Michael Jacobs

Professor

Prof. Michael Jacobs has obtained his medical doctor degree at the University of Limburg, Maastricht. His PhD research focussed on microcirculation in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Following his surgical residency, he was trained as a cardiovascular surgeon at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, USA. He was appointed chief of vascular surgery at the Amsterdam Medical Center in 1992 and started research programmes concentrating on assessment of spinal cord function in thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair and preventive strategies by means of selective organ perfusion and motor evoked potentials. In 2000, he was invited to Maastricht UMC+ to chair the Department of Surgery and create an integrated heart- and vascular center (HVC). Research addressed pre-operative imaging of the blood supplying arteries of the spinal cord in TAAA patients, and the role of arginine and nitric oxide (NO) metabolism in patients undergoing extensive aortic repair. In 2005, he also accepted the chair of Vascular Surgery at the RWTH University Hospital in Aachen, Germany.

He yearly organises the European Vascular Course, hosting around 2,000 cardiovascular specialists from all over the world.

Department of Vascular Surgery
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht T: +31(0)43 387 22 79

2024
- Frankort, J., Krabbe, J., Otte, N., Doukas, P., Krabbe, H., Jacobs, M. J., & Gombert, A. (2024). Posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life in patients after open thoracoabdominal aortic repair. Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 53(1), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a001103
2023
- Shekarchian, S., Van Laanen, J., Barbati, M. E., Vleugels, M.-J., Nelemans, P., Razavi, M. K., Mees, B., Jacobs, M. J., & Jalaie, H. (2023). Quality of Life after Stenting for Iliofemoral Venous Obstruction: A Randomised Controlled Trial with One Year Follow Up. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 66(5), 678-685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.07.044
- Frankort, J., Mees, B., Doukas, P., Keszei, A., Kontopodis, N., Antoniou, G. A., Jacobs, M. J., & Gombert, A. (2023). Systematic Review of the Effect of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage on Outcomes After Endovascular Descending Thoracic/Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 66(4), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.05.006
- Ganizada, B. H., Reesink, K. D., Parikh, S., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Akbulut, A. C., Saraber, P. J. M. H., Debeij, G. P., Jaminon, A. M., Natour, E., Lorusso, R., Wildberger, J. E., Mees, B., Schurink, G. W., Jacobs, M. J., Cleutjens, J., Krapels, I., Gombert, A., Maessen, J. G., Accord, R., ... MUMC TAA Student Team (2023). The Maastricht Acquisition Platform for Studying Mechanisms of Cell-Matrix Crosstalk (MAPEX): An Interdisciplinary and Systems Approach towards Understanding Thoracic Aortic Disease. Biomedicines, 11(8), Article 2095. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11082095
- Elfeky, M., Barbati, M. E., Schleimer, K., Gombert, A., Piao, L., Shekarchian, S., Jacobs, M., Razavi, M., & Jalaie, H. (2023). Factors associated with difficulty in stenting the chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction. International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology, 42(4), 337-343. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0392-9590.23.05001-0
- Smorenburg, S. P. M., Lely, R. J., van Kelckhoven, B. J., Vermeulen, E. G., Yeung, K. K., Kruse, R. R., Kraai, M., Stassen, C. M., Jacobs, M. J., & Hoksbergen, A. W. J. (2023). Initial Clinical Experience With AneuFix Injectable Biocompatible Elastomer for Translumbar Embolization of Type 2 Endoleaks. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15266028231165731
- Doukas, P., Hellfritsch, G., Wendt, D., Magliani, M., Barbati, M. E., Jalaie, H., Jacobs, M. J., & Gombert, A. (2023). Intraoperative Hemoadsorption (Cytosorb (TM)) during Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(2), Article 546. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020546
2022
- Petsophonsakul, P., Burgmaier, M., Willems, B., Heeneman, S., Stadler, N., Gremse, F., Reith, S., Burgmaier, K., Kahles, F., Marx, N., Natour, E., Bidar, E., Jacobs, M., Mees, B., Reutelingsperger, C., Furmanik, M., & Schurgers, L. (2022). Nicotine promotes vascular calcification via intracellular Ca2+-mediated, Nox5-induced oxidative stress and extracellular vesicle release in vascular smooth muscle cells. Cardiovascular Research, 118(9), 2196-2210. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab244
- Heuts, S., Adriaans, B. P., Kawczynski, M. J., Daemen, J. H. T., Natour, E., Lorusso, R., Schalla, S., Maessen, J. G., Wildberger, J. E., Jacobs, M. J., Rylski, B., & Bidar, E. (2022). Extending Aortic Replacement Beyond the Proximal Arch in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A Meta-Analysis of Short Term Outcomes and Long Term Actuarial Survival. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 63(5), 674-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.12.045
- Piao, L., Barbati, M. E., Shekarchian, S., Jacobs, M. J., Razavi, M., Rass, K., & Jalaie, H. (2022). Comparison of endovascular strategy versus hybrid procedure in treatment of chronic venous obstructions involving the confluence of common femoral vein. Journal of Vascular Surgery. Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 10(2), 334-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.08.016

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