Projects
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with echocardiography in diagnosis, phenotyping and treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. University of Antwerp
Echocardiography-based imaging techniques for guidance of minimally-invasive intracardiac procedures in horses. Ghent University
In human medicine, diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases is often performed through minimally-invasive intracardiac procedures. In horses, however, these catheterisation procedures are barely developed because imaging modalities from human patients (fluoroscopy, CT-scan) cannot be applied in horses. This research project develops new, standardized, echography-guided catheterisation techniques for diagnosis and treatment of cardiac ...
Right ventricular and atrial function in nature’s ultimate athlete: the horse Ghent University
The horse is used as an animal model for exercise-induced right ventricular and atrial remodeling, which has been linked to arrhythmias and sudden death in human athletes. The effect of induced pulmonary hypertension and exercise training on right ventricular and atrial function and structure is investigated using echocardiography, electrocardiography, cardiac biomarkers and myocardial biopsies.
Non-invasive imaging to study atrial remodeling underlying the progressive nature of atrial fibrillation. KU Leuven
Mechanistic insights in mitral valve prolapse and associated left ventricular remodelling: Barlow's Disease versus Fibroelastic Deficiency. University of Antwerp
Assessment tools of the tricuspid valve using volumetric ultrasonic recordings as analternative to traditional CT imaging approaches KU Leuven
Unravelling the pathophysiology of mitral valve regurgitation in horses in order to provide a more accurate diagnosis and prognosis Ghent University
Mitral valve regurgitation is a frequent finding in athletic horses and often has important economic consequences when diagnosed in sport horses at prepurchase examination. The aim of this project is to unravel the pathophysiology of equine mitral valve disease in order to improve the diagnosis and provide a more accurate prognosis, using echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers.