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Behr, E.R., Dalageorgou, C., Christiansen, M., Syrris, P., Hughes, S., Tome Esteban, M.T., Rowland, E., Jeffery, S. and  McKenna, W.J.

"Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome: familial evaluation identifies inheritable heart disease in the majority of families."

European Heart Journal 2008 Vol.29, No.13, p1670-80  [Abstract]

Behr, E.R. and Camm, A.J.
Letter by Behr and Camm regarding article: 'Induced Brugada-type electrocardiogram, a sign for imminent malignant arrhythmias'
Circulation 2008 Vol.118, No.21, p701  [Extract]

Gallagher, M.M., Forleo, G.B., Behr, E.R., Magliano, G., De Luca, L. Morgia, V., De Liberato, F. and Romeo, F.
"Prevalence and significance of Brugada-type ECG in 12,012 apparently healthy European subjects."
International Journal of Cardiology 2008 Vol.130, No.1, p44-48  [Abstract]

Grimster, A., Segal, O.R. and Behr, E.R.
"Type I Brugada electrocardiogram pattern during the recovery phase of exercise testing."
Europace 2008 Vol.10, No.7, p897-898

Heart Rhythm UK Familial Sudden Death Syndromes Statement Development Group
"Clinical indications for genetic testing in familial sudden cardiac death syndromes: an HRUK position statement."
Heart 2008 Vol.94, No.4, p502-507  [Abstract]

Hewitt, J.A., Whyte, G.P., Moreton, M., van Someren, K.A. and Levine, T.S.
"The effects of a graduated aerobic exercise programme on cardiovascular disease risk factors in the NHS workplace: a randomised controlled trial."
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008  [Full Text]

Liew, R., Catanchin, A., Behr, E.R. and Ward, D.
"Use of non-contact mapping in the treatment of right atrial tachycardias in patients with and without congenital heart disease."
Europace 2008 Vol.10, No.8, p972-981  [Abstract]

Makita, N., Behr, E., Shimizu, W., Horie, M., Sunami, A., Crotti, L., Schulze-Bahr, E., Fukuhara, S., Mochizuki, N., Makiyama, T., Itoh, H., Christiansen, M., McKeown, P., Miyamoto, K., Kamakura, S., Tsutsui, H., Schwartz, P.J., George Jr, A.L. and Roden, D.M.
"The E1784K mutation in SCN5A is associated with mixed clinical phenotype of type 3 long QT syndrome."
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2008 Vol.118, No.6, p2219-2229  [Full Text]

Simpson, M.A., Mansour, S., Ahnood, D., Kalidas, K., Patton, M.A., McKenna, W.J., Behr, E.R. and Crosby, A.H.
"Homozygous mutation of desmocollin-2 in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with mild palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair."
Cardiology 2008 Vol.113, No.1, p28-34  [Abstract]

Behr, E.R., Casey, A., Sheppard, M., Wright, M., Bowker, T.J., Davies, M.J., McKenna, W.J. and Wood, D.A.
"Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome: a national survey of sudden unexplained cardiac death."
Heart 2007 Vol.93, No.5, p601-605  [Abstract]

Nyberg, M.T., Stoevring, B., Behr, E.R., Ravn, L.S., McKenna, W.J. and Christiansen, M.
"The variation of the sarcolipin gene (SLN) in atrial fibrillation, long QT syndrome and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome."
Clinica Chimica Acta 2007 Vol.375, p87-91  [Abstract]

Ashley, E.A., Kardos, A., Jack, E.S., Habenbacher, W., Wheeler, M., Kim, Y.M., Froning, J., Myers, J., Whyte, G., Froelicher, V. and Douglas, P.
"Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype predicts cardiac and autonomic responses to prolonged exercise."
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006 Vol.48, No.1, p523-531  [Full Text]

Corrado, D., Basso, C., Pavei, A., Michieli, P., Schiavon, M. and Thiene, G.
"Trends in Sudden Cardiovascular Death in Young Competitive Athletes After Implementation of a Preparticipation Screening Program."
The Journal of the American Medical Association 2006 Vol.296, No.13, p1593-1601  [Full Text]

Hofman-Bang, J., Behr, E.R., Hedley, P., Tfelt-Hansen, J., Kanters, J.K., Haunsoe, S., McKenna, W.J. and Christiansen, M.
"High-efficiency multiplex capillary electrophoresis single strand conformation polymorphism (multi-CE-SSCP) mutation screening of SCN5A: a rapid genetic approach to cardiac arrhythmia."
Clinical Genetics 2006 Vol.69, No.6, p504-511  [Abstract]

Middleton, N., Shave, R., George, K., Whyte, G., Hart, E. and Atkinson, G.

