Aug 6, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
4.9 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The COVID-19 surge, vaccine-induced myocarditis, Heart Rhythm news, the state of medical evidence, and doctors in unions are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.
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1- COVID-19
Texas COVID-19 Wave Is Climbing More Steeply Than Past Waves https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956104
White House Says US Can Provide COVID-19 Boosters if Needed https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956016
2- Vaccine-Myocarditis
Myocarditis Tied to COVID-19 Shots More Common Than Reported? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956089
3- Heart Rhythm News
The Three Big Stories from the Heart Rhythm Society's 2021 Meeting https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955989
4- Medical Evidence
Despite Retraction, Study Using Fraudulent Surgisphere Data Still Cited https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956090
Ongoing Citations of a Retracted Study Involving Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in COVID-19 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2782460
5- Doctors in Unions?
Physicians Need to Unionize Now https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955888
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| 0:39.7 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology and this is |
| 0:45.2 | this week in cardiology for August 6th 2021. This week COVID vaccine-induced |
| 0:52.4 | myocarditis, heart rhythm news, the state of medical |
| 0:56.3 | evidence, and doctors and unions. |
| 1:01.0 | Sadly, the Delta variant spike is in full swing, not just in the U.S. but in other countries as well. |
| 1:09.0 | Our ICU went from 1 to 2 COVID-19 patient average in early July to 12. |
| 1:15.0 | Boom! This occurred in only a week. |
| 1:18.0 | My hospital is in a medium-sized city, but our system runs hospitals in rural counties. |
| 1:24.0 | They've been even under more pressure due to the smaller number of ICU beds and higher percentage |
| 1:29.5 | of unvaccinated adults who have risk factors. And on my EP messaging group, |
| 1:35.0 | multiple other cities are experiencing the same rapid surge. |
| 1:38.0 | States and cities with higher vaccination rates are faring better. |
| 1:45.4 | I had a chat with our ICU doc on the COVID service. |
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