AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology Podcast

Is a pre-treatment with low dose cyclosporine immunosuppression necessary to limit allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cell therapy rejection? Listen as Associate Editor Dr. Amanda LeBlanc (University of Louisville) interviews senior author Dr. John Can...

When Dr. Ashley Walker (University of Oregon) began to study sex differences with vascular aging and cognitive decline, she and her team went to the literature for guidance on research study design to account for the confounding variable of estrous ...

Have you ever had an experimental design deviate from expectations? Well, this episode is for you. Associate Editor Dr. Keith Brunt (Dalhousie University) interviews Deputy Editor Dr. Zamaneh Kassiri (University of Alberta) about her recently publis...

Why do many severe COVID-19 survivors experience exercise intolerance as a lingering consequence of their viral infection? In this episode, Guest Editor Dr. Tiago Peçanha (Manchester Metropolitan University) interviewed lead author Dr. Hamilton Rosc...

In our latest episode of Behind the Bench from AJP-Heart and Circ, co-hosts Dr. Tommy Martin and Dr. Charlotte Usselman interview bioengineer and first author Dr. Amy Garrett. Dr. Garrett joined the Auckland Bioengineering Institute in 2016, where s...

What is a cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients and how does it adversely affect organ systems in diabetes patients? In our latest episode, Associate Editor Dr. Keith Brunt (Dalhousie University) interviews lead author Dr. Dinender Singla (University ...

How do the 3 Rs of Research – Refinement, Reduction, Replacement – factor into a methodological paper regarding a novel quantitative method for using an electrocardiogram to determine which animals have infarcts that reflect successful coronary liga...

Is it bad for our cardiovascular health to “spring forward” into Daylight Saving Time? On March 15, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which aims to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and eliminate bi-annual seasonal clock change...

The eyes are the window to the soul, as the old saying goes, but are the eyes also the window to cardiovascular disease? Diabetic retinopathy is a common diabetic microvascular disease and a leading cause of blindness in diabetes patients worldwide. Def...

This episode of Behind the Bench with AJP-Heart and Circ is full of connections. Returning co-host Dr. Charlotte Usselman is joined by her new co-host Dr. Tommy Martin. We first met Tommy when we interviewed him last year for Behind the Bench episode 10...