Cardiology

NHSE funded test referrals should be in accordance with the National Genomic Test Directory for rare disease and meet eligibility criteria: National Genomic Test Directory - NHS England.

• R127 Long QT syndrome (LQTS)
  Genetic testing for Long QT syndrome (LQTS) (R127)
• R128 Brugada syndrome and cardiac sodium channel disease
  Genetic testing for Brugada syndrome (R128)
• R129 Catecholaminergic polymorphic VT (CPVT)
  Genetic testing for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) (R129)
• R130 Short QT syndrome (SQTS)
  Genetic testing for Short QT syndrome (SQTS) (R130)
• R131 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
  Genetic testing for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) (R131)
  
• R132 Dilated and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (DCM)
  Genetic testing for dilated and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (DCM) (R132)
• R133 Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
  Genetic testing for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (R133)
• R134 Familial hypercholesterolemia
  Genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia (R134)
• R135 Paediatric or syndromic cardiomyopathy
  Genetic testing for paediatric cardiomyopathy (PaedCM) (R135)
• R138 Molecular autopsy following sudden unexplained death
  Genetic testing for cardiac arrhythmia of unknown type (Molecular Autopsy) (R138)
• R328 Progressive cardiac conduction disease
  Genetic testing for progressive cardiac conduction disease (PCCD)(R328)

Testing for previously identified familial variants, as clinically appropriate, is available.

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Specific enquiries

Email: cardiac.oxfordgenetics@ouh.nhs.uk

Research

The laboratory is closely involved with the Watkins Research Group: Inherited Heart muscle Disease Group.

Further information on the cardiac genetics research undertaken by this group is available on the Radcliffe Department of Medicine Medical Sciences Division website.