/Ethnicity With Oral Anticoagulant Use in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II
Interview with Suzanne V. Arnold, MD, MHA, author of Association of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair With Quality of Life Outcomes at 30 Days and 1 Year: Analysis of the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry
Interview with Nehal N. Mehta, MD, MSCE, author of Association Between Aortic Vascular Inflammation and Coronary Artery Plaque Characteristics in Psoriasis, and Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, author of Inflammation, Superadded Inflammation, and Out-of-Proportion Inflammation in Atherosclerosis
Interview with Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, author of Association of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Natural Course and Prognostic Value, and James D. Thomas, author of Moving Past Ejection Fraction in Timing of Aortic Stenosis Intervention
Interview with Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH, author of Efficacy and Safety of Further Lowering of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients Starting With Very Low Levels: A Meta-analysis
Interview with Seth Martin, MD, MHS, author of Comparison of Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Assessment by Martin/Hopkins Estimation, Friedewald Estimation, and Preparative Ultracentrifugation: Insights From the FOURIER Trial, and Neil J. Stone, MD, author of Measuring Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: When Is More Accurate Better?
Interview with Jiang He, MD, PhD, author of Estimating the Association of the 2017 and 2014 Hypertension Guidelines With Cardiovascular Events and Deaths in US Adults: An Analysis of National Data, and Lawrence J. Fine, MD, PhD, author of Blood Pressure Control—Much Has Been Achieved, Much Remains to Be Done
Interview with Leslie W. Miller, MD, and Joseph G Rogers, MD, authors of Evolution of Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure: A Review
Interview with Gregory M. Marcus, MD, MAS, author of Passive Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Commercially Available Smartwatch
Interview with John Kugler, author of Price and the Evolution of the Physical Examination, and Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, author of Time to Add a Fifth Pillar to Bedside Physical Examination: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation, and Insonation
Interview with Paul G. Barnett, PhD, author of Comparison of Accessibility, Cost, and Quality of Elective Coronary Revascularization Between Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals, and Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc, author of Coronary Revascularization for Veterans—There’s No Place Like Home
Interview with Donald S. Likosky, PhD, author of Association Between Medicare Expenditure Growth and Mortality Rates in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparison From 1999 Through 2014, and Jason H. Wasfy, MD, MPhil, author of Understanding How to Improve Quality and Value for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Interview with Pankaj Arora, MD, author of Racial Differences in Plasma Levels of N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Outcomes: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study, and Thomas J. Wang, MD, author of Natriuretic Peptide Deficiency—When There Is Too Little of a Good Thing
Interview with Wayne Batchelor, MD, author of Outcomes in Women and Minorities Compared With White Men 1 Year After Everolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation: Insights and Results From the PLATINUM Diversity and PROMUS Element Plus Post-Approval Study Pooled Analysis, and Ajay J Kirtane, MD, SM, author of Race/Ethnicity–Based Outcomes in Cardiovascular Medicine
Interview with Pamela S. Douglas, MD, author of Longitudinal Hemodynamics of Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valves in the PARTNER Trial
Interview with Monique Anderson Starks, MD, author of Association of Neighborhood Demographics With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treatment and Outcomes: Where You Live May Matter
Interview with Saket Girotra, MD, and Lee Joseph, MD, MS, authors of Temporal Changes in the Racial Gap in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, and Myron L. Weisfeldt, MD, author of Racial Differences in In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Good News: Cautious Optimism is Welcome
Interview with Javed Butler, MD, MPH, author of Efficacy and Safety of Spironolactone in Acute Heart Failure: The ATHENA-HF Randomized Clinical Trial
Interview with Robert M. Califf, MD, author of Evaluating Evolving Technologies in a Time of Rapid Change: The Case of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, discussing Trends and Outcomes of Off-Label Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the NCDR STS/ACC TVT Registry by Ravi Subhash Hira, MD, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD, Zhuokai Li, PhD, et al.
