Jos Maessen

Professor

Prof. Jos Maessen joined a young Maastricht University community in 1978 and stayed there after graduation in Medicine, obtaining his PhD, and being trained as a cardiothoracic surgeon, to become professor and chief of the Department of Cardiothoracic surgery as well as Principal Investigator in CARIM in 2005. From a rather non-academic clinical department, his group turned into an important clinical partner for basic scientists within CARIM initiating and supporting many translational research projects. Apart from delivering the best possible care his team is convinced that this approach is the best and shortest way to innovate the cardiac surgical profession. Crossing borders leads to new opportunities. Surgeons and electrophysiologists developed hybrid treatment modalities for AF treatment with better results and new research opportunities. Similarly, in reconstructive surgery of the aorta and mitral valve, combining treatment with virtual reality, modeling and experimental imaging, outcome improved and the results raised new hypotheses for basis research.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
Room number: 3.C2.023
T: +31(0)43 387 11 25

2025
- Ko, K., Heuts, S., Tjon Joek Tjien, A., Sardari Nia, P., Maessen, J. G., Houterman, S., Singh, S. K., Boon, R., Tonino, P., Verberkmoes, N., Olsthoorn, J. R., & Cardiothoracic Surgery Registration Committee of the Netherlands Heart Registration (2025). Textbook Outcome in Mitral Valve Surgery-Results from the Netherlands Heart Registration. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf422. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf422
- Verberght, H. C. R., Delnoij, T. S. R., Suverein, M. M., Lunsing, J., Hermanides, R. C., Otterspoor, L., Elzo Kraemer, C. V., Vlaar, A. P. J., Van Der Heijden, J. J., Scholten, E., Uil, C. A. D., Miranda, D. D. R., Akin, S., Metz, J. D., Van Der Horst, I. C. C., Mathot, B. J., De Jonge, J., Nijboer, M. W. N., De Meijer, V. E., ... Van De Poll, M. C. G. (2025). Organ Donor Potential After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Transplantation, 39(11), Article e70382. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70382
- Husen, T. F., Genechten, S. V., Claessens, J., Packle, L., Heuts, S., Maessen, J. G., & Yilmaz, A. (2025). Y-Graft Versus In Situ Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries in Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 20(6), 547-554. https://doi.org/10.1177/15569845251377059
- Heuts, S., Hjij, W., Kawczynski, M. J., Olsthoorn, J. R., Tjon Joek Tjien, A., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Maessen, J. G., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). Defining centres of expertise for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and volume-outcome meta-analysis. Heart, 111(20), 984-991. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325048
- Swinnen, B., Olsthoorn, J. R., Mihl, C., Smulders, M. W., Singh, S. K., van Brakel, T., van der Horst, I. C. C., Mingels, A. M. A., Myers, P. O., van 't Hof, A. W. J., Gorgels, A. P. M., Thielmann, M., De Caterina, R., Cerqueira, R. J., Bonaros, N., Oosterlinck, W., Jacobs, S., Lorusso, R., Bidar, E., ... Heuts, S. (2025). Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Current Clinical Practices and Future Perspectives. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(10), Article ezaf344. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf344
- Mané-Damas, M., Schöttler, A. K., Marcuse, F., Molenaar, P., Mohile, T., Hoeijmakers, J., Hochstenbag, M., Damoiseaux, J., Maessen, J., Abdul-Hamid, M., Zur Hausen, A., de Baets, M., Losen, M., & Martinez-Martinez, P. (2025). Myasthenia gravis with antibodies against the AChR, current knowledge on pathophysiology and an update on treatment strategies with special focus on targeting plasma cells. Autoimmunity Reviews, 24(10), Article 103875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2025.103875
- He, H., Yu, C., Yang, Y., Maessen, J. G., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). Three-dimensional reconstruction and virtual simulation of patient-specific anatomy for procedural planning in thoracoscopic segmentectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(9), Article ezaf283. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf283
- Kawczynski, M. J., Gilbers, M. D., Winters, J., Maesen, B., Isaacs, A., Linz, D., Rienstra, M., van Gelder, I., Maessen, J. G., Bidar, E., & Schotten, U. (2025). Right atrial endomysial fibrosis is associated with increased postoperative atrial fibrillation burden during 2.5 years of continuous rhythm monitoring after cardiac surgery including atrial arrhythmia surgery: RACE V Tissue Bank Study. EP Europace, 27(9), Article euaf207. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf207
- Swinnen, B., Kawczynski, M. J., Mingels, A. M. A., Wildberger, J. E., Mihl, C., Smulders, M. W., Maessen, J. G., Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C., & Heuts, S. (2025). The prognostic impact of prevailing definitions of periprocedural myocardial infarction in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. European heart journal - Quality of care & clinical outcomes, 11(6), 847-856. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf043
- Romeo, J. L., Vriesendorp, P. A., Gerritsen, K., Nader, M., Mahtab, E., Maessen, J. G., van 't Hof, A. W. J., Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C., van Rosmalen, F., van der Horst, I. C. C., Mingels, A. M. A., & Heuts, S. (2025). Modeling creatine-kinase MB concentrations following coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 170(3), 752-760.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.08.019

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Jos Maessen

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