Jan 28, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
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🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
AF Screening, alcohol, sports-related sudden death, non-MD-led healthcare, and CPR are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic
I - AF Screening
- USPSTF Says Evidence Still Lacking for AF Screening in Asymptomatic Patients https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967275
- Screening for Atrial Fibrillation US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2788340
- Screening for Atrial Fibrillation—New Devices, Same Challenges https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2788475
- Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01698-6
II - Vaccine Induced Myocarditis
- Hong Kong, US, Israeli Data Illuminate COVID Vaccine Myocarditis https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967355
III - Alcohol and Heart
- No Amount of Alcohol Safe for the Heart: WHF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967124
IV - Sports Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest
- Survival Improving in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967061
- Evolution of Incidence, Management, and Outcomes Over Time in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.11.011
V - Non MD vs MD-led Care
- This Doc Still Supports NP/PA Led Care ... With Caveats https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967073
VI - CPR
- Should We Always Offer CPR? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966886
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to this week in cardiology from the heart |
| 0:03.4 | org medscape cardiology this podcast is intended for health care |
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| 0:45.5 | Hi everyone this is John Mandrola from the heart.org medscape |
| 0:49.8 | and this is this week in cardiology for January 28th, 2022. |
| 0:55.0 | This week, AF screening, alcohol in the heart, |
| 0:59.0 | sports related sudden death, and non-physician-led care and CPR. This week Jama published the |
| 1:07.9 | latest USPSTF systematic review on AF screening. Now this is AF screening by doctors. After a review of |
| 1:16.5 | 26 studies, the United States Preventative Services Task Force found that the current |
| 1:21.8 | evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms |
| 1:26.4 | of screening for AF. |
| 1:28.6 | Now, USPSTF is a notable group because they are independent experts in critical appraisal. |
| 1:35.0 | Think neutral Martians, not cardiologists looking at the evidence. |
| 1:40.0 | The USPSTF assigns grades of preventive services. |
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