Klaus Witte is a Cardiologist at the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine, Leeds, UK, where his research group focuses on patient-orientated questions with a commitment to enhancing efficacy through the personalised application of new and existing therapies in chronic heart failure (CHF).
Challenging conventional teaching around heart rate and exercise capacity in CHF, Dr Witte’s group has developed a reliable method to map the force-frequency relationship in CHF. Through this approach, they have demonstrated improvements in exercise capacity in patients with CHF and pacemakers (JACC-HF 2018, Circulation 2020). His earlier work also questioned established doctrines in this field (JACC 2016).
Looking ahead, Dr Witte is keen to address pressing challenges, including the escalating issue of health economics across Europe, the adaptation of care pathways, and the need to convey the increasingly complex molecular basis of clinical syndromes to colleagues, patients, and carers.
He takes particular pride in the diversity of the teams he collaborates with, which encompass researchers from all aspects of healthcare.
