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News reports Talented researchers receive scholarships Scientists Leo Timmers and Jesper Hjortnaes received a research grant, the Dekkerbeurs scholarship, from the Heart Foundation. All in all, 13 talented scientists working for Dutch knowledge institutes received a personal research grant. The young researchers can use the money for conducting innovative research into cardiovascular disease. Maarten-Jan Cramer is Friend of the Year Stichting Vrienden UMC Utrecht has nominated five employees who have each in their own way committed themselves to a good cause within the hospital. According to staff members of UMC Utrecht, cardiologist Maarten-Jan Cramer deserves the title Friend of 2017. He has been getting on the tandem bicycle with patients for years in aid of heart failure research. An example for others. Congratulations! Quitting smoking after cardiovascular disease extends life by five years Two new expertise centers UMC Utrecht has two new expertise centers: the Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease and the National Expertise Center for Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). Patients can come to these certified expertise centers for rare disorders for diagnostics, treatment (if possible), cross-disciplinary care and assistance. Six to eight percent of the population in the Netherlands suffer from a rare disorder. Smokers with a cardiovascular disease who quit smoking on average live five years longer than non-quitters. And the chance of a next cardiovascular disease is postponed by an average of 10 years. This is the result of PhD research carried out by Johanneke van den Berg. She conducted a study among almost 5,000 patients with cardiovascular disease, a third of whom continued smoking after a first heart attack, cerebral infarction or angioplasty. Test women who have had pre-eclampsia earlier for cardiovascular disease Women who have had pre-eclampsia should be tested earlier for cardiovascular disease. Current practice is that women are advised to go to their family doctor when they turn 50. But research by UMC Utrecht physician Gerbrand Zoet shows that these women have a greater risk of heart attack or stroke at a younger age. Over the past three years, he studied over 160 women who have had pre-eclampsia. 24 Circulatory Health Magazine
UMC Utrecht discovers treatment for PXE patients UMC Utrecht has discovered an effective treatment for a rare hereditary disease, PXE. Patients with this disease suffer from calcification of the skin, blood vessels and retina. This can cause skin lesions, vascular disorders and severe vision loss. Researchers at UMC Utrecht have now discovered that an existing medicine, etidronate, inhibits calcification. Collaboration with family doctors UMC Utrecht regularly consults family doctors about the organization and methods of the Center for Circulatory Health. Together, the specialists and family doctors determine who provides what type of care and discuss developments. This collaboration enables them to realize innovations and develop clever ideas to improve patient care: 'the right care in the right place'. Large-scale European study into the best dialysis therapy for kidney failure Headed by the UMC Utrecht, a study will be conducted over the next four years among 1800 kidney patients to find the best dialysis therapy. As part of its Horizon 2020 program, the European Commission has awarded a grant of over 6.4 million euros to an international consortium headed by UMC physician Peter Blankestijn. The researchers intend to demonstrate that a relatively new dialysis method, hemodiafiltration, not only reduces the risk of getting the disease and dying from it, but also improves kidney patients' quality of life. Interactive e-module 'Life after a heart attack' In the Netherlands, 30,000 people are hospitalized because of a cardiovascular disease every year. Patients must then cope with lifestyle rules about nutrition, exercise and medication that reduce the risk of a second heart attack. This information has now been combined in the e-module 'Life after a heart attack' which patients can read at their leisure, either in the hospital or at home. UMC Utrecht and Stichting Vrienden UMC Utrecht created the e-module together with the Harteraad patient association. New man/woman differences found in detecting heart failure If you lump together research results for men and women, you miss relevant information to detect heart disease earlier. This is the result of PhD research by Aisha Gohar, conducted with support from the Hartstichting, the Dutch Heart Foundation. She discovered new difference between men and women with arterial calcification and heart failure. Moreover, she demonstrates that man/woman differences are often still ignored in cardiac research. Circulatory Health Magazine 25
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