Medical Information
Major Causes of Unexpected Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young (Aged 35 and under) 1, 2
CRY provides up to date information on the Diagnosis, Symptoms, Genetic implications and Treatment of the following conditions:
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (40K PDF)
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (32K PDF)
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (36K PDF)
- Myocarditis (20K PDF)
- Coronary Artery Disease (16K PDF)
- Ion Channelopathies (36K PDF)
- Long QT Syndrome
- Brugada Syndrome
- Progressive Cardiac Conduction Defect (Lev-Lenegre's Syndrome)
- Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation (without Brugada ECG changes)
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic VT
- Wolff (Wolfe) Parkinson White Syndrome (84K PDF)
- Coronary Artery Anomalies (80K PDF)
- Marfan Syndrome (96K PDF)
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (28K PDF)
- Endocardial Fibroelastosis (EFE) (80K PDF)
- Tachycardia (92K PDF)
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis (80K PDF)
- Churg-Strauss Syndrome (92K PDF)
- Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) (92K PDF)
- Kawasaki Disease (92K PDF)
- Why is the Coroner Involved? (16K PDF)
- A Pathologists Perspective (20K PDF)
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (120K PDF)
- Statstics (92K PDF)
Medical Information Prepared By
- Professor William J McKenna BA MD FRCP FESC FACC Professor of Cardiac Medicine, The Heart Hospital.
- Dr Sanjay Sharma BSc. MBChB MRCP.MD Consultant Cardiologist. Lewisham University Hospital
- Dr Elijah R Behr. MA MBBS MRCP Specialist Registrar Cardiology. Cardiological Sciences. St George's Hospital Medical School
- Dr Sam Firoozi BSc. MBBS (Hons.) MRCP Cardiology Research Fellow
- Dr Anne Child MD M Phil. Medical Advisor, Marfans Association. Cardiological Sciences, St George's Medical School
- Dr Sandeep Basavarajaiah MBBS MRCP Cardiology Research Fellow, Lewisham University Hospital
- Dr Jayesh Makan BSc MBBS MRCP Cardiologist, Lewisham University Hospital
Footnotes
- The following medical information has been kindly provided by CRY and is available for download in the website: http://www.c-r-y.org.uk. Last update 2007.
- The medical information contained in this website is provided for information only. It is not intended to replace a consultation with an appropriately qualified medical practitioner and should not be used for the diagnosis, treatment or management of a heart abnormality. If you would like more information or are concerned that you might be affected by any of the conditions described in this website you should seek professional medical help and/or consult your doctor.