Circulation On The Run

This week’s episode includes author Charlotte Andersson and Associate Editor Naveed Sattar as they discuss familial clustering of aortic size, aneurysms, and dissections in the community. TRANSCRIPT: Dr Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast, summary, and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke national University of Singapore. Dr Greg Hundley: And I'm Greg Hundley, director of the Pauley Heart Center at VCU health in Richmond, Virginia. Well, Carolyn, our feature this week has to do with aortic size, aneurysms, and predilection to dissection. But before we get to that, how about if we grab a cup of coffee and go through some of the other articles in the issue? Dr Carolyn Lam: I got my coffee, Greg, and you know what? I'm going to start with quiz for you. Dr Greg Hundley: All right. Dr Carolyn Lam:  True or false, in the setting of obesity and/or diabetes, cardiac substrate metabolism shifts toward