The Irish Heart Foundation's magazine, Heartwise, has been in circulation since 1998. Below are a selection of articles from back issues.

Volume 10
Issue 2, Summer 2007

 Evaluating Chest Pain in Children Dr Terence Prendiville & Dr Colin J McMahon
 Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women Dr Darren Mylotte & Dr Kieran Daly Recent trends in the management of peripheral vascular disease in high risk patients
Mr Sherif Sultan and Dr Niamh Hynes,

Volume 10
Issue 1, Spring 2007

 Medication review of elderly patients presenting with orthostatic hypertension. Dr Roisin Purcell, Dr Diarmuid O'Shea 
 Cardiac CT comes of age. Dr Ross Murphy
 Prevention of Stroke. Dr Joe Harbison

Volume 9
Issue 4, Winter 2006
Special Edition: Celebrating 40 Years of the Irish Heart Foundation

 The Origins of the Irish Heart Foundation Prof Risteard Mulcahy
 The Irish Heart Foundation 1972 -1979 Prof O Conor Ward
 The changing pattern of cardiovascular disease in Ireland: achievements and challenges Dr Emer Shelley
 History of the Blood Pressure Unit at the Charitable Infirmary and Beaumont Hospital 1978-2006 Prof Eoin O'Brien
 Cardiac Rehabilitation Prof John Horgan
 Perspectives on cardiology in Northern Ireland Dr Mahen Varma
 Cardiovascular services development in the south of Ireland Dr William H Fennell
 Cardiac Surgery in the Republic of Ireland Mr David Luke
 The future of cardiovascular research in Ireland Prof Timothy O'Brien

Volume 9
Issue 3, Autumn 2006
 Kawaski Disease in Childhood Dr Emily Kiernan, Dr Colin McMahon
 Do-it-yourself weight loss Sarah Browne, Sharon Kennelly
 Statin Therapy in the management of Dyslipidaemia Dr Carl Vaughan, Dr John O'Sullivan

Volume 9
Issue 2, Summer 2006
 Hypertension - a physician's perspective in 2006 Dr Elsadig Saeed
 Heartsafe Community Programme Lucy Ryan, Sarah Cain
 Heartwatch - the National Programme in General Practice for the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular  Disease in Ireland Dr John Leahy
Meeting Report - European survey highlights need for targeted increase of HDL-C in patients with dyslipidaemia Sinead Jeffrey

Volume 9
Issue 1,Spring 2006
 Secondary Prevention in general practice - the Heartwatch Programme Dr John Cox
 Cardiomyopathy in Children Dr Heike Bruehl, Dr Colin J McMahon
 Arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy Dr Tara Bourke, Dr Jim O O'Neill
 Endothelial progenitor cells in 2006 - where are we now? Dr Tom Kiernan

Volume 8
Issue 4,Winter 2005
 Drug-eluting stents - today and the future Dr Rory O'Hanlon, Professor David Foley
 Cardiac protection and the metabolic syndrome Dr Pat O'Callaghan
 Healthy Lifestyle, healthy arteries Dr Azra Mahmud, Professor John Feely

Volume 8
Issue 3,Autumn 2005
 Practical Management of Obesity Dr Tomas Ahern, Dr Donal O'Shea
 Sudden Cardiac Death in Children Dr Joanne Beamish, Dr Colin J McMahon
 New ways of avoiding cardiac surgery in children Dr Kevin P Walsh

Volume 8
Issue 2,Summer 2005
 Cardiovascular prevention in an older adult population Dr Eamon Dolan, Dr Joe Duggan
 Meeting Report: Targeting two sources of cholesterol 
 Transient ischaemic attack - a clinical opportunity to prevent stroke Dr Eamon Dolan, Dr Patricia McCormack
 Report Review: Salt and Health: Review of the Scientific Evidence adn Recommendations for Public Policy in Ireland

Volume 8
Issue 1,Spring 2005
 Cardiac applications of Multislice Computed Tomography (1.01 Mb) Dr F Khosa, Dr HL Khosa, Dr N Ramesh, Dr F Regan
 Childhood obesity, Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Consequences (1.16 Mb) Dr Imdad Ali
 Implementation of Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care (103.28 Kb) Ms Michelle Ward

