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Introduction
What happens after an unexpected sudden death in a young person
heart
functions
How the heart works, and how it can cause sudden death
sudden
death
What causes sudden death in young adults and children?
Heart disease
Cardiomyopathies
Congenital
heart disease
Myocarditis
Connective
tissue disease
Mitral
valve prolapse
Conduction
disease
Medication-related
causes
Other causes
Sudden Arrhythmic Death
Syndrome (SADS)
causes
of sads
What causes SADS?
Ion channelopathies
Long QT Syndrome (LQTS)
Brugada Syndrome
CPVT (Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia)
PCCD (Progressive cardiac conduction defect)
IVF (Idiopathic ventricular
fibrillation)
Sodium channel disease
Structural heart disease
family
implications
If you are a close blood
relative of someone who has died of SADS
Why you need to have tests
What if nothing is found in
your family?
What if something is found
in your family?
cardiac
tests
Medical history
Medical examination
ECG (electrocardiogram)
Signal averaged ECG
Echocardiogram
Exercise test
Cardiopulmonary exercise
test
Holter
Cardiomemo and event
recorder
RevealŠ device
Provocation tests (Ajmaline,
flecainide and adenosine tests)
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR)
scan
Other tests
Genetic Testing
lifestyle
advice
General lifestyle
advice
Exercise
The future
drugs to
avoid
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About this site
Written by Elijah R Behr MA MRCP.
Website designed by Steve Cox and David Gregory
Illustrations by Louise Robertson
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Cardiac
Risk in the Young - CRY is a charity started in 1995 to minimise
the incidence and impact of sudden cardiac death in the young. CRY
aims to do this by raising awareness of the conditions that can
lead to sudden death and by providing support and information to
families who have suffered a loss. If you would like more
information please go to the CRY
Web site. If
you would like to talk to someone who can help you please go the
the support
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