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Geographic Variation in Cardiovascular Procedure Use Among Medicare Fee-for-Service vs Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

Interview with Daniel D. Matlock, MD, MPH, author of Geographic Variation in Cardiovascular Procedure Use Among Medicare Fee-for-Service vs Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries




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Association of National Initiatives to Improve Cardiac Arrest Management With Rates of Bystander Intervention and Patient Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Christian Torp-Pedersen, MD, DSc, author of Association of National Initiatives to Improve Cardiac Arrest Management With Rates of Bystander Intervention and Patient Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest




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Evaluation of Surveillance Bias and the Validity of the Venous Thromboembolism Quality Measure

Interview with Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, author of Evaluation of Surveillance Bias and the Validity of the Venous Thromboembolism Quality Measure




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Association Between Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Patients: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH, FRCPC, author of Association Between Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Patients: A Meta-analysis




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Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States

Interview with Michael J. Mack, MD, author of Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States




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Effect of Vitamin E and Memantine on Functional Decline in Alzheimer Disease: The TEAM-AD VA Cooperative Randomized Trial

Interview with Maurice W. Dysken, MD, author of Effect of Vitamin E and Memantine on Functional Decline in Alzheimer Disease: The TEAM-AD VA Cooperative Randomized Trial




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Calcium Density of Coronary Artery Plaque and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events

Interview with Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH, author of Calcium Density of Coronary Artery Plaque and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events




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Clinical Trial Evidence Supporting FDA Approval of Novel Therapeutic Agents, 2005-2012

Interview with Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS, author of Clinical Trial Evidence Supporting FDA Approval of Novel Therapeutic Agents, 2005-2012




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Association of Varying Number of Doses of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine With Incidence of Condyloma

Interview with Lisen Arnheim-Dahlström, PhD, author of Association of Varying Number of Doses of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine With Incidence of Condyloma




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Comparison of 2 Transvaginal Surgical Approaches and Perioperative Behavioral Therapy for Apical Vaginal Prolapse

Interview with Matthew D. Barber, MD, MHS, author of Comparison of 2 Transvaginal Surgical Approaches and Perioperative Behavioral Therapy for Apical Vaginal Prolapse




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Comparison of Balloon-Expandable vs Self-expandable Valves in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The CHOICE Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, MD, author of Comparison of Balloon-Expandable vs Self-expandable Valves in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The CHOICE Randomized Clinical Trial




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Door-to-Needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Before and After a Quality Improvement Initiative

Interview with Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, author of Door-to-Needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Before and After a Quality Improvement Initiative




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Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Children and Adolescents From 2001 to 2009

Interview with Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, author of Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Children and Adolescents From 2001 to 2009




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Association of Azithromycin With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Older Patients Hospitalized With Pneumoniaew

Interview with Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc, author of Association of Azithromycin With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Older Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia




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Association Between Intensification of Metformin Treatment With Insulin vs Sulfonylureas and Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes

Interview with Christianne L. Roumie, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Intensification of Metformin Treatment With Insulin vs Sulfonylureas and Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes




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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves

Interview with Danny Dvir, MD, author of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves




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Time Elapsed After Ischemic Stroke and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Following Elective Noncardiac Surgery

Interview with Mads E. Jørgensen, MB, author of Time Elapsed After Ischemic Stroke and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Following Elective Noncardiac Surgery




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Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Interview with Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH, author of Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing




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Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011

Interview with Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD, author of Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011




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Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression

Interview with Stefanie Schulz-Schüpke, MD, author of Comparison of Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression After Femoral Artery Puncture: The ISAR-CLOSURE Randomized Clinical Trial




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Glycemic Index, Cardiovascular Disease, and Insulin Sensitivity

Interview with Frank M. Sacks, MD, author of Effects of High vs Low Glycemic Index of Dietary Carbohydrate on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Insulin Sensitivity




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Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival

Interview with David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH and Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, authors of Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival




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Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival

Interview with Steven A. Narod, MD, FRCPC, author of Differences in Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Cancer-Specific Survival by Race and Ethnicity in the United States




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Varenicline for Smoking Cessation Through Smoking Reduction

Interview with Jon O. Ebbert, MD, MSc, author of Effect of Varenicline on Smoking Cessation Through Smoking Reduction




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Genetic Variant and Vincristine Peripheral Neuropathy in ALL

Interview with William E. Evans, PharmD, author of Association of an Inherited Genetic Variant With Vincristine-Related Peripheral Neuropathy in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia




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Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Interview with David R. Holmes Jr, MD, author of Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement




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Ebola Vaccine After Needlestick

Interview with Mark J. Mulligan, MD, author of Emergency Postexposure Vaccination With Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Ebola Vaccine After Needlestick




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Autism Occurrence by MMR Vaccine Status Among US Children

Interview with Anjali Jain, MD, author of Autism Occurrence by MMR Vaccine Status Among US Children With Older Siblings With and Without Autism




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Interview with Harold Varmus, MD

Harold Varmus, MD, former director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about his career and his ideas for improving the biomedical research enterprise.




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Maternal Malignancy and Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Interview with Diana W. Bianchi, MD, author of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing and Incidental Detection of Occult Maternal Malignancies




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Cost-effectiveness of Varying 10-Year Risk Statin Treatment Thresholds

Interview with Thomas A. Gaziano, MD, MSc, author of Cost-effectiveness of 10-Year Risk Thresholds for Initiation of Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease




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Cardiac Survival After Bystander and First-Responder CPR Intervention

Interview with Carolina Malta Hansen, MD, author of Association of Bystander and First-Responder Intervention With Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in North Carolina, 2010-2013






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Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Constipation

Constipation is one of the most frequent problems clinicians are asked to deal with. Despite how common it is, constipation is frequently not treated adequately. In this podcast, Arnold Wald, MD, explains a stepwise approach to the management of constipation ranging from very simple measures to the most novel and complicated new medical therapies.






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Value-Driven Outcomes Program and Health Care Cost and Quality

Interview with Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA;, author of Implementation of a Value-Driven Outcomes Program to Identify High Variability in Clinical Costs and Outcomes: Association With Reduced Cost and Improved Quality, and Michael E. Porter, PhD, author of From Volume to Value in Health Care: The Work Begins