Fernand Léonard (Fonds)

In 2O22, the fund launched the call for clinical cardiology research together with the Belgian Heart Fund. The laureates were:

The value of 7-day rhythm surveillance as a novel tool for risk prediction in acute myocarditis (Caroline Van De Heyning, UZA, Antwerp)

Cardiac stereotactic radiation treatment for the ablation of ventricular tachycardia (Ines Joye, GZA vzw Ziekenhuizen, Antwerp)

The incidence of cardiovascular events and revascularisations in patients treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Belgium. (Constantijn Franssen, UZA, Antwerp)

In 2023, the fund launched the calls fundamental cardiology research and clinical cardiology research together with the Belgian Heart Fund and supported the KBF call for translational and clinical research in cardio-oncology. The laureates were:

Identification of cell-specific disease genes for bicuspid aortic valve-related aortopathy by transcriptome-wide spatial profiling of a representative Smad6 mutant mouse model (Ilse Luyckx, University Antwerp, Antwerp)

ECSPAND: Exercise capacity improvement by Conduction System Pacing in heArt failure patieNts without compelling CRT inDication (Gevaert Andreas, UZA, Antwerp) 

Serpina3 in anthracycline-related cardiovascular dysfunction - SPHERICON (Constantijn Franssen, UZA, Antwerp)