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Associate Professor Uwe Nixdorff

European Prevention Centre, Duesseldorf (Germany)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

After medical studying in Frankfurt/Main University and short military physician service academic career had been performed at Mainz University where Uwe had received his degree as an internist as well as cardiologist and a regular Associate Professor. His main scientific field had been echocardiography having been involved in the development of stress echocardiography as well as tissue Doppler. Within his following period as a cardiology consultant at Erlangen University he complemented this by furthe cross-sectional imaging modalities such as computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Then, having expanded his interest towards preventivecCardiology Uwe had founded the European Prevention Center (EPC) which he is running until nowadays. Algorithms have been built up from CV risk stratification to imaging preclinical atherosclerosis ending up with comprehensive preventive measures in lifestyle modification and preventive drug therapies.

Hypertension - Risk profiling and treatment

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms

Session type: Rapid Fire Abstracts

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Detection of subclinical atherosclerosis

Event: EuroPrevent 2017

Topic: Risk scores

Session type: Symposium

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Primary prevention - What the Guidelines tell us

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Primary cardiovascular prevention: interventions and outcomes

Session type: Guidelines in Practice

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Cardiovascular risk scores: novel tunes in a familiar music

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Risk scores

Session type: Moderated Posters

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Improving diabetes outcomes: beyond glucocentricity

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Diabetes, dysglycaemia and metabolic syndrome

Session type: Rapid Fire Abstracts

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Prevention starts before birth

Event: EuroPRevent Meeting 2016

Topic: Public health and health policy

Session type: New ESC Guidelines

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