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The Cardiac Diagnostics Department provides comprehensive diagnostic services to both inpatient and outpatient populations, supporting a total bed capacity of 260 beds, comprising 246 inpatient beds and 14 day beds. Tipperary University Hospital offers a wide range of clinical specialties, including Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, Cardiology, Respiratory, Endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Endoscopy, General Surgery, and other specialist services.
The Cardiac Diagnostics Department delivers a broad spectrum of cardiac investigations, including:
Resting ECG recording, interpretation, and identification of abnormal findings
24- and 72-hour ambulatory ECG monitoring with full analysis and disclosure
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with prompt reporting
Event monitoring
Implantable loop recorder insertion follow-up and home monitoring via CareLink
Physiologist-led exercise stress testing (EST) with reporting
Follow-up, interrogation, and reprogramming of ICD, CRT, and permanent pacemakers (PPM)
Transthoracic echocardiography, including scanning and reporting
Contrast and bubble echocardiography studies
Transoesophageal echocardiography
Participation in cardiac resuscitation services