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Our son lives with sudden adult death syndrome

(Daily Express 20/10/2009)

LEWIS Cox is fit and well despite being diagnosed with a heart condition that could kill him at any time, as it did Stephen Gately, says HELEN TURNER. Sandie Cox was distraught when told a heart defect could cause her son Lewis to have a cardiac arrest at any minute. Yet despite the fact physical exercise can trigger the condition, Lewis, 16, is fighting fit and even winning Welsh road-running races.

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'No warning'

(BBC 02/05/2009)

There were no indications that Chris Haw was at risk from a heart problem until he collapsed and died, aged 25. Firefighter Stephen Haw had arranged to meet his son for lunch, but got to the store where Chris worked to find him collapsed on the floor. "I tried to resuscitate him, ventilated him and performed CPR. "We will never get over losing Chris and I want to tell people all over the country about Sads (Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome).

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Sudden deaths

(BBC 13/10/2008)

In the UK, 12 young people die from an undiagnosed heart condition every week. They are people who inherited a structural abnormality or an electrical fault of the heart. This new figure has been collated by the charity CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young - and denotes deaths among people up to the age of 35.

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Sports enthusiasts targeted in heart screening scheme

(The Scotsman 14/08/2008)

FITNESS fanatics and sports enthusiasts across Scotland could benefit from a heart screening programme launched yesterday to help to prevent sudden deaths in young people.

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Heart screening launched for athletes

(The Scotsman 13/08/2008)

A SCREENING programme to test young amateur athletes for the condition that killed footballer Phil O'Donnell is being launched today.

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