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

We have established a small hard-working executive.

Our membership includes: stakeholder groups such as charities, cardiac technicians, cardiac nurses, and cardiac patient groups. We actively seek allied memberships from industry and target charitable funding sources and the National Lottery.

Aims

• To Raise Awareness of Cardiac arrhythmias
• To improve Diagnosis of Cardiac arrhythmias
• To improve Treatment of Cardiac arrhythmias
• To improve Quality of Life for people living with Cardiac arrhythmias

Objectives

• To bring together member charities, healthcare professionals, commissioners and their allies
• To advance the concerns and needs of all our members
• To develop the knowledge and skills base of medical professionals and professions allied to medicine
• To cultivate multi-centre and multi-disciplinary research
• To prevent sudden cardiac death in vulnerable groups
• To promote the value and need for cardiac pacing, implantable defibrillators, catheter ablation, and other treatments for arrhythmias
• To prevent misdiagnosis in patients suffering from arrhythmia and transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC)
• To assess and quantify unmet need amongst those affected by arrhythmia
• To promote centres of excellence for arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment
• To secure better care, leading to a better quality of life, for individuals with arrhythmia

Priorities

• Significant influence on NSF for arrhythmias
• Education and training
• Foster clinical audit
• Establish databases
• Systematic Pathology