Professor Merkely is a world-renowned cardiologist and researcher, currently the rector of Semmelweis University. His main research interests are the non-pharmacological treatment of heart failure, arrhythmias, interventional cardiology, and sports cardiology. He is a recipient of numerous Hungarian and international research grants. He holds a cumulative IF of over 3100, and over 25000 independent citations.

Selected publications

  1. Tokodi M, Schwertner WR, Kovács A, et al. Machine learning-based mortality prediction of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the SEMMELWEIS-CRT score. Eur Heart J. 2020;41(18):1747-1756. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz902
  2. Hizoh I, Domokos D, Banhegyi G, Becker D, Merkely B, Ruzsa Z. Mortality prediction algorithms for patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention [published correction appears in J Thorac Dis. 2020 Jul;12(7):3913-3917]. J Thorac Dis. 2020;12(4):1706-1720. doi:10.21037/jtd.2019.12.83
  3. Zabel M, Willems R, Lubinski A, et al. Clinical effectiveness of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results of the EU-CERT-ICD controlled multicentre cohort study [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 6]. Eur Heart J. 2020;ehaa226. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa226