Welcome to the Cardiac Critical Care Knowledge Hub, powered by CardioNerds and created by cardiologists. In this series, we’ll deliver key information on the diseases and treatment options most relevant to the modern cardiac intensive care unit.
Featured Podcasts
CardioNerds at SCAI SHOCK 2022: The AHA Cardiogenic Shock Registry
The American Heart Association (AHA) recently created the Cardiogenic Shock Registry to enhance the quality of care and understanding of patients presenting with cardiogenic shock across the United States. According to the AHA, a few aims of the registry include: Provide high-quality evidence that...
CardioNerds at SCAI SHOCK 2022: The VANQUISH Shock Registry
Despite advances in treatment, cardiogenic shock (CS) outcomes remain dire. As such, researchers initiated the Multicenter Collaborative to Enhance Biological Understanding, Quality and Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock registry (VANQUISH Shock), which aims to assess unrestricted adult patients with CS at several North American centers. In...
CardioNerds Spotlight: Positive Pressure Ventilation in the CICU
In this episode, experts discuss the basics of mechanical ventilation, including the physiology/pathophysiology of negative and positive pressure breathing, a review of ventilator modes, and a framework for outlining the goals of mechanical ventilation. They also apply these principles to patients in the CICU,...
A Special Discussion on Cardiogenic Shock and Valvular Heart Disease
This episode discusses cardiogenic shock due to valvular heart disease. Join Dr. Pranoti Hiremath, interventional cardiology fellow, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Dr. Karan Desai, cardiology fellow, University of Maryland; Dr. Yoav Karpenshif, chief cardiology fellow, University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Amit Goyal, CardioNerds Co-Founder, for...
Hemodynamic Evaluation of Cardiogenic Shock With Dr. Nosheen Reza
The hemodynamic evaluation of cardiogenic shock obtained via a Swan-Ganz catheter plays an essential role in the characterization of cardiogenic shock patients. Join Dr. Nosheen Reza, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant cardiologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,...
Meet The NERDS!
Amit Goyal, MD, Co-founder
Amit Goyal, MD MAS (@AmitGoyalMD) is an interventional cardiology fellow at the Cleveland Clinic.
With a passion for medical education, he co-founded CardioNerds. In this capacity, he designed the CardioNerds Academy, Healy Honor Roll, Narratives in Cardiology, Medical Journalism, and Scholarship programs.
He completed his medical school and obtained a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research at the University of California, San Diego and went on to enjoy internal medicine residency training in the Osler Program at Johns Hopkins University, where he served as the Assistant Chief of Service of the Barker Firm. As ACS he founded Osler Grand Rounds, an interactive mystery case discussion, and helped establish a novel morning report structure integrating bedside skills education. He
trained in general cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic where he remained for interventional cardiology fellowship. He has served as the Educational Editorial Fellow as member of the ACC FIT Editorial Board and Associate Editorial Team Lead for ACC.org’s Pericardial Section.
He relishes time with friends and family including with his wife Riddhi and three sons Dhruv, Aarav, and Atharv
Daniel Ambinder, MD, Co-founder
Daniel Ambinder, MD @Dr_DanMD is an interventional/structural cardiology fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
With a passion for medical education, he co-founded CardioNerds. In this capacity, he designed and maintains the CardioNerds website, helped established the CardioNerds Academy, Narratives in Cardiology, Medical Journalism, and Scholarship programs. He is an assistant social media editor for Circulation @circAHA and co-created and maintains @hopkinsheart.
He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed residency in the Osler Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital where he also completed his general cardiology fellowship.
Clinical and research interests include resuscitation of cardiac arrest, mechanical circulatory support, coronary and structural heart disease.
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