Cardiac Disorders

Genomic and Inherited Disorders

01-CARD-27

Panel testing for Cardiac disorders (targeted NGS/ virtual panel /clinical exome / WES / WGS). This EQA has options for Arrythmia panel, Cardiomyopathy panel, and all Cardiac Disorders.

Overview

The scheme is designed to assess the entire diagnostic pipeline of a laboratory, including sample receipt and processing, analytical processing (genotyping), and reporting (biological and clinical interpretation of the test result) in the context of a clinical referral, as well as reporting clarity, content and clerical accuracy.

At a glance

Product Code:

01-CARD-27

Target/Genes:

The cardiac panel EQA covers Arrythmias and Cardiomyopathies.
There are options to participate in panel EQA for Arrythmias or Cardiomyopathies only.

Technology:

CNV, MLPA, NGS, Panel testing, PCR based, Sanger sequencing, Whole exome sequencing, Whole genome sequencing

Sample Type:

DNA (in TE Buffer)

Submit Results In:

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Accredited:

Yes

Key Dates

Register by

30/11/2026

Samples ship

Jan-27

Survey Period

January - March 2027 (for exact dates, please see scheme instructions)

Final Results

August 2027

Sample Details

Three mock clinical cases; two with matching samples and one virtual case will be provided.

Approximately 2µg DNA per sample is provided. Complete information will be available in scheme instructions.

EQA Results

Participants will receive an individual report including educational advice and a scheme report which includes additional information from the cohort of participants including geographical spread, methodologies employed, common errors, learning points and scheme statistics allowing participants to benchmark their results.

Each laboratory will also receive a single certificate listing all EQAs participated in with performance result for each year.

Participation Information

Testing can be performed using any appropriate panel for cardiac disorders. To account for differing panel compositions, variants outside the stated scope of an individual laboratory’s panel will be excluded from their assessment. Only variants that have been validated in the test samples will be assessed.

Participants are expected to test samples according to their routine strategy, to return a clinical report and to complete the data collection form.

No restrictions on number of participants. Open to laboratories from ALL countries (note: some restrictions may apply due to sanctions, delivery network exceptions, restrictions on importation etc).

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From £467.00

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  • ISO 17043 accredited scheme
  • Submit results in 5 languages

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