Feb 24 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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 Electric Atrium, Part 2: When BAC Exceeds the Legal Limit https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945297 Medical Education USMLE Stuns Again: Clinical Skills Test Permanently Ended https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/944756 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

5 Feb 202120min

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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202022min