Researchers Bart van der Worp

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.

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Contact

hworp@umcutrecht.nl

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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

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Early treatment of Atrial fibrillation for Stroke prevention Trial in acute STROKE (EAST-STROKE) Märit Jensen, Antonia Zapf, Anika Buchholz, Annika Möhl, Jason G. Andrade, Alan Cameron, Bruce C.V. Campbell, Urs Fischer, Michael D. Hill, Peter Kelly, Jonathan M. Kalman, Peter Loh, Carlos Molina, Eduard Guasch, Andreas Metzner, G. André Ng, Jorge Pagola, Octávio M. Pontes-Neto, Tobias Reichlin, Rustam Al Shahi Salman, Ashkan Shoamanesh, Luciano A. Sposato, H. Bart van der Worp, Paulus Kirchhof, Götz Thomalla
European Stroke Journal, 2026, vol. 11

The importance of advocacy in advancing stroke care Michelle L.A. Nelson, Maria Grupper, HB B. van der Worp, Nicoletta Brunelli, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Kaiz Asif, Ruth Asperen, Angelique Balguid, Sarah Belson, Deidre A. De Silva, Belen Velazquez Garcia, Signe Haughton, Yong Jiang, Amy Mason, Sheila Martins, Pamela Naidoo, Jeyaraj Pandian, Michele Schaub Jackson, Katherine Setum, Christina Sperling, Yongjun Wang, Bo Norrving
International Journal of Stroke, 2026, vol. 21, p.584-590

Endovascular treatment in patients with renal dysfunction Erik M. Vos, Cacha M.P.C.D. Peeters-Scholte, Sanne J. den Hartog, Hester F. Lingsma, Wim H. van Zwam, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Maarten Uyttenboogaart, Adriaan C.G.M. van Es, Charles L.M. Majoie, Bart van der Worp, Jonathan M. Coutinho, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Nyika D. Kruyt, Diederik W.J. Dippel, Bob Roozenbeek, Ido R. van den Wijngaard
European Stroke Journal, 2026, vol. 11

Asundexian for Secondary Stroke Prevention Mukul Sharma, Qiang Dong, Teruyuki Hirano, Scott E Kasner, Jeffrey L Saver, Jaime Masjuan, Andrew M Demchuk, Charlotte Cordonnier, Daniel Bereczki, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Roland Veltkamp, Ivan Staikov, Hee-Joon Bae, Bruce C V Campbell, Andrea Zini, I-Hui Lee, Martin Kovar, Robert Mikulik, Robin Lemmens, José M Ferro, Thompson Robinson, Hanne Christensen, Serefnur Ozturk, Ronen R Leker, Peter Turcani, Agnieszka Slowik, Pablo Amaya, Fan Kee Hoo, Gian Marco De Marchis, Michael Knoflach, P N Sylaja, Jukka Putaala, Jonathan M Coutinho, H Bart van der Worp, Evija Miglane, Vaidas Matijošaitis, Arne G Lindgren, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Else Charlotte Sandset, Saule T Turuspekova, Pierre Amarenco, Kevin N Sheth, Eric E Smith, John W Eikelboom, Raed A Joundi, Karleen Schulze, Lizhen Xu, Laura Heenan, Pablo Colorado, Lars Keller,
The New England journal of medicine, 2026, vol. 394, p.1467-1479

Deep learning-based automated segmentation of intracerebral haemorrhage, intraventricular haemorrhage and perihaematomal oedema on non-contrast CT Floor N.H. Wilting, Jules P.J. Douwes, Ajay Patel, Floris H.B.M. Schreuder, Ruben Dammers, Gerjon Hannink, Wilmar M.T. Jolink, Sjoert A.H. Pegge, Lotte Sondag, Marieke J.H. Wermer, H. Bart van der Worp, Frederick J.A. Meijer, Catharina J.M. Klijn
European Stroke Journal, 2026, vol. 11

The effects of prophylactic use of paracetamol on body temperature and blood pressure in elderly patients with acute stroke Jeroen C. de Jonge, Wouter M. Sluis, Hendrik Reinink, Philip Bath, Lisa J. Woodhouse, Diederik van de Beek, Anne Hege Aamodt, Alfonso Ciccone, Janika Kõrv, Iwona Kurkowska-Jastrzebska, Milani Deb-Chatterji, Jesse Dawson, George Ntaios, Götz Thomalla, H. Bart van der Worp,
PLoS ONE, 2026, vol. 21

External positions

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

consultant - giving advice - TargED