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Research interests

The focus of my research lies on the Second European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST-2). The ECST-2 is a study in which we randomize between using only optimized medical treatment (OMT) or OMT combined with carotid revascularization (CEA) in patients who suffered stroke due to a plaque in the internal carotid artery. My field of interest will be the clinical outcome in Dutch patients, but with a focus on the cost-effectiveness of the CEA.

Furthermore I am interested in the role of inflammation in carotid plaques and in new MRI techniques that might be better in predicting future stroke in patients with an internal carotid artery plaque.

specialisation

Vascular neurology, with a special focus on the carotid artery and ischemic stroke

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