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 Nonobstructive CAD https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955030 - Reduction of Myocardial Infarction and All-Cause Mortality Associated to Statins in Patients Without Obstructive CAD https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.05.022 4- Left Atrial Appendage Closure: - Five Risk Factors May Predict Thrombus on LAA Occlusion Implants https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955131 - Predictors of Device-Related Thrombus Following Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.098 - Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.05.028 Features: - Does Coffee Make Your Heart Flutter? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954996 - Enough With the Coffee Research and Other Distractions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/883709 You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net