CRY has contributed to the following papers, reports, abstracts and conference proceedings. All these articles have been authored (or co-authored) by cardiologists, doctors and research fellows working closely with CRY.
Where possible, a link has been provided to the abstract and / or full text of the article. Where no link is available, you may be able to get hold of the article via your nearest public / university library. References are listed by year of publication.
Professor Sanjay Sharma – CRY Consultant Cardiologist
I have been involved with CRY since 1996 and they have facilitated several research projects relating to regional/national British athletes. Most of the work was generated from cardiovascular evaluation of athletes as part of a screening programme aimed to identify disorders capable of causing sudden cardiac death. We evaluated several thousand athletes aged 14-35 years and had many “firsts” in the scientific literature.
March 2009
The scope of the cardiovascular PHE is to detect potentially lethal cardiovascular disease in elite athletes and start appropriate management to reduce the risk for sudden cardiac death and/or disease progression in a timely fashion.
Dhutia H, Malhotra A, Finnochiaro G, Parpia S, Bhatia R, D’Silva A, Gati S, Mellor G, Narain R, Chandra N, Behr E, Tome M, Papadakis M, Sharma S. EP Europace, February 2021 (Read the abstract of this
Webinar Recording: Guidance for ‘Safe Exercise’ in the COVID-era & How to prepare for a return to sport Agenda Introductions – Dr Steven Cox Exercise
Basu J Malhotra A Papadakis M Exercise and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Two incompatible entities? Clinical Cardiology, February 2020 {Paper} A greater understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms
Gati S, Malhotra A, Sharma S Exercise recommendations in patients with valvular disease BMJ Heart, January 2019 {Abstract} Valvular heart disease affects approximately 3% of
Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in Young Athletes with T-Wave Inversion Sheikh N et al., Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in Young Athletes With T-Wave
Miles C, Finocchiaro G, Papadakis M, Gray B, Westaby J, Ensam B, Basu J, Parry-Williams G, Papatheodorou E, Paterson C, Malhotra A, Robertus JL, Ware
Gherardo Finocchiaro, MD, Elijah R. Behr, MA, MBBS, Gaia Tanzarella, MD, Michael Papadakis, MBBS, MD, Aneil Malhotra, BSC, MBCHB, PHD, Harshil Dhutia, BSC, MBBS, Chris
How did you conduct your study? This study sought to investigate the incidence and causes of sudden cardiac death in adolescent football players in the
• One in 50 players had a heart abnormality that needed ongoing monitoring • Almost three quarters of footballers diagnosed were able to return to
Forsythe L, MacIver DH, Johnson C, George K, Somauroo J, Papadakis M, Brown B, Qasem M, Oxborough D The relationship between left ventricular structure and function
Once again the team of Cardiac Risk in the Young doctors led by Professor Sanjay Sharma have had a massive impact at the British Cardiac
Dr Michael Papadakis answers some of your questions about their recent research publication identifying the importance of routine ajmaline testing after a SADS death. Q.
David Oxborough, Daniel Augustine, Sabiha Gati, Keith George, Allan Harkness, Thomas Mathew, Michael Papadakis, Liam Ring, Shaun Robinson, Julie Sandoval, Rizwan Sarwar, Sanjay Sharma, Vishal Sharma, Nabeel Sheikh,
Michael Papadakis, Efstathios Papatheodorou, Greg Mellor, Hariharan Raju, Rachel Bastiaenen, Yanushi Wijeyeratne, Sara Wasim, Bode Ensam, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Belinda Gray, Aneil Malhotra, Andrew D’Silva, Nina
Finocchiaro G, Papadakis M, Dhutia H, Cole D, Behr ER, Tome M, Sharma S, Sheppard MN Obesity and sudden cardiac death in the young: Clinical and
Finocchiaro G, Dhutia H, D’Silva A, Malhotra A, Sheikh N, Narain R, Ensam B, Papatheodorou S, Tome M, Sharma R, Papadakis M, Sharma S Role
Gati S, Sharma S, Pennell D The Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Highly Trained Athletes JACC, February 2018 {Abstract}
Ahmed Merghani, Viviana Maestrini, Stefania Rosmini, Andrew T. Cox, Harshil Dhutia, Rachel Bastiaenan, Sarojini David, Tee Joo Yeo, Rajay Narain, Aneil Malhotra, Michael Papadakis, Mathew
Dhutia H, Malhotra A, Finocchiaro G, Merghani A, Papadakis M, Naci H, Tome M, Sharma S. Impact of the international recommendations for electrocardiographic interpretation on
