Feb 19, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
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🗓️ 19 February 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
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.medscape.com/viewarticle/946075
Early AC in COVID19
More Evidence Supports Early Anticoagulation in COVID-19 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945902
Sacubitril/Valsartan
FDA Expands Sacubitril/Valsartan Indication to Embrace Some HFpEF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945936
Five Reasons Sacubitril/Valsartan Should NOT Be Approved for HFpEF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/944168
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| 0:38.6 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology and this is this week in |
| 0:45.0 | Cardiology for February 19th, 2021. |
| 0:49.4 | This week COVID, Bernard Lown, Type 2 MIs, anti-coagulation in COVID-19, and Sacubatrol Val Sartan. |
| 1:00.4 | First up, some very brief comments on COVIDVID and there's more good news. |
| 1:05.0 | Not only have the cases declined from last week, |
| 1:08.0 | the slope of the decline has increased too. |
| 1:12.0 | Plus, millions are receiving highly effective vaccines. We're even seeing |
| 1:17.1 | observational data on vaccines that look quite similar to the randomized controlled trial study |
| 1:22.1 | efficacy. |
| 1:23.6 | Australian scientist Hilda Bastion is the person to follow to stay abreast of vaccine evidence. |
| 1:30.3 | And at our place, an email came showing that our cases are now down to levels seen in late summer. |
| 1:36.0 | You really get the sense that we're coming out of the pandemic. |
| 1:40.0 | My question, given social media and its reward of gloom and doom messaging, |
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