Aims and objectives

  • to perform excellent research measured on both quality and quantity
  • a close collaboration with leading researches both nationally and internationally, and continue to be among world leading in selected areas of research
  • to ensure integration of research and clinical practise
  • to created world class facilities for research, and ensure that research is central in all parts of the clinic
  • to develop the next leaders in cardiovascular research
  • to develop a strategy of precision medicine

Focus areas

  • Stem cell therapy
  • Cardiac imaging
  • Heart failure
  • Valvular disease
  • Critical care including cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Molecular cardiology
  • Inherited heart diseases
  • Prognostication
  • Nurse research programs
  • Phd programs

Disciplines, methods and tools

  • Interventional clinical studies
  • Epidemiology
  • Genomics and bioinformatics
  • Basal research facilities
  • Proof of concept methodological studies

Our studies in ESCAPE-NET:

  • GEVAMI
  • DANCAR
  • Sudden cardiac death and coronary disease in the young