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Session 2: Hidden in heart fai
lure: Inherited cardiac conditions
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
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Agenda
- When to consider inherited causes of heart failure: top tips and red flags (20 mins) – Gerry Carr-White
- Genomic testing in heart failure: when and how? (15 mins) – Liz Wilson
- Screening for inherited cardiomyopathies: clinical and genetic testing (15 mins) – Dan Hammersley
- Q&A session (10 mins)
Rachel Bastiaenen 
Rachel is a Consultant Cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust where she is the Clinical Lead for Inherited Cardiac Conditions. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London.
She studied at Peterhouse Cambridge and Imperial College London. She completed Cardiology training in the London Deanery and a fellowship in Vancouver. Her PhD was awarded from St George’s University of London and involved non-invasive risk stratification of patients with cardiomyopathy. Her clinical and research interests focus on inherited arrhythmia syndromes, cardiomyopathies and cardiac MRI.