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ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Prof. Andy Baker

ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Prof. Andy Baker

15 April 2024

Prof. Andy Baker (Dept of Pathology) has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant of €2,5M for his research project PolymiRize: Poly-miRNA targeting to prevent and reverse complex tissue remodelling after acute cardiovascular events'.

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Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation

Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation

15 April 2024

An international panel of experts published recommendations to improve management of atrial fibrillation (AF).

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Christian Knackstedt

Associate professor

Dr Christian Knackstedt was born in in Giessen (Germany). After completing his secondary school (Gymnasium) in Münster, he started his medical training at the University of Münster, Germany. During his studies, he spent some time abroad in France, Switzerland, and the US and finally obtained his medical degree.

After an interim position at the Department of Cardiology, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum, Bad Oeynhausen, he soon moved to the University Hospital at the RWTH Aachen University where he pursued his formation as internist and cardiologist. Also, he succeeded in obtaining his German 'promotion' and later 'habilitation' besides passing the board examinations for internal medicine, cardiology and sport medicine. Gaining some more expertise in the field of sport cardiology as a senior physician at the Institute of Cardiology and Sports medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, he finally returned to his roots as a clinical cardiologist at Maastricht UMC+. He now holds a position as senior physician with an expertise in heart failure.

My research interest has always been the niche between heart failure and imaging/ mostly echocardiography. One of the topics I am currently interested in, is early detection of cardiac dysfunction. This goes hand in hand with the application of new echocardiographic techniques in the clinical practice. Also, I have been engaged and involved in research activities to improve therapy of heart failure by different means.

Christian-knackstedt

Department of Cardiology
Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht

  • 2024
    • Tingen, H. S. A., Tubben, A., Bijzet, J., van den Berg, M. P., van der Meer, P., Houwerzijl, E. J., Muntinghe, F. L. H., van der Zwaag, P. A., Glaudemans, A. W. J. M., Oerlemans, M. I. F. J., Knackstedt, C., Michels, M., Hirsch, A., Hazenberg, B. P. C., Slart, R. H. J. A., & Nienhuis, H. L. A. (2024). Cardiac [99mTc]Tc-hydroxydiphosphonate uptake on bone scintigraphy in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: an early follow-up marker?European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 51(3), 681-690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-023-06459-y
    • Boeckmans, J., Sandrin, L., Knackstedt, C., & Schattenberg, J. M. (2024). Liver stiffness as a cornerstone in heart disease risk assessment. Liver International, 44(2), 344-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.15801
    • Nebhwani, M., Chaibekava, K., Achten, A., Oerlemans, M. I. F. J., Michels, M., van der Meer, P., Nienhuis, H. L. A., Weerts, J., van Empel, V., Rocca, H. P. B. L., Wijk, S. S. V., van der Pol, J., & Knackstedt, C. (2024). Detection of cardiac amyloidosis on routine bone scintigraphy: an important gatekeeper role for the nuclear medicine physician. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-024-03085-z
    • HENKENS, MICHIEL. T. H. M., RAAFS, ANNE. G., VANLOON, T. I. M., VOS, JACQUELINE. L., VANDENWIJNGAARD, ARTHUR., BRUNNER, HAN. G., KRAPELS, INGRID. P. C., KNACKSTEDT, CHRISTIAN., GERRETSEN, SUZANNE., HAZEBROEK, MARK. R., VERNOOY, KEVIN., NIJVELDT, ROBIN., LUMENS, JOOST., & VERDONSCHOT, JOB. A. J. (2024). Left Atrial Function in Patients with Titin Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 30(1), 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.05.013
    • Gingele, A. J., Brandts, L., Vossen, K., Knackstedt, C., Boyne, J., & Rocca, H. P. B. L. (2024). Prognostic value of signs and symptoms in heart failure patients using remote telemonitoring. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 30(1), 180–185. Article 1357633X211039404. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X211039404
  • 2023
    • Knackstedt, C., Ramaekers, B., Schummers, G., Schreckenberg, M., Faessen, J., Marx, N., Becker, M., Sanders-van Wijk, S., van Empel, V., Norra, C., Kunert, H. J., Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P., & PsychEcho study group (2023). Influence of Individual Personality Traits of the Reader on Visual Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Another Reason to Abandon Visual Assessment. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(12), 1332-1335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2023.08.015
    • Weerts, J., Amin, H., Barandiarán Aizpurua, A., Gevaert, A. B., Handoko, M. L., Dauw, J., Tun, H. N., Rommel, K.-P., Verbrugge, F. H., Kresoja, K.-P., Sanders-van Wijk, S., Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P., Bayés-Genís, A., Lumens, J., Knackstedt, C., & van Empel, V. P. M. (2023). Webtool to enhance the accuracy of diagnostic algorithms for HFpEF: a prospective cross-over study. Esc heart failure, 10(6), 3493 - 3503. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14525
    • Kerstens, T. P., Weerts, J., van Dijk, A. P. J., Weijers, G., Knackstedt, C., Eijsvogels, T. M. H., Oxborough, D., van Empel, V. P. M., & Thijssen, D. H. J. (2023). Association of left ventricular strain-volume loop characteristics with adverse events in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 24(9), 1168-1176. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jead117
    • Raafs, A. G., Adriaans, B. P., Henkens, M. T. H. M., Verdonschot, J. A. J., Abdul Hamid, M. A., Díez, J., Knackstedt, C., van Empel, V. P. M., Brunner-La Rocca, H. P., González, A., Wildberger, J. E., Heymans, S. R. B., & Hazebroek, M. R. (2023). Biomarkers of Collagen Metabolism Are Associated with Left Ventricular Function and Prognosis in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Multi-Modal Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(17), Article 5695. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175695
    • van Mourik, M. J. W., Linz, D., Verwijs, H. J. A., Bekkers, S. C. A. M., Weerts, J., Schotten, U., Rocca, H. B.-L., Lumens, J., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Weijs, B., & Knackstedt, C. (2023). Evaluating subclinical left ventricular and left atrial dysfunction in idiopathic atrial fibrillation: A speckle-tracking based strain-analysis. International Journal of Cardiology, 383(1), 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.04.024
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