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Heart Matters

Heart Matters

Providence

Heart Matters is a show about all aspects of heart health brought to you in partnership with the Providence Heart Institute and Boston Scientific. Providence Heart Institute is a leading provider of cardiovascular care with a focus on putting our patients at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to making a positive difference in every life we touch. As part of that commitment, we’re bringing the doctors to you.
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Top 10 Heart Matters Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Heart Matters episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Heart Matters for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Heart Matters episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Heart Matters - Delivery of Care

Delivery of Care

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01/02/23 • 36 min

In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of Providence Heart Institute, and Dr. Ty Gluckman, medical director of the Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science (CARDS) at Providence, discuss advancements in delivery of care in cardiology.

Heart Matters is a new podcast about all aspects of heart health brought to you in partnership with the Providence Heart Institute and Boston Scientific.

Providence Heart Institute is committed to making a positive difference in every life we touch.

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Heart Matters - Congenital Heart Disease
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01/30/23 • 40 min

Dr. John Waggoner speaks with specialist in adult and pediatric cardiology, Dr. Jeremy Nicolarsen about congenital heart disease. They will discuss what congenital heart disease is, how and when it's generally diagnosed and innovations in treatment that are allowing patients to live longer and healthier lives into adulthood.

For more information and resources, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information on Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific

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Heart Matters - Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation

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01/23/23 • 50 min

In this episode of Heart Matters, host Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of the Oregon Heart Institute at Providence, speaks with Dr. Shephal Doshi and Dr. Steven J. Compton, both Cardio Electrophysiologists with Providence. Their discussion is centered around the heart condition atrial fibrillation-the causes, symptoms and some of the treatments. Additional treatment options will be discussed more in a later episode.

For more information and resources, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information on Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific

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Heart Matters - Sudden Cardiac Arrest
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02/23/24 • 51 min

Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of the Providence Heart Institute is joined by is Dr. Darryl Wells, a Cardiac Electrophysiologist with Providence Swedish in Seattle, Washington. Today we are discussing sudden cardiac arrest—what it is, what the symptoms are, prevention, treatment and more.
For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific

For more information on heart health, prevention and wellness, visit: Providence Basecamp Prevention + Wellness

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Heart Matters - Heart Failure

Heart Failure

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02/02/24 • 54 min

"I told him go out and tango tonight because he can do that now that he's on the medicines." - Richard Wright, MD, Cardiology

Dr. John Waggoner speaks with Dr. Richard Wright, from Providence in Santa Monica, California, and Dr. John Mignone, with Providence Swedish in Seattle, Washington, both heart failure specialists in the field of cardiology. In this episode of Heart Matters, we are talking about Heart Failure—what that is, how it differs from other heart conditions we’ve discussed on previous episodes of the podcast, along with treatments and prevention.

For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific

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Heart Matters - Atrial Fibrillation Treatments
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12/27/23 • 27 min

Dr. Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of Providence Heart Institute in Portland, Oregon, is joined by Dr. Shephal Doshi, a cardiac electrophysiologist specialist with Providence in Santa Monica, California to discuss the topic of atrial fibrillation, commonly known as Afib.

They explain what Afib is along with some of the warning signs to know if you may need to seek treatment and discuss the new treatments and technology options to help you lead a normal and healthy life.

For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific

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Heart Matters - Interventional Cardiology
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12/21/23 • 46 min

Dr. John Waggoner, Interventional Cardiologist practicing in Olympia, Washington, is joined by Dr. Jonathan McDonagh, Interventional Cardiologist from Anchorage, Alaska and discuss the topic of interventional cardiology. They help explain interventional cardiology is and how the practice plays a role in heart health.
For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific

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Heart Matters - Infective Endocarditis + Substance Use
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10/10/23 • 49 min

In this episode of Heart Matters, Matt Ducsik, Associate Vice President of Clinical Institutes at Providence, is joined by Jim Walsh, MD who specializes in Addiction Recovery Services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, and James Brevig, MD, FACS, a Cardiac and Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Providence Cardiac Surgery in Everett, Washington.

Our panel discusses the important topic of how we treat the whole person when caring for cardiac patients, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. In this case, we will be talking about a specific heart condition that disproportionately affects patients with substance use disorder, many of whom are without stable housing or access to other basic health services.
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Providence Heart Institute
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Heart Matters - Barriers to Care

Barriers to Care

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01/06/23 • 38 min

Dr. John Waggoner speaks with Dr. Xioang Huang, cardiac specialist with Providence, and Sam Conaway, President of US Cardiology Sales and Chair of the Boston Scientific Close the Gap initiative, about barriers to care in the healthcare system. They dig deep on disparities in the system and what steps Providence and Boston Scientific are taking to combat these important issues.

For more information and resources about Providence, visit: Providence Heart Institute

For more information and resources about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific's Close the Gap initiative: Boston Scientific-Close the Gap

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Heart Matters - Modern Diagnosis Methods
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08/16/23 • 42 min

In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director, Providence Central Division Heart Institute, speaks with Dr. Harry Peled, Medical Director of Cardiology and Critical Care at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in California, about modern diagnosis methods in cardiology. They discuss how technology has improved over time and where we're going in the field of diagnostics and imaging to provide the best cardiology care possible.

Be sure to tune in and listen to the other episodes of Heart Matters or subscribe to have the latest episode delivered to your favorite podcast platform.

For more information and resources, visit:

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Providence Heart Institute
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Dr. Harry Peled's LinkedIn

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How many episodes does Heart Matters have?

Heart Matters currently has 19 episodes available.

What topics does Heart Matters cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Heart, Cardiology, Medicine, Podcasts, Heart Health and Health.

What is the most popular episode on Heart Matters?

The episode title 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Heart Matters?

The average episode length on Heart Matters is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of Heart Matters released?

Episodes of Heart Matters are typically released every 9 days, 19 hours.

When was the first episode of Heart Matters?

The first episode of Heart Matters was released on Nov 11, 2022.

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