Every week in the UK at least 12 apparently fit and healthy young people
die of undiagnosed cardiac conditions. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) aims to
reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) by working with
cardiologists and family doctors to establish good practice and appropriate
screening facilities to promote and protect the cardiac health of our young. By
supporting CRY you will help save young lives from these potentially fatal
cardiac conditions.
CRY has many ambitious projects to enable it to provide the support and
research to help save young lives. Its programme of activities strives to
prevent these tragedies through:
- Our National Screening Programme
- Funding medical research into young sudden cardiac death
- Developing the CRY Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions and Sports Cardiology
- Raising awareness of the risk of undetected cardiac conditions
in young people
CRY also supports young people diagnosed with life-threatening cardiac
conditions through:
- the
myheart Network
and those affected by young sudden cardiac death by:
- Offering a fast-track expert cardiac pathology service through the CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology
- Providing a Bereavement
Support Service to help those who have suffered a loss
- Providing information and literature free of charge
For further information please visit
www.c-r-y.org.uk or
www.testmyheart.org