Mark Bierhuizen

Mark Bierhuizen is a Researcher at Erasmus University Medical Center in the Cardiology department. His work focuses on various aspects of cardiac function, heart failure, and heart transplantation.

His research interests include:

• Heart Perfusion
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Lactic Acid metabolism in cardiac contexts
• Heart Death and transplantation
• Heart Muscle Contractility
• Cardiac Performance assessment

Bierhuizen's recent work has explored biomechanical effects of cardiac contractility modulation, presentation and management of acute type A dissection, and myocardial oxygen handling in ex-situ perfused human hearts. His research demonstrates a strong focus on translational cardiology with applications in heart failure treatment and cardiac transplantation.

His scientific contributions include studies on electrical graft assessment of machine-perfused hearts and electrophysiological markers of heart performance in models of cardiac donation after circulatory death. These works collectively advance our understanding of cardiac function assessment prior to transplantation.