The start of 2025 has seen the release of startling new stats, showing that the demand for screening through CRY’s UK-wide cardiac testing programme (www.testmyheart.org.uk) is “exponentially outstripping capacity” with the waiting list (which registers the details of any individual interested in booking a screening appointment with CRY) now exceeding 105,000. As such, the story […]
Dr Aneil Malhotra
Influence of age and sex on the diagnostic yield of inherited cardiac conditions in sudden arrhythmic death syndrome decedents
Read the full research here Belinda Gray, Elijah R Behr, Efstathios Papatheodorou, Athanasios Bakalakos, Hariharan Raju, Yanushi D Wijeyeratne, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Aneil Malhotra, Nicola Whiffin, James S Ware, Maria Tome Esteban, Mary N Sheppard, Sanjay Sharma, Michael Papadakis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Aims Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) refers to a sudden death, which remains unexplained despite comprehensive post-mortem examination and a toxicological screen. We aimed to […]
High intensity exercise programme in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a randomised trial
Read the full research here Basu, J; Nikoletou, D; Miles, C; MacLachlan, H; Parry-Williams, G; Tilby-Jones, F; Bulleros, P; Fanton, Z; Baker, C; Purcell, S; Lech, C; Chapman, T; Sage, P; Wahid, S; Sheikh, N; Jayakumar, S; Malhotra, A; Keteepe-Arachi, T; Gray, B; Finocchiaro, G; Carr-White, G; Behr, E; Tome, M; O’Driscoll, J; Chis Ster, DI; Sharma, S; Papadakis, M. European Heart Journal. Background and aims: The feasibility and impact of high intensity exercise programmes in patients with HCM is unknown. […]
CRY Update Magazine Issue 83
Read Issue 83 of the CRY Update magazine here Issue 83 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2020. Even with continued restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CRY’s supporters remained active and engaged as always to raise funds and awareness however they could. On October
CRY Research Highlights 2020
Read the 2020 issue of CRY’s Research Highlights CRY’s new digital Research Highlights booklet covers all of our research news, conferences, and developments from 2020. This issue includes videos of all presentations from the 2020 virtual CRY International Medical Conference (page 2), full video recordings of excellent webinars hosted by Professor Sanjay Sharma and Dr Michael
CRY Update Magazine Issue 80
Read Update 80 here CRY Update 80 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2019. September got underway with the Great North Run, as 50 runners representing CRY took part. You can read more on page 22. To start October we held the 10th CRY Durham Walk, with 219 supporters gathering to
Exercise and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Two incompatible entities?
Basu J Malhotra A Papadakis M Exercise and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Two incompatible entities? Clinical Cardiology, February 2020 {Paper} A greater understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underpinning hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has translated to improved medical care and better survival of affected individuals. Historically these patients were considered to be at high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD)
Exercise recommendations in patients with valvular heart disease
Gati S, Malhotra A, Sharma S Exercise recommendations in patients with valvular disease BMJ Heart, January 2019 {Abstract} Valvular heart disease affects approximately 3% of young individuals, many of whom aspire to partake in competitive sport or high intensity recreational exercise. Although reports on the natural history of valvular heart disease in athletes are sparse, there
Sudden death and left ventricular in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Miles C, Finocchiaro G, Papadakis M, Gray B, Westaby J, Ensam B, Basu J, Parry-Williams G, Papatheodorou E, Paterson C, Malhotra A, Robertus JL, Ware JS, Cook SA, Asimaki A, Witney A, Chis Ster I, Tome M, Sharma S, Behr ER, Sheppard MN Sudden death and left ventricular in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy American Heart Association Journal, January
Anomalous Coronary Artery Origin and Sudden Cardiac Death
Gherardo Finocchiaro, MD, Elijah R. Behr, MA, MBBS, Gaia Tanzarella, MD, Michael Papadakis, MBBS, MD, Aneil Malhotra, BSC, MBCHB, PHD, Harshil Dhutia, BSC, MBBS, Chris Miles, MBBS, Igor Diemberger, MD, PHD, Sanjay Sharma, BSC, MBCHB, MD, Mary N. Sheppard, MBBCH, BAO, BSC, MDc This study sought to describe the clinical and pathological features of anomalous origin
