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Jan 28, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Pod...

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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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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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