Dr Peter O'Callaghan

My special clinical interests include investigation of patients with palpitations, bradycardias, tachycardias, blackouts, syncope, cardiac arrest survivors, assessment of individual sudden cardiac death risk and families with inherited arrhymia disorders. I am also interested in management of all arrhythmia disorders including WPW syndrome and atrial fibrillation, cardioversion of atrial fibrillation, ablation and cure of tachycardias (AVNRT, accessory pathways, WPW syndrome, atrial flutter, etc). I can support patients with device implantation including pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), implantable loop recorders (Reveal devices), workup and management of medically refractory heart failure patients including implantation of biventricular pacemakers.

At Spire Cardiff Hospital I provide a comprehensive heart rhythm service including the investigation and management of patients with palpitations, blackouts and cardiac arrest survivors or their family members, management of atrial fibrillation, Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome, supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs), ablation of tachycardias and implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators and biventricular pacing systems.

I am the lead clinician for heart rhythm and pacing services at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, providing tertiary referral services for South East Wales, a referral population of 1.3 million.

Prior to my consultant appointment in 2001 I trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and St George's Hospital, London having entered the speciality of electrophysiology in 1994.

My clinical interests include investigation of patients with arrhythmias, palpitations, bradycardias, tachycardias, blackouts, syncope, cardiac arrest survivors, assessment of individual sudden cardiac death risk and families with inherited arrhymia disorders, management of all arrhythmia disorders including WPW syndrome and atrial fibrillation, cardioversion of atrial fibrillation, ablation and cure of tachycardias (AVNRT, accessory pathways, WPW syndrome, atrial flutter, etc), device implantation including pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), implantable loop recorders (Reveal devices), workup and management of medically refractory heart failure patients including implantation of biventricular pacemakers.

I'm a graduate of University College Cork, Ireland. During my years in training I lived in Dublin, Boston and London. I'm married with two children, my main hobbies are skiing, horse-riding and renovating old houses.

I'm a graduate of University College Cork, Ireland. During my years in training I lived in Dublin, Boston and London. I'm married with two children, my main hobbies are skiing, horse-riding and renovating old houses.