Author: Louise Monson

CIDG are pleased to be working with Heart Kids NZ to help provide support for our Heart families and children. Heart Kids is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of families with one or more child living with a heart condition, and they receive no government funding. They rely solely on the generous support … Continued

Did you catch our own Dr Stiles from Waikato in the news, sharing his wonderful research into CID? This article, led by Dr Stiles, is the 2020 Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus Statement on the Investigation of Decedents with Sudden Unexplained Death and Patients with Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and of Their … Continued

An interesting read that may be helpful for patients with NZ Health Insurance. NZ Health insurers policy on Genetic testing

The CIDG team are pleased to highlight this article in the very influential heart journal, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. We thank all the more than 4000 participants on this registry for allowing this to happen. Doctors around the world are learning from the information you have allowed us to collate. Unique … Continued

The cardiac society of Australia and New Zealand has released guidelines for the management of patients with cardiac inherited diseases during the COVID -19 pandemic. CSANZ-Consensus-statement-for-patients-with-Genetic-Heart-Disease-and-COVID-19.pdf

Special advice for people with Cardiac Inherited Disease during the COVID-19  pandemic: Long QT Syndrome (LQTS): There is nothing to suggest that those persons with LQTS who develop Covid-19 infection have a different clinical course than those without LQTS. BETA BLOCKERS (SUCH AS NADOLOL, ATENOLOL, BISOPROLOL AND METOPROLOL ARE SAFE AND SHOULD BE CONTINUED. As … Continued

Another great article published recently by Associate Professor Katharine Wallis from the University of Queensland. Bad Gene Hunting – Sudden Unexplained Death and Familial Long QT Syndrome  

Did you catch “The rhythm of the heart” article in the Listener? About Dr Annika Winbo’s research into Long QT Syndrome and cell abnormalities. Listener Article Feb 29 2020

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/115987960/video-games-can-be-as-dangerous-as-playing-sports-new-research-reveals A news item about Dr Skinner’s latest article, Syncope due to Ventricular Arrhythmia Triggered by Electronic Gaming published in the latest edition of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.