Cardiology Perspective

• Recent Journal Retractions: Flawed or Fraud?   The medical community has come to expect accuracy from top medical journals, says Dr George Lundberg.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 02, 2020
• VERTIS-CV Results 'Disappoint,' Raise More Questions The VERTIS-CV trial results presented at the ADA meeting raise more questions about the benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors than they answer, says Dr Harpreet Bajaj.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, July 02, 2020
• The Convergence of COVID-19 and Structural Racism   Emergency physicians Robert Glatter, Megan Ranney, and Ali Raja discuss the second surge of the pandemic, structural racism, PPE grassroots initiatives, and why emergency planning needs to be rethought.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, July 01, 2020
• Share Your Voice: Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2020 We'd like your thoughts on this inaugural report, in which PAs share what they like best and least about the job, current scope of practice, and other factors that influence how PAs feel about their careers.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 30, 2020
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2020 How happy are PAs with their career choice? Do they feel that their compensation is fair for the work they do? Our survey has the answers.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 30, 2020
• Major Indexing Service Calls Out Cardiology Journals for Self-Citation Some of science publishing's biggest players had nearly 50 of their journals suppressed or subjected to expressions of concern by Clarivate, the company behind Impact Factor, including five in cardiology.
  Medscape Cardiology, June 30, 2020
• EHA 2020Endothelial Injury May Play a Major Role in COVID-19-Associated Coagulopathy A new study suggests endothelial cell injury plays a major role in the pathogenesis of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy, a striking clinical feature of the illness.
  Medscape Oncology, June 29, 2020
• Wearable Tech May Detect COVID-19 Infection Before Symptoms   Eric Topol explains how digital technologies can help identify COVID clusters and contacts.
  Medscape, June 29, 2020
• Cardiologists, Oncologists Desperately Need Your Help   Oncologists and cardiologists need to collaborate to optimize outcomes for patients with cancer and long-term survivors. Will a new subspecialty emerge?
  Mayo Clinic, June 29, 2020
• Moral Injury Stems Beyond the Lack of PPE   Drs Robert Glatter and Christine Moutier discuss the healthcare system's approach to mental health.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, June 26, 2020
• NY Psych Residents Describe 'Tsunami' of COVID-19 Patients   Dr Jeffrey Lieberman speaks with three Columbia residents about the lessons imparted by training during a pandemic.
  Columbia University Psychiatry, June 26, 2020
• Jun 26, 2020 This Week in Cardiology Podcast   COVID, science communication breakthrough, tricuspid valve disease, and AF ablation are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 26, 2020
• No Shame in Choosing Not to Be a COVID-19 Hero   A revealing FaceTime call with her mother, a fellow cardiologist, caused Lisa Rosenbaum to change course during the COVID-19 surge. The NEJM columnist discusses her reasoning with Michelle O'Donoghue.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 25, 2020
• Let's Not Move at a Rapid Clip to Repair the Forgotten Valve Before we expand percutaneous repair of the forgotten valve with the CE-marked TriClip or off-label use of MitraClip, don't forget about the randomized trial, cautions John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 24, 2020
• Wastewater Testing May Help Predict Coronavirus Hotspots   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Mariana Matus, CEO and co-founder of Biobot Analytics, a company that develops cutting-edge technology to bring wastewater epidemiology to cities.
  WebMD, June 24, 2020
• Insulin Can't Solve Everything: Adjunctive Therapies in T1D   Treating type 1 diabetes can't be only about insulin, as it has the same abnormal pathways that occur in type 2 diabetes, says Dr Jeremy Pettus.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 23, 2020
• Novel Lipid Therapies: 5 Things to Know In the past decade, there has been a rapid acceleration of novel lipid therapies developed to target the prevention of ASCVD. Several new therapies now show promising results in phase 3 trials.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , June 23, 2020
• EHRA 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from EHRA 2020
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 23, 2020
• Jun 19, 2020 This Week in Cardiology Podcast   COVID19, corticosteroids, CAC, SGLT2i, and vericiguat are the topics discussed by Dr. John Mandrola in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 19, 2020
• Preventing Arrhythmias in COVID-19 Patients on Psychotropics Patients with preexisting mental health conditions who are being treated for COVID-19 are particularly susceptible to clinical deterioration. Three mental health clinicians share their thoughts.
  Medscape Psychiatry, June 18, 2020