Background—Preparticipation screening for cardiovascular disease in young athletes with electrocardiography is endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology and several major sporting organizations. One of
Hariharan Raju, Michael Papadakis, Greg Mellor, Sanjay Sharma, Mary N. Sheppard, Elijah R. Behr Utility of Post-Mortem Genetic Testing in Cases of Sudden Arrhythmic Death
Sanjay Sharma, Michael Papadakis International criteria for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes BJSM, March 2017 {Abstract}
Gherardo Finocchiaro, Michael Papadakis, Elijah R. Behr, Sanjay Sharma, Mary Sheppard Sudden Cardiac Death in Pre-Excitation and Wolff-Parkinson-White JACC, March 2017 {Abstract}
Lluís Mont, Antonio Pelliccia, Sanjay Sharma Alessandro Biffi, Mats Borjesson, Josep Brugada Terradellas, Francois Carré, Eduard Guasch, Hein Heidbuchel, André La Gerche, Rachel Lampert, William
Aneil Malhotra, Harshil Dhutia, Sabiha Gati, Tee-Joo Yeo, Helder Dores, Rachel Bastiaenen, Rajay Narain, Ahmed Merghani, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Nabeel Sheikh, Alexandros Steriotis, Abbas Zaidi, Lynne
Papadakis M, Sharma S Preparticipation Cardiac Screening in Young Athletes: In Search of the Golden Chalice The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, January 2017 {Abstract}
New research confirms screening IS cost effective and should be made available to ALL teens and young adults The Government has “got it wrong” when
Andrew D’Silva, Sanjay Sharma Management of young competitive athletes with cardiovascular conditions BMJ, November 2016 {Abstract}
Magavern EF, Badalato L, Finocchiaro G, Borry P. Ethical considerations for genetic testing in the context of mandated cardiac screening before athletic participation PubMed, September
Nabeel Sheikh, Michael Papadakis, Vasileios F Panoulas, Keerthi Prakash, Lynne Millar, Paolo Adami, Abbas Zaidi, Sabiha Gati, Mathew Wilson, Gerald Carr-White, Maria Teresa Esteban Tomé,
Published research funded by the charity CRY is improving the way young people are screened and leading to significant cost savings Important research funded by
Harshil Dhutia, Aneil Malhotra, Vincent Gabus, Ahmed Merghani, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Lynne Millar, Rajay Narain, Michael Papadakis, Huseyin Naci, Maite Tome, Sanjay Sharma Cost Implications of
Saqib Ghani, Michael Papadakis, Simon Kemp, Abbas Zaidi, Nabeel Sheikh, Sabiha Gati, Hariharan Raju, Andy Smith, Corin Palmer, John Somauroo, Sanjay Sharma Results of a
Mellor G, Nelson CP, Robb C, Raju H, Wijeyeratne Y, Hengstenberg C, Reinhard W, Papadakis M, Sharma S, Samani NJ, Behr ER. The Prevalence and
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.
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;
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
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
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,
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
The Terrace Marquee, Westminster – 26th November. Guest of Honour: Lee Mears, former England rugby union international. CRY’s 2014
Sanjay Sharma, Ahmed Merghani, Sabiha Gati Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), November 2014 Click here to view the article
Dr Nabeel Sheikh talk from the European Society of Cardiology Conference 2014. Interpretation of Repolarisation Changes on a Young Athlete’s ECG.
18th – 20th April 2013 We are delighted to report that CRY Research Fellow Dr Sabiha Gati won the Judges’ Choice award at the EuroPRevent
Sheikh, N. and Sharma, S. “Impact of ethnicity on cardiac adaptation to exercise.” Nature Reviews, Cardiology February 2014 [Abstract]
Chandra, N., Bastiaenen, R., Papadakis, M., Panoulas, V.F., Ghani, S., Duschl, J., Foldes, D., Raju, H., Osborne, R. and Sharma, S. “The prevalence of ECG
Sheikh, N., Papadakis, M., Ghani, S., Zaidi, A., Gati, S., Adami, P., Carre, F., Schnell, F., Avila, P., Wilson, M., McKenna, W. and Sharma, S.
Jongman, J.K., Sheikh, N., Zaidi, A. and Sharma, S. “Recurrent repolarisation abnormalities in an athlete.” Netherlands Heart Journal November 2013 [Full Text]
Sharma, S. “Require Young Athletes to Undergo Cardiac Screening before Participation in Sports.” (in ‘Clinical Decisions – Cardiac Screening before Participation in Sports’) The New England
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