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Investigations

I thought I would be in and out in 10 mins after having an ECG but… by Laura Harris

My initial ECG picked up some abnormalities so I was asked to wait and was then given an echocardiogram. I was seen by the consultant and told that my echocardiogram

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Life with LQTS and LVNC by Abi Edwards

October 2018, aged 14 and asymptomatic- I was taken to a CRY screening as a precautionary check by my mum at St. George’s Hospital. Little did I know that that

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Every Cloud by Thomas Flanighan

After serving nine years in the military as a Royal Marines Commando, I needed a new challenge and started striving towards a career as a Commercial Pilot. The flying medical

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It’s Scarier Not to Die by Jamie Poole

For the first time in 12 years, I experienced my first incident of an inappropriate shock. Not just one, but five, one after the other. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang.

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We thought something was wrong with ECG leads or monitor but… Blog by Jess-Lee Welch

I was in my final year of uni studying Sport and Exercise Science and we were in the lab doing ECGs on one another.  When my lecturer (Dr David Oxborough)

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I am forever grateful to the GP who saved my life! Blog by Roxy Ball

From being little I always remember I found running and PE hard. I was good at rounders because I could hit the ball and then race around the posts! But

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My story of being diagnosed with LQT in the midst of a pandemic by Ruth Williams

In April of this year, I was diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). In the midst of a pandemic, this was the most unwelcome conclusion to my ongoing investigations! In

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A Reflection on My Experience Living with a Heart Condition by Daniel Redfearn

I had no idea at the end of the summer holidays in 2011 that the following months would be a defining period of my life. I was thirteen years old

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My story so far – Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy

Hello. My name is Phoebe and I’m 22 years old. When I was three years old, I was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital to have open heart surgery to

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Comparing 2008 to now

Being in lockdown, being in isolation it’s made me re-experience a life I had before and compare the feelings I have now, to that I had back then. We all

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Brugada and Self-Isolation

Monday 16th March I celebrated my 12th re-birthday, re-birthday is a term that all cardiac arrest survivors use to celebrate surviving a cardiac arrest. I didn’t really celebrate it this

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My heart stopped with no warning at all! by Jade Hobman

Last year, on the 28th of August, it was a normal day for me and I was skating down the road like I do everyday as I skateboard everywhere. Around

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My heart condition’s 25th anniversary by Kerry Shephard

Today (03/02/2020) marks 25 years since my heart went crazy and hit 268 beats per minute while I was brushing my hair and getting ready for college. 25 years since

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My allergic reaction saved my life..

I have always fainted for as long as I can remember, through assembly at school or if I stood up for long periods of time. My parents kept taking me

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I never really thought much about having a heart condition until I had my son! by Jodie Pearson

My Long QT story – by Jodie Pearson, age 36 I was diagnosed with Long QT1 in 2010 when I was 27 years old.  A close relative had been having

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If only Hollie was screened at an early age!

I would like to share our story to help raise awareness of fatal Genetic Heart Conditions. In March 2016, our daughter – Hollie Cannon, then aged 15 years, collapsed suddenly

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CRY’s myheart representative Rebekah Goddard’s story

It’s been 18 years since I was diagnosed with long QT syndrome and had my very first permanent pacemaker implanted; and 25 years since my father found me unresponsive on

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The Story of my Heart Disease – by George Ashby

George Ashby has made an inspiring video about his experience after being diagnosed with a heart condition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIpi1FqFJ7o George’s mother, Amelia Ashby found that George has a heart murmer after

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My journey with ALCAPA – My Story by Serena Freeman

My journey with congenital heart disease began on 19th March 2018 when I was 18 years old. I was at work and had just gone on my lunch break when

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Idiopathic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia – My Story by Hollie Bell

Since having my little boy 3 years ago this month I haven’t really felt well and have been suffering palpitations, dizzy spells and feeling breathless. My GP just kept putting

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