Xeno-transplantation, weight loss drugs, DOAC coverage, vitamin D, LAAC and frailty, and recalled LVADs are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I – Xenotransplantation - Pig Heart Successfully Transplanted to Man https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966367 - What Does a Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant Mean for Medicine? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966488 II – Weight Loss Drugs - Wegovy Tops Sibling Saxenda for Weight Loss https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966376 - Effect of Weekly Subcutaneous Semaglutide vs Daily Liraglutide on Body Weight in Adults With Overweight or Obesity Without Diabetes https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2787907 III – DOAC Coverage - CVS Caremark Formulary Change Freezes Out Apixaban https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966588 IV – Vitamin D - More Vitamin D Not Better for Reducing Cancer or CVD Incidence https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966333 - The D-Health Trial: a randomised controlled trial of the effect of vitamin D on mortality https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00345-4 - Vitamin D supplementation and prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer in the Finnish Vitamin D Trial—a randomized controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab419 - Association between vitamin D supplementation and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4673 V – LAAC and Frailty - Frailty in patients undergoing percutaneous left atrial appendage closure https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.01.007 - Net Clinical Benefit of Left Atrial Appendage Closure Versus Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Pooled Analysis of the Randomized PROTECT-AF and PREVAIL Studies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31752643/ VI – LVAD recall - A High-Risk Medical Device Didn't Meet Federal Standards. The Government Paid Millions for More. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966255 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 This podcast is intended for US health professionals only.