"Left ventricular function immediately following prolonged exercise: a meta-analysis."

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2006 Vol.38, No.4, p681-687  [Abstract]

Oxborough, D., Shave, R., Middleton, N., Whyte, G., Forster, J. and George, K.
"The impact of marathon running upon ventricular function as assessed by 2D, Doppler, and tissue-Doppler echocardiography."
Echocardiography 2006 Vol.23, No.8, p635-641  [Abstract]

Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, N.M. and Verheugt, F.W.A.

"Sudden cardiac death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be reduced by pre-participation cardiovascular screening in young athletes."

European Heart Journal 2006 (September) Vol.27 No.18, p2152-2153  [Full Text]

Pelliccia, A., Di Paolo, F.M., Corrado, D., Buccolieri, C., Quattrini, F.M., Pisicchio, C., Spataro, A., Biffi, A., Granata, M. and Maron, B.J.

"Evidence for efficacy of the Italian national pre-participation screening programme for identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in competitive athletes."

European Heart Journal 2006 (September) Vol.27 No.18, p2196-2200  [Full Text]

Whyte, G.P., Harries, M., Dickinson, J. and Polkey, M.I.

"Breathless in the bath."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2006 Vol.40, p554-555  [Abstract]

Corrado, D., Pelliccia, A., Bjornstad, H.H., Vanhees, L., Biffi, A., Borjesson, M., Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, N., Deligiannis, A., Solberg, E., Dugmore, D., Mellwig, K.P., Assanelli, D., Delise, P., van-Buuren, F., Anastasakis, A., Heidbuchel, H., Hoffmann, E., Fagard, R., Priori, S.G., Basso, C., Arbustini, E., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., McKenna, W.J. and Thiene, G.

"Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol: Consensus Statement of the Study Group of Sport Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology."

European Heart Journal 2005 (March) Vol.26 No.5, p516-524  [Full Text]

Dawson, E.A., Shave, R., George, K., Whyte, G., Ball, D., Gaze, D. and Collinson, P.

"Cardiac drift during prolonged exercise with echocardiographic evidence of reduced diastolic function of the heart."

European Journal of Applied Physiology 2005 Vol.94, p305-309  [Abstract]

George, K., Oxborough, D., Forster, J., Whyte, G., Shave, R., Dawson, E., Stephenson, C., Dugdill, L., Edwards, B. and Gaze, D.

"Mitral annular myocardial velocity assessment of segmental left ventricular diastolic function after prolonged exercise in humans."

The Journal of Physiology 2005 Vol.569, p305-313  [Full Text]

Grunnet, M., Behr, E.R., Calloe, K., Hofman-Bang, J., Till, J., Christiansen, M., McKenna, W.J., Olesen, S.P. and Schmitt, N.

"Functional assessment of compound mutations in the KCNQ1 and KCNH2 genes associated with long QT syndrome."

Heart Rhythm 2005 Vol.2, No.11, p1238-1249  [Abstract]

Pelliccia, A., Fagard, R., Bjornstad, H.H., Anastassakis, A., Arbustini, E., Assanelli, D., Biffi, A., Borjesson, M., Carre, F., Corrado, D., Delise, P., Dorwarth, U., Hirth, A., Heidbuchel, H., Hoffmann, E., Mellwig, K.P., Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, N., Pisani, A., Solberg, E.E., van-Buuren, F. and Vanhees, L.

"Recommendations for competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease.  A consensus document from the Study Group of Sports Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial diseases of the European Society of Cardiology."

European Heart Journal 2005 (May)  [Full Text]

Shave, R.E., Whyte, G.P., George, K. Gaze, D.C. and Collinson, P.O.

"Prolonged exercise should be considered alongside typical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction when evaluating increases in cardiac troponin T."

Heart 2005 Vol.91, p1219-1220  [Full Text]

Tan, H.L., Hofman, N., van Langen, I.M., van der Wal, A.C. and Wilde, A.A.M.

