Inherited Cardiac Conditions

Our Inherited Cardiac Conditions Genomics Community of Practice (CoP) is one of several CoPs we are currently supporting. See below for further details, including future meetings and how to join.

Lead Clinicians

Dr Rosemary Rusk, Consultant Cardiologist and Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) Clinical Lead, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Lynne Williams, Consultant Cardiologist and Lead for Specialist Cardiomyopathy Clinic, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Who is this CoP for?

Cardiologists in Tertiary Referral Centres
Cardiologists in District General Hospitals
Cardiology Specialist Nurses
Clinical Geneticists and Genetic Counsellors

About this Community of Practice

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is one of the most common inherited cardiac conditions, affecting between 1 in 200 and 1 in 500 of the population.

Genetic testing can provide diagnostic information and exclude phenocopies of disease, but most importantly can help to streamline screening of first-degree relatives. Dilated cardiomyopathy also represents a common condition, and genetic testing can help to tailor treatment and patient selection for device therapy.

At present genetic testing is performed (in the vast majority of cases) by Cardiologists in tertiary centre ICC clinics. By increasing genetic testing by colleagues in referring centres we can ensure equitable access for patients and improve delivery of care, especially for patients who are not referred or unable to travel to tertiary centres. Clear phenotypic diagnosis can be supported through our tertiary centre Heart Muscle MDT for imaging review prior to testing for more complex cases.

Meeting schedule

Meetings take place on the XX XXXday of every month, from 12pm - 1.30pm.

XX February: Title here - find out more and register your place.
XX March: Title here - find out more and register your place.

Non-urgent advice: Join this Community of Practice

To join this - or any of our Genomic Communities of Practice - please register your details via our form here.

Please ensure to select the Community of Practice that you wish to join when registering via our form.

Resources from previous meetings

You can access slides and recordings of all Inherited Cardiac Conditions CoP meetings on our FutureNHS workspace.

If you haven't already, you can request access to this platform by following this link.