We provide assessment for people of all ages with suspected inherited cardiac disorders and help patients manage such conditions. I suppose the whole idea of having services for inherited heart diseases in Ireland began to take shape after the death of 24-year-old Gaelic footballer Cormac McAnallen in 2004. Sudden cardiac death in the young had been occurring before that, but it hadn’t really come to the public’s attention. People didn’t report it. It was only when some very high-profile sporty people, who should have been the fittest in the land, died of heart rhythm disorders that people began to take note. Heart disease overview: prevention rather than cure Square meals and bottled...
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