Jolien Hesselink

Prof. Jolien Hesselink is a Full Professor in Cardiology at Erasmus University Medical Center. Her research focuses on adult congenital heart disease, cardiac imaging, and maternal cardiac care. She leads studies on long-term outcomes of congenital heart defects and manages high-risk pregnancies with cardiac conditions through the ESC EORP Registry.

Her work integrates clinical practice with advanced imaging techniques like POCUS and PET-CT, emphasizing translational research. Over 544 research outputs demonstrate expertise in conditions such as supravalvular aortic stenosis and tetralogy of Fallot repair outcomes. She collaborates internationally on registries and clinical guidelines for congenital heart disease management.

Key contributions include longitudinal follow-up studies extending up to 50 years post-surgery, analyzing arrhythmia risks and quality of life metrics. Her recent works address thrombosis management in prosthetic valve pregnancies and imaging challenges in cardiac prosthesis patients.