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Professor Frans Van de Werf

KU Leuven, Leuven (Belgium)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

Dr Frans Van de Werf gained his MD in 1972 from the University of Leuven, Belgium. He has made his PhD on diastolic heart function and the genesis of the third heart sound. He was the first to give tPA to patients with an acute myocardial infarction and became involved in the organization of many multicentre trials of antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes. He has been the editor-in-chief of the EHJ and is currently Senior Guest editor of Circulation.He has published over 750 peer reviewed papers. Dr Van de Werf is currently Senior Professor of Cardiology at the department of cardiovascular sciences of the University of Leuven.

Circulation: the full spectrum

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Other

Session type: Official Joint Session

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Triage of suspected ACS patients

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Prehospital and Emergency Department Care

Session type: Advances in Science

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New EU Regulations for medical devices: impacting all clinical practice from May 2020

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Public Health and Health Economics

Session type: Professional Development

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Young Investigator Award Session Thrombosis

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Thrombosis, Platelets, and Coagulation

Session type: Young Investigator Award Abstracts

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Emergency medicine: the French touch

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Prehospital and Emergency Department Care

Session type: Symposium

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STEMI care today: can we do better?

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Acute Coronary Syndromes

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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How to publish in JAMA and JAMA Cardiology

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Training and Education

Session type: Symposium

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The great debate: thrombocardiology post COMPASS.

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

Session type: Debate Session

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Highlights from the New England Journal of Medicine: Editors’ Choice

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic) / Chronic Coronary Syndromes (CCS)

Session type: Symposium

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Cardiac phenotyping and outcome implications

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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