Jan 29, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
4.9 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
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
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to this week in cardiology from the heart.org on medscape. |
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| 0:33.4 | Alexa, what's the news or Alexa, what's my flash briefing? I hope you'll join us. |
| 0:38.6 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrolo from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology. |
| 0:44.4 | And this is this week in Cardiology for January 29th, 2021. |
| 0:49.5 | This week, COVID, AFIB and COVID, COVID, Aphib in COVID, Clots in COVID, the novel drug Veraciguat and POTS. |
| 1:00.1 | First a quick announcement. I've got a couple requests about show notes, |
| 1:04.5 | and we're working on this. |
| 1:06.0 | Right now, if you want to find the studies, |
| 1:08.7 | read a partial transcript, find some show notes. |
| 1:11.9 | You go to the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology page and |
| 1:14.9 | there's a This Week in Cardiology link there and it's all there. We're also |
| 1:19.4 | working on getting the show notes on different podcast players as well. |
| 1:25.0 | Okay, so first up is always COVID. |
| 1:28.0 | Now, my review of the Johns Hopkins site this week reveals entirely good news. I mean, cases in the U.S. Hopkins albeit with difficulty. And a new one-shot J&J vaccine is potentially on the horizon soon. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm really looking forward to getting back to normal. |
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