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Luc Mertens

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Toronto

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Luc Mertens

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

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 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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247

Publications

395

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Research

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

Latest papers

Vascular Health and Early Atherosclerosis in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Reassuring Findings From Comprehensive Noninvasive Assessment.
JACC. Advances · 2026
Association between hepatic vein Doppler and echocardiographic diastolic indices with invasively measured right ventricular filling pressures in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension.
International journal of cardiology · 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

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
PHUR4Life Precision Health for patients with Univentricular HeaRts across the Lifespan (PHUR4Life)
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$1,500,000
Determining the Role of Fathers in the Developmental Origins of Cardiovascular Health
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$75,000

All 16 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 247 publications.

Vascular Health and Early Atherosclerosis in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Reassuring Findings From Comprehensive Noninvasive Assessment.

Fournier E, Joye R, Pozza A, Hui W, Friedberg MK, Lam E, Runeckles K, Signorile M, Fan S, McCrindle B, Mertens L, Nathan PC

JACC. Advances2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102349 PMID: 41308508

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

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

Customized Education Sheets Generated by ChatGPT Improve Parental Visit Satisfaction and Procedural Knowledge Prior to Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization.

Pradhan S, McCormick K, Mertens L, Pradhan F

Pediatric cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-04060-8 PMID: 41152475

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

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

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

Vascular Health and Early Atherosclerosis in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Reassuring Findings From Comprehensive Noninvasive Assessment.

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

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

Customized Education Sheets Generated by ChatGPT Improve Parental Visit Satisfaction and Procedural Knowledge Prior to Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization.

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.

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

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

Faith Zhu

Mark Friedberg

Denis Daneman

Dany Weisz

Peter Liu

Frederic Dallaire

Etienne Sochett

Lynne McArthur

Indra Narang

Frederic Dallaire

Ashraf Kharrat

Christopher Caldarone

James Ellis

Tapas Mondal

Stacey Marjerrison

John Coles

Rejane Dillenburg

Rahul Chanchlani

Jill Hamilton

Kate Hanneman

Josephine Ho

Rahul Chanchlani

Samuel Silver

Birgit Ertl-Wagner

Augusto Zani

Sarah Bowdin

David Chitayat

Ron Wald

Paul Delgado Olguin

Brian Kavanagh

Gregor Andelfinger