“Who will organise our meeting in 2021? Text by Karin Olsson Soon it is time for our joint meeting in Drammen in Norway. When it ends, we will raise the question of in which country our meeting will be held in 2021 (we meet every other year). Think about if maybe your country’s association wants…
UPDATE FROM HTAD/VASCERN – June 2019 More research on pregnant women with congenital heart disease and mechanical valves – like Marfan Syndrome and other hereditary aortic diseases Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease– ROPAC We are welcoming more collection of data about pregnancies in Marfan women. By sharing the experiences of a huge number of…
Marfan Europe Network has two new members The Coordinating Commitee of Marfan Europe Network is happy to announce that the marfan patients associations Marfan Trust (UK) and Den-i (Luxembourg) are now official members of MEN! We are very happy to include UK and Luxembourg to our network which now has 15 members from 14 different…
Update from the ePAG-HTAD-WG at VASCERN (March 2019) Text by Lise Murphy Marfan people – Start moving for your health! Three times a week. Advice on safe training here in a video with Prof. Guillaume Jondeau. Why? This VASCERN initiative brought about by patients and physicians who see that moderate physical activity, practiced regularly, improves…
Prof. Jacobs from the Maastricht Heart+Vascular Center to speak at the 2019 MEN meeting in Drammen We are happy to announce that Prof. Michael Jacobs from Maastricht has promised to be one of our medical lecturers at the Drammen meeting in September 2019. In preparation of the meeting he has kindly sent us an article…
CC looks for next Treasurer As the 4 years term of our present treasurer expires by the upcoming MEN meeting in Norway in the end of September 2019, the Coordinating Committee is looking for a successor to be elected at that meeting. Main duties are the collection of the annual membership fee, accounting/reporting and planning…
Fluoroquinolones are NOT recommended in Marfan Syndrome As you might have heard, there has been a lot of talk during the last months about the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in Marfan Syndrome. A couple days ago, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has issued a warning concerning the use of this particular antibiotic in Marfan patients…
written by Elena De Moya Rubio Marfan Awareness day in Spain Did you know that tomorrow (December 3rd) is Marfan Sydrome Awareness Day in Spain? The Spaniards have been using this day for a long time to draw public attention to the Marfan syndrome. This year, they want to do it by posting photos…
written by Susanne London-Tinner Vascupedia Did you remember that today (19th of September) is Aortic Dissection Awareness Day? We talked about it here. This day is thus a very good day to tell you more about VASCUPEDIA! Vascupedia is an online platform offering free education in the field of vascular medicine, including research and the…
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