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Remotely monitored inactivity due to COVID-19 lockdowns

Potential hazard for heart failure patients

Ahmed Al Fagih, Mariam Al Onazi, Saleh Al Basiri, Fahmi AL-Kaf, Khalid Dagriri, Yahya Al Hebaishi, Sondos Samargandy and Lamia Al Shengeiti
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1211-1216; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25449
Ahmed Al Fagih
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mariam Al Onazi
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saleh Al Basiri
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahmi AL-Kaf
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid Dagriri
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yahya Al Hebaishi
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sondos Samargandy
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Lamia Al Shengeiti
From the Electrophysiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Al Fagih, Al Onazi, Al Basiri, AL-Kaf, Dagriri, Al Hebaishi, Al Shengeiti), and from the Interventional Cardiology Division, Adult Cardiology Department (Samargandy), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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