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.
Atrial Fibrillation & Catheter Ablation (nejm.org)
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.
5 Heart Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore (Independent article)
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…
How Technology is Driving a Revolution in Heart Rhythm Care
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…
CRT for Heart Failure? A Major Trial Offers New Hope for Patients
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…
Pacing Developments
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…
Ground Breaking Trial for Beacon Hospital
Beacon Hospital together with Dr Jonathan Lyne, Director of Electrophysiology, are delighted to announce that they have been selected as one of only 12 cardiac centres of excellence in the world to take part in a ground-breaking clinical trial. Beacon Hospital is the only centre in Ireland to be selected. The other 11 selected centres…
Left Bundle Branch Pacing – a New Pacemaker Procedure
A pacemaker implantation procedure is a relatively common procedure to perform in all cardiology units. With an ageing population current implantation rates are set to increase significantly. Dr Lyne has performed a new type of pacemaker insertion procedure, the first case in Ireland and the UK.