Learning outcomes
- Describe the two main inherited cardiac conditions (cardiomyopathies and channelopathies)
- Describe the signs and symptoms of inherited cardiac disease
- Identify when inherited cardiac disease should be considered as a diagnosis
- Recognise the complications that may arise from inherited cardiac disease
- Understand the role of specialist multidisciplinary clinics
- Discuss management pathways for patients with inherited cardiac disease
- Explore person centred approaches specific to living with inherited cardiac disease, across the lifespan
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Introduction
Module Team Group Members Zanna Christie, Arrhythmia Specialist Nurse, NHS Tayside Anna Choy, Consultant Cardiologist (Familial Arrhythmia Network Scotland lead),...
Inherited: Case 1: Margaret
Meet Margaret Margaret is a 65 year old lady with diabetes mellitus. She suffers from chronic urinary tract infections and...
Inherited: Case 2: Andrew
Meet Andrew Andrew is a 16 year old school boy, who visits his GP complaining of frequent palpitations and dizziness...
Congenital: Case 1: Jack
Jack’s Story Meet Jack. His mother, a first time mum, gave birth to him two days ago, after an uneventful...
Congenital: Case 2 Part 1: Baby Kirsten
Kirsten: pre-natal Katie is 18 weeks pregnant with her first baby and attends the ante-natal clinic for a routine anomaly...
Congenital: Case 2 Part 2: Teenage Kirsten
Kirsten is now 16 years old and today is her first appointment at the teenage clinic, before her care is...
Congenital: Case 2 Part 3: Pregnant Kirsten
Kirsten discovers she is pregnant Kirsten fails to attend her follow up appointments. Two years later she phones the nurse...
Module test
This is the module test for ‘HEARTe 11. Inherited and congenital cardiac disease’. It is strongly recommended that you work through...