Volume 7
Issue 4,Winter 2004 
 Wine Polyphenols & hearthealth.pdf (40.71 Kb) Dr Karen Cooper
 Childhood obesity - rising trends worldwide.pdf (29.79 Kb)  Dr Imdad Ali
 Case Study: alarming asystole.pdf (72.59 Kb) Dr Ammar Abd Elrahman, Dr Michael O'Reilly, Brendan Rogers
  Promoting Heart Health  - Conclusions from Irelands Presidency of the EU.pdf (26.75 Kb) Dr Emer Shelley

Issue 3,Autumn 2004 
 sickleave in Coronary Heart Disease: a review of the literature pdf (508.84 Kb). Professor Joep Perk
 Changes in the delivery of and adherence to secondary prevention in coronary heart disease pdf (474.02 Kb). Professor Koon K Teo
 The obesity epidemic in the US: impact upon coronary heart disease pdf (496.16 Kb). Dr Philip A Ades

Issue 2,Summer 2004 
 Depression, exercise and Coronary Heart Disease (114.98 Kb) Heather S Lett & James A Blumenthal
 Promoting heart health: AEuropean consensus(597.52 Kb) Dr Emer Shelley
 Depression and recovery from cardiac events.(104.99 Kb) Prof Roy C Ziegelstein
 Selected abstracts from thr 8th World Congress of Cardiac rehabilitation and Secondary  Prevention (177.30 Kb)
 EuroAction: A European Society of Cardiology Demonstration Project in Preventative Cardiology (141.33 Kb) Prof David A Wood

Issue 1,Spring 2004 
 Antioxidants Dr Victoria Jewell 
 Brain Natriuretic Peptide and HeartFailure(118.60 Kb). Dr SKP Karuppiah & Dr Brian Maurer 
 Obesity and Physical Activity (504.11 Kb)Celine Murrin 
 Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factors(166.60 Kb) Dr Guilherme HM Oliveira & Dr John A Farmer

Volume 6
Issue 1,Spring 2003 
 Update on choices in heart valve replacement (227.40 Kb)Mr Michael Tolan 
 Surgery for morbid obesity (259.27 Kb) Mr Justin Geoghegan 
 Biventricular pacing and congestive heart failure:the wave of the future(732.60 Kb) Dr Richard Sheahan 
 Obesity (303.93 Kb). Dr Maura Whelehan & Dr Donal O'Shea

Issue 2, Summer 2003 
 Infective endocarditis (105.09 Kb) Dr Cillian De Gascun & Dr Lynda Fenelon 
 Smoking Cessation (170.67 Kb)Norma Cronin 
 Practical Issues in the management of heart failure:diuretic therapy(544.20 Kb)Dr Ken McDonald & Dr Mark Ledwidge 
 Improvements in health standards reported in national survey(289.24 Kb)

Issue 3, Autumn 2003 
 Syncope - a summary of the recommendations of the task force on syncope, european society of cardiology(128.64 Kb) Dr Tora Leong & Prof Ian M Graham 
 Cardiac imaging with computerised tomography:state of the art (1.27 Mb)Dr Kiran R Nandalur & Dr Christopher M Kramer 
 Pharmacotherapy in heart failure. Beta Blockade:For Whom, when and how?(417.89 Kb)Dr Ken McDonald & Dr Mark Ledwidge

Issue 4, Winter 2003 
 Clinical applications of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging(445.88 Kb) Dr Szilard Voros & Prof Christopher m Kramer 
 Physical activity and young people (358.19 Kb) Maureen Mulvihill 
 Fish Oils and cardiovascular health (381.21 Kb)Dr Helen M Roche, Fiona Moloney & Anne Mullen 
 Cardiovascular initiative during the Irish Presidency of the European Union(234.06 Kb)Dr Emer Shelley & Mr Brian Brogan 
 The out-of-hospital management of atrial fibrillation (849.59 Kb) Dr Anil Mane

Volume 5
Issue 1,Spring 2002 
 Shared Care: an important goal in the development ofoptimal heart failure(68.90 Kb) Dr Ken McDonald & Dr Mark Ledwidge 
 Drug-Eluting Stents, an end to restenosis as we know it?(156.82 Kb) Dr Dierdre Ward & Dr Pat O'Callaghan 
 Treatment of Hyperlipidaemia in pre-menopausal women(137.90 Kb) Dr Vincent Maher 
 The Val-HeFT study: what does it tell us(105.11 Kb) Dr Ken McDonald

