Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

Support CRY

Help CRY by donating today. Your donation could save a young life!

Support CRY

Help CRY by donating today. Your donation could save a young life!

Support

Following a young sudden cardiac death CRY offers help to families through our bereavement support programme, as well as helping families to understand what caused the death and to be referred to inherited cardiac conditions specialists.

Awareness

CRY raises awareness to help prevent young sudden cardiac deaths (YSCD), through awareness campaigns, fundraising events, and media outreach. CRY works to save young lives and prevent avoidable tragedies.

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Screening

CRY wants All young people to have the opportunity to have heart screening. 1 in 300 people CRY tests will have a potentially life threatening heart condition which will benefit from lifestyle advice, treatment and sometimes corrective surgery.

Research

CRY is funding world leading research which is transforming our understanding of the causes and prevention of Young Sudden Cardiac Death as well as the treatment of those at risk.

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Sam Standerwick's Story

Our son Sam was born on the 12 of November 1991, he was an “adventurous” boy with us always having to have eyes in the back of our head. He was into everything from ironing the carpet, flooding the house, and at four years old reversing my car off the driveway. Sam struggled with his behaviour…

Kay Wilson's Story

It’s now been eleven months since our daughter Kay left us. We do not have to tell you how we feel, only that she along with her surviving sister Kelly, was one half of our life’s work and soul purpose for living. We still do not understand why she died save the medical verdict was myocarditis,…

Andrew Dovey's Story

Where to begin? I had my first baby at 18, he was 9lb 8oz and took 44 hours to arrive! He was my angel – such a good baby and so so clever. His first Christmas and at 10 months old he was already walking and chatting away at his favourite programme, ‘Sesame Street’. It seems…

Bobby Vinod Puri's Story

On 30th June 2003, we sadly lost our loving brother Bobby, at the tender age of 29. It was unexpected, sudden, and the most devastating event that shook all our lives. He was the eldest of 4 siblings, the apple our of parents’ eyes. He was fun-loving and made all those around him smile and want…

Kevin Alan Eaton's Story

My name is Louisa Eaton, and on 22 July 2007 my 28 year old husband, Kevin Eaton had a seizure at home and died. After investigation, it was found that he had suffered a heart attack caused by Coronary Artery Disease. Shock is an understatement. He hadn’t felt particularly well that week but nothing out of…

Sarah Didinal's Story

My close friend, Sarah Didinal, died suddenly in her sleep on June 2nd 2009. She was a fit and healthy 37-year-old who lived life to the full. She left her partner Andy and their three small sons. Sarah and I met in Bondi Beach, Australia, in August 1997, when we were both backpacking around the world….

Maxwell George French's Story

Maxwell George French died at 21.18 on 25th June 2007. He was 24. It had just been a normal Monday evening. My tea was ready on the table when I got back from work and we sat down to discuss our days. Max then got into his sports kit ready to play football with some friends…

Gareth Thomas's Story

When Gareth’s heart stopped on February 25th this year it broke all our hearts. Gareth was 21 years old, a graduate in International Politics and Law with his whole life ahead of him. He had recently moved into a house with three of his oldest friends and they were busy finding jobs and playing together in…

Daniel Nicholls's Story

10th December 2012 – a day that will stay with me and my family forever… 16 years earlier I had been blessed at 35 with a lovely son, brother to Louise and Leanne, aged 15 and 13. A bit of a surprise, but he brought so much joy to our lives. On the Sunday we all…

Christopher Dixon's Story

You are not the same, after losing a significant person in your life, especially if it is your child. In that moment when you hear of it, or are with them when they leave, the person that you were dies with them. You no longer act, react or interact the way you did before. You look…

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Cardiac Screening

CRY offers subsidised ECG and Echocardiogram screening to all young people between the ages of 14 & 35. There is a simple way to diagnose most cardiac abnormalities. This is by having an ECG (electrocardiogram) test. Results should be read by a cardiologist. For extra clarity an Echocardiogram (ultrasound scan) can also be done.If there has been a young (under 35) sudden death in the family, the family is entitled to be screened on the NHS. All of CRY’s public events are free to attend.

Latest News

Dr Marwaha: Solving the Grey Zone - Differentiating Athlete’s Heart from early DCM

So, what happens next when a CRY-funded Research Fellow reaches the end of their 3-year tenure and returns to complete their clinical training, taking further...

CRY and Manchester Metropolitan University Unite at the OrthTeam Centre to Improve Access to Cardiac Screenings for Youth Across the North

102 young people screened for ‘hidden heart’ conditions at a free session, funded in memory of Aaron Dixon Held in partnership with CRY and Manchester...

Berks & Bucks FA team up with CRY to support grassroots football

New partnership between County FA and Cardiac Risk in the Young aims to raise awareness of CRY’s national screening programme and support club fundraising activities...

CRY Update Magazine Issue 95

Issue 95 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September - December 2024.

Professor Sanjay Sharma comments on CRY’s involvement and support for the British Society of Echocardiography’s (BSE) new guideline on echoc

“The aim of this comprehensive, up-to-date guideline, which includes numerous authors who are CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) physiologists, cardiac Research Fellows and senior...

Meet Dr Mihnea Casian: CRY Research Fellow & one of Europe’s most aspiring sports cardiologists!

In the second of our series of ‘research updates’ which focus on the achievements – and vision – of CRYs current Research Fellows, we’re delighted...

Empowering Hearts: Dr. Joyee Basu's Groundbreaking Research Redefines Exercise Guidelines for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients

Profiling the work, research and academic achievements of former CRY Research Fellow, Dr Joyee Basu, who has now returned to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation...

London Marathon - 26th April 2026

Apply now! The London Marathon is London's most popular sporting event with over 40,000 people taking part. Join Team CRY in 2026 and help us...

London Landmarks Half Marathon - 12th April 2026

The London Landmarks Half Marathon is a closed road, central London run and is the only half marathon to go through both the City of London and City...

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Sam Standerwick's Story

Kay Wilson's Story

Andrew Dovey's Story

Bobby Vinod Puri's Story

Kevin Alan Eaton's Story

Sarah Didinal's Story

Maxwell George French's Story

Gareth Thomas's Story

Daniel Nicholls's Story

Christopher Dixon's Story

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Cardiac Screening

Latest News

Dr Marwaha: Solving the Grey Zone - Differentiating Athlete’s Heart from early DCM

CRY and Manchester Metropolitan University Unite at the OrthTeam Centre to Improve Access to Cardiac Screenings for Youth Across the North

Berks & Bucks FA team up with CRY to support grassroots football

CRY Update Magazine Issue 95

Professor Sanjay Sharma comments on CRY’s involvement and support for the British Society of Echocardiography’s (BSE) new guideline on echoc

Meet Dr Mihnea Casian: CRY Research Fellow & one of Europe’s most aspiring sports cardiologists!

Empowering Hearts: Dr. Joyee Basu's Groundbreaking Research Redefines Exercise Guidelines for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients

London Marathon - 26th April 2026

London Landmarks Half Marathon - 12th April 2026

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Research News

Dr Marwaha: Solving the Grey Zone – Differentiating Athlete’s Heart from early DCM

Dr Mihnea Casian on being a CRY fellow and his research

Dr Nirmitha Jayaratne: Research into appropriate advice for exercise in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy patients

EAPC Sports Cardiology Course 2024

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