In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Steven Cohn from the University of Miami Miller school of Medicine. Dr. Cohn has recently published an Education in Heart paper entitled "The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery". This paper gives an in-depth review of this area of cardiology practice that is familiar to many of us. Dr. Cohn is a leading figure in pre-operative assessment and was a reviewer of the most recent ACC guidelines.

Several controversial areas are discussed, including both the use of beta-blockers and revascularisation prior to non-cardiac surgery.

Link to paper : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/20/heartjnl-2015-307997.extract