Tine De Backer
A5070167485- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Connective tissue disorders research
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
Ghent University Hospital
2015-2024
Ghent University
2015-2024
European Society of Hypertension
2024
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
2017-2020
Katholieke Hogeschool Vives
2016
Bridge University
2015
Institute of Pharmacology
2011-2014
University of Miami
2007-2013
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2007-2013
Cleveland Clinic
2007-2013
The ESC Guidelines represent the views of and were produced after careful consideration scientific medical knowledge evidence available at time their publication.The is not responsible in event any contradiction, discrepancy and/or ambiguity between other official recommendations or guidelines issued by relevant public health authorities, particular relation to good use healthcare therapeutic strategies.Health professionals are encouraged take fully into account when exercising clinical...
The ESC Guidelines represent the views of and were produced after careful consideration scientific medical knowledge evidence available at time their publication.The is not responsible in event any contradiction, discrepancy and/or ambiguity between other official recommendations or guidelines issued by relevant public health authorities, particular relation to good use healthcare therapeutic strategies.Health professionals are encouraged take fully into account when exercising clinical...
Stiffness of elastic arteries like the aorta predicts cardiovascular risk. By directly reflecting arterial stiffness, having best predictive value for outcome and ease its measurement, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity is now considered gold standard stiffness assessment in daily practice. Many different measurement procedures have been proposed. Therefore, standardization urgently needed, particularly regarding distance measurement. This consensus document advises on general provides...
The ESC Guidelines represent the views of and were produced after careful consideration scientific medical knowledge evidence available at time their publication.The is not responsible in event any contradiction, discrepancy and/or ambiguity between other official recommendations or guidelines issued by relevant public health authorities, particular relation to good use healthcare therapeutic strategies.Health professionals are encouraged take fully into account when exercising clinical...
Raised blood pressure (BP) is the biggest contributor to mortality and disease burden worldwide fewer than half of those with hypertension are aware it. May Measurement Month (MMM) a global campaign set up in 2017, raise awareness high BP as pragmatic solution lack formal screening worldwide. The 2018 was expanded, aiming include more participants countries.
[2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)]
Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the gold standard method for determination of arterial stiffness. PWV assessed by dividing travelled distance travel time. Standardization and validation methodology measurement crucial importance. The aim current investigation was to standardize validate measurement.Real carotid-femoral path lengths were measured with MRI in 98 healthy men/women (50% men, age 21-76 years) are used as reference distance. This compared 11 estimates aortic length...
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP), remain the leading cause of adverse maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. Epidemiological factors, comorbidities, assisted reproduction techniques, placental disorders, genetic predisposition determine burden disease. The pathophysiological substrate clinical presentation HDP are multifarious. latter lack well designed trials field explain absence consensus on disease management among relevant international societies. Thus, usual is largely...
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder with involvement of the skin, retina, and cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular mainly characterized by mineralization fragmentation elastic fibers blood vessels premature atherosclerosis. We conducted ultrasound study to investigate phenotype propose recommendations for management patients PXE heterozygous ABCC6 mutation carriers.Thirty-two patients, 23 carriers, 28 healthy volunteers underwent cardiac...
Objective. To investigate whether orthostatic intolerance (OI) is a significant predictor for fatigue in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hypermobility type (EDS-HT). Methods. Eighty patients with EDS-HT and 52 controls participated the first part of study, which consisted questionnaires. Fatigue was evaluated using Checklist Individual Strength (CIS). As possible determinants OI [Autonomic Symptom Profile (ASP)], habitual physical activity (Baecke), affective distress [Hospital Anxiety Depression...
Since December 2015, the European/International Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) Registry enrolled 1022 patients from 22 countries. We present their characteristics according to disease subtype, age and gender, as well predictors of widespread disease, aneurysms dissections.All diagnosed with FMD (string-of-beads or focal stenosis in at least one vascular bed) based on computed tomography angiography, magnetic resonance and/or catheter-based angiography were eligible. Patients predominantly...
We fitted a three-segment transmission line model for the radial-carotid/aorta pressure transfer function (TFF) in 31 controls and 30 patients with coronary artery disease using noninvasively measured (tonometry) radial carotid pressures (P car ). Except distal reflection coefficient (0.85 ± 0.21 vs. 0.71 0.25 controls; P < 0.05), parameters were not different between or controls. Parameters related to blood pressure, age, heart rate. further assessed point-to-point averaged TFF (TFF avg...
Abstract —The augmentation index (AIx) and “oscillatory” compliance (C 2 ) are wave contour analysis parameters for the central aorta (P ao radial artery pressure rad ), respectively. Both sensitive to cardiovascular risk factors such as aging, hypertension, diabetes have been proposed prognostic markers disease. In this work, we studied relation between both. We first calculated P corresponding a typical aortic A-type (AIx >0.15) C-type <0), taken from literature, by using generalized...
African Americans with hypertension are at high risk for adverse outcomes from cardiovascular and renal disease. Patients stage 3 or greater chronic kidney disease have a prevalence of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy diastolic dysfunction. Our goal was to study prospectively the relationships LV mass function subsequent in American Study Kidney Disease Hypertension cohort study. Of 691 patients enrolled cohort, 578 had interpretable echocardiograms complete relevant clinical data....
Abstract Aims This study aims to provide an overview on contemporary gender differences in the risk factor control of coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Methods and results Analyses were based cross-sectional ESC (European Society Cardiology) EORP (EurObservational Research Programme) EUROASPIRE V Survey Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Diabetes) survey including data CHD patients across 27 European countries. Men women between 18 80 years old, hospitalized for a first or recurrent...
The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated a decrease in non-Covid-19 related diagnostic and therapeutic procedures many countries. We explored the impact on tertiary hypertension care.We conducted an electronic survey regarding 6 key care within Excellence Center network of European Society Hypertension.Overall, 54 Centers from 18 3 non-European countries participated. From 2019 to 2020, there were significant decreases median number per centre ambulatory blood pressure monitorings (ABPM: 544/289...
Abstract Context The precise glycemic impact and clinical relevance of postprandial exercise in type 1 diabetes (T1D) has not been clarified yet. Objective This work aimed to examine acute, subacute, late effects on blood glucose (BG). Methods A randomized, controlled trial comprised 4 laboratory visits, with 24-hour follow-up at home. Participants included adults T1D (n = 8), aged 44 ± 13 years, body mass index 24 2.1. Intervention 30 minutes rest (CONTROL), walking (WALK),...