Read the full paper here Gherardo Finocchiaro, Davide Radaelli, David Johnson, Raghav T Bhatia, Joseph Westaby, Stefano D’Errico, Michael Papadakis, Sanjay Sharma, Mary N Sheppard, Elijah R Behr. Europace. 2024 Jan 30.Abstract:Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) may occur in apparently healthy individuals, including athletes. We report the diagnostic role of post-mortem genetic testing, molecular autopsy […]
Dr Gherardo Finocchiaro
Sudden Cardiac Death Among Adolescents in the United Kingdom
Gherardo Finocchiaro, Davide Radaelli, Stefano D’Errico, Michael Papadakis, Elijah R Behr, Sanjay Sharma, Joseph Westaby, Mary N Sheppard. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Mar 21. Read the paper here. Background: Causes and precipitating factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in adolescents are poorly understood. Objectives: The authors sought to investigate the etiologies of SCD and their association with physical activity in […]
Sudden Cardiac Death Among Adolescents in the United Kingdom
Gherardo Finocchiaro, Davide Radaelli, Stefano D’Errico, Michael Papadakis, Elijah R Behr, Sanjay Sharma, Joseph Westaby, Mary N Sheppard. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Mar 21. Read the paper here Background: Causes and precipitating factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in adolescents are poorly understood. Objectives: The authors sought to investigate the etiologies […]
Sudden cardiac death in cardiomyopathies: acting upon “acceptable” risk in the personalized medicine era
Gherardo Finocchiaro. Heart failure reviews. 2022 Sep. Read the paper here Patients with cardiomyopathies are confronted with the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) throughout their lifetime. Despite the fact that SCD is relatively rare, prognostic stratification is an integral part of physician-patient discussion, with the goal of risk modification and prevention. The current approach […]
Association of Sexual Intercourse With Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Individuals in the United Kingdom
Gherardo Finocchiaro, Joseph Westaby, Elijah R Behr, Michael Papadakis, Sanjay Sharma, Mary N Sheppard. JAMA Cardiology. 2022 Mar 1. Read the paper here This case series assesses the cardiac conditions associated with sudden deaths during or immediately after sexual intercourse.
CRY Research Highlights 2019
Read the 2019 issue of CRY’s Research Highlights This issue of CRY’s Research Highlights covers all of our research news, conferences, and developments from 2019. As always, the CRY Conference in 2019 was a fantastic event, with some of the world’s leading experts in young sudden cardiac death and sports cardiology coming together to talk about
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
Diagnostic yield of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in first-degree relatives of decedents with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy
Former CRY Research Fellow Dr Gherado Finocchiaro completed a study into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), aiming to determine the incidence of HCM in first-degree relatives of decedents from sudden death with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy. The paper, entitled “Diagnostic yield of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in first-degree relatives of decedents with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy” (Finocchiaro G et al.
Looking Back at 25: CRY at the annual ESC Congress
This year, like so many other events, conferences and public gatherings, the 2020 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress (29 August – 1 September) was held remotely, for the first time in its 50-year-history. In a statement released during lockdown, organisers explained to delegates; “When one door closes, another opens.’ Due to the current pandemic… ESC
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
