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Doctor Mattias Van Heetvelde

ESC Patient Forum, Gent (Belgium)

Mattias Van Heetvelde is a member of the European Society of Cardiology Patient Forum (ESCPF) focusing primarily on mental well-being in patients with CVD. Mattias Van Heetvelde is a senior postdoctoral researcher and bioinformatician at the Center for Medical Genetics (CMGG) at Ghent University (UGent) and Ghent University Hospital (UZGent) in Gent, Belgium. He is a Bioscience Engineer (2013) by training and holds a PhD in Health Sciences (2019), in which he researched the attenuation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 expression by small non-coding RNAs and their potential in synthetic lethality. Currently his main professional interests are databases, pipeline tooling, and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in the context of rare diseases.

Psychosocial support needs after discharge - patient perspective

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), Intensive, and Critical Cardiovascular Care

Session: Patient and caregiver needs after an acute cardiac event

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