A5004600187- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
Centre Hospitalier Interrégional Edith Cavell
2021-2024
Pfizer (United States)
2024
AZ Delta
2023
Pfizer (Belgium)
2019-2023
University of Antwerp
2008-2021
Antwerp University Hospital
2009-2019
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2016
Ghent University
2014
Institute of Cardiology
2010
Imaging Center
2002
BackgroundExercise-based cardiac rehabilitation increases peak oxygen uptake (peak VO2), which is an important predictor of mortality in patients. However, it remains unclear exercise characteristics are most effective for improving VO2 coronary artery disease (CAD) Proof concept papers comparing Aerobic Interval Training (AIT) and Moderate Continuous (MCT) were conducted small sample sizes findings inconsistent heterogeneous. Therefore, we aimed to compare the effects AIT (ACT) on VO2,...
BACKGROUND Studies done in potential donors for heart transplantation and experimental animals have suggested that brain death can major histopathological functional effects on the myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS We developed models of using dogs to study hemodynamic catecholamine changes, extent myocardial structural damage, recovery donor hearts obtained from brain-dead donors. Brain was caused by increasing intracranial pressure (ICP) suddenly or gradually injecting saline an epidural...
In patients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) and left ventricular dysfunction, flow/metabolic studies of the myocardium positron emission tomography (PET) are able to distinguish viable but dysfunctional from irreversible ischemic injury scar tissue. this study, PET findings blood flow metabolism in chronically hypoperfused were correlated histology.We studied 33 suffering CAD. each patient, myocardial measured 1 or 2 days before revascularization. During surgery, transmural...
The aims of this study were to identify hibernating myocardium (hypocontractile, hypoperfused viable that regains contractility after revascularization) in the clinical setting and predict functional outcome patients with coronary artery disease revascularization.Preoperative data related anterior free wall left ventricle collected 50 bypass surgery candidates (positron emission tomography [PET], [13N]NH3 for flow, [18F]FDG metabolism [MET]; equilibrium-gated nuclear angiography [EGNA]...
Abstract— The association between accumulation of oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) and (1) progression atherosclerotic plaques (2) compensatory enlargement was assessed in the coronary arteries LDL-hypercholesterolemic miniature pigs. In pigs fed a 4% cholesterol diet, LDL levels increased from 27±3.5 mg/dL (mean±SEM, n=36) to 250±28 (n=10), 260±15 (n=6), 260±17 (n=10) at 6, 14, 24 weeks, respectively. Mean intimal areas lesions left anterior descending artery hypercholesterolemic were...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent an important cause of mortality and morbidity in women. It is now recognized that there are sex differences regarding the prevalence clinical significance traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors as well pathology underlying a range CVDs. Unfortunately, women have been under-represented most CVD imaging studies trials diagnosis, prognosis, therapeutics. There therefore clear need for further investigation how affects along their life span....
Abstract Aims The EACVI Scientific Initiatives Committee and the women’s taskforce conducted a global survey to evaluate barriers faced by women in cardiovascular imaging (WICVi). Methods results In prospective international survey, we assessed at work WICVi. Three hundred fourteen participants from 53 countries responded. majority were married (77%) had children (68%), but most reported no flexibility their schedule during pregnancy or after maternity leave. More than half of experiencing...
To determine the catecholamine response to progressive intracranial hypertension, pressure (ICP) was raised gradually by continuous expansion of an epidural balloon in seven dogs. Hemodynamic parameters, ICP, and cerebral perfusion (CPP) were monitored continuously serum levels began rise when CPP low-positive range (20 30 mm Hg), reaching a peak just after brain death (CPP < or = o Hg). There no correlation between ICP peak. Compared control values, mean increase 286-fold for epinephrine...