24th October 2025

CRY Cardiology Conference
Updates in Sports Cardiology

Your Course Organisers

Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is a national UK charity – preventing young sudden cardiac deaths through awareness, screening and research, and supporting affected families.

In collaboration with

As part of one of the world’s most respected academic medical centres, Cleveland Clinic London offers access to a global network of physicians and specialists. We provide patients with high-quality, integrated care, enabled by technology.

Agenda

08:00-08:30 Registration and coffee

08:50-09:00 Introduction to the course
Prof M Papadakis

09:00-10:30 Session: Updates on cardiac screening
Chairs: S Gati, M Abela

09:00-09:10 Putting screening into perspective; What can we achieve
D Corrado

09:15-09:25 Putting screening into perspective; What screening cannot do
M Papadakis

09:30-09:40 Asking the right questions; Proposal for a novel questionnaire
H MacLachlan

09:45-09:55 Can we improve the ECG criteria
A Malhotra

10:00-10:10 What does the future hold for cardiac screening
R Bhatia

10:15-10:30 Panel discussion and Q&A

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session: Challenging scenarios in sports cardiology
Chairs: S Sharma, S Castelletti

11:00-11:10 Athlete’s heart or dilated cardiomyopathy; What our research says
S Marwaha

11:15-11:25 Practical approach to athletes with dilated ventricles
S Sharma

11:30-11:40 Left ventricular hypertrophy; When to worry?
G Finocchiarto

11:45-11:55 Managing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Kaski

12:00-12:10 Myocardial fibrosis in veteran athletes; What does it mean?
S Fyyaz

12:15-12:25 Practical approach to managing athletes with fibrosis
P Swoboda

12:30-12:45 Panel discussion and Q&A

13:45-15:15 Cases Session 1: Sports Cardiology Catch 22s in Electrical Disease
Coordinator: R Bhatia
Panel: D Corrado, G Finocchiaro, S Castelletti
Presenters: N Jayaratne, S Castelletti, M Casian, D Antonakaki

15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-17:15 Cases Session 2: Sports Cardiology Catch 22s in Cardiomyopathies and Structural Disease
Coordinator: S Gati
Panel: S Sharma, J Kaski, S Marwaha
Presenters: T Ramcharan, E Androulakis, M Abela, E Nakou

17:15-17:45 The ultimate Sports Cardiology Quiz
D Tardo

17:50 Closing remarks
S Sharma