Markus Meyer, MD

Summary
Dr. Markus Meyer, the Engdahl Family Chair in Heart Failure Research, specializes in the interplay between heart rate and cellular calcium cycling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) - a condition impacting 1 in 5 people over their lifetime with limited treatment options. His research aims to develop an innovative pacing therapy that integrates personalized accelerated pacing and conduction system pacing. Employing a bench-to-bedside approach, he investigates molecular mechanisms, experimental models, studies human heart tissue while pioneering clinical trials. Early results indicate that this novel treatment may effectively reduce the burden of HFpEF and atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder.