Professor Sanjay Sharma

Sudden Cardiac Death In Elite Footballers Higher Than Anticipated

• One in 50 players had a heart abnormality that needed ongoing monitoring • Almost three quarters of footballers diagnosed were able to return to play • The FA continues to provide vital insight into screening policy in sport and has invested more than £3.1 million into its screening programme After a heroic effort in Russia

British Cardiovascular Society Conference 2018 – Dr Steven Cox

Once again the team of Cardiac Risk in the Young doctors led by Professor Sanjay Sharma have had a massive impact at the British Cardiac Society conference this week. Some of the highlights included presentations from Prof Sharma, Dr Michael Papadakis, Dr Elijah Behr, Dr Sabiha Gati and Dr Aneil Malhotra. But the real highlight for

The critical issue of family screening

The critical issue of family screening – Alison’s Column Update 74 In 1995 when I started taking calls – nearly always from distraught mothers after the sudden death of their child – one of the most important things I knew that I needed to clarify was whether they had any other children because of the risk of

CRY’s Research Programme by Dr Steven Cox

In the UK, CRY are best known for raising awareness of cardiac conditions in young people, for the support we offer to those who have been affected, and for the cardiac screening services we offer to all young people. Throughout the rest of the world we are better known for the research we are publishing, which

Professor Sharma’s Q&A about the new guidelines for ECG screening

Below is an interview with CRY Consultant Cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma, focusing on the impact of exercise on the heart and improved guidelines for interpreting ECGs that were introduced thanks to years of CRY research. Why is it important to understand these changes? Recognition of these factors is important to reduce the false positive rate during

£5 million funded by CRY to support fast-track NHS cardiology services for families

Since 2005 CRY has funded over £5 million to support fast-track NHS cardiology referral services for families after a young sudden cardiac death and expert pathology investigations after a tragedy. In 2018 CRY will be providing over £800,000 of grants to St. George’s University which will fund the CRY research programmes and the clinical support services

New Echo machine installed at CRY’s centre of excellence

CRY are pleased to announce the installation of a new state-of-the-art echocardiogram machine at our Centre for Inherited Heart Conditions and Sports Cardiology at St George’s, University of London. Funded by CRY, the new Vivid E95 (developed by GE Healthcare) will be a huge asset to the portfolio of equipment used on a daily basis by the

A guideline update for the practice of echocardiography in the cardiac screening of sports participants: a joint policy statement from the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young

David Oxborough, Daniel Augustine, Sabiha Gati, Keith George, Allan Harkness, Thomas Mathew, Michael Papadakis, Liam Ring, Shaun Robinson, Julie Sandoval, Rizwan Sarwar, Sanjay Sharma, Vishal Sharma, Nabeel Sheikh, John Somauroo, Martin Stout, James Willis, and Abbas Zaidi. A guideline update for the practice of echocardiography in the cardiac screening of sports participants: a joint policy statement from the British Society