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Dr Brian O'Rourke

Consultant Cardiologist

MB ChB, FRCP (London)

Practises at: Ross Hall Hospital, Ross Hall Clinic Braehead

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Personal Profile

Dr Brian O’Rourke is a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in coronary intervention and cardiac device therapy at University Hospital Hairmyres. He graduated from Aberdeen University Medical School in 1992 and subsequently moved to the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital in London to undergo specialist training in Cardiology. Dr O’Rourke returned to the West of Scotland in 2005 being appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist & Physician at Hairmyres Hospital. Since taking up this post he has been involved in numerous service developments whilst remaining active in research, medical education and cardiology registrar training. He has been Lead Cardiologist at Hairmyres since 2009.

Clinical Interests

  • Chest pain
  • Investigation of coronary artery disease 
  • Coronary angiography
  • Coronary intervention (PCI)
  • Palpitations
  • Arrhythmia investigation  
  • Pacemaker & cardiac defibrillator implantation
  • Syncope
  • Hypertension
  • Heart failure
  • Sports cardiology
  • Valvular heart disease

Professional Memberships

  • Royal College of Physicians of London
  • British Cardiovascular Society
  • British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
  • European Society of Cardiology
  • European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention
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