COVID-19 vaccine-related clotting, vitamin D, anticoagulation strategies before PCI, and a good intervention at end of life are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic COVID-19: How Some COVID-19 Vaccines Could Cause Rare Blood Clots https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949262 FAQ: What to Know About the J&J Vaccine Pause https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949231 Vitamin D Screening: Don't Screen for Vitamin D in General Population, Says US Task Force https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949167 Pre-PCI AC Decisions: Parity Whether Anticoagulation Is Halted or Not for Unplanned Cath https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949064 Uninterrupted Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients Undergoing Unplanned Percutaneous Coronary Intervention https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.01.022 Pacemaker or Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1302946 Continued vs. interrupted direct oral anticoagulants at the time of device surgery, in patients with moderate to high risk of arterial thrombo-embolic events (BRUISE CONTROL-2) https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy413 A Superb Intervention at End of Life: Use of Comfort Care Increasing After Stroke, May Reduce Costs https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949297 Decade‐Long Nationwide Trends and Disparities in Use of Comfort Care Interventions for Patients With Ischemic Stroke https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.019785 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 [email protected]