Cardiac status post COVID-19 in athletes, AF ablation, and bias against procedural doctors are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19 COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program — Kentucky, March 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7017e2.htm Professor Zeynep Tufekci Newsletter: https://www.theinsight.org/p/facts-are-pieces-of-a-puzzle-not Post-...
Apr 23, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19 vaccine-related clotting, vitamin D, anticoagulation strategies before PCI, and a good intervention at end of life are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19: How Some COVID-19 Vaccines Could Cause Rare Blood Clots https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949262 FAQ: What to Know About the J&J Vaccine Pause https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949231 Vitamin D Screening: Don't Screen for Vitamin D in General Population, Says US...
Apr 16, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, hybrid AF ablation TAVR and who gets to be called a doctor are the topics by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19 UK Regulators to Offer Under-30s Alternative to AZ COVID Vaccine https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948934 - News - Communicating the potential benefits and harms of the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine https://wintoncentre.maths.cam.ac.uk/news/communicating-potential-benefits-and-harms-astra-zeneca-covid-19-vac...
Apr 09, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19, long-COVID, the language of medicine, childhood obesity, and open notes are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19 AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine: Clotting Disorder Mechanism Revealed? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948560 Long COVID Long COVID Brings Welcome Attention to POTS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948174 Keep Both 'Renal' and 'Nephro' in Glossary of Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/9484...
Apr 02, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19, AF detection post stroke, new measures of heart function, and structural racism in quality measures are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19 NIH Rebukes AstraZeneca Vaccine Interim Data: 'Incomplete' https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947954 Neutralizing Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants After Infection and Vaccination https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777898 AF and Stroke Insertable Cardiac Moni...
Mar 26, 2021•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19, Fish Oil and AF risk, SGLT2 inhibitors and renal outcomes, and TAVR vs SAVR are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19 EMA Launches Review of Clot Risk With AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947393 AZ Vaccine Safe Overall but Questions Remain over Unusual Clots https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947733 Fish Oil and AF Dose-Related AF Risk With Omega-3 Fatty Acids? https://www.medscape.com/...
Mar 19, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19, heart failure classifications, DOAC after bioprosthetic valves, and Medicare spending in the pandemic year Are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic I. COVID-19 Vaccination in Israel COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Less Mechanical Ventilation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946568 BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101765 II. Heart Failure Cla...
Mar 12, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cardiac studies in professional athletes after COVID-19 infection, percutaneous valve repair, AF screening, and social media are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID and the Athletic Heart Incidence of Cardiac Pathology Post-COVID in Pro Athletes Prevalence of Inflammatory Heart Disease Among Professional Athletes With Prior COVID-19 Infection Who Received Systematic Return-to-Play Cardia...
Mar 05, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Risk factors for COVID-19, CMR after COVID-19, and two important obesity studies are discussed in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment https://www.medscape.com/twic Cardiometabolic Conditions and COVID19 Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946488 Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Attributable to Cardiometabolic Conditions in the United States: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis https://www.ahajourna...
Feb 26, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bernard Lown, Type 2 MI, Sacubitril/Valsartan and COVID19 anticoagulation are discussed in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID Israeli Study Finds Pfizer Vaccine 95% Effective Against COVID-19 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945962 Bernard Lown Cardiologist, Antiwar Activist Bernard Lown Dies at 99 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945966 Type 2 MI New Light Cast on Type-2 MI Aims to Sharpen Diagnosis, Therapy https://www.me...
Feb 19, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Prediabetes, AI and ECGs, HFpEF, and observational studies are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment http://www.medscape.com/twic Pre-diabetes 'Prediabetes' Unlikely to Progress to Diabetes in Older Adults https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945511 Mobile QT Interval Measurement Using AI, Mobile ECG Aims to Expand QTc Screening Horizons https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945484 Giudicessi JR et al. Artificial Intelligence-...
Feb 12, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Carotid screening, AF and alcohol, subcutaneous ICD, and medical education are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment http://www.medscape.com/twic Carotid Screening USPSTF Again Recommends Against Carotid Stenosis Screening https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945202 Subcutaneous ICD Recall FDA Recalls Subcutaneous-ICD Leads Due to Fracture Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945168 Alcohol and AF Alcohol and the Electr...
Feb 05, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast AF and COVID-19, microthrombi in COVID-19 autopsies, vericiguat, and POTS are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment: http://www.medscape.com/twic AF and COVID AF at COVID-19 Admission Predicts Mortality, Demands Vigilance https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/944802 Microthrombi and COVID Microthrombi, Necrosis Seen in COVID-19 Hearts on Autopsy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/944783 Vericiguat FDA Approval Adds Vericiguat...
Jan 29, 2021•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID myocarditis, the Polypill, low-value care, and edge-to-edge tricuspid valve repair are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Jan 22, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, ACE/ARBs, left atrial appendage closure, SGLT2 inhibitors, and a clue in AF mechanisms are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Jan 15, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID vaccine schedules, trial translation, valve guidelines, and physician harassment on social media are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Jan 08, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, sacubitril/valsartan and spironolactone in patients with HFpEF, year-end comments are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week’s podcast.
Dec 18, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, the clogged pipe frame of CAD, paclitaxel, and AF performance measures and Goodhart’s law are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
Dec 11, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID vaccines, tocilizumab, finerenone, type 2 MI care, coronary CTA, and sotagliflozin are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Dec 04, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19 vaccines and virtual AHA presentations on statins and the nocebo effect, high dose omega-3s, and AF ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses on this week’s podcast.
Nov 20, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID19 vaccines, thrombolysis in stroke, industry payments to doctors, and the upcoming AHA are topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Nov 13, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, AF ablation, pediatric “do not dos” from AAP, heart failure performance measures, and a brief AHA preview are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD on this week’s podcast.
Nov 06, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Remdesivir, the athletic heart, troponin and echo abnormalities in patients with COVID-19, and a novel MRA drug are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast
Oct 30, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, tocilizumab, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cerebral microbleeds, and surrogate endpoints are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast
Oct 23, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID drug trials and science news, BNP, polypharmacy in heart failure, and in-patient CPR are the topics john Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast
Oct 16, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID-19, scientific philosophy, left main coronary artery disease, empagliflozin and the SGLT2 inhibitors are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week’s podcast
Oct 09, 2020•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scientific trust, publishing incentives, and the EXCEL trial, Vitamin D and COVID, and time-restricted eating are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Oct 02, 2020•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID sport participation guidelines, beta-blockers after MI, and low-dose DOAC therapy in AF are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
Sep 25, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, CMR after COVID, ISCHEMIA trial substudy, valvular heart disease and AF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
Sep 18, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast COVID, icosapent ethyl, sudden death, and antiplatelet choices in the elderly are topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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