Interview with Tracy Y. Wang, MD, author of Accuracy of Medical Claims for Identifying Cardiovascular and Bleeding Events After Myocardial Infarction: A Secondary Analysis of the TRANSLATE-ACS Study, and Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, author of Claims Data to Ascertain Clinical Events: Lost in Translation
Interview with James A. de Lemos, MD, and Ambarish Pandey, MD, authors of Association of US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital 30-Day Risk-Standardized Readmission Metric With Care Quality and Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry/Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry–Get With the Guidelines
Interview with Laura Mauri, MD, MSc, author of Mortality Following Cardiovascular and Bleeding Events Occurring Beyond 1 Year After Coronary Stenting: A Secondary Analysis of the Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) Study
Interview with Carolyn Y. Ho, MD, author of The Burden of Early Phenotypes and the Influence of Wall Thickness in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutation Carriers: Findings From the HCMNet Study, and Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD, author of Assessing the Phenotypic Burden of Preclinical Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—New Assessments to Guide Diagnosis and Management
Interview with Martha L. Daviglus, MD, PhD, author of Challenges in Assessing Cardiovascular Mortality Among Hispanic/Latino Groups in the United States
Interview with Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, author of Disaggregation of Cause-Specific Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Subgroups
Interview with Euan A. Ashley, MRCP, DPhil, author of Feasibility of Obtaining Measures of Lifestyle From a Smartphone App, Bonnie Spring, PhD, author of First Steps Into the Brave New Transdiscipline of Mobile Health, and C Michael Gibson, MD, MS, author of The Democratization of Medical Research and Education Through Social Media
Interview with Thenappan Thenappan, MD, author of Trends and Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension–Related Hospitalizations in the United States: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database From 2001 Through 2012, Bradley A. Maron, MD, author of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Contemporary Era, and Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, author of Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Interview with Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS and Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, authors of Association Between Intensity of Statin Therapy and Mortality in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD interviews Taulant Muka, MD, MSc, DSc, author of Association of Age at Onset of Menopause and Time Since Onset of Menopause With Cardiovascular Outcomes, Intermediate Vascular Traits, and All-Cause Mortality, JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH and Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, authors of Reproductive Health as a Marker of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease
Interview with Marc Bonaca, MD, author of Antiplatelet Therapy for Long-term Secondary Prevention After Myocardial Infarction, and John Bittl, MD, author of Extended Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction
Clyde W. Yancy, MD interviews Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, author of Rates of Invasive Management of Cardiogenic Shock in New York Before and After Exclusion From Public Reporting, James M. McCabe, MD, author of Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Shock After Public Reporting Policy Changes in New York, and Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, author of The Complicated Calculus of Publicly Reporting Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Interview with Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, author of Long-term Tolerability of Ticagrelor for the Secondary Prevention of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Secondary Analysis of the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 Trial, and Christopher Granger, MD, author of Understanding the Adverse Effects of Ticagrelor in Practice
Interview with Edward Carlton, PhD, author of Evaluation of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Levels in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome, and David Morrow, MD, MPH, author of Evidence-Based Algorithms Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in the Emergency Department
Interview with Erica Spatz, MD, MHS, author of Geographic Variation in Trends and Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalization and Mortality by Income Levels, 1999-2013, and Thomas Maddox, MD, MSc, and Karen Joynt, MD, MPH, authors of Looking Beyond the Hospital to Reduce Acute Myocardial Infarction: Progress and Potential
Interview with Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, author of Implementation of a Regional Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Interview with Darren McGuire, MD, author of Association Between Sitagliptin Use and Heart Failure Hospitalization and Related Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Benjamin Scirica, MD, author of The Safety of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors and the Risk for Heart Failure
Interview with Jonathan Hsu, MD, MAS, author of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Prescription in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Across the Spectrum of Stroke Risk, and Gregg Fonarow, MD, author of Preventing Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation—A Steep Climb Away From Achieving Peak Performance.
Editors' Summary by Robert Bonow, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA Cardiology, for February 24, 2016, with Deputy Editors Robert Harrington, MD, Marc Sabatine, MD, Clyde Yancy, MD, and Michael Pencina, PhD