Inherited heart (cardiac) conditions

Making a referral

We accept referrals from GPs, other hospitals and other teams at Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College hospitals.

Non GP and tertiary referrals

Please email us your referral.

Urgent referrals

For GPs using e-RS, please select the correct option to make the referral urgent.

For non GP and tertiary referrals please email us the referral and mark it as urgent in the email subject line.

Referral criteria

Referrals should be made for:

• people with known inherited cardiac conditions not under follow up elsewhere
• people with suspected inherited cardiac conditions
• people who have survived an unexplained cardiac arrest
• first degree relatives (sibling, child or parent) of people with an inherited cardiac condition
• first degree relatives (sibling, child or parent) of people who have survived an unexplained cardiac arrest
• first degree relatives (sibling, child or parent) of individuals who have died from a suspected inherited cardiac condition, sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) or premature sudden cardiac death (less than 45 years old)

First degree relatives (sibling, child or parent) of people with confirmed inherited heart conditions can self-refer to the service. Please email our inherited cardiac conditions specialist nurses at [email protected] for a self-referral form.

For children's referrals (under 16), please visit the heart referrals page on the Evelina London website.