Ernst van der Wall

Dept of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Ernst Van der Wall is Professor at the Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Leiden

His research interests focus on vascular biology and intervention. Main goal of the research in the ‘Vascular Biology and Intervention’ programme is to enhance the link between clinical and preclinical research in atherosclerosis and re-stenosis by means of an integrated approach of vascular cardiology/biology by collaborative clinical and preclinical research lines. Professor Van der Wall also investigates the interrelationship between cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmias. This research program analyzes cardiovascular diseases due to diminished right and/or left ventricular dysfunction and due to arrhythmias.

Professor Van der Wall is Editor-in-Chief of the Netherlands Heart Journal and of the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. He is also a member of the Editorial Boards of the European Heart Journal, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology and Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. He is former Vice-President for internal/external affairs of the European Society of Cardiology and Past-President of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Cardiovascular Disorders > Cardiovascular Imaging (since 16 November 2005)

Ernst van der Wall is a Section Head for Cardiovascular Imaging, part of the CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

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