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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Kieran Formby's Story

It’s now 8 months since, on the eventful evening of 13th September 2008, we learnt our dearly beloved son Kieran had died and left us. I am sure that we do not have to tell you how we feel, only that he along with his surviving sister Sinead, they were our very reason and purpose for…
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Faye Linton's Story

Faye was only 25 years of age when she so suddenly died. She was within days of going on a ‘once in a lifetime’ holiday to America when we found her dead in bed on the morning of 30th October 2006. The doctors knew that Faye had a heart block problem, but as she had a…
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Sharron Jones's Story

Sharron was just 39 when she died on Saturday 26th May 2007. We received a phone call from her children saying paramedics were trying to resuscitate their mom – they were crying uncontrollably. She had been out for a meal, came home, sat down and it happened. We told the kids we would meet them at…
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Chris Gorman's Story

My husband died on the 28 June 2007. He was a healthy, fit 29 year old man. He had been training all year for the London to Brighton bike ride. He had been cycling 30 miles every weekend and there had never been a problem. He left my house on the Saturday night before the bike…
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Philippa Chowne's Story

Our beautiful, kind, clever, fun-loving daughter died at home on the evening of 14th December 2011. She was fifteen years old, in perfect health and with everything in life to live for. On the day after her death, when we were in deepest shock, we discovered that our darling daughter had trended on Twitter as the…
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Ryan Harrison's Story

My beautiful son Ryan was 18 years of age when he decided to go travelling to Canada. Me and my husband and his sister did not want him to go as he had recently packed up working for my husband as an apprentice alarm engineer. But Ryan just wanted to live his dream, which was travelling…
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John Chapelhow's Story

It is 5 years gone the 26th of June 2010 since we lost our most precious, caring son and brother John, 5 days after celebrating his 18th Birthday with his twin brother Mark and younger brother Dan with all our family and friends. Unknown to us all John had an undiagnosed heart condition, our fit healthy…
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Chris Rice's Story

My son Chris died on Monday 26th September 2005 aged 18 years. He was at Hengistbury Head, where he taught sailing and kayaking. He also coached swimming for Bournemouth Dolphins. He loved working with children and was an inspiration to all whose lives he touched. Chris achieved in 18 years what many would not achieve in…
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Stephen Ruggier's Story

My 17-year-old son Stephen Peter Ruggier was a fit, healthy lad who was looking forward to becoming 18 – which was only twenty days away when he died. He died on 4th October 2004, and was going to celebrate his 18th birthday on the 24th October. He was always happy and full of life. He was…
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Pete Reynolds's Story

Pete died suddenly on 13 October 2004. The shock, and despair his family, girlfriend and close friends feel cannot be expressed fully in words. Pete was an outgoing and lively 27year old who lived his life to the full. He was a ‘natural’ at most sports and extremely fit. A black belt in Tae Kwon Do,…
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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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