Podcast #6: Contrast nephropathy and pulmonary valve replacement and risk for endocarditis.

Summary: On this podcast we explore two very recent papers on the topic of cardiac catheterization. The first is a large study reviewing the impact of NaHC03 + /- acetylcysteine on prevention of contrast nephropathy and the second is a comparison of endocarditis rates in surgical versus transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. Dr. Gentian Lluri, the first author of the PVR paper joins us to discuss this work from UCLA and the "take away" points. As last week, we end with a wonderful piece from an operatic legend. Please leave a review or comment in iTunes! See you next week and I hope you enjoy....