Dr Abbas Zaidi

A guideline update for the practice of echocardiography in the cardiac screening of sports participants: a joint policy statement from the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young

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, John Somauroo, Martin Stout, James Willis, and Abbas Zaidi. A guideline update for the practice of echocardiography in the cardiac screening of sports participants: a joint policy statement from the British Society

CRY Update Magazine 73

Read Update 73 here. CRY Update 73 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from May to August 2017. In June, CRY launched a new version of its main website. The site immediately saw the number of visitors double in the first month and has consistently recorded more visitors per month than before the

CRY Update magazine 71

Read Update 71 here CRY Update 71 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from September to December 2016. In this period, we held our annual Raising Awareness Week – including our most successful CRY Great Cake Bake yet. We also saw fantastic support for the Great North Run in September with over 70 runners

CRY Research Highlights 2016

https://issuu.com/cardiacriskintheyoung/docs/research_newsletter_2016 Cardiac Risk in the Young’s research highlights from 2016.

Conference videos 2014

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOi7lcfeLKL6Zx3COEBszrskRwSwHotR Prof Francois Carre QT-interval in young athletic individuals; The Long and short of it Dr Abbas Zaidi Right Ventricular Enlargement in athletes; Physiology vs pathology Dr Greg Mellor Early repolarisation; Training related or marker of heart disease? Dr Ahmed Merghani The veteran athlete’s heart; Unravelling the mystery of chronic, intense exercise Prof Domenico Corrado Update

Anterior T-Wave Inversion in Young White Athletes and Nonathletes: Prevalence and Significance

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 Millar, Elijah Behr, Maite Tome, Michael Papadakis and Sanjay Sharma Anterior T-Wave Inversion in Young White Athletes and Nonathletes: Prevalence and Significance Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2017

Conference videos 2016

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOi7lcfeLKK944NvrdJ3xDPKlih-FNLS   Conference videos 2016 Dr Sabiha Gati Aortic assessment in athletes Dr Abbas Zaidi ARVC – unmasking the phenotype Dr Mats Börjesson Cardiac arrest on the pitch – from theory to trackside Dr Aneil Malhotra ECG Interpretation in Adolescent Athletes Dr Harshil Dhutia ECG screening – at what cost? Dr Lynne Millar Echocardiography in dilated

CRY Parliamentary Reception 2015

Our 2015 Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday November 25 was an event attended not only by CRY Representatives, supporters, bereaved families, members of the myheart group and the largest ever number of CRY funded Research Fellows (past and present) but also over 40 MPs – all gathered together under one (very prestigious!) roof to help commemorate 20

CRY Update Magazine 64

Read the magazine here Issue 64 of the CRY Update looks back at a busy CRY summer from May to August 2014. Our flagship raising awareness event, the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, features in this issue with a full report and photos from the day. Also prominent is our Patron Pixie Lott’s terrific tour

CRY Update Magazine 54

Read Update 54 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.

CRY Update Magazine 56

Read Update 56 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.

CRY Update Magazine 58

Read Update 58 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.

CRY Update Magazine 62

Read Update 62 online here “Traditionally we have found that the last few months of the year are a very busy time, often with several major fundraising and raising awareness activities taking place. September finds our runners busy in the Great North Run and Run to the Beat events; whilst in October our annual Durham Riverside

CRY at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2012

6 days, 2 press briefings, over 10,000 visitors, over 200 blog posts, more than 300 ECGs performed, around 1 million miles clocked up on the CRY exercise bike (Wattbike), 20 team members working round the clock, 6 CRY Research Fellows, 1 Professor….all adds up to one amazing week for CRY at the Royal Society’s Summer Exhibition 2012.

