CRY's Contribution to Research - Cardiac Risk in the Young

Whole exome sequence analysis reveals a homozygous mutation in PNPLA2 as the cause of severe dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to neutral lipid storage disease

M. Muggenthaler, E. Petropoulou, S. Omer, M.A. Simpson, H. Sahak, A. Rice, H. Raju, F.J. Conti, L.R. Bridges, L.J. Anderson, S. Sharma, E.R. Behr, Y. Jamshidi Whole exome sequence analysis reveals a homozygous mutation in PNPLA2 as the cause of severe dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to neutral lipid storage disease International Journal of Cardiology, May 2016 {Abstract}

15/06/2016

Etiology of Sudden Death in Sports

Gherardo Finocchiaro, MD; Michael Papadakis, MBBS, MD; Jan-Lukas Robertus, MD; Harshil Dhutia, MBBS; Alexandros Klavdios Steriotis, MD, PhD; Maite Tome, MD, PhD; Greg Mellor, MBChB; Ahmed Merghani, MBBS; Aneil Malhotra, MBBChir; Elijah Behr, MBBS, MD; Sanjay Sharma, MBChB, MD; Mary N. Sheppard, MBBCh, BAO, MD Etiology of Sudden Death in Sports Insights from a United Kingdom

15/06/2016

CRY Research Fellow’s paper receives praise from leading cardiologist

CRY research continues to underline the importance of cardiac screening for athletes After a successful three days at the BCS Annual Conference (June 6 – 8 2016), where the team from Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) really was at the “heart” of the debate about the benefits of proactive cardiac screening, – CRY is also pleased

14/06/2016

Exercise and Inherited Arrhythmias

Christopher C. Cheung, MD, Zachary W.M. Laksman, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Gregory Mellor, MA, MB BChir MRCP, Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, FRCPC, Andrew D. Krahn, MD, Exercise and Inherited Arrhythmias Canadian Journal of Cardiology, April 2016 {Abstract}

09/05/2016

Calls for wider cardiac screening as new research confirms it’s not just athletes and “sporty” young people at risk

Published papers conclude that sudden arrhythmic death (SADS) is more common ‘at rest’ or whilst sleeping than during excessive exercise Researchers funded by the charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) have today [16 December 2014] published new research in the journal, “Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology”1 highlighting that more than 80% of cases of young sudden

14/12/2014

Comparison of three current sets of electrocardiographic interpretation criteria for use in screening athletes

Nathan R Riding, Nabeel Sheikh, Carmen Adamuz, Victoria Watt, Abdulaziz Farooq, Gregory P Whyte, Keith P George, Jonathan A Drezner, Sanjay Sharma, Mathew G Wilson Comparison of three current sets of electrocardiographic interpretation criteria for use in screening athletes Heart Online – December 2014 [Full text]

07/12/2014

CRY Parliamentary Reception 2014

The Terrace Marquee, Westminster – 26th November. Guest of Honour: Lee Mears, former England rugby union international. CRY’s 2014 Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday November 26 was an event packed not only with CRY Representatives, supporters, bereaved families, members of the myheart group and doctors, but also several CRY Patrons and

05/12/2014

Cardiac Screening of Young Athletes Prior to Participation in Sports. Difficulties in Detecting the Fatally Flawed Among the Fabulously Fit

Sanjay Sharma, Ahmed Merghani, Sabiha Gati Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), November 2014 Click here to view the article

30/11/2014

Interpretation of Repolarisation Changes on a Young Athlete's ECG

Dr Nabeel Sheikh talk from the European Society of Cardiology Conference 2014. Interpretation of Repolarisation Changes on a Young Athlete’s ECG.

15/09/2014

CRY Research Fellow Dr Sabiha Gati wins award at EuroPRevent 2013

18th – 20th April 2013 We are delighted to report that CRY Research Fellow Dr Sabiha Gati won the Judges’ Choice award at the EuroPRevent 2013 conference in Rome, for her poster “The Prevalence and Significance of Aortic Root Dilatation in Highly Trained British Athletes”.

07/05/2014

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CRY’s Contribution to Research