Cardio ultrasound boosts clinical offering at CRY centre

CRY cardiologist, professor of cardiology and lead for the inherited cardiomyopathies and sports cardiology unit Professor Sanjay Sharma, cardiac nurse Amanda Potterton, cardiologist Dr Michael Papadakis, physiologists Paulo Bulleros and Zeph Fanton.

Research and clinical teams at the Centre for Inherited Heart Conditions and Sports Cardiology at St George’s, University of London, have welcomed a state-of-the-art echocardiogram machine.  Funded by heart charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), the Vivid E95 developed by GE Healthcare will join the portfolio of equipment used on a daily basis by the experts at CRY’s national screening centre.

Each month, around 100 young people are screened free-of-charge at St George’s and many of the young people who are identified through community screenings with potential abnormalities will be referred back to CRY’s consultant cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma and his team for further investigation, involving the use of diagnostic equipment including echo imaging.

Professor Sharma said: “An echo machine plays a crucial role assessing those at risk as well as supporting our research programmes.  Any additions and upgrades to our machines mean we can be assured of providing the most accurate and up-to-date testing.”

See the full report on page 2 of the April 2018 issue of RAD Magazine.