HCPLive Cardiology Podcasts
HCPLive Cardiology Podcasts
HCPLive Cardiology

HCPLive Cardiology Podcasts

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HCPLive Cardiology Podcasts is the home of your favorite expert-led programming in cardiometabolic health, including Don't Miss a Beat and Moving the Needle in Medicine. 



Don’t Miss a Beat is hosted by Steve Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, examining recent advances in clinical care and research in heart failure and cardio-kidney-metabolic health with perspectives from global experts in the field.



Moving the Needle in Medicine explores the backstories and nuanced career paths that led the field’s movers and shakers to where they are today. Hosted by Alex Hajduczok, MD, the show will offer listeners insight into the biggest names in cardiology and beyond.



Video versions of all shows are available on HCPLive.com.



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Moving the Needle in Medicine: Blazing a Trail in Cardiology, with Martha Gulati, MD, MS
23 March 2026

Moving the Needle in Medicine: Blazing a Trail in Cardiology, with Martha Gulati, MD, MS

A physician's career path is rarely linear and the influences shaping it are seldom predictable. In the inaugural episode of Moving the Needle in Medicine, host Alex Hajduczok, MD, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at Oklahoma Heart Institute, sits down with Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, director of the Davis Women's Heart Center at Houston Methodist and one of the most recognized...
POLY-HF & the Potential of Polypills in HF, With Ambarish Pandey, MD
14 November 2025

POLY-HF & the Potential of Polypills in HF, With Ambarish Pandey, MD

Welcome back to Don't Miss a Beat!In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, cohosts Steven Green, MD, and Muthu Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, sit down with Ambarish Pandey, MD, from UT Southwestern, to discuss the landmark POLY-HF trial, presented at the 2025 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans. The discussion centers on the novel concept of a “polypill” approach for patients with...
Debating Oral Diuretic Intensification as an Endpoint in Heart Failure Trials
28 September 2025

Debating Oral Diuretic Intensification as an Endpoint in Heart Failure Trials

At the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, a cardiologist and codirector of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Stephen Greene, MD, an advanced heart failure specialist at Duke University School of Medicine, discussed the evolving role of oral diuretic intensification as...
Vericiguat in Heart Failure and the VICTOR Trial, With Javed Butler, MD
30 August 2025

Vericiguat in Heart Failure and the VICTOR Trial, With Javed Butler, MD

At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2025 in Madrid, hosts Steve Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, sat down with Javed Butler, MD, to review the results of the highly anticipated VICTOR trial, a companion study to the pivotal VICTORIA trial evaluating vericiguat in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). While VICTORIA focused on patients recently hospitalized...
SURPASS-CVOT and Tirzepatide, a Dual GIP/GLP-1 RA, in ASCVD
18 August 2025

SURPASS-CVOT and Tirzepatide, a Dual GIP/GLP-1 RA, in ASCVD

In this episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, hosts Stephen Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, sit down with Darren McGuire, MD, to explore the groundbreaking results of the SURPASS-CVOT trial. This cardiovascular outcome study is the first to directly compare two incretin-based therapies—tirzepatide, a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, and dulaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist—among patients...
Navigating the ATTR-CM Care Landscape, With Ahmad Masri, MD
16 May 2025

Navigating the ATTR-CM Care Landscape, With Ahmad Masri, MD

This episode of Don’t Miss a Beat centers on the evolving treatment landscape for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) with special guest Ahmad Masri, MD. Hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, a cardiologist and codirector of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Steve Greene, MD, an advanced heart failure specialist at Duke University...
Treatment Sequencing in New Era of Heart Failure Management
02 April 2025

Treatment Sequencing in New Era of Heart Failure Management

This episode of Don’t Miss a Beat, recorded at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2025 Annual Scientific Sessions, explores the evolving landscape of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) treatment, focusing on the implementation of combination therapies. Hosts Steve Greene, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, discuss the transition from a previously limited treatment...
STRIDE and SOUL Trials at ACC.25
01 April 2025

STRIDE and SOUL Trials at ACC.25

In this on-site episode of Don't Miss a Beat from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2025 Annual Scientific Sessions, hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, and Steve Greene, MD, break down a pair of trials from the meeting: STRIDE and SOUL.STRIDE TrialThe STRIDE trial, funded by Novo Nordisk, was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study initiated in 2020 to evaluate the effects...
Putting Evidence-Based Cardiometabolic Therapies into Practice, with Taher Modarressi, MD
03 October 2024

Putting Evidence-Based Cardiometabolic Therapies into Practice, with Taher Modarressi, MD

In this episode of Don't Miss a Beat, hosts Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, and Steve Greene, MD, are joined by Taher Modarressi, MD, to explore the practicalities of implementing cardiometabolic therapies in clinical practice. Modarressi shares his experiences establishing a cardiometabolic clinic and offers invaluable advice on overcoming barriers like insurance coverage and cost issues. The...
Finerenone's Role in Heart Failure from ESC Congress Data
02 September 2024

Finerenone's Role in Heart Failure from ESC Congress Data

Live from ESC Congress 2024!In this edition of Don’t Miss a Beat, Stephen Greene, MD, an advanced heart failure specialist at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses the prospect of finerenone in treatment algorithms for heart failure with Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, codirector of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, based on data from...