the association for inherited cardiac conditions is the uk national professional body for experts in genetics and cardiology dealing with inherited diseases of the heart. these include heart muscle diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, noncompaction cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (also known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia), as well as inherited arrhythmia disorders such as long qt syndrome, brugada syndrome, and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (cpvt). the aicc also represents experts in aortic disease such as marfan syndrome and other systemic diseases which affect the heart or circulation.