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Welcome to the patient page, where we will try to answer the questions you may have about arrhythmia.

What is an arrhythmia?

A cardiac arrhythmia is where the heart beats too fast, too slow or beats irregularly. It covers a range of conditions from a transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) and Reflex Anoxic Seizures, to Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (read more)

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Who should investigate an arrhythmia?

Troublesome palpitations should be investigated by your local cardiologist. If catheter ablation techniques are required then you will need to see a specialist cardiologist called an interventional electrophysiologist.

You can find a local specialist at drfoster.co.uk

Non-UK residents can find a specialist at the Heart Rhythm Society

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Arrhythmias and treatments

Read about different arrhythmias, their causes symptoms and the types of treatment in detail here. This page is regularly updated with information on arrhythmia and has proved to be invaluable to sufferers in the past

Case Studies - Read first hand accounts from Arrhythmia sufferers and their families

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Booklets

The Arrhythmia Alliance has published several booklets on various forms of arrhythmia and their treatments. These can be downloaded here

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Frequently Asked Questions

Read the questions most frequently asked by arrhythmia patients.

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Still got questions?

If we have not answered your question(s) on the above pages or if you have further questions, please contact us. If you are a member of the Arrhythmia Alliance, you can post on our community forum

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Medical Professionals Area

This is the secure-area for medical professionals who are members of the Arrhythmia Alliance. Here you can talk to and meet other health care professionals online, have access to job descriptions, access to the AA Library of Information, care pathways, patient literature, information on forthcoming events and useful, carefully collected and collated links.

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Who are we?

Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A) is a coalition of individuals, patient groups, charities, professional medical groups and industry allies. These groups work together under the Arrhythmia Alliance umbrella to raise awareness of cardiac arrhythmia and to promote timely and effective diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmia leading to an improved quality of life (read more)

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UPDATES

28/03/08
March E-Newsletter released

11/02/08
Updated: Affiliate News

01/02/2008
February E-Newsletter released

24/01/2007
Updated: Events
Updated: Affiliate News

15/01/2007:
Updated: Affiliates

27/11/2007
Updated: Campaigns: Where’s the AED?

20/11/2007
Updated Arrhythmia News & Medical News

05/11/2007:
Updated Affiliated Groups

25/10/2007:
Updated Case Studies with Naomi’s ILR Story

Added Oxford ICD Group to Affiliated Groups