This Week In Cardiology

COVID-19 messaging, coffee, CTA and statins, and Watchman problems are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic 1- COVID-19: - COVID-19 Cases in US Triple Over 2 Weeks Amid Misinformation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955269 - Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108891 - What Really Happened With that Weird Yankees COVID Outbreak https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/what-really-happened-with-that-weird-yankees-covid-outbreak.html 2- Coffee: - Coffee Not Linked to Increased Arrhythmia Risk in New Study https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954992 - Coffee Consumption and Incident Tachyarrhythmias https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2782015 - Another Cup of Coffee Without an Arrhythmia, Please https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2782021 3- CTA and Statins: - CTA May Guide Primary Prevention Statins in Nonobs