Person: Joseph Galvin

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Trust aims for the heart of the matter

THERE are two reasons why active sports people develop an enlarged heart — they are either super fit or gravely ill.

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Horgan helps raise money for heart clinic

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Historic GAA move paves way for PSNI to play

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Calls for more defibrillators follow second sudden death in same family

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Conference will focus on strategy to cut sudden adult deaths

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SADS deaths could be curtailed

Heart kick-start device must be everywhere, says expert

HAVING a simple device that kick-starts the heart, situated in every community, should be part of any State plan to concentrate acute hospital services, a cardiac specialist urged yesterday.

Fri, 17 Oct, 2003

Device to cut heart attack deaths

AT least a quarter of people who die from heart attacks in Ireland every day could be saved, if communities had emergency response teams trained to use a simple device that kick-starts the heart.

Fri, 14 Feb, 2003