In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by cardiologist and cardiac CT expert Dr. Ed Nicol from The Royal Brompton Hospital, London. They discuss what the updated NICE guidelines for the assessment of stable chest pain mean for the UK imaging community. They also cover the differences between the UK, European and US guidelines and how technological developments in CT might help patients and save money. Please leave us a podcast review at itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart…id445358212?mt=2

Link to published papers and podcasts:

Podcasts on the NICE guidelines from authors for, and against, the new approach:

https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/assessing-stable-chest-pain-a-nice-win-for-ct?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/heart-podcast

https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/stable-chest-pain-assessment-revisited-the-case-against-cardiac-ct?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/heart-podcast

Assessment of patients with stable chest pain : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/30/heartjnl-2017-311212

Challenges in delivering computed tomography coronary angiography as the first-line test for stable chest pain : http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/14/heartjnl-2017-311846