Jun 25, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
Episode description
Myocarditis and the COVID vaccine, lipid lowering guidelines, financial toxicity, and deprescribing statins are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic
1 – COVID
Varied COVID Vaccination Rates May Lead to 'Two Americas' https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953658
Nearly All COVID Deaths in US Are Now Among Unvaccinated https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953703
2 - COVID Vaccine Myocarditis
FDA to Add Myocarditis Warning to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953647
3 – Lipid Guidelines
Clinicians Slow to Implement Lipid-Lowering Guidelines: GOULD Registry https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953688
- Use of Lipid-Lowering Therapies Over 2 Years in GOULD, a Registry of Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the US https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2780713
4 - Financial Toxicity
Financial Burden Higher With CVD Than Cancer https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953687
- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity Among Adults in the United States https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.02.006
5 - Deprescribing Statins
Stopping Statins Linked to Death, CV Events in Elderly https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953545
- Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality Associated With Discontinuing Statins in Older Patients Receiving Polypharmacy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2780952
- Effect of rosuvastatin in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61240-4/fulltext
- Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0706201
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