This week featured several international activities in digital cardiology.
On Thursday, December 11, the International Advisory Board – Dr. Nancy Albert (Cleveland Clinic, USA, and Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University) and Dr. Daida (Juntendo University) – met with the interdisciplinary research group to review and discuss preliminary findings from the research project Telerehabilitation of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (FP-AF). Early results indicate that patients with atrial fibrillation gained increased knowledge through participation in the study. We thank the Danish Heart Association, Region Midt’s Health Science Research Fund, Aage and Johanne Louise Hansen’s Foundation, Animationspuljen, Viborg Municipality, and all project partners for their support.
On Friday, December 12, Laboratory for Welfare Technology hosted an international symposium, Digital Cardiology 2026+: Pathways to Smarter Heart Care. The symposium aimed to define a forward-looking, interdisciplinary vision for digital cardiology. Its outcomes will contribute to a White paper to be published in 2026 – stay tuned.
The symposium showed that digital cardiology is already highly advanced across diagnostics, prevention, care, and treatment, with AI technologies increasingly integrated into clinical practice.
Thank you for participation & presentations from:
- Cleveland Clinic, USA: Nancy Albert
- Juntendo University, Japan: Hiroyuki Daida & Takatoshi Kasei
- The Clinical Department, Danish Center for Health Services Research, Aalborg University Hospital : Søren Paaske
- Aalborg University Hospital: Egon Toft
- Department of Psychology, Aarhus University: Helle Spindler
- The Department of Cardiology, Viborg Hospital: Dorthe Svenstrup, Malene Hollingdal, Helle Mark Mogensen and Andi Albertsen
- Lex Futura: Charlotte Bagger Tranberg
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University: Samuel Schmidt, Claus Graff, Katja Jensen, Mathushan Gunasegaram, Mads Jocumsen, Knud Larsen, Aia Izzat Saleem, Caroline Theil, Christine Feldthaus, Lærke Bjerregaard-Michelsen & Birthe Dinesen.
