Robert A. Harrington, MD The Bob Harrington Show

Robert A. Harrington, MD, is chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University and a former president of the American Heart Association. He cares deeply about the generation of evidence to guide clinical practice.

When not focusing on medicine, Harrington dreams of being a radio commentator for the Boston Red Sox.

The Bob Harrington Show is a podcast series of thoughtful interviews and discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine.

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Latest Articles by Bob Harrington

New Revascularization Guidelines: Key Points and Controversies Bob Harrington interviews fellow cardiologist Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, vice chair of the recent ACC/AHA revascularization guidelines. She lets us inside the process and responds to the controversy.
theheart.org on Medscape, April 25, 2022
COVID-19 and the Heart: Is Cardiology Ready? Robert Harrington, MD, interviews Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, about his recent paper in Nature Medicine focused on the long-term cardiovascular effects of COVID-19.
theheart.org on Medscape, March 14, 2022
COVID and CV Public Health Trials 2021 Trials on lowering salt consumption and treating hypertension in the community impressed Drs Harrington and Gibson in this discussion of the best public health research of 2021.
theheart.org on Medscape, December 29, 2021
Top Cardiology Trials of 2021 Drs Harrington and Gibson provide their annual roundup of what they consider the key cardiovascular trials of 2021.
theheart.org on Medscape, December 16, 2021
Meet the Doc Who Put Hydroxychloroquine on Trial in COVID-19 Drs Bob Harrington and Martin Landray discuss the importance of randomization for testing therapeutics and the opportunities the COVID-19 pandemic provided.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 11, 2021
A Tale of Medical Mysteries Unraveled by Genetic Detectives A genomics giant with a family history of heart disease and an Olympic athlete accused of cheating are just two of the medical mysteries that were unraveled by DNA analysis.
theheart.org on Medscape, June 7, 2021
COVID and the Athlete's Heart When is it safe to return to play after having COVID? Bob Harrington and Manesh Patel discuss our evolving understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 affects the hearts of athletes and weekend warriors.
theheart.org on Medscape, March 25, 2021
2020 Wrap-up: COVID-19's Effects on Cardiology Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson continue their review of 2020, discussing the 'riddle wrapped in an enigma' that was the COVID-19 pandemic.
theheart.org on Medscape, January 25, 2021
Top Cardiology Trials of 2020 in Review The annual tradition continues as did cardiology research despite a pandemic. Trials on fish oils, statins, SGLT2 inhibitors, and antiplatelets are among the selections of Drs Harrington and Gibson.
theheart.org on Medscape, December 15, 2020
Pandemic Publishing: Speed vs Quality Control Three editors of cardiology journals -- Drs Harrington, Yancy, and Nallamothu -- discuss the challenges of maintaining quality during the COVID-19 surge in submissions.
theheart.org on Medscape, August 27, 2020

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