This Week In Cardiology

COVID-19 and global vaccinations, AF screening, conduction-system pacing, FDA ban on menthol tobacco, and a heartfelt essay are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19 Indians Rush for COVID-19 Vaccines as Death Toll Passes 200,000 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950095 - Vaccine Breakthrough Infections with SARS-CoV-2 Variants https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2105000 AF Screening: Modest Clinical Gain for AF Screening of Asymptomatic Elderly: STROKESTOP https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949950 - Mass Screening for Untreated Atrial Fibrillation The STROKESTOP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014343 - Does screening for disease save lives in asymptomatic adults? Systematic review of meta-analyses and randomized trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25596211/ - Toward evidence-based medical statistics. 2: The Bayes factor https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10383350 Conduction System Pacing Keeping Pac