How to calculate your maximum heart rate
A reader asks: can a simple formula reveal your “max HR”? Here’s Jonathan’s answer…
‘My gym say our max heart rate is 220bpm minus our age — is this true?’
“I have recently bought a heart rate monitor chest strap to wear at the gym as they are encouraging us to stay in certain parameters of our ‘max HR’ for certain durations during our workouts.
What are the classic signs of atrial fibrillation?
A rugby legend’s experience offers some helpful answers. “Like a galloping horse with six legs.”
Driving in Ireland when you have a pacemaker
What are the rules around driving with a pacemaker? This blog explores some of the answers. If you’re due to have a pacemaker fitted over the next few months, you may be wondering how it will affect your ability to drive here in Ireland. How soon can you get back on the road after your…
How do you test for a heart rhythm problem?
Ever felt confused by the different tests for arrhythmias? Here’s a brief guide to 5 of the main ones.
JUST IN: new “pulsed energy” treatment for atrial fibrillation
Cutting-edge pulsed field ablation technology is about to arrive in our clinics in Dublin Unless you keep a close watch on cardiology journals (which is probably unlikely), you may not have come across the term pulsed field ablation before. PFA (for short) is a new technology that has been going through clinical trials in Europe…
5 key ways to look after your new pacemaker
If you’re completely new to the world of pacemakers, you may be finding the whole concept slightly daunting. We all have a basic sense of what heart pacemakers can do, obviously. But how exactly does life change once you’ve had one implanted? And what do you need to do to look after it? Here are…
What are the main types of arrhythmias?
If you’re new to the world of heart rhythm problems – or arrhythmias – it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the complexity of it all. There are so many different conditions and concepts to grapple with. Where on earth do you begin? First things first – what are arrhythmias? The charity Arrhythmia Alliance describes an…
Why is high blood pressure a problem?
Blood pressure (BP) is the force your heart uses to pump blood around the body. What should that force be?
What’s so Special about…Catheter Ablation?
If you or a loved one suffer from a heart condition called atrial fibrillation (AF), you may have come across the term “ablation” recently.