Her Heart Matters – Women’s Cardiovascular Health
September is Heart Month and this year the Irish Heart Foundation is running a new campaign focusing on women’s cardiovascular
Read more
Cardio Vascular
Type A Aortic Dissection
Written by Saleem Jahangeer, Consultant Cardiothoracic and Aortic Surgeon, St James’s Hospital, Dublin The 19th of September is the global
Read more
Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in end-of-life situations – more progress needed
Written by Mr Paul Nolan, Clinical Lecturer & Cardiac Physiologist, Dept of Health and Nutritional Sciences, Atlantic Technological University Introduction
Read more
Nurse Prescribing in A Private Cardiology Outpatient Setting
Written by Padraig Denn, Introducing Nurse Prescribing to Private Cardiology Practice Introduction I am going to investigate the processes involved
Read more
Proximal Aortic Aneurysm surveillance clinic – St James’s Hospital “Aortic Clinic”
Written by Saleem Jahangeer, Consultant Cardiothoracic and Aortic Surgeon, St James’s Hospital, Dublin Introduction Proximal aortic aneurysms occur when the
Read more
Familial Syndromic and Non-Syndromic Aortopathy
Written by Mr Niall Khan, Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, St James’s Hospital & Mr Saleem Jahangeer, Consultant Cardiothoracic and
Read more
Heart Failure- What do the Guidelines Tell Us?
Written by Dr Virginia Silvari, Senior Hospital Pharmacist (Cardiology), Cork University Hospital Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome
Read more
Overview of Proximal Aortic Aneurysms
Mr Saleem Jahangeer, Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon, St James’s Hospital Dublin aorta@stjames.ie Anatomy of the proximal aorta An understanding
Read more
Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of the Pharmacist
Written by Christine McAuliffe, MPSI. Christine is the lead clinical pharmacist in Tallaght University Hospital’s interdisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation clinic. Christine’s
Read more
Developing a VTE Risk Assessment Video for Clinicians: Including the end user
Written by: Kate O’Callaghan Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases. This manifests clinically in Deep
Read more