Beatrijs Bartelds

Beatrijs Bartelds is an Associate Professor and researcher at the Erasmus MC Department of Pediatrics, specializing in congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. Her work bridges clinical and translational research, focusing on right ventricular dysfunction in structural heart defects.

• Academic Rank: Associate Professor
• Institution: Erasmus MC
• Department: Pediatrics

Research Interests center on:

• Pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease
• Right ventricular-arterial coupling mechanisms
• Cardiac remodeling in post-surgical patients
• Clinical applications of cardiac MRI
• Biomarker development for heart failure monitoring
• Long-term outcomes of complex congenital defects

Article Trends reveal a focus on quantifying cardiac function changes in congenital anomalies (e.g., transannular patch repair, tetralogy of Fallot) and exploring links between imaging findings and biochemical markers like GDF-15. Recent work includes ex-vivo myocardial slice models and longitudinal follow-up of diaphragmatic hernia survivors.