“Detection of heart rhythm disorders through smart watches or phones: useful or dangerous hype?”
dinsdag 4 februari 2020 21:00-22:00, ONLINE
Sprekers: Professor Hein Heidbuchel, MD PhD FESC FEHRA
EHRA President 2018-2020
Professor of Cardiology/Electrophysiology and Chair of Cardiology
Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium
Prof. Heidbuchel graduated as MD in 1986 and obtained a PhD in Physiology in 1992. He worked as Research Fellow of the NIH and Fogarty International at the University of Oklahoma (1993–1994) and was Fundamental Clinical Investigator of the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders from 1996 till 2006.
He started as Professor of Cardiology – Arrhythmology at the University of Leuven, Belgium in 1994. In October 2016, he became the Chair of Cardiology at Antwerp University. He is President of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) for a 2018-2020 term.
He has published over 290 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. His research ranges from cellular to clinical electrophysiology, from sports cardiology to ablation.
