Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) Registry

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-DP14-1403 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.946Eligible Applicants State governmentsOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDC-NCCDPHPClosing Date: Jun 30, 2014Award Ceiling: $200,000Expected Number of Awards: 14Creation Date: May 01, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: SDY has a devastating impact on families, care providers, and the community, and attracts significant public and media attention. The most common diagnoses that increase risk for SDY include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, coronary artery anomalies of wrong sinus origin, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, ion channelopathies, and genetic forms of epilepsy such as Dravet Syndrome. In up to 30% of cases of SCDY no specific diagnosis is found (autopsy negative). Sudden cardiac death has been documented at all ages and may be associated with competitive athletics. Approximately 10-15% of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) cases may be due to ion channelopathies. Similarly, SUDEP has been documented at all ages, and several risk factors have been identified, including some cases originating with ion channelopathies. Rational policy development in the area of screening and prevention is currently limited by the lack of prospectively defined epidemiological d...
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