Preventing young sudden cardiac deaths through awareness, screening and research, and supporting affected families.

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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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David Green's Story

David Green was born on Sunday March 3rd 1991 at 3.27am. A beautiful baby boy who came into this world with a strong and wilful spirit that prevailed throughout his short life. He loved his sports and played competitive sports from a very young age. His love for hockey and football continued until his last days….
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Huw Lewis's Story

On October 21st 2002, my brother Huw Lewis died during a game of football in Saudi Arabia, where he had lived and worked for over four years. He left his pregnant wife Sarah and 5 year old daughter Molly, as well as a devastated set of parents, siblings, friends and colleagues. Huw’s death was additionally hard…
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Grant Capell's Story

I lost my baby brother Grant Capell on the 20th March 2007. He was only 16 years old! He was out playing with friends, outside my parents’ house in Ireland in the evening. He was giving a young girl a piggy back, when he put her down and complained of being tired and then just fell…
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Dan Nelson's Story

Dan Nelson On 9th August 2020 my husband, my two children and I had been at the beach for the day. We had just returned from a 2-week camping road trip to visit family after the first COVID-19 lockdown had lifted and it was the last day of our holiday. My husband and son had been…
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Neil ‘Kymatik’ Schuyleman's Story

What can possibly prepare you for the total shock of being told – however gently – that your beloved only son had suddenly and unexpectedly ‘passed away’. What! How? When? The thought rushed through my head ‘Can I get there to see him before it is too late!’. Then the dawning impact that the strong, happy,…
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Iwan Lavis's Story

Iwan was just 23 years young, from Brecon, though he spent his early years in beautiful Pembrokeshire. He was the much-loved youngest child of Nigel and the late Fiona, and a cherished brother to Nia, Joy, and Carwyn. To us, and to so many of his friends, he was known affectionately as Iwie, Iwes, or Spewy – names that always bring a smile when we say them….
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Peter Dean Button's Story

Until the 26th July 2007 as a family we had a lovely life. On the 27th July 2007 it came to an end. Our lovely, fit and healthy son died. It would have been about 5.30am in bed with our daughter-in-law at his side. Peter Jnr was 37. The destruction and devastation this caused I often…
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Lisa Jane Browne's Story

My husband, Terry, and I received a telephone call from our son-in-law on Saturday 10 January 1998 at approximately 8am to say that our daughter, Lisa Jane Browne, a nurse, aged 27 years, was being taken to hospital. My son-in-law told me that he had received a telephone call from the hospital ward, where Lisa was…
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Laura Hillier's Story

Whenever I think back to Friday 20th June 2003 – which is still most days – I remember the clear blue sky and warm sunshine, and recall thinking “how could such a tragedy strike in a moment on such a lovely summer’s day?” Laura was 21 years and 6 months old. The detail seems important. She…
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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.

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Research News

Largest-Ever Study of Cardiac Screening in Young People Shows Heart Checks Save Lives

AI Cardiac Screening and Research Project

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

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

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