Inherited Cardiac Disease

Dr Elliott studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London. After qualifying in 1987 he trained in general medicine, gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1991. He completed his general cardiology training at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London. Over the past 10 years he has established an international reputation in the field of heart muscle disease, authoring more than 170 peer reviewed papers on the subject. Dr Elliott chairs The National Coroner/Pathologist sub-group of the National Service Framework implementation board and is chair and co-founder of the UK Cardiac Pathology Network. In 2009, he was appointed as Deputy Editor of The Heart Journal. Dr Lambiase is a senior lecturer and consultant cardiologist specialising in electrophysiology at the Heart Hospital, University College London. He originally trained in Medicine at Oxford graduating in 1992. Following specialisation in Cardiology at the Hammersmith Hospital, he completed a PhD at St Thomas' Hospital London before sub-specialising in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. He was awarded the British Cardiac Society Young Investigator prize in 2002, He conducts a national sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) family screening clinic at the Heart Hospital and undertakes research investigating arrhythmia mechanisms in cardiomyopathy and ion channel disorders funded by the British Heart Foundation and Heart UK. Professor Dhavendra Kumar is a Visiting Professor, Genomic Policy Unit, The University of Glamorgan and Consultant in Clinical Genetics for All Wales Medical Genetics Service at the University Hospital of Wales, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University. After qualifying in Medicine from the King George Medical College, University of Lucknow, India, he completed postgraduate training in Pediatrics with an MD. Since 1980 he has pursued a career in Medical Genetics in the UK. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics (FACMG) and as well as Royal Colleges of Physicians (FRCP-London and FRCP-Ireland) and Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH-UK). Professor Kumar's current research is focussed on inherited cardiovascular disease, specifically 'sudden cardiac death' and 'molecular genetics of chronic heart failure'. He represents and leads 'cardiovascular genetics' on the panel for cardiovascular research group in Wales.

1. Introduction ; 2. General principles of medical genetics ; 3. Genetic laboratory techniques ; 4. Genetic counselling ; 5. Genetic testing and genetic screening ; 6. Congenital heart disease ; 7. Cardiovascular manifestations in chromosomal disorders ; 8. Cardiomyopathies ; 9. Inherited arrhythmias and conduction disorders ; 10. Inherited disorders of connective tissue ; 11. Familial hypercholesterolaemia ; 12. Coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction ; 13. Stroke ; 14. Pulmonary arterial hypertension ; 15. Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) ; 16. Cardiac manifestations in inherited skeletal muscle disease ; 17. Mitochondrial disease ; 18. Cardiovascular disorders and inherited metabolic disease ; 19. The heart and inherited haematological disorders ; 20. Therapeutic approaches in cardiovascular genetics