About Heart Rhythm UK

Heart Rhythm UK is the affiliated group of the British Cardiovascular Society dedicated to improving all aspects of cardiac arrhythmia care and electrical device based therapies.

Heart Rhythm UK is also affiliated to the Arrhythmia Alliance

It was formed in 2005 by the amalgamation of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group (BPEG), the British Association of Arrhythmia Nurses (BANA) and the UK Interventional Electrophysiology Society (UKICES).
It acts as a unifying focus for professionals involved in arrhythmia care and electrical therapies in the UK.
The society has members drawn from several different professional bodies including Consultant Cardiologists, Cardiac Physiologists, Arrhythmia Nurses and trainees from each of these disciplines. All members are eligible to vote in elections to the Council.
The society has four main subgroups to focus and advance work in key professional areas:

  • Interventional Electrophysiology
  • Device Therapy
  • Cardiac Physiologists
  • Arrhythmia Nursing (and Allied Professions)

Heart Rhythm UK has close working relationships with the Arrhythmia Alliance representing patients’ groups, medical regulatory and advisory bodies (MHRA), and with colleagues in the medical equipment and device manufacturing industries (ABHI).

The Council

Constitution of Heart Rhythm UK

The Heart Rhythm UK Constitution can be viewed by clicking here.

 

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ALERTS

Click here   to view the Heart Rhythm UK Position Statement on Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

 

HRC 2012

23rd - 26th September 2012
The ICC,
Birmingham UK

For further details - click here

 

Following the recent announcements by MHRA and St Jude Medical regarding Riata and Riata ST ICD leads, see attached  recommended management plan for patients with these leads. Heart Rhythm UK are still working closely with St Jude Medical and MHRA to monitor the situation and will update you whenever possible. Please contact Heart Rhythm UK   with any clinical queries relating to management or St Jude Medical for details of serial numbers/leads that may relate to your patients. We shall also be most grateful for any information that you may have regarding your experience with these leads.

 

Click here   to view: Heart Rhythm UK competency standards for EP and ablation - February 2011 AND Heart Rhythm UK Standards for Implantation and Follow-up of Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices - September 2010