Sep 12 2025 This Week in Cardiology

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 (Verquvo) to HF Treatment Options https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/944434 POTS: Lower-Body Compression Trims Orthostatic Tachycardia in POTS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/944791 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): A critical assessment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2020.03.010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Statement on Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Related Disorders of Chronic Orthostatic Intolerance https://www.onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(19)31550-8/fulltext#secsectitle0130 You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

29 Tammi 202118min

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.

22 Tammi 202121min

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.

15 Tammi 202118min

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.

8 Tammi 202119min

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.

18 Joulu 202022min

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.

11 Joulu 202018min

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.

4 Joulu 202022min

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.

20 Marras 202020min