Yaël Vanharen, an experienced electrophysiology nurse, is currently pursuing a PhD in cardio-obstetrics. Her commitment to improving the care of pregnant women with cardiovascular disease is both commendable and vital, as cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of mortality in pregnant women. Her work is characterised by a holistic approach, encompassing research and initiatives focused...
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ROBYNS Tomas
Prof. Dr. Tomas Robyns is a cardiologist with special expertise in cardiogenetics and electrophysiology. He is the head of the Centre for hereditary heart disease at the University hospitals Leuven. His research focuses on the genotype phenotype relation of inherited cardiomyopathies and arrhythmia syndromes.
VAN DEN BOSCH Annemien
Annemien van den Bosch is a cardiologist at the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her clinical work and research involve adult congenital heart disease, echocardiography and pulmonary hypertension. She is also involved in basic and translational research on new echocardiographic techniques as high frame rate echocardiography, the development of multi-plane echocardiography and...
DE BACKER Julie
Julie De Backer, MD, PhD, FESC, is a genetic cardiologist at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. She heads the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)Â clinic and coordinates interdisciplinary programs for ACHD & Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease (HTAD) patients, with a focus on patient centered care. She is appointed full professor at the Ghent University. Her translational...
SINNAEVE Peter
Peter Sinnaeve graduated in 1994 and trained as a cardiologist in Leuven and at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is professor at the University of Leuven and his clinical expertise lies in acute cardiac care, interventional cardiology, pericardiology, as well as cardiac rehabilitation, while his research focuses on secondary prevention in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.