#229 Hotcakes: COVID on steroids, statins over 75, short duration DAPT

Join us for an extra-hot summer episode featuring our critical appraisal expert, Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH @rbganatra. Prepare to marvel as he breaks down his recent tweetorial on the RECOVERY trial of dexamethasone for COVID-19; to gasp as Paul Williams updates us on statins and ASCVD prevention and to be enthralled by the dulcet tones of Matt Watto explaining the latest research on DAPT vs. monotherapy with ticagrelor. Bonus: a new hotcakes rating scale has arrived!

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Credits

• Producer: Sarah Phoebe Roberts
  
• Show Notes by: Sarah Phoebe Roberts
  
• Writer: Rahul Ganatra MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts, Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD
  
• Cover Art: Matthew Watto MD
  
• Hosts: Rahul Ganatra MD, Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD
  
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com

Sponsor: VCU Health CE

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Time Stamps

• 00:00 Intro
  
• 02:15 Picks of the Week
  
• 06:15 New Hotcakes rating scale
  
• 09:20 RECOVERY trial
  
• 17:30 Rapid home-testing for COVID
  
• 20:15 Statins and ASCVD prevention
  
• 32:30 Ticagrelor monotherapy after ACS
  
• 41:30 Outro
  

Picks of the week

1. Paul: U Talkin' Talking Heads 2 My Talking Head podcast
   
2. Sarah: New hotcakes scale!
   
3. Rahul: Chromeo’s new Quarantine Casanova album
4. Watto: 30 Rock season 1, episode 3 “Blind Date”