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Session 3: Inherited aortic conditions

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

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Agenda

• What is inherited aortopathy?  – Dr Leema Robert, Consultant Clinical Geneticist,
  Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
• Using AI to identify patients with aortopathy for genomic testing – Dr Antonio de Marvao, Consultant Cardiologist and Obstetric Physician, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Aortic dilatation: when to refer and when to intervene  – Dr Maite Tome, Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Practice Cardiology, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Rachel Bastiaenen

Rachel is a Consultant Cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust where she is the Clinical Lead for Inherited Cardiac Conditions. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London.

She studied at Peterhouse Cambridge and Imperial College London. She completed Cardiology training in the London Deanery and a fellowship in Vancouver. Her PhD was awarded from St George’s University of London and involved non-invasive risk stratification of patients with cardiomyopathy. Her clinical and research interests focus on inherited arrhythmia syndromes, cardiomyopathies and cardiac MRI.