Grieving parents Emyr and Carole Thomas would give up everything to have their son home for Christmas. But they know their wish won’t come true after 15 year old Christian dropped dead on his way back to the family’s home in Criegiau, Cardiff. The rugby-mad teenager collapsed from suspected sudden death syndrome and died two hours
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The David Staff Memorial Fell Race 10th December 2000
Too dizzy to talk. Lungs and heart fit to burst. Wouldn’t be too surprised if they already had to be quite honest. Legs insisting that they should, by rights, be detached from the body. It’s cold. It’s wet. We’ve just paid £3 a head to run up a big hill in the middle of December. However,
Heart tests tribute to tragic pal
More than 50 people will hopefully get peace of mind thanks to cardiac screening sessions in Redcar. The town’s United Reformed Church hosted the sessions over the weekend. They were organised by the CRY charity (Cardiac Risk in the Young) through Redcar parents Maralyn and Kenny Bowen, whose son Ian died aged 19 from the rare
The Great North Run in Memory of David Staff by Gillian Haddow
Saturday 21st. October – the eve of the Great North Run 2000. I was sitting in a B & B somewhere to the west of Durham City, and feeling extra-ordinarily nervous. I can honestly say. I had always enjoyed running for my own sake and although this was the first time I had taken part in
Sun shines on charity golfers
More than 100 golfers held their breath on Sunday morning before it was announced that Little Hay Golf Course could open for their charity tournament after the previous day’s continual rain. They had feared the course might be too waterlogged, but Sunday’s glorious sunshine quickly lifted their spirits. The tournament included five women golfers for the first time this year and
Utility of metabolic exercise testing in distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes
Sharma, S., Elliott, P., Whyte, G., Mahon, N., Virdee, M., Mist, B., McKenna, W.J. “Utility of metabolic exercise testing in distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000 (September) Vol.36 Issue 3, p.864-870 [Abstract]
Utility of cardiopulmonary exercise in the assessment of clinical determinants of functional capacity and elucidation of potential mechanisms of exercise limitation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sharma S., Elliott P.M., Whyte, G., Jones, S., Mahon, N., Whipp, B. and McKenna W.J. “Utility of cardiopulmonary exercise in the assessment of clinical determinants of functional capacity and elucidation of potential mechanisms of exercise limitation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.” American Journal of Cardiology 2000 (July) Vol.86 No.2, p162-168 [Abstract]
Differentiation of physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in junior elite athletes from pathological hypertrophy in adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using peak oxygen consumption measurement
Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Mist, B., Elliott, P.M., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J. “Differentiation of physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in junior elite athletes from pathological hypertrophy in adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using peak oxygen consumption measurement.” 4th European Workshop on Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy 2000
Cardiac fatigue following prolonged endurance exercise of differing distances
Whyte, G., George, K., Sharma, S., Lumley, S., Gates, P., Prasad, K. and McKenna, W.J. “Cardiac fatigue following prolonged endurance exercise of differing distances.” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000 (June) Vol.32 Issue 6, p1067-1072 [Abstract]
Physiological profile and predictors of cycling performance in ultra-endurance triathletes
Whyte, G., Lumley, S., George, K., Gates, P., Sharma, S., Prasad, K. and McKenna, W. “Physiological profile and predictors of cycling performance in ultra-endurance triathletes.” Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2000 Vol.40, No.2, p103-109 {Abstract}
