Boots WebMD – 27th October 2016 New research involving more than 10,000 children in England says a heel prick blood test (known as a heel-stick test) on 1 to 2 year-olds can identify those with an inherited condition which can lead to an early heart attack. Read more
So Cheshire – 3rd October 2016 Knutsford First Responders are working with CRY to bring the local community a free screening and awareness day. Read more
Nabeel Sheikh, Michael Papadakis, Vasileios F Panoulas, Keerthi Prakash, Lynne Millar, Paolo Adami, Abbas Zaidi, Sabiha Gati, Mathew Wilson, Gerald Carr-White, Maria Teresa Esteban Tomé, Elijah R Behr, Sanjay Sharma Comparison of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Afro-Caribbean versus white patients in the UK BMJ, September 2016 {Abstract}
Published research funded by the charity CRY is improving the way young people are screened and leading to significant cost savings Important research funded by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is adding further weight to the argument that proactive cardiac screening is a cost-effective way of saving young lives. By using the screening criteria developed
Harshil Dhutia, Aneil Malhotra, Vincent Gabus, Ahmed Merghani, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Lynne Millar, Rajay Narain, Michael Papadakis, Huseyin Naci, Maite Tome, Sanjay Sharma Cost Implications of Using Different ECG Criteria for Screening Young Athletes in the United Kingdom JACC, August 2016 {Abstract}
Read Update 69 here CRY Update 69 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2016. CRY’s biggest awareness event in this period was our BBC Lifeline appeal, broadcast on BBC One and Two in February, presented by CRY Patron Pixie Lott. She not only made her West End debut that
Daily Mail – 6th August 2016 The anguished parents of a schoolgirl who died in her sleep from an undiagnosed heart condition have hit out at health chiefs’ refusal to introduce cardiac screening for all young people. Read more
Saqib Ghani, Michael Papadakis, Simon Kemp, Abbas Zaidi, Nabeel Sheikh, Sabiha Gati, Hariharan Raju, Andy Smith, Corin Palmer, John Somauroo, Sanjay Sharma Results of a nationally implemented de novo cardiac screening programme in elite rugby players in England BJSM, June 2016 {Abstract}
Mellor G, Nelson CP, Robb C, Raju H, Wijeyeratne Y, Hengstenberg C, Reinhard W, Papadakis M, Sharma S, Samani NJ, Behr ER. The Prevalence and Significance of the Early Repolarization Pattern in Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome Families Pubmed, May 2016 {Abstract}
M. Muggenthaler, E. Petropoulou, S. Omer, M.A. Simpson, H. Sahak, A. Rice, H. Raju, F.J. Conti, L.R. Bridges, L.J. Anderson, S. Sharma, E.R. Behr, Y. Jamshidi Whole exome sequence analysis reveals a homozygous mutation in PNPLA2 as the cause of severe dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to neutral lipid storage disease International Journal of Cardiology, May 2016 {Abstract}
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