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Luc Mertens

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Toronto

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Luc Mertens

Researcher

Pediatrics

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
72 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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247

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395

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Research

Patent Ductus Arteriosus Congenital Heart Disease Fontan Heart Failure Outcomes Precision Medicine Neonatology Preterm Neonates

Latest papers

The Canadian Fontan Connection (CANFON): Protocol for a National Lifespan Cohort of People Living With a Fontan Circulation
CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease · 2026
Reply to: Comment on: Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Pediatric blood & cancer · 2026
Ultrafast shear-wave elastography for pediatric deep vein thrombosis: a prospective feasibility study.
Pediatric radiology · 2026

All 247 publications

Latest funding

Continuous predictive monitoring to individualize the timing of clinical evaluations in patients with pediatric heart disease
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$819,316
Congenital Heart Disease Across the Lifespan
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000
PHUR4Life Precision Health for patients with Univentricular HeaRts across the Lifespan (PHUR4Life)
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$1,500,000

All 17 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 247 publications.

The Canadian Fontan Connection (CANFON): Protocol for a National Lifespan Cohort of People Living With a Fontan Circulation

Roy L-O, Pouliot M-O, Clarkson R, Mackie AS, Muhll IV, Therrien J, Harris KC, Mertens L, Khairy P, Wald R

CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease20265 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2025.09.001

Reply to: Comment on: Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Alrajhi Z, Pozza A, Mertens L, Yan AP, Alexander S

Pediatric blood & cancer2026

DOI: 10.1002/1545-5017.70631 PMID: 42605746

Ultrafast shear-wave elastography for pediatric deep vein thrombosis: a prospective feasibility study.

Aguet J, Fakhari N, Mertens L, Baranger J, Villemain O, Brandao LR, Avila L

Pediatric radiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00247-026-06733-9 PMID: 42550209

Longitudinal Assessment of Cardiac Function After Craniospinal Irradiation in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumor Survivors.

Izurieta-Pacheco AC, Pozza A, Stefors E, Signorile M, Weidman DR, Ismail F, Bennett J, Mertens L, Tsang DS, Nathan PC

JACC. Advances2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102886 PMID: 42296837

Systemic Global Arterial Stiffening is Associated with Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling in Children Following Coarctation of the Aorta Repair.

Joye R, Fournier E, Hui W, Dragulescu A, Mertens L, Friedberg MK

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2026.09.008 PMID: 42764042

The search for borderline hearts within biventricular repairs of complete atrioventricular septal defects.

Robinson J, Belitsis G, Ehrlinger J, Blackstone EH, Li X, Mertens L, Fackoury C, Williams WG, Karamlou T, Jacobs ML, Welke K, Jacobs JP, DeCampli W, Kirklin JK, Pourmoghadam K, Polimenakos AC, Kumar TKS, Jegatheeswaran A, Herrmann JL, Turek J, Karamichalis JM, Alsoufi B, Overman DM

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.05.027 PMID: 42285288

Association between hepatic vein Doppler and echocardiographic diastolic indices with invasively measured right ventricular filling pressures in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Palmert T, Hui W, Simpkin CT, Dragulescu A, Mertens L, Ivy D, Burkett D, Friedberg MK

International journal of cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2026.134619 PMID: 42276255

Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Alrajhi Z, Pozza A, Mertens L, Yan AP, Alexander S

Pediatric blood & cancer2026

DOI: 10.1002/1545-5017.70265 PMID: 41852259

Portopulmonary Hypertension Complicating Portal Vein Thrombosis: 1 Patient, 2 Outcomes.

Crédeville M, Joye R, Flanagan M, Siddiqui I, Mets G, Reyes J, Mertens L, Dragulescu A

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.12.034 PMID: 41456703

Feasibility of 3D echocardiography-CT/CMR fusion to create atrioventricular valve-integrated 3D printed heart models in complex congenital heart disease: greater incremental benefit for surgeons than cardiac imagers.

Villalobos-Lizardi JC, Yoo SJ, Peel B, Bertelli F, Dragulescu A, Arbic N, Barron D, Honjo O, Haller C, Daskalo C, Mertens L, Valverde I

3D printing in medicine2026

DOI: 10.1186/s41205-026-00324-y PMID: 42090101

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Luc Mertens

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Canadian Fontan Connection (CANFON): Protocol for a National Lifespan Cohort of People Living With a Fontan Circulation

Reply to: Comment on: Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Ultrafast shear-wave elastography for pediatric deep vein thrombosis: a prospective feasibility study.

Longitudinal Assessment of Cardiac Function After Craniospinal Irradiation in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumor Survivors.

Systemic Global Arterial Stiffening is Associated with Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling in Children Following Coarctation of the Aorta Repair.

The search for borderline hearts within biventricular repairs of complete atrioventricular septal defects.

Association between hepatic vein Doppler and echocardiographic diastolic indices with invasively measured right ventricular filling pressures in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Portopulmonary Hypertension Complicating Portal Vein Thrombosis: 1 Patient, 2 Outcomes.

Feasibility of 3D echocardiography-CT/CMR fusion to create atrioventricular valve-integrated 3D printed heart models in complex congenital heart disease: greater incremental benefit for surgeons than cardiac imagers.

Frequent collaborators

Cedric Manlhiot

Olivier Villemain

Amish Jain

Seema Mital

Andrew Redington

Edgar Jaeggi

Rahim Moineddin

Poorva Deshpande

David Barron

Mark Friedberg

Dany Weisz

Denis Daneman

Faith Zhu

Peter Liu

Frederic Dallaire

Etienne Sochett

Ashraf Kharrat

Indra Narang

Lynne McArthur

Christoph Haller

Christopher Caldarone

James Ellis

Tapas Mondal

Rejane Dillenburg

John Coles

Stacey Marjerrison

Rahul Chanchlani

Jill Hamilton

Eriskay Liston

Deepak Louis

Samuel Silver

Augusto Zani

Michael Zappitelli

Matthieu Ruiz

Sarah Bowdin

David Chitayat

Ron Wald

Paul Delgado Olguin

Brian Kavanagh

Gregor Andelfinger