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Bart van der Worp

Full Professor

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Biography

Bart van der Worp is a neurologist with a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He has been (co-)Chief Investigator of the randomised stroke trials HAMLET, PAIS, COOLIST, VAST, APACHE-AF, and MR ASAP and is Chief Investigator of PRECIOUS. He is a member of the Dutch CONTRAST consortium which aims to identify and test new treatments for patients with acute ischaemic stroke or intracerebral haemorrhage. He is former President of the European Stroke Organisation.

Research groups

Intracranial vasculopathies

Research aim

Our research focusses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of stroke and intracranial vasculopathies, including cerebral small vessel disease and intracranial aneurysms, with the ultimate goal to improve treatment strategies and prognosis.

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Recent publications

Safety and efficacy of active blood-pressure reduction to the recommended thresholds for intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute ischaemic stroke in the Netherlands (TRUTH) Thomas P. Zonneveld, Sarah E. Vermeer, Erik W. van Zwet, Adrien E.D. Groot, Ale Algra, Leo A.M. Aerden, Kees C.L. Alblas, Frank de Beer, Paul J.A.M. Brouwers, Koen de Gans, H. Maarten A. van Gemert, Bart C.A.M. van Ginneken, Gerke S. Grooters, Patricia H.A. Halkes, Tonny A.M.H.G. van der Heijden-Montfroy, Korné Jellema, Sonja W. de Jong, Harry Lövenich-Ciccarello, Willem D.M. van der Meulen, Edwin W. Peters, Taco C. van der Ree, Michel J.M. Remmers, Edo Richard, Jörgen M.P. Rovers, Ritu Saxena, Sander M. van Schaik, Wouter J. Schonewille, Tobien A.H.C.M.L. Schreuder, Els L.L.M. de Schryver, Wouter J. Schuiling, Fianne H. Spaander, Julia H. van Tuijl, Marieke C. Visser, Sanne M. Zinkstok, Elles Zock, Diederik W.J. Dippel, L. Jaap Kappelle, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Yvo B.W.E.M. Roos, Frederique H. Vermeij, Marieke J.H. Wermer, H. Bart van der Worp, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Nyika D. Kruyt
The Lancet Neurology, 2024, vol. 23, p.807-815
Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke Gang Li, Yapeng Lin, Jie Yang, Craig S. Anderson, Chen Chen, Feifeng Liu, Laurent Billot, Qiang Li, Xiaoying Chen, Xiaoqiu Liu, Xinwen Ren, Chunfang Zhang, Ping Xu, Lijun Wu, Feng Wang, Daijun Qiu, Mei Jiang, Yiqian Peng, Chaohui Li, Yiyang Huang, Xiaohui Zhao, Jiye Liang, Yao Wang, Xiangjun Wu, Xiaoyun Xu, Guofang Chen, Dongya Huang, Yue Zhang, Lian Zuo, Guozhao Ma, Yumei Yang, Junjie Hao, Xiahong Xu, Xinli Xiong, Yueyu Tang, Yijia Guo, Jianping Yu, Shuping Li, Song He, Fengkai Mao, Quandan Tan, Song Tan, Nengwei Yu, Ruxiang Xu, Mingwei Sun, Binghu Li, Jiang Guo, Leibo Liu, Hueiming Liu, H. Bart Van Der Worp,
New England Journal of Medicine, 2024, vol. 390, p.1862-1872
Metoclopramide to Prevent Pneumonia in Patients with Stroke and a Nasogastric Tube Wouter M. Sluis, Jeroen C. De Jonge, Hendrik Reinink, Lisa J. Woodhouse, Willeke F. Westendorp, Philip M. Bath, Diederik Van De Beek, H. Bart Van Der Worp
Stroke, 2024, vol. 55, p.2402-2408
Prevention of infections and fever to improve outcome in older patients with acute stroke (PRECIOUS) Jeroen C. de Jonge, Wouter M. Sluis, Hendrik Reinink, Philip M. Bath, Lisa J. Woodhouse, Berber Zweedijk, Diederik van de Beek, Anne Hege Aamodt, Iris Alpers, Alfonso Ciccone, Laszlo Csiba, Jacques Demotes, Janika Kõrv, Iwona Kurkowska-Jastrzebska, Jesse Dawson, Malcolm R. Macleod, George Ntaios, Sven Poli, Haralampos Milionis, Stefano Ricci, Silvia Cenciarelli, Paolo Candelaresi, Sebastiaan FTM de Bruijn, Rohan Pathansali, Kailash Krishnan, Brian Clarke, Götz Thomalla, H. Bart van der Worp, Henk Kerkhoff, Marieke JH Wermer, Korné Jellema, Vincent IH Kwa, Ben P. Jansen, Tobien AHCML Schreuder, Sanne M. Zinkstok, Walid Moudrous, Katrin Antsov, Katrin Gross-Paju, Inga Kalju, Gerhard F. Hamann, Michael Rosenkranz, Christoph Gumbinger, Georg Royl, Susanne Müller, Sophie Vassilopoulou, Athanasios D. Protogerou, Efstathios Manios, Dániel Bereczki, Gábor Jakab, Ferenc Nagy,
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 2024, vol. 36
Prevalence and 3-month follow-up of cerebrovascular MRI markers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients Theresa J. van Lith, Wouter M. Sluis, Naomi T. Wijers, Frederick J.A. Meijer, Karin Kamphuis van Ulzen, Jeroen de Bresser, Jan Willem Dankbaar, Quirijn de Mast, Frederikus A. Klok, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, Marieke J.H. Wermer, Menno V. Huisman, Anil M. Tuladhar, H. Bart van der Worp, Frank Erik de Leeuw
Neuroradiology, 2024, vol. 66, p.1565-1575
Endovascular treatment of patients with stroke caused by anterior cerebral artery occlusions Erik M. Vos, Manon Kappelhof, Sanne J. den Hartog, Jonathan M. Coutinho, Bart J. Emmer, Bob Roozenbeek, Wim H. van Zwam, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, H. Bart van der Worp, Maarten Uyttenboogaart, Adriaan C.G.M. van Es, Charles B.L.M. Majoie, Diederik W.J. Dippel, Cacha M.P.C.D. Peeters-Scholte, Ido R. van den Wijngaard
Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2024, vol. 124, p.621-630

External positions

national coordinator of an international trial - national coordination of this trial - Bayer

consultant - giving advice - TargED