CRY’s latest research shows young people should be offered screenings to prevent more deaths

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Young people should be offered heart screenings to prevent hundreds of tragedies, experts and campaigners say. 

Cambridge University student and keen athlete Clarissa Nicholls, 20, tragically died while hiking in the south of France in 2023 from an undiagnosed heart condition. 

She had arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle is replaced by fat and scar tissue – and one of many heart conditions that could be spotted from a simple test, according to experts.