We are delighted to report that CRY Research Fellow Dr Saqib Ghani won the Judges’ Choice award at the EuroPRevent 2012 conference, for his abstract “Cardiovascular abnormalities in potential British olympic squad: impact of IOC recommendations for cardiovascular evaluation prior to 2012 olympics”.
Sharma, S. and Zaidi, A. “Exercise-induced arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: fact or fallacy?” European Heart Journal December 2011 [Extract]
Sheikh, N. and Sharma, S. “Overview of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.” The Physician and Sportsmedicine November 2011 Vol.39, No.4, p22-36 [Abstract]
Ghani, S. and Sharma, S. “Role of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in Sports.” Book chapter in Cardiac Defibrillation – Mechanisms, Challenges and Implications, Edited by Trayanova, N. Published by InTech, September 2011 [Full Text]
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/]
Muggenthaler, M. and Behr, E.R. “Brugada syndrome and atrial fibrillation: pathophysiology and genetics.” Europace July 2011 Vol.13, No.7, p913-915 [Full Text]
Papadakis, M., Chandra, N. and Sharma, S. “Controversies relating to pre-participation cardiovascular screening in young athletes: Time for a realistic solution?” (Editorial) British Journal of Sports Medicine 2011 Vol.3, No.45, p165-166 [Abstract]
Mallon, G. “Cardiac arrest in the young: rare but possible.” Journal of Paramedic Practice 2011 Vol.3, No.4, p162-164 [Full Text]
Papadakis, M., Carre, F., Kervio, G., Rawlins, J., Panoulas, V.F., Chandra, N., Basavarajaiah, S., Carby, L., Fonseca, T. and Sharma, S. “The prevalence, distribution, and clinical outcomes of electrocardiographic repolarization patterns in male athletes of African/Afro-Caribbean origin.” European Heart Journal May 2011 [Abstract]
Zaidi, A. and Sharma, S. “The athlete’s heart” British Journal of Hospital Medicine May 2011 Vol.27, No.5, p275-281 [Abstract]
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