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  IRISH TIMES HEALTHFriday 21 September 2012 UNRAVELLING CARDIAC CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES Left, bundle branch block (LBBB) is a high-risk ECG pattern.  Prof William Brady considered a case involving a pre-existing pattern – where a patient had probably experienced some form of significant cardiovascular insult of the left ventricle in the past.  There is an extreme

IRISH TIMES HEALTHTuesday 18 September 2012 JOANNE HUNT  MOVING HEARTS ON A KNIFE’S EDGE A heart transplant requires good timing and involves a great deal of emotion. The first time I saw it I was amazed, and we are still amazed every time we sit it,” says Dr Jim McCarthy of the heart transplants he

IRISH TIMES HEALTHTuesday 18 September 2012 JUNE SHANNON Getting to the heart of a good father One of Maurice Neligan’s sons recalls the life and legacy of his eminent, and widely loved, surgeon father. Getting to the heart of a good father“I think he probably left a little bit too early … but we all

Irish Medical TimesFriday 31 August 2012 Sports conference to address burnout The faculty of sports and Exercise Medicine of the RCPI and RCSI will hold its ninth Annual Scientific Conference in the College of Surgeons on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 of September. A comprehensive session on stress fractures will open the conference, while over-training