Mater Private: Understanding blood flow is at the heart of the matter

Dr Barry Hennigan is the newest consultant to join the Mater Private Hospital Cork.

He has worked in several hospitals in Ireland mastering the art of interventional cardiology and is returning home, after four years in Scotland where he researched and performed many of the latest pioneering advances in the treatment of heart disease.

He describes how his speciality developed through the endeavours of pioneering doctors and physiologists: Heart disease is the most common cause of premature death in Ireland.