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COVID-19, mRNA-vaccine-induced myocarditis, type 2 diabetes in kids, optimal medical therapy for CAD, and Alcohol are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic
1-COVID
- Fast-spreading Delta Variant, Vaccination Rates, Reintroduction of Indoor Masks: COVID-19 Global Weekly Highlights https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/940446
- Health care 'breaking point': Cox confirms some Springfield COVID-19 patients transferred to St. Louis, Kansas City https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/06/29/springfield-covid-delta-variant-missouri-hospitals-cox-some-patients-transferred-vaccines/7787970002/
2- COVID Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis
- New Details of Myocarditis Linked to COVID Vaccines https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954061
- Myocarditis Following Immunization With mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Members of the US Military https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2781601
- Patients With Acute Myocarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2781602
3- Diabetes in the Clinic
- 'Staggering' Doubling of Type 2 Diabetes in Kids During Pandemic https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953816
4- Optimal Medical Therapy
- OMT 'Best Insurance' for Extended Survival After Revascularization https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953959
- Impact of Optimal Medical Therapy on 10-Year Mortality After Coronary Revascularization https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.087
- Defining the Proper SYNTAX for Long-Term Benefit of Myocardial Revascularization With Optimal Medical Therapy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.088
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0804626
- Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAX trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31997-X
5- Alcohol
- The Sick-Quitter Effect: How Alcohol Can Seem Cardioprotective When It Isn't https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953696
Features:
- Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Concerns Demand Respect, Not Absolutism https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954038
You may also like:
- Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
- The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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