The Cardiovascular Diseases research theme is one of the four disease-based research themes at the division Julius Center, which coincides with the UMC Utrecht defined, disease-based field of interest: Cardiovascular Disease. It is the division Julius Center’s largest research theme. The research within this theme uses approaches that include the full range of epidemiological research methods, such as multi-centered randomized controlled trials to study the effects of preventive and therapeutic interventions and cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies. The research focuses on the causes, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of common cardiovascular diseases.

The cardiovascular research theme is centered around the following research lines:
• Early life determinants of vascular disease
• Reproductive ageing and vascular disease
• Atherosclerosis imaging and intervention
• Diagnosis and prognosis of vascular disease in primary care
• Vascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care
• Prevention of complications after cardiovascular disease in secondary care
• Congenital and acquired haemostatic diseases
• Lifestyle, genes, ageing and vascular disease burden

Research co-ordinators: Prof. M.L. Bots, MD, PhD, and Prof. Y.T. van der Schouw, PhD

to research database cardiovascular diseases
to websites of research projects cardiovascular diseases