Cardiac Risk in the Young

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Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) - humanitarian charitable organization helping to raise awareness of cardiac risk, Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS). Established in 1995 by Alison Cox and based in the United Kingdom.

The organization promotes support groups, counselling, heart screening, ECG testing, sponsors medical research, donates medical equipment to surgeries and hospitals, funds the CRY Centre for Sports Cardiology at the Olympic Medical Institute.

The former England International footballer Ray Wilkins has been declared to become a CRY Patron.

Some of the CRY's programmes, mainly the counselling programme, are financed by a grant from the Department of Health.^[1]

[edit] Objectives

To emphasise the considerable amount that can be done if the condition is diagnosed.
To support medical research into Sudden Death Syndrome.
To offer counsel and support to families affected.
To highlight the symptoms.
To put in place a national testing programme.^[2]