https://www.discovery.co.za Our expert guests’ share key insights to help you to really understand Coronavirus Disease 2019. Learn all you need to know about maintaining your mental, physical, emotional and financial wellbeing – and more – in the context of COVID-19. Empower yourself with the facts. Stay informed. Stay healthy. All brought to you by Discovery. News en Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:33:25 +0200 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:34:51 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 Discovery South Africa no Weekly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p1364/logo_5123_20250910_202631_1400.jpeg https://www.discovery.co.za Our expert guests’ share key insights to help you to really understand Coronavirus Disease 2019. 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Professor Tsabedze is Academic Head of the Division of Cardiology of the University of the Witwatersrand. He is also the Clinical Head of the Division of Cardiology at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH). He is an executive member of the Heart Failure Society of South Africa (HEFSSA), a founding member and Executive member of the South African Clinician Scientists Society and the Director of the CMJAH & Wits World Heart Day Awareness Campaign held annually. In this podcast, he unpacks the epidemiology, cardiovascular complications, viral pathology of COVID-19 and its links to the cardiovascular system and concludes with a few strong take home messages. 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