Lukas Dekker
Department / Institute
RESEARCH PROFILE
Professor Lukas Dekker is a cardiologist at the Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, specialized in diagnosing and treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias. He is also involved in several basic research projects; he, for example, supervises an experimental project in Bordeaux, France, about the role of atrial wall stress in the occurrence as well as treatment of atrial fibrillation. He is part-time professor at the departments of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Lukas Dekker studied medicine in Amsterdam; he finished his cardiology training in 2003 in Amsterdam. In 1996 he finished his PhD about ‘Role of intracellular calcium in ischemic damage and preconditioning in cardiac muscle’ with honours.
From 2008 onwards he works as a cardiologist-electrophysiologist in the Catharina Hospital Eindhoven.
Recent Publications
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Luc J.H.J. Theunissen,Gijs J. van Steenbergen,Henricus Paul Cremers,Dennis van Veghel,Pepijn H. van der Voort,Peter E. Polak,Sylvie F.A.M.S. de Jong,Jaap Seelig,Geert Smits,Hareld M.C. Kemps
The prognostic value of quality of life in atrial fibrillation on patient value
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2023) -
Jasper Vermeer,Tineke Vinck,Bianca de Louw,Stacey Slingerland,Marcel van 't Veer,Marta Regis,Jos-Marien Jansen,Edwin van den Heuvel,Lukas Dekker
Improving outcomes of AF ablation by integrated personalized lifestyle interventions
Clinical Research in Cardiology (2023) -
F.E. Vervaat,A. van der Gaag,C. Smetsers,P.C. Barneveld,M. van 't Veer,K. Teeuwen,H. van Suijlekom,L. Dekker,I.F. Wijnbergen
Design and rationale of the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation in patients with refractory angina pectoris (SCRAP) trial
Clinical Cardiology (2023) -
Jonna A. van der Stam,Saskia L.M. van Loon,Natal A.W. van Riel,Lukas R. Dekker,Arjen-Kars Boer,Patrick Houthuizen,Volkher Scharnhorst
Prognostic Value of Combined Biomarkers in Patients With Heart Failure
Annals of Laboratory Medicine (2023) -
J.L.P.M. (Maarten) van den Broek,Samaneh Heydari,Zhuozhao Zhan,Marcel van ’t Veer,Federica Sammali,Sebastiaan Overeem,Edwin R. van den Heuvel,Lukas R. Dekker
Can body position be arrhythmogenic?
Sleep Medicine (2023)
Ancillary Activities
- cardioloog, Catharina Ziekenhuis