In the medical community around the world, CRY is best known for research. Our research has helped transform our understanding of young sudden cardiac death, the conditions that cause it, and how we can save more young lives. Our Research Fellows have been instrumental in our developments over the years, so we spoke with former CRY
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CRY Research Highlights 2019
Read the 2019 issue of CRY’s Research Highlights This issue of CRY’s Research Highlights covers all of our research news, conferences, and developments from 2019. As always, the CRY Conference in 2019 was a fantastic event, with some of the world’s leading experts in young sudden cardiac death and sports cardiology coming together to talk about
CRY shares new research developments at ESC Congress 2020
Dr Michael Papadakis has been a key member of the CRY team for years after first joining the charity when he started his training as a CRY Research Fellow in 2007. Heโs continued to develop education in the sports cardiology field by building educational material for the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and launched a novel
Morphometric characterization of collagen and fat in normal ventricular myocardium
Former CRY Research Fellow Dr Chris Milesโ recent research helped demonstrate how new computer software can help identify and analyse abnormalities in the heart that we may not be able to see otherwise. Dr Milesโ paper, entitled โMorphometric characterization of collagen and fat in normal ventricular myocardiumโ (Miles C, Westaby J, Ster I C, et al.
Diagnostic yield of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in first-degree relatives of decedents with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy
Former CRY Research Fellow Dr Gherado Finocchiaro completed a study into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), aiming to determine the incidence of HCM in first-degree relatives of decedents from sudden death with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy. The paper, entitled โDiagnostic yield of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in first-degree relatives of decedents with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophyโ (Finocchiaro G et al.
Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals
Former CRY Research Fellow Dr Lynne Millar recently completed a study into dilated cardiomyopathy in athletes, entitled โDifferentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individualsโ (Millar L, Fanton Z, Finocchiaro G, et al. Heart, July 2020). This paper intended to distinguish the difference between dilated cardiomyopathy and typical, healthy changes that can occur in
Looking Back at 25: The CRY International Medical Conference
CRY Consultant Cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma speaking at the 2018 CRY International Medical Conference. The CRY International Medical Conference is our most important research event every year. It provides an opportunity for leading experts in sports cardiology, inherited cardiac diseases and young sudden cardiac death to share their new research, and discuss the diagnosis and management
Sudden Cardiac Death In Elite Footballers Higher Than Anticipated
โข One in 50 players had a heart abnormality that needed ongoing monitoring โข Almost three quarters of footballers diagnosed were able to return to play โข The FA continues to provide vital insight into screening policy in sport and has invested more than ยฃ3.1 million into its screening programme After a heroic effort in Russia
Utility of Post-Mortem Genetic Testing in Cases of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome
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 Syndrome JACC, May 2017 {Abstract}
International criteria for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes
Sanjay Sharma, Michael Papadakis International criteria for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes BJSM, March 2017 {Abstract}