Frequently Asked Questions

If an individual is aged over 35 and wishes to be screened for conditions causing sudden cardiac death then I'm afraid that Cardiac Risk in the Young don't extend the screening programme beyond 35, we only screen people aged from 14 to 35. I've already answered why we screen people from 14 onwards, the big question

Screening for under 14's is possible but there are some issues with screening people who are under 14. The first is that below the age of 14, many people are still about to start puberty – they're prepubertal, and prepubertal individuals usually have immature hearts which may mimic conditions like arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and the

Our lower age limit for screening at CRY is 14 years of age. This is because we believe that most people at the age of 14 are well into puberty. This is important for us because conditions such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy do not manifest fully until the pubertal spurt. Therefore there is a risk that if

The ECG is a very safe test and there are no issues with ECGs and pregnancy. The ECG does not involve any radiation or any chemicals into the woman's body. Numerous women undergo ECG testing because palpitation in pregnancy is very common and I would have no concerns with performing an ECG on a pregnant woman

At CRY, we offer all young, apparently healthy individuals the opportunity to be screened. The screening programme is not just biased to people who play sport. I believe that most young people do exert themselves to some extent or not, I don’t know of many young people who will not run up and down stairs or

A hangover does not preclude ECG testing but I suspect any individual that’s hungover will also probably have a rapid heartbeat because one of the reasons that one feels hungover after alcohol is because of vasodilatation. The blood vessels in the body vasodilate and cause the headache. If the whole body is vasodilated, the heart rate