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Professor Julie De Backer

University Hospital Ghent, Gent (Belgium)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

Julie De Backer, MD, PhD, FESC, is a genetic cardiologist at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. She heads the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) 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 research focuses on in-depth cardiovascular profiling in Marfan syndrome and HTAD, exploring geno/phenotype relationships. She is an active member of VASCERN, ESC's Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease Working Group, and the Montalcino Aortic Consortium. She co-chaired the 2020 ESC ACHD guidelines and chairs the 2025 ESC pregnancy guidelines. Explore her scientific publications here: https://biblio.ugent.be/person/801001584995

2025 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Session type: New ESC Guidelines

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2025 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy: Ask the Task Force

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Session type: New ESC Guidelines

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Aortopathies: what a cardiologist needs to know!

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Diseases of the Aorta

Session type: Symposium

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Registries, observational, and other studies on cardiovascular problems in pregnancy

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Session type: Late-Breaking Science

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Diversities and disparities in cardiac surgery

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Cardiovascular Surgery

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy and childhood

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Session type: Moderated ePosters

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Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA): what are the treatment challenges?

Event: ESC Congress 2023

Topic: Treatment

Session type: Symposium

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A new dimension in prevention of aortic events: reading the future by imaging and through peripheral blood

Event: ESC Congress 2023

Topic: Diagnostic Methods

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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Cardiology Toolbox: Managing heart disease in pregnancy

Event: ESC Congress 2023

Topic: Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations

Session type: Special Session

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Of machines and molecules and how they will improve care in congenital heart disease

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology

Session type: Moderated ePosters

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