CRY Cardiac Risk in the Young

  Advanced

 

home about cry contacts  medical info  screening fundraising

counselling

research news

2007 CRY International Conference: Day 1

'Sports Cardiology: From Theory to Practice'

 

Friday 12th October 2007

 

  AGENDA    

 

 

8.30am

 

REGISTRATION

 

9.00am

 

 

INTRODUCTION            

Professor Greg Whyte (CRY Chairman)

 

9.30am

 

 

Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes

Dr Paul Thompson

 

10.00am

 

 

Cardiac fatigue during prolonged exercise - fact or fiction?

Professor Keith George

 

10.30am

 

 

Sudden death in the Marathon - 25 year perspective of the London Marathon

Dr Sanjay Sharma

 

11.00am

 

COFFEE BREAK

 

11.30am

 

 

Differentiation of physiological cardiac enlargement from cardiomyopathy

Professor William J McKenna

 

12.00pm

 

 

Cardiovascular adaptation in athletes of Afro-Caribbean origin

Dr Sanjay Sharma

 

12.30pm

 

 

Investigation of syncopy in athletes

Professor Greg Whyte

 

1.00pm

 

LUNCH

 

2.00pm

 

 

A pre-participation screening programme for identification of conditions causing Sudden Cardiac Deaths in young athletes

Dr Domenico Corrado

 

2.30pm

 

 

The collapsing athlete

Professor Tim Noakes

 

3.00pm

 

 

Sudden death in the young: just a case or predestination?

Professor Gaetano Thiene

 

3.30pm

 

COFFEE

 

4.00pm - 4.55pm

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN DEALING WITH DIFFICULT CASES

Chair: Professor William J McKenna

Case study presentations with expert round table discussion:                    

Dr Domenico Corrado, Professor Keith George, Professor William J McKenna, Professor Tim Noakes, Dr Sanjay Sharma, Professor Gaetano Thiene, Dr Paul Thompson, Professor Greg Whyte

 

4.55pm - 5.00pm

 

 

CLOSING REMARKS

Professor Greg Whyte

 

 

Back to 2007 CRY International Conference page

 

 
 

search & site map

brochure request

my story

links

q & a

donate to CRY


Call us at 01737 363 222 or email us at cry@c-r-y.org.uk

 CRY,
Unit 7, Epsom Downs Metro Centre, Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5LR
A Company Limited by Guarantee.  Registered in England No. 3052965

Registered Office 35 - 37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 0BY.  Registered Charity No. 1050845
All Copyright reserved by Cardiac Risk in the Young  
Apologies to NETSCAPE users - this site is not optimised for Netscape Browsers