The Heart of Prevention is a podcast that helps clinicians stay up to date on preventive cardiology. Hosted by Cardiovascular Disease Fellow Keerthana Pakanati, MD, each episode features leading experts discussing real-world strategies to prevent heart disease, from lifestyle changes like diet and exercise to medical treatments , including new therapies. This podcast explores emerging research, innovative technologies, and patient-centered approaches, giving listeners actionable tools for their practice. We bring in experts actively shaping the field, ensuring the latest, most practical insights. Whether you're a medical student, resident, or practicing clinician, this podcast challenges, informs, and enhances your approach to cardiovascular prevention.
Vaccines and CVD Reduction: Insights from FLUNITY-HD Cardiovascular Outcomes Data
Influenza is often thought of primarily as a respiratory illness—but its impact may extend well beyond the lungs. Growing evidence suggests that influenza infection can trigger cardiovascular events, while vaccination may represent an underrecognized tool in cardiovascular prevention.In this episode of The Heart of Prevention, host Dr. Keerthana Pakanati is joined by Dr. Alison Bailey to explore the evolving connection between influenza and cardiovascular disease. They discuss how influenza vaccination emerged as a potential cardiovascular prevention strategy, what we are learning from the cardiovascular analysis of FLUNITY-HD—including findings related to heart failure hospitalization—and where vaccination may fit within the broader preventive cardiology toolkit.The conversation also tackles the practical questions: Should we think about vaccines alongside statins, antihypertensives, and other preventive therapies? How should clinicians approach high-dose versus standard-dose vaccination in older adults? And what evidence do we still need to better define the role of influenza vaccination in cardiovascular prevention?Tune in for a timely conversation about infection, inflammation, vaccination, and why protecting against the flu may also mean thinking about the heart.Sanofi provided financial sponsorship for the production of this podcast and had no influence or involvement in the review, approval, or development of any content.
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9 Sept 2026
ASPC 2026 Congress Wrap-Up: Emerging Leaders on the Future of Prevention Part Two
In this special 2026 ASPC wrap-up episode of The Heart of Prevention, four emerging leaders in cardiovascular medicine who served as social media ambassadors for the Congress share their key takeaways from the meeting and discuss the latest advances shaping preventive cardiology.The conversation features Dr. Leonie Dupuis, a PGY-4 Cardiovascular Diseases Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dr. Ido Avivi, a preventive cardiologist and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, San Diego; Dr. Yulith Roca, a PGY-5 Cardiovascular Disease Fellow at Loma Linda University Health; and Dr. Binay Panjiyar, MD, GCSRT, a PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin.Together, they highlight the research, clinical insights, and emerging themes that stood out at ASPC 2026—and explore how these developments may influence the future of cardiovascular prevention and patient care.
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2 Sept 2026
ASPC 2026 Congress Wrap-Up: Emerging Leaders on the Future of Prevention Part One
In this special 2026 ASPC wrap-up episode of The Heart of Prevention, four emerging leaders in cardiovascular medicine who served as social media ambassadors for the Congress share their key takeaways from the meeting and discuss the latest advances shaping preventive cardiology.The conversation features Dr. Leonie Dupuis, a PGY-4 Cardiovascular Diseases Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dr. Ido Avivi, a preventive cardiologist and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, San Diego; Dr. Yulith Roca, a PGY-5 Cardiovascular Disease Fellow at Loma Linda University Health; and Dr. Binay Panjiyar, MD, GCSRT, a PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin.Together, they highlight the research, clinical insights, and emerging themes that stood out at ASPC 2026—and explore how these developments may influence the future of cardiovascular prevention and patient care.Stay tuned next week for Part Two!
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