Apr 23, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Cardiac status post COVID-19 in athletes, AF ablation, and bias against procedural doctors are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast https://www.medscape.com/twic

COVID-19

COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program — Kentucky, March 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7017e2.htm

Professor Zeynep Tufekci Newsletter: https://www.theinsight.org/p/facts-are-pieces-of-a-puzzle-not

Post-COVID-19 Cardiac Involvement in NCAA athletes

SARS-CoV-2 Cardiac Involvement in Young Competitive Athletes https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054824

AF and Durable PV isolation

Paroxysmal AF Can Recur but Burden Plunges After 'Durable' Ablation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949566

Radiofrequency vs. Cryoballoon Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Durability of Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Effect on AF Burden: The RACE-AF Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009573

Bias Against Procedures:

Apr 9, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949000

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