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University of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic disorder characterised by the onset of irregular heart rhythm during exertion. This irregular heart rhythm (often a ventricular arrhythmia) can cause collapse and sud...

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University of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett

The heart beat is produced by regular electrical pulses generated by the heart’s own wiring system. Changes during disease can lead to problems with the heart’s wiring system that causing erratic heart beats (arrhythmias) and in very seriou...

Find out what to expect when it comes to seeing an NHS cardiologist for common heart and circulatory conditions.

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common types of abnormal heart rhythm. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation.

The British Heart Foundation has paid tribute to the life and work of BHF Professor Alan Williams, who sadly died on 4th May 2020. Professor Williams held one of the highest accolades awarded by the BHF, the Sir Thomas Lewis Chair of Cardiovascular Science, which he held from 2007 until his retirement in September 2019.

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University of Birmingham | Professor Attila Sik

Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), greatly increase the risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest – when the heart beat suddenly stops – and the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In 2010 the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Ming Lei

Tiny pores, or ion channels on the surface of heart muscle cells open and close to let electrically charged sodium, calcium and potassium ions flow into and out of heart cells and generate the electrical signal that spreads from the top of ...

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University of Manchester | Dr Halina Dobrzynski

The heart has an electrical wiring system called the ‘cardiac conduction system’ (CCS), which is responsible for the start and coordination of each heartbeat. When this system goes wrong it results in a slow heart rate – a type of arrhythmi...

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