This year 118 runners completed the London Marathon. Caroline Gard ran in memory of her son Andy who died a sudden cardiac death. Caroline’s third London marathon and she found it quite a different experience from before! Paul Davison ,Mat Wilson ,the first costume to cross the line. Captain Charlie Roberts from the Lincoln Army Mess
2001
A Long Forgotten Dream by John Herbert
When I first met Roy Ball about five years ago I did not have an inkling of how similar our circumstances were. From time to time when I passed him as I was going for a run we would exchange a few pleasantries and we would go our own separate ways, he with is wife and
Test could save lives
A rare but devastating condition has been highlighted in a parliamentary debate initiated by a New Forest MP. Dr Julian Lewis, who represents New Forest East, is spearheading a campaign for health screening to identify people most at risk from sudden death syndrome, which kills at least four young people in the UK every week. He sited the case of one of his
A meta-analytical examination of the differential cardiac re-modelling and upper normal limits in the athletes heart
Whyte, G., Nevill, A., George, K., Shave, R., Sharma, S., and McKenna, W.J. “A meta-analytical examination of the differential cardiac re-modelling and upper normal limits in the athletes heart.” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001 Vol.33, pS20
Sudden death in young athletes
McKenna, W.J., Firoozi,S. and Sharma, S. “Sudden death in young athletes.” 11th European Meeting of the French Society of Cardiology 2001
Physiologic limits of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite junior athletes: relevance to differential diagnosis of athlete's heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J. “Physiologic limits of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite junior athletes: relevance to differential diagnosis of athlete’s heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001 Vol.37 (2 Supplement A), p151A.
Defining physiological upper limits for left ventricular cavity size in junior elite athletes
Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J. “Defining physiological upper limits for left ventricular cavity size in junior elite athletes.” 2nd International Scientific Conference on the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 2001
What is the significance of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in junior elite athletes?
Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Elliott, P.M., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J. “What is the significance of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in junior elite athletes?” 2nd International Congress on heart disease 2001
Defining physiological upper limits for left ventricular cavity size in junior elite athletes
Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J. “Defining physiological upper limits for left ventricular cavity size in junior elite athletes.” 2nd International Congress on heart disease 2001
Assessment of the significance of ECG abnormalities in junior elite athletes
Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Varma, C., Virdee, M.S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J. “Assessment of the significance of ECG abnormalities in junior elite athletes.” Heart 2001 Vol.85 (Supplement I), p.32
