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CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2016

Sunday, 26th June witnessed a huge number of walkers gathered at London’s scenic green space, Potters Fields Park, with 1,266 walkers registering to take part in CRY’s 10th annual Heart of London Bridges Walk. myheart members, L-R- Mhairi Morrison, Laura Gibbs and Amanda Okunola As ever, it was incredibly moving to see so many people coming together to

myheart Apr-May e-newsletter

Dear myheart members We would like to give a warm welcome to our 50 new members who have joined myheart since January, many of whom have kindly said that they have found the myheart website with information about conditions and personal stories from other members very useful. We are very grateful to our members who have shared their own experiences

myheart hard copy Newsletter-2015

Read myheart hard copy newsletter-2015 here.

myheart March e-newsletter

Dear myheart members Thank you to all members who helped raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) andmyheart last year. The hard copy newsletter featuring last year’s activities will be mailed to you shortly. 2016 has begun on a very exciting note for myheart . Whilst the myheart website was re-launched in January and has managed to gather

Stand at ‘Up the Pace’ organised by Bristol Children’s Hospital

Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) was very kindly invited to hold a stand at ‘Up the Pace’, an annual event in its sixth year, organised by Bristol Children’s Hospital at At-Bristol Science Centre in Bristol on 5th March. Kanika Bhateja, CRY’s myheart coordinator attended the event. There were about 100 young pacemaker and ICD patients who go to Bristol

Getting the settings of an ICD right

Watch CRY’s myheart cardiologist, Professor Michael Papadakis, talk about the reasons to get the settings of an ICD right if you do intensive exercise. It is very important for individuals who have an ICD that the cardiologist takes a comprehensive history before implanting and after the ICD as to what the intentions of that particular individual are. Let’s give an

Limitations of an ICD

Watch CRY’s myheart cardiologist, Dr Michael Papadakis, talk about the limitations of an ICD below. As the technology develops, new devices come into the market. So for the conventional ICD, what you’re required to do is you need to make a small cut under the left collarbone in most individuals, then find the veins that go down to the heart,