Interview with Dr Abbas Zaidi

CRY Research Fellow, Dr Abbas Zaidi, had the editorial article ‘Exercise-induced arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: fact or fallacy?’ published in the European Heart Journal (December 2011). [Extract here] CRY Communications Officer, Mair Shepherd, caught up with him to find out more about this article. Why did you write this paper? We wrote this paper in response

Interview with Dr Abbas Zaidi

CRY Research Fellow, Dr Abbas Zaidi, had the article ‘Physiological Right Ventricular Adaptation in Elite Athletes of African and Afro-Caribbean Origin’ published in the journal ‘Circulation’ (April 2013). [Full text here] CRY Communications Officer, Mair Shepherd, caught up with him to find out more about this article. What was your research about? We know that when

The Pete Hinchliffe Travel Award for Medics (2012)

The Pete Hinchliffe Travel Award for Medics 2012 was awarded to Dr Abbas Zaidi. He was awarded the prize in 2013, in recognition of being the most outstanding CRY Research Fellow throughout 2012. The award provides a grant of £1,000 to allow Dr Zaidi to travel to international conferences to showcase his research findings and learn

Should axis deviation or atrial enlargement be categorised as abnormal in young athletes? The athlete's electrocardiogram: time for re-appraisal of markers of pathology

Gati, S., Sheikh, N., Ghani, S., Zaidi, A., Wilson, M., Raju, H., Cox, A., Reed, M., Papadakis M. and Sharma, S.”Should axis deviation or atrial enlargement be categorised as abnormal in young athletes? The athlete’s electrocardiogram: time for re-appraisal of markers of pathology.”European Heart Journal 20th September 2013  [Abstract]

Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension

Zaidi, A., Ghani, S., Sheikh, N., Gati, S., Bastiaenen, R., Madden, B., Papadakis, M., Raju, H., Reed, M., Sharma, R., Behr, E.R., and Sharma, S.”Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension.”European Heart Journal 17th September 2013  [Abstract]

The Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Ventricle with particular reference to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy – A Protocol of the British Society of Echocardiography

Oxborough, D., Zaidi, A., Sharma, S. and Somauroo, J. “The Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Ventricle with particular reference to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy – A Protocol of the British Society of Echocardiography.” ECHO – Journal of the British Society of Echocardiography May 2013, p12-18

A Guideline for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Screening of Sports Participants: A Joint Policy Statement of the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young

Oxborough, D., Zaidi, A., Gati, S., Papadakis, M., Sheikh, N. and Sharma, S. “A Guideline for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Screening of Sports Participants: A Joint Policy Statement of the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young”.British Society of Echocardiography May 2013

New research highlights risk of 'false positives' among black athletes following cardiac testing

Published paper is ‘Editor’s Pick’ in April 30th issue of Circulation; and underlines the need for expert screening and diagnosis to prevent unnecessary disqualification of elite athletes. Researchers funded by CRY have published new research in one of the world’s leading cardiology journals, ‘Circulation’, which highlights the importance of expertise when conducting cardiac screening, because of

Dr Abbas Zaidi is interviewed about his presentation at EuroPRevent 2011

In April, CRY’s Research Fellows attended EuroPRevent 2011. Organised by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), it is the biggest meeting in Europe on Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. Held over 3 days, it includes meetings, presentations and courses with the aim of advancing knowledge. Both existing and previous CRY Research Fellows presented their research to attendees

Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?

Gati, S., Chandra, N., Bennett, R.L., Reed, M., Kervio, G., Panoulas, V.F., Ghani, S., Sheikh, N., Zaidi, A., Wilson, M., Papadakis, M., Carre, F. and Sharma, S. “Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?” Heart February 2013 [Abstract]

CRY Cyclathon – at the British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference 2012

28th – 30th May 2012 at the Manchester Central Convention Complex CRY was delighted to be chosen as the charity to fundraise at the 2012 British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference. The focus of our fundraising efforts was a “Cyclathon” that ran throughout the course of the 3-day conference. As well as raising funds and awareness for

Chest pain – troponin and athletes

Dr Abbas Zaidi, CRY Research Fellow, highlights the importance of expertise in Sports Cardiology in a debate in the British Journal of Cardiology: “Chest pain – troponin and athletes” http://bjcardio.co.uk/2011/08/correspondence-5/ (second letter) British Journal of Cardiology August 2011 Vol.18, Issue 4, p179 [This is in response to http://bjcardio.co.uk/2011/06/correspondence-4/]

The athlete's heart

Zaidi, A. and Sharma, S. “The athlete’s heart” British Journal of Hospital Medicine May 2011 Vol.27, No.5, p275-281 [Abstract]