
About this episode
COVID-19, Fish Oil and AF risk, SGLT2 inhibitors and renal outcomes, and TAVR vs SAVR are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic
COVID-19
EMA Launches Review of Clot Risk With AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947393
AZ Vaccine Safe Overall but Questions Remain over Unusual Clots https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947733
Fish Oil and AF
Dose-Related AF Risk With Omega-3 Fatty Acids? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947542
Effect of Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acid and Vitamin D Supplementation on Incident Atrial Fibrillation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777469
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Atrial Fibrillation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777450
SGLT2i and Renal Outcomes
Ertugliflozin: Renal Benefits in Additional VERTIS CV Analyses https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947668
Cardiovascular Outcomes with Ertugliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2004967
Effects of ertugliflozin on kidney composite outcomes, renal function and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an analysis from the randomised VERTIS CV trial https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-021-05407-5
TAVR vs SAVR
TAVR vs SAVR in Low-Risk Patients: What We Do and Don't Know https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946173
Mortality in trials on transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement: a pooled meta-analysis of Kaplan-Meier-derived individual patient data https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32236543/
Outcomes 2 Years After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at Low Surgical Risk https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.052
Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1910555
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