"Heritability and Diagnostic Yield of Cardiological and Genetic Examination in Surviving Relatives."

Circulation 2005 (July) Vol.112, p207-213  [Full Text]

Whyte, G., George, K., Shave, R., Dawson, E., Stephenson, C., Edwards, B., Gaze, D., Oxborough, D., Forster, J. and Simpson, R.

"Impact of marathon running on cardiac structure and function in recreational runners."

Clinical Science 2005 Vol.108, p73-80  [Full Text]

Whyte, G., George, K., Redding, E., Wilson, M., Lane, A. and Firoozi, S.

"Electrocardiography and Echocardiography Findings in Contemporary Dancers."

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science 2004 Vol.7 Issue 3

Behr, E., Wood, D.A., Wright, M., Syrris, P., Sheppard, M.N., Casey, A., Davies, M.J. and McKenna, W. - Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome Steering Group.

"Cardiological assessment of first-degree relatives in sudden arrhythmic death syndrome."

Lancet 2003 Vol.362, No.9394, p1457-1459.

Behr, E.R. and McKenna, W.J.

"Genetic risk for acquired arrhythmia."

Trends in Genetics 2003 Vol.19, No.9, p470-473.

Behr, E.R., Elliott, P. and McKenna, W.J.

"Role of invasive EP testing in the evaluation and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review 2002 Vol.6, No.4, p482-486

Behr, E.R. and McKenna, W.J.

"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy."

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 2002 Vol.4, No.6, p443-453

McKenna, W.J. and Behr, E.R.

"Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: management, risk stratification, and prevention of sudden death."

Heart 2002 Vol.87, No.2, p169-76

Shave, R.E., Dawson, E., Whyte, G., George, K., Ball, D., Gaze, D.C. and Collinson, P.O.
"Evidence of exercise-induced cardiac dysfunction and elevated cTnT in separate cohorts competing in an ultra-endurance mountain marathon race."
International Journal of Sports Medicine 2002 Vol.23, No.7, p489-494

Tan, R.S., Behr, E.R., McKenna, W.J. and Mohiaddin, R.H.

"Images in cardiovascular medicine. Occult anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: the clinical value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging."

Circulation 2002 Vol.105, No.4, p27-8

"Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young."

MOSA (Medical Officers of Schools Association) Hunter Prize 2002

Feld, F.

"Are you ready for sudden cardiac death?" [Editorial]

Journal of Athletic Training 2001 (April - June) Vol.36 No.2, p107-108  [Full Text]

Koester, M.C.

"A review of sudden cardiac death in young athletes and strategies for preparticipation cardiovascular screening."

Journal of Athletic Training 2001 (June) Vol.36 No.2, p197-204  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

Elliot, P.M., Poloniecki, J., Dickie, S., Sharma, S., Monserrat, L., Varnava, A., Mahon, N.G. and McKenna, W.J.

"Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Identification of high risk patients."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000 (December) Vol.36 Issue 7, p2212-2218  [Abstract]

Fields, K.B.

Letter to the Editor. Re: 'Cost effectiveness analysis of screening of high school athletes for risk of sudden cardiac death.' (C.M. Fuller)

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000 (October) Vol.32 Issue 10, p1809

Kujala, U.M., Sarna, S., Kaprio, J., Tikkanen, H.O. and Koskenvuo, M.

"Natural selection to sports, later physical activity habits, and coronary heart disease."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2000 Vol.34, p445-449  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

Maron, B.J., Shen, W-K., Link, M.S., Epstein, A.E., Almquist, A.K., Daubert, J.P., Bardy, G.H., Favale, S., Rea, R.F., Boriani, G., Estes, M., Spirito, P., Casey, S.A., Stanton, M.S. and Betocchi, S.

"Efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defribrillators for the prevention of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

The New England Journal of Medicine 2000 (February) Vol.342 No.6, p365-373  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

McKenna, W.J.

"The future in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: important clues and potential advances from an understanding of the genotype phenotype relationship."

Italian Heart Journal 2000 Vol.1, p17-20  [Abstract]

Quigley, F.

"A survey of the causes of sudden death in sport in the Republic of Ireland."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2000 Vol.34, p258-261  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

Tunstall Pedoe, D.

