ESC-Young Researcher Award goes to Thomas Hofbauer

During ESC Congress, the Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function held its General Assembly to present achieved and upcoming activities to its members.

This was also the opportunity to award 4 to 6 young researchers (under 36) who submitted the best abstracts on Pulmonary Hypertension/Circulation and the best abstracts on Pulmonary Embolism.

Thomas Hofbauer (from the Irene Lang-group) was awarded for the abstract on Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Pathophysiology and Mechanisms:
Deficiency in milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor 8 delays thrombus resolution