Volume 4
Issue 1, Spring 2001 
 Travellers Thrombosis (53.05 Kb) Dr Helen Enright 
 Transoesphageal echocardiography, why and when? (212.16 Kb)Dr David Moore & Dr Khan Bahadur 
 Stable angina the not so phantom menace (55.77 Kb)Stable angina the not so phantom menace, Dr Caroline Daly 
 Dietary fat, blood cholesterol and CHD prevention (72.80 Kb) Dr Robert Clarke

Issue 2, Summer 2001 
 Coronary artery bypass surgery in Ireland - gender differences(43.69 Kb)Ms Eilis McGovern 
 Syncope: an update (154.97 Kb)Dr Joseph Galvin 
 Large patent foramen ovale, an underestimated cause of stroke (187.29 Kb) Dr Kevin P Walsh
 Coronary artery stenoses (880.59 Kb) Dr Vincent Maher

Issue 3, Autumn 2001 
 Cardiac murmurs and their hidden messages(189.17 Kb) Dr David P Moore 
 How safe are the calcium antagonists? (59.64 Kb)How safe are the calcium antagonists? Dr Henry Purcell 
 Considerations in BP management(295.20 Kb)Dr Vincent Maher, Michelle Carey & Catherine Markham.

Volume 3
Issue 1, Spring 2000 
 Arrythmia management update. Part 1. Palpitations: to refer or reassure (85.35 Kb)management Dr Edward Keelan 
 Protecting your patient's heart (38.87 Kb)Prof Ian Graham 
 Beating Heart Surgery(125.06 Kb) Mr Michael Tolan

Issue 2, Summer 2000 
 The APAPT centre at Beaumont Hospital (48.74 Kb) Prof Eoin O'Brien 
 Supraventricular tachycardia (114.98 Kb) Dr Edward Keelan 
 Mitral Valve Repair (53.06 Kb) Dr Michael Tolan 
 Aortic dissection (76.03 Kb)Dr Caroline Daly & Dr David Mulcahy

Issue 3, Autumn 2000 
 Preventing Heart Attacks with Vit E - evidence based or wishful thinking (58.70 Kb) Dr Ray Meleady 
 Ventricular arrhythmias (147.10 Kb) Dr Edward Keelan 
 Risk Stratification in Cardiac surgery (85.15 Kb) Mr Michael Tolan 
 Thoracic aortic aneurysms (80.50 Kb) Dr Caroline Daly, Dr David Mulcahy

Issue 4, Winter 2000 
 Aspirin: reinventing itself (41.11 Kb) Prof Desmond Fitzgerald 
 Things are not always what they seem (99.73 Kb) Dr Ken McDonald 
 Antiarrhythmic drug safety/proarrhythmia: five cautionary tales(437.75 Kb) Dr Edward Keelan 
 Update on Homocysteine (36.25 Kb)Update on Homocysteine, Dr Pat O'Callaghan, Prof Ian Graham 
 Beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery: less invasive coronary artery surgery (175.70 Kb)Mr Vincent Young

Volume 2
Issue 1, Spring 1999 
 Coronary Artery bypass graft surgery; principles and choice of conduit (104.47 Kb) Mr Aonghus O'Donnell 
 Homocysteinaemia, vascular disease and optimal folate status (42.44 Kb) Dr Helene McNulty 
 Holes in the Heart - a basic guide (48.32 Kb) Dr Paul Oslizlok 
 Developing Stroke Services in Ireland (52.90 Kb) Dr Desmond O'Neill

Issue 2, Summer 1999 
 Optimal Management post myocardial infarction (62.16 Kb) Dr John Cosgove 
 Simple Pacing (68.15 Kb) Dr Edward Keelan 
 Heart Failure: the ignored cardiovascular epidemic (82.73 Kb) Dr Ken McDonald 
 Viagra and cardiology (42.40 Kb) Dr David Mulcahy

Issue 3, Autumn 1999 
 All you want to know about coronary arteries and angiography (146.28 Kb) Dr Peter Kearney 
 More on pacemakers (104.07 Kb)Dr Edward Keelan 
 Heart Failure: the future (46.06 Kb) Dr Ken McDonald 
 Enhanced external counterpulsation (57.04 Kb) Dierdre Dodd R.G.N. H. Dip 
 Chemoprophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis: what is the current status? (90.09 Kb) Dr Om Murphy