{"podcast":{"title":"The Naked Heart","slug":"the-naked-heart-7051353","podcast_index_feed_id":7051353,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-naked-heart","website_url":"http://feeds.transistor.fm/the-naked-heart","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/J-VaEIeP9Gbqlw5dnpE3ip2LVKsEhZLQFRb3fmNlkmw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNGI4/MmRlYWY3M2YyNmVm/N2JmMDIxNzJmZWJi/NzA1YS5qcGc.jpg","author":"eleatham","episode_count":50,"summary":"The Naked Heart is a weekly series of blogs and social media publications from English cardiologist Dr Edward Leatham. His brief is to apply 50 years of breathing and practicing medicine to the series as part of a move from cardiologist and physician to educator. The podcast publications that accompany each blog are AI constructs designed to broaden my audience and make quite complicated yet important knowledge more accessible. The blog articles release each week provide additional information for readers https://www.scvc.co.uk/category/naked-heart/ Podcasts until Jan 2026 are located at https://Nakedheart.podbean.com Podcasts after Jan 2026 are located at https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-naked-heart","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:17:45.739812+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-naked-heart-7051353"},"episode":{"title":"Implantable Loop Recorders (ILRs) in the Investigation of Syncope, Cryptogenic Stroke, TIA, and Transient Global Amnesia","slug":"implantable-loop-recorders-ilrs-in-the-investigation-of-syncope-cryptogenic-stroke-tia-and-transient-global-amnesia","published_at":"2025-08-12T07:13:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-naked-heart-7051353/implantable-loop-recorders-ilrs-in-the-investigation-of-syncope-cryptogenic-stroke-tia-and-transient-global-amnesia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-naked-heart-7051353","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/87993530","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/87993530/9d38e851.mp3","summary":"How an ILR Works An ILR is a matchstick-sized device implanted under the skin of the chest, usually under local anaesthetic in a brief outpatient procedure. Once in place, it continuously monitors the heart’s electrical activity, storing recordings of any abnormal events it detects automatically or when triggered by the patient using a handheld activator. Modern ILRs have: Automatic arrhythmia detection algorithms Wireless home monitoring (transmitting daily summaries to the cardiology team) Battery life of 2–4 years MRI-compatibility in most cases When to Consider an ILR An ILR may be recommended if you: Have unexplained syncope with inconclusive standard tests Have had a cryptogenic stroke, TIA, or TGA, where AF is suspected but not proven Have infrequent but concerning palpitations that evade short-term monitoring Have suspected intermittent AV block or sinus pauses Full blog article","meta_description":"How an ILR Works An ILR is a matchstick-sized device implanted under the skin of the chest, usually under local anaesthetic in a brief outpatient procedur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1446,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-naked-heart-7051353/episodes/implantable-loop-recorders-ilrs-in-the-investigation-of-syncope-cryptogenic-stroke-tia-and-transient-global-amnesia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-naked-heart-7051353/implantable-loop-recorders-ilrs-in-the-investigation-of-syncope-cryptogenic-stroke-tia-and-transient-global-amnesia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}