The need for and delivery of palliative care in nursing homes Wrist fusion, using a new clover leaf plate, for patients with severe arthritis Back to the top Heart Research Researchers at RGH Daw Park are involved in international multi-centre studies looking at new drugs to improve the chances of survival following heart attacks.
Heart attacks are a major cause of death and disability in all western countries.
They can occur when a coronary or heart artery becomes blocked by a clot. It is hoped that drugs being trialled will dissolve these clots more effectively than drugs currently available. The drug trials are among various cardiology research projects. One is exploring the impact of pacemakers on blood pressure, heart output and the blood vessels and how adjustments to pacemaker function might affect these. Central to another project are spectacular colour Doppler images of the heart, produced by a procedure called Doppler Myocardial Imaging.