Press release – 1st March 2007 Two years on from publication of the NHS Chapter 8 strategy on Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death, leading charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), has committed to fund coroner referrals to an expert cardiac pathologist when a young person dies suddenly and the cause is unknown. This offer of
Professor Gaetano Thiene
Statistics
Every week in the UK, 12 apparently fit and healthy young aged 35 and under die from undiagnosed cardiac conditions. Papadakis, M., Sharma, S., Cox, S., Sheppard, M.N., Panoulas, V.F. and Behr, E.R. “The magnitude of sudden cardiac death in the young: a death certificate-based review in England and Wales.” Europace 2009 Vol.11, No.10, p1353-1358 [Abstract] A national programme
