Top cardiology video interviews in 2024

Here is a the list of the most viewed video interviews on Cardiovascular Business in 2024 based on about 150,000 page views. There were 117 videos added to the website in 2024 covering g key trends and topics in cardiology.  


1. What happened to cardiology's private practices? – Interview with ACC President Cathie Biga, RN.

2. Higher payments for CCTA could bring considerable change to cardiology – Interview with Ron Blankstein, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 

3. How a big CMS update on carotid stenting could impact interventional cardiology – Interview with William Gray, MD, Lankenau Heart Institute, and Ken Rosenfield, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital. 

4. Remote monitoring, AI to play key roles in the future of cardiology – Interview with Thomas M. Maddox, MD, Washington University. 

5. 9 key takeaways from AHA 2024 in Chicago – Interview with Hadley Wilson, MD, ACC past president, Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute. 

6. How the shift to value-based reimbursements could transform cardiology – Interview with Alex Sandhu, MD, Stanford University. 

7. First large-scale studies of wearable ambulatory cardiac monitoring shed light on usage – Interview with Matthew Reynolds, MD, Lahey Hospital. 

8. AI model targets inflammation, helping cardiologists find 'invisible' heart patients – Interview with Keith Channon, MD, University of Oxford. 

9. New balloonless IVL catheter offers an alternative to atherectomy in tight lesions, CTOs – Interview with J.D. Corl, MD, The Christ Hospital. 

10.  Flurpiridaz will have a major impact on cardiac PET and nuclear imaging – Interview with Timothy Bateman, MD, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. 

11. What cardiologists should expect as U.S. healthcare payment models evolve — Interview with Dan Blumenthal, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital. 

12. Business concerns over costs and thin margins means it is no longer enough to just be a cardiologist – Interview with Jerry Blackwell, MD, president and CEO of MedAxiom. 

13. 'This could be a paradigm shift': How PET with newly approved flurpiridaz compares to SPECT – Jamshid Maddahi, MD, UCLA. 

14. The future of electrophysiology: Reviewing key trends in PFA – Interview with Vivek Reddy, MD, Mount Sinai. 

15. How cardiologists and hospitals get paid - Interview with Joel Sauer, MBA, executive VP of consulting, MedAxiom. 

16. Why financial literacy is so important for structural heart program directors – Interview with  Carrie Redick, RN, Morristown Medical Center. 

17. JACC editor excited by progress during a 'very important moment' for cardiology - Interview with Harlan Krumholz, MD, Yale School of Medicine. 

18. Cardiologist examines the latest breakthroughs in coronary inflammation research - Deepak Bhatt, MD, Mount Sinai. 

19. Exploring major breakthroughs in cardiac imaging – Interview with Ron Blankstein, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 

20. Cardiologist highlights key takeaways from SMART trial, which looked at TAVR in small annulus patients – Interview with Howard C. Herrmann, MD, University of Pennsylvania. 

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Dave Fornell is a digital editor with Cardiovascular Business and Radiology Business magazines. He has been covering healthcare for more than 16 years.

Dave Fornell has covered healthcare for more than 17 years, with a focus in cardiology and radiology. Fornell is a 5-time winner of a Jesse H. Neal Award, the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism. The wins included best technical content, best use of social media and best COVID-19 coverage. Fornell was also a three-time Neal finalist for best range of work by a single author. He produces more than 100 editorial videos each year, most of them interviews with key opinion leaders in medicine. He also writes technical articles, covers key trends, conducts video hospital site visits, and is very involved with social media. E-mail: dfornell@innovatehealthcare.com

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