9th-13th June 2008
telephone: 08444 121912
email: info@cityheartweek.co.uk

Following the success of last years City Heart Week, we are pleased to announce that we will be running this event again this year. Again, cardiologists and healthcare specialists around the City of London are joining together to raise awareness of heart health.

One focus is on palpitation and arrhythmia, a condition that affects up to a million adults in the UK.

When someone becomes uncomfortably aware of their heart beating it is often described as ‘palpitation’ but can also indicate the presence of an abnormal heart rhythm ‘arrhythmia’.

There are a small number of rare arrhythmias which can be dangerous, but more commonly they can be troublesome and unpleasant but not dangerous.

The key to successful treatment of an arrhythmia is diagnosis, such as recording an ECG (Electrocardiogram) during an attack. An ECG is a simple heart tracing which is taken only a few minutes. In conjunction with a detailed palpitation questionnaire this can help to diagnose arrhythmia. The most common arrhythmia in the UK is Atrial Fibrillation and this affects about 500,000 people.

If you are a GP or health professional in the City and would like posters or patient leaflets, then please contact us on 08444 121912.

City Heart Week id organised by London Bridge Hospital, part of the HCA group of award-winning private hospitals in London.

Our specialist cardiology centres and outpatient units have been developed to provide our patients with access to the very latest diagnostics and treatments, provided by leading NHS and private consultants. As the only private hospital group in London providing comprehensive intensive care facilities in all of our hospitals, we have amongst the highest cardiac survival rates on the UK.

Heartbeat checks will be provided to those who complete the application form and are determined by London Bridge Hospital, in its complete discretion, to be suitable to take the test. Heartbeat checks will be provided subject to availability, on a ‘first com, first served’ basis, and London Bridge Hospital makes no guarantee that you will receive a heartbeat check should you apply for one.

You must be 18 years or older to apply and acceptance will be subject to London Bridge Hospital’s usual registration requirements, including acceptance of the ‘Terms of Admission’, a copy of which will be provided to you at your request.

Sponsored by London Bridge Hospital a leading Private London Hospital.

The palpitation questionnaire needs to be completed to receive a free ECG.

Heartbeat checks will be provided to those who complete the application form and are determined by London Bridge Hospital, in its complete discretion, to be suitable to take the test. Heartbeat checks will be provided subject to availability, on a “first come, first served” basis, and London Bridge Hospital makes no guarantee that you will receive a heartbeat check should you apply for one.

You must be 18 years or older to apply and acceptance will be subject to London Bridge Hospital’s usual registration requirements, including acceptance of the “Terms of Admission”, a copy of which will be provided to you at your request.

Sponsored by London Bridge Hospital a leading Private London Hospital