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Catheter treatment is not only effective, but also cost-effective for ischemic stroke

Catheter treatment is not only effective, but also cost-effective for ischemic stroke

29 September 2026

With ischemic stroke, every minute counts. However, many patients do not seek hospital care until it is too late, for example, because symptoms are not immediately recognized or because people wake up with signs of neurological deficits. As a result, a group of patients is no longer eligible for catheter treatment. 

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Platelets: more than a band-aid

Platelets: more than a band-aid

23 September 2026

Some processes in our body might seem obvious to us. If you cut your finger, the bleeding will stop shortly and form a scab. Behind that seemingly simple process hides a sophisticated system of platelets and clotting factors. By now, we know that platelets do much more than halt bleeding: they function as information carriers and regulators of disease processes. 

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Barend Mees

Assistant Professor

Dr Barend Mees studied medicine at LUMC in Leiden and completed his training as General and Vascular Surgeon at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. He subsequently spent almost three years in Melbourne, Australia, to further specialise in Endovascular Surgery. Since May 2014 he has been a consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Maastricht UMC+ and UniKlinik Aachen, Germany. His clinical area of interest is the (endovascular) treatment of (complex) aortic disease and peripheral arterial disease. He is the research coordinator of the Department of Vascular Surgery and has obtained a PhD in Vascular Biology from Erasmus MC, INSERM (U689, Paris) and Max-Planck Institute (Bad Nauheim, Germany).

His main research focus areas are vascular biology, tissue engineering and innovative endovascular techniques. He is member of the leadership of the Cardiovascular Moonshot of RegMedXB and member of the management team of the InScite XS-GRAFT project. He is the inventor of the MAZE Box, a novel hands-on simulator for Endovascular Surgery and tutor for Vascular International. Dr Mees has been examiner of the UEMS FEBVS examination since 2017. He is organiser of the I-MEET congress and co-director of the European Vascular Course.

Barend-mees

Department of Vascular Surgery
P. Debeyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T:+31(0)43 387 74 78

  • 2026
    • van Vliet, L., Zonnebeld, N., Delhaas, T., Ganesan, R., Huijsse, I., Mees, B., Tordoir, J., Huberts, W., & Snoeijs, M. (2026). Blood flow rate predictions in arteriovenous fistulas: Combining physics-based modelling with data-driven models. Journal of Computational Science, 100, Article 102966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2026.102966
    • Dioni, P., Bertoglio, L., D'Amico, F., Secemsky, E. A., Hussain, M. A., Schermerhorn, M. L., Antonello, M., Tshomba, Y., Gennai, S., Pratesi, G., Farber, M., Jongkind, V., Tessarek, J., Holden, A., Delaney, C., Mani, K., Saricilar, E. C., Gallitto, E., Khashram, M., ... D'Oria, M. (2026). The Role of Intravascular Ultrasound in Aortoiliac Endovascular Interventions: International Expert-Based Delphi Consensus. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1177/15266028261479540
    • Hers, F., van Rangelrooij, L. E., van den Hurk, J., van de Sanden, L., van Driel, W. J., Nieuwenhuijzen, G. A. P., Mees, B. M. E., Staphorst, M. S., Nielen, M. M. J., & Wouters, M. W. J. M. (2026). Advancing learning health care systems with best practice meetings: a mixed-methods study with insights from the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 38(3), Article mzag111. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzag111
    • Oliny, A., Marques de Marino, P., Resch, T. A., Holden, A., Pratesi, G., Tsilimparis, N., Mees, B., Kölbel, T., Kalder, J., Ruffino, M. A., Saha, P., Haulon, S., & BeSafe Collaborators (2026). Early Results from the BeSafe Multicentre Prospective Study Evaluating a New Dedicated Bridging Stent for Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 72(1), 42-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.10.057
    • Mussa, F. F., Mees, B. M. E., Verhagen, H. J., Fleishmann, D., & Miller, D. C. (2026). Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection: Are US-Based Societal Guidelines Delaying Science?Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.039
    • Rasiah, M. G., Konings, T. J. A. J., Nio, A., Moriconi, S., Patel, A. S., Smith, A., Gkoutzios, P., Abdelhalim, M. A., Delhaas, T., Cardoso, M. J., Lamata, P., Mees, B. M. E., & Modarai, B. (2026). In silico modelling of changes in spinal cord blood flow after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 280, Article 109336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2026.109336
    • Davies, H., Boalot, A., Howitt, A., Vleugels, M.-J., Tam, S. K. P., Kwan, J. Y., Black, S., Francis, I., Bull, C., Mees, B. M. E., Mitchell, S., & Russell, D. (2026). Analgesic strategies for ischaemic pain in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain reports, 11(2), Article e1426. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001426
    • van den Hurk, J., Hers, F., Van De Sanden, L., Mees, B. M. E., Nieuwenhuijzen, G. A. P., Nielen, M. M. J., Verhoeven, R. H. A., Luyer, M. D. P., van Wijnhoven, B. P. L., & Wouters, M. W. J. M. (2026). The impact of best practice meetings on clinical outcomes in surgical and oncological care: a scoping review. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 18(3), Article 247. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2025-aw-2097
    • Atash, A., Mees, B. M. E., Cramer, M. J., Baas, A. F., Schurgers, L. J., Doevendans, P. A., & Stillitano, F. (2026). MYH11 variants in thoracic aortic aneurysm pathophysiology: From bench to bedside. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 56(4), Article e70196. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.70196
    • Frankort, J., Keszei, A., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Jacobs, M. J., Mees, B. M. E., Gombert, A., & Elfeky, M. (2026). Outcome following open TAAA repair after TEVAR compared to conventional open type II TAAA repair. Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 55(2 Special Issue:Complex aortic pathologies), 114-120. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a001247
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