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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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Rachel ter Bekke

Assistant Professor

Dr. R.M.A. ter Bekke is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist with a passion for precision medicine in cardiac arrhythmias. At Maastricht University Medical Center+ and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), she combines clinical care for patients with complex ventricular tachycardia (VT) with translational research on the genetic, electrical, and structural mechanisms underlying life-threatening arrhythmias.

She aims to translate insights from genetics, imaging, and electrophysiology into improved diagnosis and personalized treatment. Together with a multidisciplinary team, she established the VT-TRACT care pathway, which integrates genetic testing, advanced multimodality imaging (including photon-counting CT, 3D-MRI, and ECG imaging), and ablation procedures into a single continuum of care. Within this framework, she applies innovative therapies such as minimally invasive hybrid VT ablation, a unique collaboration between cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, and stereotactic arrhythmia radiotherapy (STAR) for patients with therapy-resistant arrhythmias.

Her research focuses on understanding how genetic variation and myocardial scar formation promote arrhythmia and how artificial intelligence can improve risk prediction and treatment selection. Dr. ter Bekke serves as principal investigator within the STOPSTORM consortium, a European research initiative dedicated to developing safe and effective STAR therapy for VT.

She has received multiple awards for his work, including the CARIM Dissertation Award and an NWO Veni grant. She is an active contributor to educational programs of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).

Rachel-ter-bekke

Department of Cardiology
Address: P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
Room number: 3.B2.025
T: +31 (0)43 387 70 95

  • 2025
    • Gawalko, M., Habibi, Z., Verhaert, D. V. M., Engels, M., Weerts, J., Adriaans, B., Chaldoupi, S.-M., ter Bekke, R. M. A., Den Uijl, D. W., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Van Empel, V. P. M., Schotten, U., Vernooy, K., & Linz, D. (2025). Discordance between left atrial pressure and risk scores in assessment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation. EP Europace, 27(10), Article euaf245. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf245
    • ter Bekke, R. M. A., van Rooij, T., Volders, P. G. A., & Hocini, M. (2025). Targeted ablation of the distal Purkinje-myocardium interface for premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy by delayed Purkinje conduction-induced re-excitation: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 9(8), Article ytaf335. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf335
    • Oebel, S., Garcia, J. G., Arya, A., Jahnke, C., Paetsch, I., Loebe, S., Bode, K., ter Bekke, R. M. A., Vernooy, K., Dagres, N., Hindricks, G., & Darma, A. (2025). Late gadolinium enhancement imaging for the prediction of ventricular tachycardia ablation outcome. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 68(5), 1075-1085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-025-02017-8
    • Linz, D., Gulpen, J., Engels, M., Hendriks, J. M., Tjong, F., Mulder, B. A., Weijs, B., Pisters, R., Hemels, M., Ter Bekke, R., Beukema, R., Evens, S., Pürerfellner, H., Merino, J. L., Gunawardene, M., Chun, K.-R. J., & Yap, S.-C. (2025). Digital pulse self-measurement by a photoplethysmography smartphone application in the general population: The "#PulseDay in The Netherlands" awareness campaign. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf142
    • Rademaker, R., Cirkel, S., Omara, S., Dankers, F., Sramko, M., Solana Munoz, J., Kaya, Y. S., Ter Bekke, R., Schiappacasse, L., Teres, C., Verhoeven, K., Pruvot, E., Rasch, C., & Zeppenfeld, K. (2025). Excellent interobserver agreement and steep learning curve for target volume delineation for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation using a commercial software. EP Europace, 27(7), Article euaf122. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf122
    • Ter Bekke, R. M. A., Hohmann, S., Xie, J., Grehn, M., Verhoeven, K., Volders, P. G. A., Mihl, C., Kaya, Y. S., Manninger, M., Scherr, D., Corradini, S., Schweikard, A., Rademaker, R., Hoeksema, W. F., Schiappacasse, L., Knybel, L., Pruvot, E., Postema, P. G., Peichl, P., ... Boda-Heggemann, J. (2025). Transfer of arrhythmia substrate targets from the cardiac electroanatomical and imaging modalities to the planning computed tomography scan for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for refractory ventricular tachycardia - a state-of-the-art review on software developments on behalf of the STOPSTORM.eu consortium. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 210, Article 111004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111004
    • Manninger, M., Lercher, I., Hermans, A. N. L., Isaksen, J. L., Prassl, A. J., Zirlik, A., Vernooy, K., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Luermans, J., Ter Bekke, R. M. A., Kanters, J. K., Plank, G., Scherr, D., Pock, T., & Linz, D. (2025). Machine-learning guided differentiation between photoplethysmography waveforms of supraventricular and ventricular origin. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 267, Article 108798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2025.108798
    • de Riva, M., Evertz, R., Lukac, P., Dekker, L. R. C., Blaauw, Y., ter Bekke, R. M. A., Kimura, Y., Beukema, R. J., Ouss, A., Mulder, B. A., Vernooy, K., Wijnmaalen, A. P., & Zeppenfeld, K. (2025). Evoked delayed potential ablation for post-myocardial infarction ventricular tachycardia: results from a large prospective multicentre study. EP Europace, 27(2), Article euaf003. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf003
    • Manninger, M., Zweiker, D., Hovakimyan, T., Matusik, P. T., Conti, S., Ollitrault, P., Aro, A., Mulder, B. A., Dichtl, W., Heeger, C. H., ter Bekke, R. M. A., Gul, E. E., Weijs, B., Rahm, A. K., Darma, A., Evranos, B., Sabbag, A., Moroka, K., Traykov, V., ... Linz, D. (2025). Author's Reply to “Digital Devices for Arrhythmia Detection: What Is Still Missing?”. Clinical Cardiology, 48(2), Article e70092. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.70092
    • Deissler, P. M., Volders, P. G. A., & Ter Bekke, R. M. A. (2025). The Electromechanical Window for Arrhythmia-Risk Assessment. Heart Rhythm, 22(1), 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.06.012
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