Sudden cardiac death in athletes is not very common, but such deaths are usually high profile. There is general consensus around the world that pre-participation screening should be carried out on athletes.

Prof John Somauroo  is involved in the cardiac screening of players from Football Premier League clubs and Rugby Premiership League and is on the Rugby Football Union Medical Advisory Panel at Twikenham.

He is one of the Cardiologists working with CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young).

He continues to research physiological versus pathological changes in athletes’ hearts. Current research includes effects of exercise on ultra-endurance runners, footballers and rugby players. He lectures nationally and internationally on cardiac effects of training and screening for sudden cardiac death.

In his spare time he is a Rugby Football Union coach.


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