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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. Julie De Backer and her team employ genetic animal models in search for novel treatment targets. 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

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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Guidelines in Practice: management of atrial septal defect with pulmonary hypertension

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology

Session type: Guidelines in Practice

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Congress committee e-posters choice in valvular

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Valvular Heart Disease

Session type: Congress Committee e-posters Choice

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2020 ESC Guidelines on Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Live

Event: ESC Congress 2020

Topic: Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)

Session type: New ESC Guidelines

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