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Dr. Henrik Vos

Cardiologist focused on interventional care and heart-failure programs

Interventional cardiologist with more than twenty years of clinical practice and a personal volume above 4,000 PCI procedures. Leads a regional heart-failure network covering 11 referring hospitals, and has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications on ischemic heart disease and post-infarction care pathways.

Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Heart-Failure Program

Jan 2013 - present

Senior interventional cardiologist in a high-volume cath lab; founded and lead the regional heart-failure care network.

  • Perform roughly 350 PCI procedures a year with complication rates consistently below the national registry average.
  • Built a heart-failure network across 11 referring hospitals; 30-day readmissions in the region fell 24% within three years.
  • Introduced same-day discharge for elective PCI, now covering 55% of elective cases with no rise in adverse events.
  • Supervise six cardiology registrars and chair the department’s quarterly morbidity and mortality review.
Interventional cardiologyPCIHeart failureClinical leadership

Cardiologist

Sep 2006 - Dec 2012

General and interventional cardiology in a 550-bed teaching hospital, with rota responsibility for acute STEMI care.

  • Helped establish the hospital’s 24/7 primary PCI service, bringing median door-to-balloon time under 60 minutes.
  • Set up a nurse-led post-infarction clinic that lifted cardiac-rehabilitation uptake from 41% to 68%.
  • Completed EAPCI-accredited interventional fellowship during the first two years of the post.
STEMI careCardiac rehabilitationTeaching hospital

Ph.D. Cardiovascular Medicine

Sep 2002 - Jun 2006

Doctoral thesis on microvascular obstruction after primary PCI, based on a 900-patient prospective cohort.

ResearchIschemic heart disease

M.D., Cardiology Residency

Sep 1993 - Aug 2002

Medical degree followed by cardiology specialty training.

CardiologyResidency

Clinical, procedural, and program-leadership expertise.

Percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary physiology (FFR/iFR)Intravascular imaging (IVUS, OCT)Acute STEMI careHeart-failure program designEchocardiographyClinical trial leadershipRegistrar supervisionGuideline committee work

Publishes and lectures in English; treats patients in Dutch, German, and French.

Dutch (native)English (C2)German (B2)French (B1)

European Interventional Cardiology Accreditation

Issued Jun 2012, recertified 2022

Full accreditation for independent complex coronary intervention.

Interventional cardiologyAccreditation

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Investigator Certification

Issued Jan 2024

Current GCP certification held as principal investigator on two ongoing multicentre trials.

Clinical trialsGCP

Prof. Marijke van Aalst

Available on request

Can speak to procedural outcomes, departmental leadership, and the heart-failure network results.

Department head

Dr. Pieter Brandsma

Available on request

Can speak to the primary PCI service build-out and cross-hospital collaboration.

Medical director

Three of 60+ peer-reviewed publications; full list available on request.

Microvascular obstruction and long-term outcome after primary PCI

2019

Ten-year follow-up of a 900-patient cohort; cited over 400 times.

First authorCohort study

Regional heart-failure networks and 30-day readmission

2022

Outcome analysis of the 11-hospital network model across 14,000 patient episodes.

Senior authorHealth services research

Same-day discharge after elective PCI: a pragmatic implementation study

2024

Implementation study showing equivalent 30-day safety with 0.8-day mean stay reduction.

Senior authorImplementation