The British Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Society (BICCS), formerly the AICC, is the national body for healthcare professionals managing patients and their families with inherited cardiovascular disease.
These inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) can affect:
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the heart muscle (cardiomyopathies)
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the heart’s rhythm and electrical system (ion channel disorders)
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major blood vessels (aortopathies)
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skeletal muscle as well as heart muscle (neuromuscular disorders)
These conditions can affect all ages, can be difficult to diagnose, can run in families and can affect quality of life and sometimes be associated with serious complications including sudden death. Fortunately, the scientific community is working extremely hard to improve our understanding and our ability to treat these conditions and this field is continuously evolving.
BICCS is a membership organisation that provides a forum in which healthcare professionals can meet, learn, educate, collaborate and ultimately work towards providing the very highest level of healthcare to our patients.
This website combines both:
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public facing information
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a portal for BICCS members
The portal provides a unique resource of educational material, centred around our annual conferences and highlight sessions, and training resources as well as policy documents and key clinical guidelines. We would encourage any healthcare professionals involved in managing patients with ICCs or interested in learning more, to consider becoming a BICCS member. One of our key roles is to represent the healthcare community in this field at a national level, and the wider the membership, the stronger this representation becomes.
Dr Stephen Page
President of the British Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Society
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2025!
If you are attending the BCS conference next week please drop in to see us to help us celebrate the launch of BICCS!
The British Cardiovascular Society National Conference will take place from 2nd-4th June at Manchester Central. BICCS President Stephen Page will also hosting a live MDT alongside the BCCA at the event.
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Most individuals with ACTA2 mutations do not have syndromic features and are often diagnosed when they present with aortic events, which can occur at smaller aortic diameters than other aortopathies1. The lack of syndromic features can lead to delay in diagnosis.
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Become a BICCS member now and receive:
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Exclusive access to the BICCS online resource hub and eLearning, our regular eNewsletter
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Discounted joint membership with the British Cardiovascular Society
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Opportunities for development working with the BICCS Council
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Reduced fees at wider BICCS events
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The opportunity to stay connected and grow your network in the BICCS membership portal
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Access to the BICCS research network, latest trials and recruitment
BICCS aims to provide consistent, top quality education and training, advice on management and best practice, as well as acting as a forum for data collection, audit and collaborative research.
Membership is open to clinicians, nurses, counsellors, scientists and professions allied to medicine, as well as to persons from organisations and charities involved in support of such families.
Management of ICCs is one of the most rapidly evolving areas in cardiology. The last decade has seen a major change in our recognition of these conditions from apparently rare isolated disorders, to a group which collectively are common and which may be associated with the tragedy of unnecessary sudden death.