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Hybrid ablation: a team effort with better outcomes

Hybrid ablation: a team effort with better outcomes

17 February 2023

The hybrid ablation treatment developed at Maastricht UMC+ leads to better results in persistent atrial fibrillation than the standard treatment, catheter ablation.

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People with diabetes who control risk factors are less likely to develop depression

People with diabetes who control risk factors are less likely to develop depression

9 February 2023

Someone with diabetes has an increased risk of depression, but may be able to limit it by addressing risk factors such as unhealthy diet and high blood pressure. This has emerged from research by scientists at Maastricht UMC+ who analyzed data from nearly 78,000 people.

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Casper Schalkwijk

Professor

Prof. Casper Schalkwijk studied chemistry at University Utrecht and graduated in biochemistry. At the same university he obtained his PhD in 1992. He did post-graduate training in endothelial cell biology at TNO-PG in Leiden. He was appointed in 1995 as assistant professor and staff member at the Department of Clinical Chemistry at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Cente in Amsterdam and from 2004 as associate professor. He has led the Vascular Unit. He moved to the Department of Internal Medicine at Maastricht University in 2005, where he is heading the Laboratory for Metabolism and Vascular Medicine (~15fte). He was appointed as Professor of Experimental Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) of Maastricht UMC+ in 2011.

His main research themes are obesity, insulin resistance, endothelial function and vascular complications. The importance of endothelial dysfunction for the development of diabetic complications is studied in epidemiological setting with the availability of several cohorts and with experimental ex-vivo -, animal - and cell work. He has led several clinical studies. A major aim of his programme is to deliver specific and sensitive diagnostic biomarkers for the identification of patients developing  type 2 diabetes and to identify patients with high risk of vascular complications. Robust analytical techniques for measurements of biomarkers with multi-array technology and with UPLC-MSMS are available. A second aim of his programme is to obtain insight in the pathophysiology of vascular complications in diabetes. His current studies focus mainly on the importance non-enzymatic glycation for the development of diabetes and diabetic complications. He discovered, as one of the first, the link between AGEs and vascular complications in individuals with and without diabetes. He is an (inter)nationally recognised expert in the field of glycation. His lab is one of the most renowned labs in this field.The work has been supported by several grants and is now granted by the Diabetes Fonds Nederland, EFSD, NWO, ZonMw and NVWA.

Casper-schalkwijk

Department of Internal Medicine
Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: 5.324
T: +31(0)43 388 21 86

  • 2023
    • Geraets, A. F. J., Schram, M. T., Jansen, J. F. A., Backes, W. H., Schalkwijk, C. G., Stehouwer, C. D. A., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Kooman, J. P., Verhey, F. R. J., & Köhler, S. (2023). Corrigendum to "The cardiometabolic depression subtype and its association with clinical characteristics: The Maastricht Study" [J. Affect. Disord. 313 (2022) 110-117]. Journal of Affective Disorders, 329, 589-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.03.001
    • Tore, E. C., Elshorbagy, A. K., Bakers, F. C. H., Brouwers, M. C. G. J., Dagnelie, P. C., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Jansen, J. F. A., Kooi, M. E., Kusters, Y. H. A. M., Meex, S. J. R., Olsen, T., Refsum, H., Retterstøl, K., Schalkwijk, C. G., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Vinknes, K. J., & van Greevenbroek, M. M. J. (2023). Associations between plasma sulfur amino acids and specific fat depots in two independent cohorts: CODAM and The Maastricht Study. European Journal of Nutrition, 62(2), 891-904. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-022-03041-4
    • Simons, P. I. H. G., Valkenburg, O., van de Waarenburg, M. P. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Kooi, M. E., Jansen, J. F. A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Brouwers, M. C. G. J. (2023). Serum sex hormone-binding globulin is a mediator of the association between intrahepatic lipid content and type 2 diabetes: the Maastricht Study. Diabetologia, 66(1), 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-022-05790-7
    • de Graaf, M. C. G., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., Spooren, C. E. G. M., Mujagic, Z., Pierik, M. J., Feskens, E. J. M., Keszthelyi, D., Schalkwijk, C. G., & Jonkers, D. M. A. E. (2023). The Intake of Dicarbonyls and Advanced Glycation Endproducts as Part of the Habitual Diet Is Not Associated with Intestinal Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients. Nutrients, 15(1), [83]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15010083
  • 2022
    • Maasen, K., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Houben, A. J. H. M., Webers, C. A. B., Schram, M. T., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Opperhuizen, A., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2022). Habitual intake of dietary methylglyoxal is associated with less low-grade inflammation: the Maastricht Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 116(6), 1715-1728. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqac195
    • Fontaine, M. A. C., Jin, H., Gagliardi, M., Rousch, M., Wijnands, E., Stoll, M., Li, X., Schurgers, L., Reutelingsperger, C., Schalkwijk, C., van den Akker, N. M. S., Molin, D. G. M., Gullestad, L., Eritsland, J., Hoffman, P., Skjelland, M., Andersen, G. Ø., Aukrust, P., Karel, J., ... Biessen, E. A. L. (2022). Blood Milieu in Acute Myocardial Infarction Reprograms Human Macrophages for Trauma Repair. Advanced Science, 10(5), [e2203053]. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202203053
    • Piazza, M., Hanssen, N. M. J., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., Vd Waarenburg, M., Caroccia, B., Seccia, T. M., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Rossi, G. P., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2022). Serum levels of autoantibodies against the angiotensin II type I receptor are not associated with serum dicarbonyl or AGE levels in patients with an aldosterone-producing adenoma. Journal of Human Hypertension. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00773-y
    • Csongová, M., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., van de Waarenburg, M. P. H., Gurecká, R., Koborová, I., Tábi, T., Szökö, É., Schalkwijk, C. G., & Šebeková, K. (2022). Association of α-Dicarbonyls and Advanced Glycation End Products with Insulin Resistance in Non-Diabetic Young Subjects: A Case-Control Study. Nutrients, 14(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14224929
    • Jin, S., Reesink, K. D., Kroon, A. A., de Galan, B., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & van Greevenbroek, M. M. J. (2022). Complement factors D and C3 cross-sectionally associate with arterial stiffness, but not independently of metabolic risk factors: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Hypertension, 40(11), 2161-2170. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003237
    • Wölfel, E. M., Schmidt, F. N., Vom Scheidt, A., Siebels, A. K., Wulff, B., Mushumba, H., Ondruschka, B., Püschel, K., Scheijen, J., Schalkwijk, C. G., Vettorazzi, E., Jähn-Rickert, K., Gludovatz, B., Schaible, E., Amling, M., Rauner, M., Hofbauer, L. C., Zimmermann, E. A., & Busse, B. (2022). Dimorphic mechanisms of fragility in diabetes mellitus - the role of reduced collagen fibril deformation. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 37(11), 2259-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.4706
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