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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Rationale and design of the BECA project
Resuscitation Plus (2024) -
Prehospital risk assessment and direct transfer to a percutaneous coronary intervention centre in suspected acute coronary syndrome
Heart (2024) -
Re-ordered fuzzy conformance checking for uncertain clinical records
Journal of Biomedical Informatics (2024) -
The prognostic value of quality of life in atrial fibrillation on patient value
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2023) -
Careful Curation of Care Content
International Journal of Design (2023)
Ancillary Activities
- cardioloog, Catharina Ziekenhuis