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Researching the effect of air pollution on renal aging and increased cardiovascular risk in São Paulo with the ACS work visit grant Last year the ACS work visit grant was awarded for the first time. The first awardee was Jonathan Overeem, who went to the university of São Paulo in Brazil to research the effects of air pollution on kidney health. Here he used the unique facilities to investigate how exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) accelerates renal aging and increases cardiovascular risk.
Smartwatch use enhances the detection of heart arrythmias, increasing the quality of care. Smartwatches with both PPG and ECG functionality improve the detection of atrial fibrillation in comparison with standard care. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC analysed the data from 437 patients and detected heart arrythmia four times more often in those who wore an Apple Watch. These results are published today in JACC (Journal of the American College of Cardiology).
NWO Open Technology grant for groundbreaking MRI Research on ex vivo hearts The PARADISE consortium, a collaboration between Amsterdam UMC, LUMC, and WUR, led by assistant professor Dr. Bram Coolen, has been awarded a NWO Open Technology grant to develop an innovative platform that keeps mouse hearts fully functional ex vivo while enabling high-resolution MRI imaging. Traditional animal models for heart disease often lack the ability to precisely and longitudinally monitor the onset and progression of cardiac conditions under controlled circumstances. This new technology will allow researchers to study heart disease and treatment effects with unprecedented accuracy.