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Delta Plan Heart Failure brings heart failure specialists together on online platform

Delta Plan Heart Failure launches an online platform on which heart failure specialists will work together to effectively address heart failure.

The Netherlands votes for the National Cardiovascular Agenda

At the end of October, all Dutch people – patients and their loved ones, researchers and healthcare professionals – can vote for the National Cardiovascular Agenda. The Dutch Heart Foundation is calling on as many people as possible to vote.

Putting Heart and Vascular Health on the Political Agenda

Kidney damage more effectively detected through home-based testing

Why women are not participating in clinical trials for cardiovascular disease and need to do so

The underrepresentation of women in clinical trials for cardiovascular disease treatments is a concerning issue that demands our attention. Why do fewer women participate?

Soft robotic heart research gets 11 million

A soft implantable robotic heart for people with severe heart failure. To develop it further, the Holland Hybrid Heart consortium has received 10 million euros from the National Science Agenda.

IMPRESS Factsheet Contest

Are you enthusiastic about sharing knowledge and strengthening healthcare? Would you like to participate in raising awareness of sex and gender differences in cardiovascular disease, both for patients and professionals? Then the IMPRESS Factsheet Contest is perfect for you!

Cardiovascular Animal (free) Innovations

As part of the transition towards animal-free research, the National Committee for Advisory on Animal Testing Policy has formulated a Vision for animal-free innovations for the cardiovascular field. This report represents a recommendation from one of the groups of the DCVA Leadership Program completed in 2022.

Recap of the 7th Translational Cardiovascular Research Meeting

More than three hundred passionate researchers, DCVA partners and valued stakeholders joined us for a vibrant and informative program.

Nieuwe pijlervoorzitter onderzoeksbeleid Hester den Ruijter

Deze maand start professor Hester den Ruijter, bekend om haar onderzoek naar hart- en vaatziekten bij vrouwen, als de nieuwe pijlervoorzitter onderzoeksbeleid. Wie is zij, wat zijn haar eerste indrukken en wat is ze van plan?

DCVA Celebrates Fifth Anniversary at DCVA-NLHI congress in Utrecht

No more heart and vascular diseases catching us off guard, and research and innovation results applied faster in practice. That's the ambition of the Dutch CardioVascular Alliance (DCVA), as it celebrates its five-year anniversary this summer. During the DCVA-NLHI Congress in Utrecht on June 22nd and 23rd, we will reflect on our achievements and set our sights on what lies ahead.

Heart4Data: Consortium agreement SELEQT-HF

A big milestone for Heart4Data: On June 1, 2023, the consortium agreement for the SELEQT-HF research project was signed! This project is a collaboration between ZonMw, Netherlands Heart Institute, NHR, Dutch CardioVascular Alliance, WCN, Harteraad, NVVC, Health-RI, NVT, Pharma Nord, Zuyderland, Erasmus MC, UMCG & Amsterdam UMC.

Call for Posters

Kick-off DCVA Leadership Program 2023!

New IMPRESS website

We are excited to share that the IMPRESS consortium website is live! IMPRESS is a Dutch national research consortium established to improve care for women with cardiovascular disease.

Heart4Data LinkedIn

Cardiac rehabilitation: why people with heart failure fail to participate or quit early

Meet our new colleague: Naomi Tramper

Arthur Wilde new science advisor Dutch Heart Foundation

DCVA Annual Plan 2023

To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease by a quarter by detecting cardiovascular disease earlier, developing solutions faster and delivering them to the patient.