CRY Research Fellow Dr Sabiha Gati wins award at EuroPRevent 2013

18th – 20th April 2013 We are delighted to report that CRY Research Fellow Dr Sabiha Gati won the Judges’ Choice award at the EuroPRevent 2013 conference in Rome, for her poster “The Prevalence and Significance of Aortic Root Dilatation in Highly Trained British Athletes”.  


Interview with Dr Sabiha Gati

CRY Research Fellow, Dr Sabiha Gati, had the article ‘Should axis deviation or atrial enlargement be categorised as abnormal in young athletes? The athlete’s electrocardiogram: time for re-appraisal of markers of pathology.’ published in the European Heart Journal (September 2013).  [Abstract here] CRY Communications Officer, Mair Shepherd, caught up with her to find out more about


Should axis deviation or atrial enlargement be categorised as abnormal in young athletes? The athlete's electrocardiogram: time for re-appraisal of markers of pathology

Gati, S., Sheikh, N., Ghani, S., Zaidi, A., Wilson, M., Raju, H., Cox, A., Reed, M., Papadakis M. and Sharma, S.”Should axis deviation or atrial enlargement be categorised as abnormal in young athletes? The athlete’s electrocardiogram: time for re-appraisal of markers of pathology.”European Heart Journal 20th September 2013  [Abstract]


Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension

Zaidi, A., Ghani, S., Sheikh, N., Gati, S., Bastiaenen, R., Madden, B., Papadakis, M., Raju, H., Reed, M., Sharma, R., Behr, E.R., and Sharma, S.”Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension.”European Heart Journal 17th September 2013  [Abstract]


A Guideline for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Screening of Sports Participants: A Joint Policy Statement of the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young

Oxborough, D., Zaidi, A., Gati, S., Papadakis, M., Sheikh, N. and Sharma, S. “A Guideline for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Screening of Sports Participants: A Joint Policy Statement of the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young”.British Society of Echocardiography May 2013


Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?

Gati, S., Chandra, N., Bennett, R.L., Reed, M., Kervio, G., Panoulas, V.F., Ghani, S., Sheikh, N., Zaidi, A., Wilson, M., Papadakis, M., Carre, F. and Sharma, S. “Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?” Heart February 2013 [Abstract]