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…
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…
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…
Blood pressure (BP) is the force your heart uses to pump blood around the body. What should that force be?
If you or a loved one suffer from a heart condition called atrial fibrillation (AF), you may have come across the term “ablation” recently.
In this instructional video, Drs. Jane Leopold, Elliott Antman, William Sauer, and Paul Zei provide an overview of the classification and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, management strategies, and mitigation of stroke risk with anticoagulation therapy.
Heart problems are, unfortunately, quite common. About 10% of us have some form of medical issue with our hearts, while cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death and disability in Ireland. Most people are aware of the key risk factors – obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and age (being over…
One of the exciting things about working in medicine is the way the science keeps breaking new ground. Techniques and technologies that were a surgical pipedream 30 years ago are now a regular part of patient care. That’s especially true in heart rhythm cardiology, where so many of our treatments have been transformed by monitoring…
You may have read recently that Dr Lyne’s Beacon Hospital department has been asked to join a ground-breaking global study into a new technology for heart failure patients. This is encouraging for Beacon, of course – the hospital is one of only 12 cardiac centres of excellence in the world to be selected for the…
Figure 1. Leadless pacemaker insertion and device (Medtronic Micra) Dual Chamber Pacing LOT-CRT Pacing Figure 2: Conventional dual chamber pacing (top) and Cardiac resynchronisation therapy utilising a conduction system pacing technique (left bundle branch pacing) combined with conventional left ventricular lead implantation. 1. High right atrial lead 2. Right ventricular lead 3. Right ventricular defibrillator…