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cardiac screening

  • 15-12-2015 11:43pm
    #1
    banana_split
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭


    Does anyone have any recommendations for where to go for cardiac screening? I'd ideally like one where they do a treadmill test.
    I've just signed up for my 1st marathon and just want to be sure there's nothing sinister going on before I get into t he heavy training!
    Do you need a gp referral?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,667 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    You don't say where you're located so I assume it's Dublin. I went to Dr. Deirdre Ward at Charlemont Cardiology, on the recommendation of another poster here. Full treadmill test to exhaustion as well as cardiologist consultation. I thought they were good. No GP referral necessary, just ring and make an appointment.


  • #3
    averagejoe123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭averagejoe123


    I also went to Deirdre Ward in the Tallagh hospital. She works with the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) charity a few days a week. I found her and the team brilliant. There is a long waiting list to get an appointment through this free service unless you are a high risk candidate. I think they take private bookings 1 day a week to supplement the charity so if you are willing to pay I would imagine it would be quicker to get an appointment.


  • #4
    banana_split
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭banana_split


    That's brilliant-thanks a mil.

    Murph - can you remember how much it cost in the Charlemont Clinic?


  • #5
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,667 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    banana_split wrote: »
    That's brilliant-thanks a mil.

    Murph - can you remember how much it cost in the Charlemont Clinic?

    I do - it's expensive. About 290 all in, some of which I was able to claim back from insurance. Probably best to ring and ask though.


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