The skeptical cardiologist woke up in the middle of the night recently and noted that every 30 seconds or so he felt like someone or something had briefly squeezed his
The skeptical cardiologist has long been an advocate of the Kardia single lead mobile ECG for personal monitoring of cardiac rhythm. In conjunction with the KardiaPro dashboard, it drastically reduces
I’ve been using Alivecor’s Kardia personal ECG to help manage my patients with atrial fibrillation for 7 years now. Early on I pointed out (see here) that Kardia was easily
The skeptical cardiologist has been testing out a unique and ingenious device which allows the simultaneous measurement of two key cardiovascular parameters: blood pressure and heart rhythm. Omron partnered with
When it comes to self-monitoring of blood pressure the best device (assuming equivalent accuracy) is the one that patients are most likely to use. The Omron Evolv has become that
The skeptical cardiologist has been evaluating a demo version of AliveCor’s new KardiaMobile 6L. I have been a huge advocate of Kardia’s single lead ECG and use it with great
The skeptical cardiologist has been evaluating a demo version of AliveCor’s new KardiaMobile 6L. I have been a huge advocate of Kardia’s single lead ECG and use it with great
In a previous post the skeptical cardiologist wrote about the reluctance of doctors to “heed the call” , i.e., to respond to an in-flight medical emergency (IME) when the flight
Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today