Jun 25, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Jun 25, 2021

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Myocarditis and the COVID vaccine, lipid lowering guidelines, financial toxicity, and deprescribing statins are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

1 – COVID

Varied COVID Vaccination Rates May Lead to 'Two Americas' https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953658

Nearly All COVID Deaths in US Are Now Among Unvaccinated https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953703

2 - COVID Vaccine Myocarditis

FDA to Add Myocarditis Warning to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953647

3 – Lipid Guidelines

Clinicians Slow to Implement Lipid-Lowering Guidelines: GOULD Registry https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953688

- Use of Lipid-Lowering Therapies Over 2 Years in GOULD, a Registry of Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the US https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2780713

4 - Financial Toxicity

Financial Burden Higher With CVD Than Cancer https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953687

- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity Among Adults in the United States https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.02.006

5 - Deprescribing Statins

Stopping Statins Linked to Death, CV Events in Elderly https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953545

- Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality Associated With Discontinuing Statins in Older Patients Receiving Polypharmacy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2780952

- Effect of rosuvastatin in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61240-4/fulltext

- Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0706201