The Lead

The Lead is a weekly journal review podcast designed to keep you updated and informed on the EP field's latest publications and hottest topics. Key takeaways, in-depth interpretations, and informative interviews are all fitted into 15-minute time slots so that they fit easily into your busy schedule.

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Latest Episodes

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The Lead Episode 103: A Discussion of Independent External Evaluation of Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Risk Scores... Live at HRS 2025 in San Diego

Join host Elizabeth S DeWitt, MD, CEPS-P, and episode guests Cheyenne Beach, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, and Robert Przybylski, MD as they discuss Sudden cardiac death…

May 15, 2025

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The Lead Episode 102: A Discussion of Repeat Procedures after Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, the MANIFEST-REDO Study

Join host Michael S. Lloyd, MD, FHRS, and episode guests Ante Anic, MD, and Konstantinos Vlachos, MD as they discuss the recent article Repeat Procedures…

May 8, 2025

Latest from Heart Rhythm 365

Episode #96

The study highlights the complex interplay of lifestyle and healthcare system factors along with analysis of different large cohort studies in AF development and underscores the need for population-specific risk assessment and prevention strategies.

Episode #95

To review the study entitled "Personalized voltage maps guided by cardiac magnetic resonance in the era of high-density mapping" The purpose of this study was to analyze the diagnostic yield of a personalized voltage map using CMR to guide the adjustment of voltage thresholds.

Episode #93

William Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Tobias Reichlin, MD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and Nikolas Nozica, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, to discuss the Nature Medicine article Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with atrial fibrillation in the MANIFEST-17K study. The following is a brief summary of the study covered in the article.

Latest from HRX Innovation Hub

Powered by CardiacRMS

Moderated by Rebecca Yapejian with CardiacRMS, this podcast is a dynamic discussion between Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD, FHRS and Suneet Mittal, MD, FHRS, on the current and future state of CIED Remote Monitoring for Electophysiologists

The Lead Episode #77

Join us for another episode of The Lead as we discuss pulmonary vein isolation and sham intervention in symptomatic atrial fibrillation.