Circulatory Health magazine

The Utrecht
Cardiovascular
Cohort (UCC) was
set up in 2015 and
is a growth model
Since the start:
Candidates invited:
4400
All information
on hand in the
consulting room
Number of people
seen: 3100
Informed consent:
1700
No informed consent:
1400
"The risk of getting a cardiovascular disease within ten years, is x percent. And with this
medication and quitting smoking, your risk will decrease significantly." This is how the
conversation between the patient and doctor may go in the consulting room, with
both looking at a dashboard together. The dashboard illustrates how treatment and a
change in lifestyle could benefit the patient's health.
EDEN is the name of the application created under the
supervision of cardiologist Folkert Asselbergs. The
application presents a single overview of all of the patient's
risk factors, linked to a personal risk score of getting a
cardiovascular disease within the next ten years.
"Getting at the best treatment and lifestyle together with
the patients - that's my aim," says Folkert. "To that end
digital support can be useful. Little exercise, age, smoking
and high blood pressure are examples of risk factors.”
There are numerous guidelines for all risk factors. Moreover,
there are different studies and new insights for each
guideline. Doctors know this, but do not immediately have
all data on hand in the consulting room. This application –
currently in HiX (electronic health record) – contains all the
up-to-date guidelines linked to the situation of each
individual patient, their weight, age, cholesterol values, etc.
EDEN shows patients at a glance, in a single overview
dashboard, what you're talking about, plus their personal
risk score."
22 Circulatory Health Magazine