COVID-19: How the Egyptian cardiology departments are managing the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the world hard. Egypt, the most populous country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is no...
COVID-19: Optimising heart failure management in the patient’s home
Physicians already recognised the importance of remote management for heart failure patients long before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the current situation has heightened the...
Apple Watch could be used to record a quasi-standard ECG
Miguel Angel Cobos Gil (Instituto Cardiovascular, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain) outlines in the Annals of Internal Medicine a novel method of using...
Novel device “safely obliterates” left atrial appendage with minimal amount left behind
The novel left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device Appligator (Append Medical) was a finalist in the 2019 ICI Innovation Award Competition (Innovation in Cardiovascular...
