Kevin Vernooy

Professor

Prof. Kevin Vernooy became a medical docter in 2003 at the Maastricht University. He finished his PhD in 2006 on cardiac resynchronisation therapy at Maastricht University. In 2012, he finished his Cardiology training and subspecialiation in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias as an clinical electrophysiologist at Maastricht UMC+

Since 2012, he has been working at Maastricht UMC+ as a clinical electrophysiologist. Since 2014, he has been heading the divion of clinical electrophysiology in the Department of Cardiology and since 2018 the research on cardiac arrhythmias at the Department of Cardiology at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen.

His research focusses on the invasive treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with heart failure.

In 2020, he became a Professor in clinical electrophysiology entitled “Electrical management of heart failure”. Since March 2021, he has been chairing the head of department of cardiology at the MUMC+ and leader of the Division Heart at CARIM.

Department of Cardiology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
M: +31(0)620 198 657

2026
- Engels, M. D. E. A., Hermans, A. N. L., Hermans, B. J. M., Luermans, J., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Hendriks, J. M. L., Lankveld, T., Kessels, M. V. M., Vorstermans, B. J. G. H., Beukema, R. J., Vernooy, K., Heesen, W., & Linz, D. K. (2026). Smartphone application-based heart rhythm monitoring to cancel scheduled electrical cardioversion in patients with spontaneous conversion of presumed persistent atrial fibrillation: TeleConvert-AF. European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 7(2), Article ztaf140. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf140
- Chiu, C. S. L., Gerrits, W., Rier, S. C., Wouters, P. C., Cramer, M. J., Van Der Bilt, I. A. C., Van Der Harst, P., Girgin, M. I., Vernooy, K., Van Stipdonk, A. M. W., Van Halm, V. P., Van Dijk, V. F., Ghani, A., Maass, A. H., Yap, S. C., Van Slochteren, F. J., Meine, M., & Guglielmo, M. (2026). Left atrioventricular coupling index in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-026-03641-9
- Van Cauteren, Y. J. M., Heuts, S., Bijvoet, G. P., Wildberger, J. E., Vernooy, K., Kim, R. J., Heitner, J. F., Klem, I., Beijnink, C. W. H., Nijveldt, R., Heijman, J., Bekkers, S. C. A. M., Smulders, M. W., & Mihl, C. (2026). Diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of CMR in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, Article jeaf356. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeaf356
- Hermans, B. J., Farnir, F. I., Bijvoet, G. P., Larsen, B. S., Jespersen, T., Jerltorp, K., Holtackers, R. J., Mihl, C., Schotten, U., Vernooy, K., Luermans, J. G., Chaldoupi, S.-M., & Linz, D. (2026). Visualization of monopolar biphasic focal pulsed field ablation lesions 3 months after pulmonary vein isolation on high-resolution 3-dimensional dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance images. Heart Rhythm, 23(2), 243-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.07.047
- Van Koll, J., Joza, J., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Lumens, J., & Vernooy, K. (2026). Whole-heart electro-mechanical optimization: an integrative systems approach to modern cardiac pacing. Expert Review of Medical Devices. https://doi.org/10.1080/17434440.2026.2632135
- Heymans, A. B. M., van de Leur, R. R., Wang, P., González-López, E., Venner, M. F. G. H. M., Beelen, N. J., Muller, S. A., Mora-Ayestarán, N., Ramos, N., Faassen, I. M. E., Stroeks, S. L. V. M., Soria, M., van der Crabben, S. N., ter Bekke, R. M. A., van Es, R., Vernooy, K., te Riele, A. S. J. M., García-Pavía, P., Heymans, S. R. B., & Verdonschot, J. A. J. (2026). Detection of Titin-Associated Electrocardiography Features in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Using Conventional and Deep Neural Network Analysis. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 12(2), 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.10.006
- Marques, V. G., Gharaviri, A., Ozgul, O., Pezzuto, S., Auricchio, A., Vernooy, K., Linz, D., Hermans, B., Bonizzi, P., Zeemering, S., & Schotten, U. (2026). Ablation of atrial fibrillation sources identified through sequential high-density mapping: in silico comparison against anatomy-based approaches. EP Europace, 28(1), Article euaf304. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf304
- Farnir, F. I. P., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Hermans, B., Johannessen, A., Haugdal, M. A., Ruwald, M. H., Tasnim Mohaissen, J. G. L. M., Saljic, A., Jerltorp, K., Nissen, S. D., Hertel, J. N., Farnir, F., Jespersen, T., Schotten, U., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Vernooy, K., Hansen, J., & Linz, D. (2026). Ablation of cavo-tricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutter using a focal monopolar pulsed-field ablation catheter: Feasibility, periprocedural coronary spasms and conduction disorders. Heart Rhythm, 23(1), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.07.001
- Burri, H., Kozhuharov, N., Bode, K., Cano, O., Curila, K., Drossart, I., Geller, L., Heidbuchel, H., Jastrzebski, M., Karvonen, J., Leclercq, C., Merino, J. L., Pürerfellner, H., Tijssen, J., Traykov, V., van Gelder, I., Vernooy, K., Whinnett, Z., & Brignole, M. (2026). Catheter Ablation of atrial fibrillation vs. atrioventricular nodal ablation with Conduction system pacing in persistent atrial fibrillation and heart failure (ABACUS): rationale and design. European heart journal open, 6(1), Article oeag007. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeag007
- Huang, H., Hu, Y., Li, H., Cheng, S., Jiang, Y., Weng, S., He, P., Yang, J., Chen, G., Liu, X., Pei, J., Chen, L., Gu, M., Ding, L., Niu, H., Jin, H., Pan, X., Vernooy, K., Prinzen, F. W., & Hua, W. (2026). Left bundle branch vs biventricular pacing: mechanistic insights from a canine model. European Heart Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1093

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