About the Arrhythmia Alliance
Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A) is a coalition of individuals, patients groups, charities, professional medical groups and industry allies. These groups work together under the A-A umbrella to promote better understanding, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for individuals with cardiac arrhythmias.
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 blackouts/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
- Influence on NSF for arrhythmias
- Education and training
- Foster clinical audit
- Establish databases
- Systematic Pathology
Please visit the Arrhythmia Alliance website for further information.