PhD defence: Anders Lehmann Dahl Pedersen
When the aortic valve tightens its grip - Changes in the heart muscle in aortic valve stenosis and prognostic implications
Info about event
Time
Location
Auditorium C114-101, Aarhus University Hospital
On Friday 6 June at 13:30, Anders Lehmann Dahl Pedersen defends his PhD dissertation entitled "Structural and functional myocardial alterations in aortic stenosis before and after aortic valve implantation - Advanced imaging and prognostic implications".
Degenerative calcific aortic valve stenosis is common and the prevalence is expected to increase with increasing life expectancy. Aortic stenosis induce several alterations in the heart muscle. Aortic stenosis can be effectively treated with catheter-based aortic valve implantation. It is debated at which stages the myocardial adaptations occur during aortic stenosis progression, whether these adaptations reverse after catheter-based valve implantation and whether these adaptations determine prognosis after catheter-based valve implantation. We investigated these adaptations and the prognostic implications of these in three cohort studies, centered around magnetic resonance and ultrasound of the heart.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place in Auditorium C114-101, Aarhus University Hospital. Please see the press release for more information.
Contact
PhD student Anders Lehmann Dahl Pedersen
Mail: apedersen@clin.au.dk
Phone: +45 27 85 20 09