A pioneering new development to test children born in 1995 across the South East of England Every day at least one family in the UK (12 young, apparently fit people, die every week) will suffer the trauma of loosing a young (35 and under) person to an undiagnosed heart condition. These genetic conditions drastically affect thousands
Margo Wright raised £5,500 to bring the CRY mobile cardiac screening equipment and a specialist medical team to Netherfields Community Centre in Beckfield in February 2004. Screening started at 9.30am and went on all through the day. Forty Young people were signed up for the screening Margo’s 32 year old daughter was found dead at the
General Information on Cardiac Screening 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 – right) can also be done. If there has been a young (under 35) sudden death in the family,
Questions and Answers Through a collection of video clips, cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma (right) has answered some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about young sudden cardiac death and heart screening. These questions are split into sections below. Click on any question to open a new window where you can hear (and read) Professor Sharma's
Every week at least 12 ‘apparently’ fit and healthy young people die in the UK from undiagnosed heart conditions. CRY holds ECG screening clinics for those aged 14 to 35 at locations around the UK. Since 2005 over 14,000 young people have been screened in Northern Ireland. Visit our testmyheart website to view all our our
CRY 'paves the way' for how a national cardiac screening programme could look in 2012 A pioneering new development to test children born in 1995 across the South East of England Every day at least one family in the UK (12 young, apparently fit people, die every week) will suffer the trauma of loosing a young
CRY ECG Screening Clinics CRY holds ECG screening clinics for those aged 14 to 35 at a number of established locations around the UK including Belfast, Cardiff, Colchester, Liverpool and London (click here for clinic addresses). The CRY mobile screening unit facilitates various screening events at other locations in the UK – often organised by CRY