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MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

15 November 2024

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) received a Career Development Grant (160k) from the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).

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Our new Division Leaders

Our new Division Leaders

3 October 2024

As of 1 October 2024, Casper Schalkwijk and Joost Lumens have been appointed as Division Leaders Vessels and Heart. Judith Sluimer will success Hugo ten Cate as Division Leader Blood in March 2025.

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Astrid Hermans

Post doc

Astrid Hermans was born on May 27th, 1995, in Kessel, The Netherlands. In 2014, she graduated from secondary school at Het Bouwens in Panningen and started the bachelor Health sciences at Maastricht University (Maastricht). After achieving the BSc degree in 2017, she started the master Biomedical sciences at Radboud University in Nijmegen, where she graduated with distinction (cum laude) in 2019. During her master’s, she completed a 8-month research internship at the Physiology department at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen (under supervision of Prof. dr. Thijssen) and a 7-month research internship at the Cardiology department at Maastricht University Medical Centre in Maastricht (under supervision of Prof. dr. Schotten).

After obtaining her MSc degree, she started working as PhD-student in the atrial fibrillation research group of Prof. dr. K. Vernooy, Dr. D. Linz and Prof. dr. U. Schotten at the department of Cardiology of Maastricht University Medical Centre (Maastricht). Her main aim was to evaluate the current state of art in atrial fibrillation detection and management as well as to develop and introduce novel mobile health approaches for the detection and management of atrial fibrillation.

In September 2023, she started as post-doc at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht in Maastricht, focussing on implementation mobile health in atrial fibrillation care and optimization of remote atrial fibrillation detection and management. 

Astrid hermans

Department of Cardiology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 1613

  • 2024
    • Sandgren, E., Hermans, A. N., Gawalko, M., Betz, K., Sohaib, A., Fung, C. H., Hillmann, H. A., van der Velden, R. M., Verhaert, D., Scherr, D., Sultan, A., Steven, D., Pisters, R., Hemels, M., Lodzinski, P., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Gupta, D., Gruwez, H., Pluymaekers, N. A., ... TeleCheck-AF investigators (2024). Smartphone app-based approximation of time spent with atrial fibrillation and symptoms in patients after catheter ablation: Data from the TeleCheck-AF project. EP Europace, 26(10), Article euae247. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae247
    • Diener, H. C., Becher, N., Sehner, S., Toennis, T., Bertaglia, E., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., Brandes, A., Beuger, V., Calvert, M., Camm, A. J., Chlouverakis, G., Dan, G.-A., Dichtl, W., Fierenz, A., Goette, A., de Groot, J. R., Hermans, A., Lip, G. Y. H., Lubinski, A., ... NOAH-AFNET 6 investigators (2024). Anticoagulation in Patients With Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation With and Without a Prior Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The NOAH-AFNET 6 Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(17), e036429. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.036429
    • Lip, G. Y. H., Nikorowitsch, J., Sehner, S., Becher, N., Bertaglia, E., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., Brandes, A., Beuger, V., Calvert, M., Camm, A. J., Chlouverakis, G., Dan, G.-A., Dichtl, W., Diener, H. C., Fierenz, A., Goette, A., de Groot, J. R., Hermans, A., Lubinski, A., ... NOAH-AFNET 6 investigators (2024). Oral anticoagulation in device-detected atrial fibrillation: effects of age, sex, cardiovascular comorbidities, and kidney function on outcomes in the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial. European Heart Journal, 45(19), 1733-1737. Article ehae225. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae225
    • Becher, N., Toennis, T., Bertaglia, E., Blomström-Lundqvist, C., Brandes, A., Cabanelas, N., Calvert, M., Camm, A. J., Chlouverakis, G., Dan, G.-A., Dichtl, W., Diener, H. C., Fierenz, A., Goette, A., de Groot, J. R., Hermans, A. N. L., Lip, G. Y. H., Lubinski, A., Marijon, E., ... NOAH-AFNET 6 investigators (2024). Anticoagulation with edoxaban in patients with long atrial high-rate episodes ≥24 h. European Heart Journal, 45(10), 837-849. Article ehad771. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad771
    • Gawalko, M., Betz, K., Hendriks, V., Hermans, A. N. L., van der Velden, R. M. J., Manninger, M., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Hoogervorst, H., Martens, H., Pluymaekers, N. A. H. A., Spreeuwenberg, M. D., Hendriks, J., & Linz, D. (2024). Changes in healthcare utilisation during implementation of remote atrial fibrillation management: TeleCheck-AF project. Netherlands Heart Journal, 32(3), 130-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-023-01836-6
  • 2023
    • Manninger, M., Hermans, A. N. L., Caracioni, A.-A., Rohrer, U., Eberl, A.-S., Vernooy, K., Zirlik, A., Linz, D., & Scherr, D. (2023). Photoplethysmography-documented atrial fibrillation in the first week after catheter ablation is associated with lower success rates. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10(1), Article 1199630. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1199630
    • Betz, K., Verhaert, D. V. M., Gawalko, M., Hermans, A. N. L., Habibi, Z., Pluymaekers, N. A. H. A., van der Velden, R. M. J., Homberg, M., Philippens, S., Hereijgers, M. J. M., Vorstermans, B., Simons, S. O., den Uijl, D. W., Chaldoupi, S. M., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Westra, S. W., Lankveld, T., van Steenwijk, R. P., Hol, B., ... Linz, D. (2023). Atrial fibrillation-specific refinement of the STOP-Bang sleep apnoea screening questionnaire: insights from the Virtual-SAFARI study. Clinical research in cardiology, 112(6), 834-845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-023-02157-9
    • Gawałko, M., Hermans, A. N., van der Velden, R. M., Betz, K., Vm Verhaert, D., Hillmann, H. A., Scherr, D., Meier, J., Sultan, A., Steven, D., Terentieva, E., Pisters, R., Hemels, M., Voorhout, L., Lodziński, P., Krzowski, B., Gupta, D., Kozhuharov, N., Pison, L., ... Hendriks, J. M. (2023). Patient motivation and adherence to an on-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring for atrial fibrillation management: data from the TeleCheck-AF project. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(4), 412-424. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvac061
    • Hermans, A. N. L., Betz, K., Verhaert, D. V. M., den Uijl, D. W., Clerx, K., Debie, L., Lahaije, M., Vernooy, K., Linz, D., & Weijs, B. (2023). 360° Virtual reality to improve patient education and reduce anxiety towards atrial fibrillation ablation. EP Europace, 25(3), 855-862. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euac246
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