Question reference: S6W-01244
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 6 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has supported on sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.
Answer
The Scottish Government has supported the following research:
‘Genetic Testing for Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome and the British Coronial System’. This is currently in follow-up in NHS Grampian and ran from May 2014 to June 2020.
‘The Role of Genetic Testing & Molecular Autopsy in Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS)’, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde which ran from 2011 – 2014.
‘Phenotype-driven molecular autopsy for sudden cardiac death’ through the Familial Arrhythmia Network Scotland, the Scottish Genetics Consortium, NHS Grampian and NHS Highland which ran from 2001 to 2013.
‘Non-invasive prediction of total and sudden cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure’, University of Glasgow, which ran from 1994 to 1996.