Telephone: 01 6459450
Fax: 01 6459451
Email: cardiology@hermitageclinic.ie
Consultant Cardiologist Team
The Cardiology Services at the Hermitage Medical Clinic is proud to have a dedicated Consultant team which includes
- Dr. John Clarke
- Dr. John Cosgrave
- Dr. Caroline Daly
- Professor David Foley
- Dr. Iftikhar Khan
- Dr. Brendan McAdam
- Dr. David Moore
- Dr. Richard Sheahan
Cardiology Department
Our specialist department is staffed by a very experienced and enthusiastic team of cardiac technicians.
Each technician has a minimum of eight years experience working in busy, acute care, cardiac centres and believes in a patient focused, high quality and efficient service.
Our departure is currently open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (GP Direct Access)
We are happy to facilitate your patients with a routine appointment within a week and perform same day testing on urgent referrals
Cardiology Tests include:
- Resting ECG
- Exercise stress testing
- Ambulatory 24 hour BP monitors
- Ambulatory 24 hour and 48 hour holter monitors
- Echocardiography
- Echocardiography with bubble studies
- Transoesophageal echocardiography—on a daycare basis
- Pacemaker follow up
- Defibrillator (ICD) follow—up.
Health Insurance Cover
- VHI Plan B, C, D, E and their equivalent
- Quinn Healthcare
- Hibernian Aviva Health
- Garda Medical Aid
- Prison Officers Association
- Defence Forces
- ESB
*Please check your insurance policy as it may be subject to an excess
Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory
The Cardiac Cath Lab is state-of-the-art operating room for performing a comprehensive list of diagnostic and interventional procedures which includes
- Coronary angiogram
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – including complex stenting of left main stems, chronic total occlusions and bifurcation stenting
- FFR & IVUS – use of intracoronary pressure studies and intravascular ultrasound studies which guides (evidence based) the need for and extent of intervention
- Device implanation (pacemakers and defibrillators) including heart failure devices
- Electrophysiology Studies and RF ablation therapy for rhythm disturbances
- Percutaneous Trans-catheter Septal Closures – Patient Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal defects, Patient Ductus Arteriosis etc
- D/C Cardioversion
Our multidisciplinary team consists of a Cardiologist, Radiographer, Cardiac Technician, Scrub Nurse and a Circulating Nurse, who are all certified and experienced in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training.
A 6-bedded Angio-Day Unit is attached to the Cath Lab where patients are observed before undergoing procedures and are closely monitored after procedures.
The latest in state-of-the-art cardiac imaging technology to refine diagnosis and assist in patient management, including cardiac CT, cardiac MRI and nuclear cardiology.
Advanced Non Invasive Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac CT
Coronary calcium score
- Test to quantify the extent of coronary calcification
- Method of determining the risk of cardiovascular events and detecting the presence of coronary disease even before symptoms occur.
CT coronary angiography (CTA)
- Allows “non-invasive” coronary angiography in selected patients
- Excellent images of cardiac structures down to less than a millimeter in size, in a 10 minute scan without the risk of an invasive procedure.
Cardiac MRI
The gold standard imaging technique for diagnosis of disease of the heart muscle, such as
- Left ventricular hypertrophy, inheirited, valvular, or ischaemic cardiomyopathies.
- Management of complex ischaemic heart disease
- Evaluation of need for ICD
Nuclear Cardiology
Technique to assess myocardial blood flow (perfusion) during stress and rest, offering
- Higher sensitivity and specificity than conventional stress test to detect coronary disease
- Ability to assess patients who cannot exercise for non cardiac reasons
- Opportunity to identify the site and extent of ischaemia to plan revascularisation.
If you have a patient who you feel would benefit from CT angiography or another of these techniques the Cardiology department can arrange for the appropriate investigation as part of a comprehensive cardiology assessment.
For all Cardiology appointments and further information please contact:
Cardiology Department
Tel: 01 6459450
Fax: 01 6459451
Email: cardiology@hermitageclinic.ie
