NEW!

AFA Tool Kit is now available, offering downloadable information at a touch. Endorsed by PCCS and Department of Health.
Click here to download or order your copy.

Register now for HRC 2009
18th – 21st October 2009, Hilton Birmingham Metropole

An exciting educational programme is planned and includes scientific sessions, training courses, patient group meetings and industry symposia:
- For further details and to register - click here.
- Early Bird Rates available for a limited time.
- Exhibition space still available – contact us now for details.

Have you registered to attend the Arrhythmia Alliance meeting near you?

For more information please email Melanie on events@stars.org.uk or click here to download a registration form.

Endorsed by :

Calling all medical professionals, including nurses, physicians and school nurses

Lend your support for a morning, lunch hour or afternoon during Awareness Week, offering pulse checks to members of the public in your locality. We will support you with promotional posters, educational literature and pulse check cards.
For more information please contact joannag@stars.org.uk

Calling all members… ‘Post a Poster’… ‘Leave a Leaflet’

Arrhythmia Awareness Week (AAAW) 8th - 14th June is now fast approaching. With less than two months remaining, we need your help to make this a successful event! We have come up with a very simple, yet effective way that you can help raise awareness in your community…

Simply ‘Post a poster’ and/or ‘Leave a leaflet’ - Take one of our new posters and/or information booklets to your local GP surgery, school, university, hospital, medical centre, elderly care home, youth club, library or community centre and ask them to display to raise awareness.

Please contact Joanna Goldberg (joannag@stars.org.uk / 01789 451 823) or go online to www.aaaw.org.uk to order your posters and leaflets.

Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Study Day

Friday 12th June 2009, The Moller Centre, Cambridge, UK.

Arrhythmia Alliance, HRUK and Papworth Hospital invite you to an exciting day dedicated to a common but poorly understood arrhythmia…
To find out more, click here

Rhythm 2009

June 12th - 14th 2009, Martinez Hotel - Cannes - France
Arrhythmias and Heart Failure: Future Technological & Investigational Directions.
For more information and to register visit www.rhythmcongress.com

Date For Your Diary: AFA Patients Day 2009

AFA welcomes all patients and carers to register for the 3rd AFA Patient Day being held on Sunday 18th October at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Register through AFA to receive discounted rates!
Contact: info@atrialfibrillation.org.uk

Hot off the press…

. . two new AFA publications: Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation and
The Heart, The Pulse and The Electrocardiograph (ECG).
Download your copy or order from AFA.

Call for Abstract Submissions

Abstract submission for HRC 2009 is now OPEN.
Send your abstract now. Successful abstracts - oral and poster presentations - will be published in a supplement of Europace.
Click here to find out more.

Affiliate of the Month:

Poole ICD Support Group
The Poole ICD support group continues to grow, albeit slowly! We meet regularly and thanks to Matron at Poole Hospital, we are now provided with delicious cakes to enjoy! The next meeting is on 19th May and speakers have been invited to talk about local services development and the advancements in device therapy. We look forward to seeing you.
For more information, click here

James Warburton - Another marathon for A-A!

In support of his wife and to raise funds for the Arrhythmia Alliance, James is running the Edinburgh Marathon. Support James and see his progress here.

Running for AFA!

Martin Harman, an AFA member, is taking part in the Driffield Triathlon. Help Martin and AFA by sponsoring his amazing efforts! Click here

Education for Health Conference

Further information about key note speakers, topics and workshops at this exciting event can be found in our brand new conference brochure.
Download the conference brochure here or to book online, click here

British Hypertension Society:
11th BHS Clinical Education Meeting for Primary Care

A one-day educational meeting for GPs and other primary care healthcare professionals.

2009 EP Course

The Course on Basic EP hosted by the Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Barts and The London Heart Centre, is a two day course providing participants with comprehensive 'hands-on' training in all aspects of cardiac electrophysiology, with a focus on practical sessions.

500,000th heart pacemaker fitted

Mrs Trudie Lobban, founder of the Arrhythmia Alliance said: "Although implants have increased in the UK by 5% each year, we need an increase of 15% per...