"Sudden cardiac death in sport - spectre or preventable risk?"

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2000 Vol.34, p.137-140  [Full Text]

Corrado, D., Basso, C., Schiavon, M. and Thiene, G.

"Screening for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Young Athletes."

The New England Journal of Medicine 1998 (August) Vol.339 No.6, p364-369  [Abstract]

Eve, N. and Williams, D.

"Multistage Fitness Test in Secondary Schools – Advice on Safety."

Issued by the British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education (BAALPE) 1999  [Full Text]

Prasad, K., Atherton, J., Smith, G.C., McKenna, W.J., Frenneaux, M.P. and Nihoyannopoulos, P.

"Echocardiographic pitfalls in the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Heart 1999 (November) Vol.82 (supplement 3) pIII8 - III15  [Full Text]

MacAuley, D.

"Does preseason screening for cardiac disease really work?: the British perspective."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 1998 (October) Vol.30 (10 supplement) pS345 - S350  [Abstract]

Maron, B.J.

"Cardiovascular Risks to Young Persons on the Athletic Field."

Annals of Internal Medicine 1998 (September) Vol.129 Issue 5, p379-386  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

O'Connor, F.G., Kugler, J.P. and Oriscello, R.G.

"Sudden Death in Young Athletes: Screening for the Needle in a Haystack."

American Family Physician 1998 (June) Vol.57 No.11, p2763-2774  [Full Text]

Cox, S., O'Donoghue, A.C., McKenna, W.J. and Steptoe, A.

"Health related quality of life and psychological wellbeing in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Heart 1997 (August) Vol.78 No.2, p182-187  [Abstract]  [Full Text - downloadable PDF]

Goodwin, J.F.

"Sudden cardiac death in the young.  A family history of sudden death needs investigation." [Editorial]

British Medical Journal 1997 (March) Vol.314, p.843  [Full Text]

McKenna, W.J., Spirito, P., Desnos, M., Dubourg, O., and Komajda, M.

"Experience from clinical genetics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: proposal for new diagnostic criteria in adult members of affected families."

Heart 1997 (February) Vol.77 No.2, p130-132  [Abstract]  [Full Text - downloadable PDF]

Rowland, T.W.

"Screening athletes for risk of sudden cardiac death: facing some harsh realities."

Pediatric Exercise Science 1997 (May) Vol.9 No.2, p103-106

Maron, B.J., Shirani, J., Poliac, L.C., Mathenge, R., Roberts, W.C. and Mueller, F.O.

"Sudden death in young competitive athletes. Clinical Demographic and Pathological Profiles."

The Journal of the American Medical Association 1996 (July) Vol.276 No.3, p199-204  [Abstract]

"Report of the 1995 World Health Organization / International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of Cardiomyopathies."

Circulation 1996 Vol.93, p841-842  [Full Text]

Dickerman, R.D., Schaller, F., Prather, I. and McConathy, W.J.

"Sudden cardiac death in a 20-year-old bodybuilder using anabolic steroids."

Cardiology 1995 Vol.86 No.2, p172-173  [Abstract]

Futterman, L.G. and Lemberg, L.

"Sudden death in athletes."

American Journal of Critical Care 1995 (May) Vol.4 Issue 3, p239-243  [Abstract]

Goodman, J.M.

"Exercise and sudden cardiac death : etiology in apparently healthy individuals."

Sports Science Review 1995 Vol.4 No.2, p.14-30

Maron, B.J., Gardin, J.M., Flack, J.M., Gidding, S.S., Kurosaki, T.T. and Bild, D.E.

"Prevalence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a General Population of Young Adults. Echocardiographic Analysis of 4111 Subjects in the CARDIA Study."

Circulation 1995 Vol.92, p785-789  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

Ryan, M.P., Cleland, J.G.F., French, J.A., Joshi, J., Choudhury, L., Chojnowska, L., Michalak, E., Al-Mahdawi, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P. and Oakley, C.M.

"The Standard Electrocardiogram as a Screening Test for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy."

The American Journal of Cardiology 1995 (October) Vol.76 Issue 10, p689-694  [Abstract]

Thompson, P.D.

"Athletes, athletics, and sudden cardiac death."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 1993 (September) Vol.25 Issue 9, p981-984  [Abstract]