Aug 13, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

COVID-19, vaccine-induced myocarditis, Watchman complications, SGLT2 inhibitors, and cardiogenic shock are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

1 - COVID-19

- 18 Months Later, the COVID-19 Memories Won't Go Away https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956335

2 - Vaccine-Myocarditis

- Myocarditis in Adolescents After COVID-19 Vaccine Typically Mild https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956359

- Association of Myocarditis With BNT162b2 Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccine in a Case Series of Children https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2783052

3 - Watchman

- 'Striking' Difference in Adverse Events in Women With Watchman LAAO https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956593

- Sex Differences in Procedural Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2782726

4 - SGLT2 Inhibitors

- EU Approves Dapagliflozin for Kidney Disease, Regardless of Diabetes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956345

- Dapagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2024816

5 - Cardiogenic Shock

- No Win for Milrinone Over Dobutamine in Cardiogenic Shock https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956222

- Milrinone as Compared with Dobutamine in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2026845

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