Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death world-wide. It is also the leading cause of hospital admissions and of physical disability and a major cost burden in health care.
Diagnosis, treatment and research endeavors focusing on these disorders therefore require close collaboration across medical specialties. The Cardiovascular Cluster is a multidisciplinary research structure which aims to facilitate synergies between basic and clinical investigators that span the spectrum of cardiovascular research.
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Cardiovascular Cluster will be held on 30th of November in the Van Swieten Hall of the Medical University of Vienna.
We have been able to attract the following excellent external speakers, who will cover areas of both basic cardiovascular biology and clinical research:
Nikolaos Bonaros (Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, AT)
“When the Heart Speaks: Decoding Cardiac Biomarkers from Myocardial Injury to
Precision Cardiovascular Care”
Dunja Aksentijevic (William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
“The Heart Beyond the Pump: How Metabolism Shapes Cardiovascular Disease”
Elena Osto (Division of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Graz, AT)
“Vascular function in cardiometabolic disease”
Minna Kaikonnen- Mäattä (University of Eastern Finland, FI)
“Mapping the Genetic Basis of Atherosclerosis through Single-Cell, Spatial, and Functional Genomics”
David Alexandre- Tregouet (VBHI, Université de Bordeaux, FR)
“Genetic variants altering upstream Open Reading Frames:
a largely neglected class of non-coding variants that contribute not only to rare Mendelian disorders, but also to the genetic architecture of complex diseases”
Florian Kronenberg (Medical University of Innsbruck, AT)
“Lipoprotein(a) – next steps”
We are looking forward to welcoming you at this symposium to further strengthen the cardiovascular community at our University.
Registration
The registration deadline is 11 November 2026.