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Introduction: Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia in the world with an estimated 50 million people worldwide living with the rhythm in 2020.1 It is…
Irish Heart Foundation Patient Support Services Cardiovascular disease is responsible for some 9,000 deaths in Ireland each year –around 30% of all mortality. Over half a million people…
Introduction: The 2023 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) were released at the annual ESC conference in Amsterdam this year.…
Introduction: Pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are two components of a single condition called venous thromboembolism (VTE). In pregnancy although VTE is rare (1-2 per…
Hypertension (high blood pressure) often goes unnoticed but is among the leading modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide. The prevalence, consequences, disease risk and…
Introduction: Cardiac Amyloidosis is a rapidly progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy associated with significant mortality and morbidity. It is characterised by the deposition of amyloid fibrils, misfolded protein deposits, in…
Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of both morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and in the peripartum period, despite major advances in the care of such patients. The…
Case Study: A 78-year-old male with a background medical history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with pleuritic chest pain and a 30-second episode of collapse. Further…
Background and Scope of problem: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac rhythm disturbance, and its prevalence increases with advancing age. Put simply, AF is an uncoordinated atrial…
The combination of obesity related disorders and cardiometabolic disease has now reached epidemic proportions, threatening to overwhelm healthcare services in the developed industrialised world. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is…
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