May 7, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
4.9 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
COVID-19 and BMI, TAVR vs SAVR, subcutaneous ICD, SGLT2 inhibitors, and physician-Moms are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic
COVID-19
COVID-19 Severity Starts in Normal BMI Range, Especially in Young https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950568
- Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6·9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(21)00089-9/fulltext
TAVR vs SAVR
VARC-3 Sets Goalpost for Future Aortic Valve Trials https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950012
- Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa799/6237954
TAVR Availability
Patchy Growth of TAVR Programs Leaves Poorer Communities Behind https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950316
S-ICD
Trade-offs Between Subcutaneous, Transvenous ICDs on Display in EFFORTLESS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950328
- Implant and Midterm Outcomes of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry: The EFFORTLESS Study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.040
- Reduction in Inappropriate Therapy and Mortality through ICD Programming https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1211107
- Low inappropriate shock rates in patients with single- and dual/triple-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators using a novel suite of detection algorithms: PainFree SST trial primary results https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.01.017
Dapagliflozin and CKD
FDA Approves Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) for Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950329
Features
New Physician Moms Need More Resources and Less Guilt in the Workplace https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949765
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| 0:39.6 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org medscape cardiology and this is this |
| 0:46.7 | week in cardiology for May 7th 2021. |
| 0:50.5 | This week COVID Taver versus Saver, Subcutaneous I C.D. SGLT2 Inhibition and Physician |
| 1:00.0 | Moms. |
| 1:01.8 | First up, three quick comments on COVID. |
| 1:05.0 | The rates of infection continue to decrease in the US, EU, UK, and Canada. |
| 1:10.2 | As a doctor, I'm an observer of human nature and the most interesting aspect of the pandemic now |
| 1:15.8 | is the tension on returning to normal after vaccination. |
| 1:19.9 | I see this tension on social media in the hospital and out there in the neighborhoods. |
| 1:25.0 | The CDC has released new guidelines on not needing to wear masks outdoors, yet some communities |
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