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I volunteer for The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust (TADCT). I take part in activities to improve the diagnosis of aortic dissection, teaching and research.

I have raised (and might again raise) money for The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust, here.

Anyone wanting to have a chat about aortic dissection and life after AD: valerie [dot] lechene [at] gmail.com

Recent presentations:

• Presentation in TADCT Webinar, Managing blood pressure,  November 21st 2024.

• Presentation to UCL medical students as part of their Community Care module, Whittingon Hospital, UCL, November 14th 2024

• "Aortopathy: Shaping a safer future", with Graham Cooper and Catherine Fowler, Annual conference of the Association for Inherited Cardiac Conditions (AICC), St Catherine's College, Cambridge,  November 11th 2024. 

• Presentation to the charity Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA), Webinar, November 1st 2024.

• "Surviving Acute Aortic Dissection", Presentation in the Pan-London Aortic Dissection Educational Webinar,  August 28th 2024.

• Presentation in Education webinar, North East Ambulance Service Paramedics, August 2nd 2024.

• Presentation in Education webinar, North East Ambulance Service Paramedics, June 28th 2024.

• "The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust: Driving Research Together",  Kirsty Lawrie, Valérie Lechene and Catherine Fowler, Aorta: Structure to Rupture Conference, Liverpool, June 20 2024.

• "Psychological impacts of Aortic Dissection", Presentation in the Aortic Nurses Symposium, London, June 7th 2024.

Publications:

• Thokala P, Goodacre S, Cooper G, Hinchliffe R, Reed M, Thomas S, Wilson S, Fowler C and Valérie Lechene, "Decision analytical modelling of strategies for investigating suspected acute aortic syndrome", Emergency Medicine Journal Published Online First: 01 November 2024. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2024-214222