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Anna Carlén

Affiliated Researcher

Researcher in Clinical Physiology, with a special interest in exercise physiology and sports cardiology. Main research areas are cardiovascular response and adaptation to exercise and cardiovascular risk assessment.

About me

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  • Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Granada, Spain 2024
  • Specialist in Clinical Physiology 2023
  • PhD 2019
  • Medical degree (MD) 2012

Teaching assignments

  • Exercise Physiology, Medical Program
  • Exercise Physiology, Physiotherapy Program
  • Supervision of research project, Medical Program

Network

  • Swedish Society of Clinical Physiology (SFKF)
    -Vice chair, 2024–present
    -Board member, 2018–2021
  • Swedish Association for Physical Activity and Sports Medicine (SFAIM), Section for Sports Physiology
    -Board member, 2025–present
  • Sports Medicine East (Idrottsmedicin Öst)
    -Board member 2025-
    -Chair, 2024–2025
  • Swedish Sports Medicine Spring Meeting (Idrottsmedicinska vårmötet)
    -Member, Organizing Committee, 2023
  • Swedish Forum for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (SFE)
    -Member, Organizing Committee, 2019 and 2025
  • Swedish Cardiovascular Spring Meeting (Kardiovaskulära vårmötet)
    -Member, Organizing Committee, 2019–2020

Publications

2025

Victor Froelicher, Mustafa Husaini, Jason V Tso, Samuel Montalvo, Jeffrey Christle, Marco V Perez, David Hadley, Matthew Wheeler, Ricardo Stein, Victoria Vetter, Jeffrey J. Hsu, Irfan M. Asif, Kristofer Hedman, Anna Carlén, Kegan Moneghetti, Euan Ashley (2025) Proposed enhanced recommendations for interpretation of electrocardiographic screening of athletes Progress in cardiovascular diseases, Vol. 89, p. 69-77 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Anna Carlén, Thomas Lindow, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Viktor Elmberg, Lars Brudin, Francisco B. Ortega, Magnus Ekstrom, Kristofer Hedman (2025) Patterns of systolic blood pressure response at the end of exercise and mortality and morbidity in patients referred for exercise testing Open heart, Vol. 12, Article e003246 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Henric Nilsson, Carl Bellander, Anna Carlén, Eva Nylander, Kristofer Hedman, Eva Tamas (2025) Systolic blood pressure response during exercise testing in symptomatic severe aortic stenosis Open heart, Vol. 12, Article e003084 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Angel Toval, Patricio Solis-Urra, Esmee A. Bakker, Lucia Sanchez-Aranda, Javier Fernandez-Ortega, Carlos Prieto, Rosa Maria Alonso-Cuenca, Alberto Gonzalez-Garcia, Isabel Martin-Fuentes, Beatriz Fernandez-Gamez, Marcos Olvera-Rojas, Andrea Coca-Pulido, Dario Bellon, Alessandro Sclafani, Javier Sanchez-Martinez, Ricardo Rivera-Lopez, Norberto Herrera-Gomez, Rafael Penafiel-Burkhardt, Victor Lopez-Espinosa, Sara Corpas-Perez, Maria Belen Garcia-Ortega, Alejandro Vega-Cordoba, Emilio J. Barranco-Moreno, Francisco J. Morales-Navarro, Raul Nieves, Alfredo Caro-Rus, Francisco J. Amaro-Gahete, Jose Mora-Gonzalez, Sol Vidal-Almela, Anna Carlén, Jairo H. Migueles, Kirk I. Erickson, Eduardo Moreno-Escobar, Rocio Garcia-Orta, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Francisco B. Ortega (2024) Exercise and brain health in patients with coronary artery disease: study protocol for the HEART-BRAIN randomized controlled trial Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Vol. 16, Article 1437567 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anna Carlén, Thomas Lindow, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Viktor Elmberg, Lars Brudin, Magnus Ekström, Kristofer Hedman (2024) Exercise systolic blood pressure response during cycle ergometry is associated with future hypertension in normotensive individuals European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Vol. 31, p. 1072-1079 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Coworkers

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Carl-Johan Carlhäll

Professor

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Kristofer Hedman

Senior Associate Professor

Other coworkers at Region Östergötland

  • Meriam Åström-Aneq

Organisation

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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.
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Division of Diagnostics and Specialist Medicine (DISP)

The division consists of three units (internal medicine, cardiovascular and radiological sciences) and contains seven subject areas within which research and teaching are conducted.
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

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