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Cardiology

Cardiology is based in both St James's Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital

In St James's Hospital after a rotation the students should know:

- Physiology of the Cardiovascular System.
- Symptoms and Signs of Cardiovascular Disease.
- Ability to take a history, perform physical examination and present findings to team members.
- Observation of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular emergencies and acute admissions.
- Some knowledge of evidence based therapies.
- Observation of non-invasive and invasive diagnostic procedures.

In Tallaght University Hospital after a rotation the students should know:

- Do a complete cardiovascular assessment including:
- Full medical history.
- Observe patient’s overall appearance for distress, cyanosis, pallor.
- Examination of peripheral pulses for rate, rhythm and quality.
- Take blood pressure in both arms.
- Locate the apex beat.
- Observe the JVP, listen for carotid bruits.
- Palpate for thrills.
- Identify the first and second heart sounds.
- Recognize mitral, aortic, pulmonary and tricuspid murmurs and assess their timing and intensity.
- Record an ECG and identify common abnormalities.

Staff

Tallaght University Hospital

Title	Name
Consultant Cardiologist	Dr David Moore
Clinical Associate Professor	Vincent Maher
Consultant Cardiologist	Bryan Loo

 

St James’s Hospital

Title	Name	Email
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cardiology	Dr Peter Crean	pcrean@tcd.ie
	Dr Brendan Foley	foleysec@stjames.ie
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cardiology	Dr Ross Murphy
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cardiology	Dr Andrew Maree
Clinical Senior Lecturer	Dr Caroline Daly
Clinical Senior Lecturer	Dr Stephen O'Connor
	Dr John Cosgrove