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Carl-Johan Carlhäll

Professor

My research spans from pre-clinical application and implementation of the next generation of imaging methods for assessment of cardiovascular function.

Cardiovascular physiology and imaging in health and disease

My research area is translational approaches of cardiovascular physiology and imaging. Primarily magnetic resonance imaging based methods are utilised to assess cardiovascular function and remodelling in health and disease. A main field is multidimensional blood flow specific assessment of cardiac function in acquired and congenital heart disease.

My research deals with translational approaches of cardiovascular physiology and imaging in health and disease.

The overall aim is to evaluate and apply new imaging methods in order to provide novel aspects of assessment of cardiovascular function and remodelling in health, athletes as well as in acquired and congenital heart disease. The ultimate goal is to implement these new methods into clinical practice.

Magnetic resonance imaging

Primarily magnetic resonance imaging based methods are utilised, and a main field is multidimensional blood flow specific assessment of cardiac function.
The blood flow within the heart and vascular system is a fundamental aspect of cardiovascular function. In medical diagnostics detailed information based on morphology are widely used, but we still have limited investigative tools to focus on the blood flow itself. 

In the field of flow specific assessment of cardiac function I have several international collaborations, and I have been and am member of international working groups working on consensus statements and upcoming multicenter studies.

Publications

2024

Goran Bergstrom, Eva Hagberg, Elias Bjornson, Martin Adiels, Carl Bonander, Ulf Stromberg, Jonas Andersson, Mattias Brunstrom, Carljohan Carlhäll, Gunnar Engstrom, David Erlinge, Isabel Goncalves, Anders Gummesson, Emil Hagstrom, Ola Hjelmgren, Stefan James, Magnus Janzon, Lena Jonasson, Lars Lind, Martin Magnusson, Viktor Oskarsson, Johan Sundstrom, Per Svensson, Stefan Soderberg, Raquel Themudo, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Jernberg (2024) Self-Report Tool for Identification of Individuals With Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Swedish CardioPulmonary BioImage Study Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol. 13, Article e034603 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Carl Edin, Mattias Ekstedt, Markus Karlsson, Bertil Wegmann, Marcel Warntjes, Eva Swahn, Carl Johan Östgren, Tino Ebbers, Peter Lundberg, Carl-Johan Carlhäll (2024) Liver fibrosis is associated with left ventricular remodeling: insight into the liver-heart axis European Radiology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Fan Feng, Carljohan Carlhäll, Yongyao Tan, Shaleka Agrawal, Peter Lundberg, Jieyun Bai, John Zhiyong Yang, Mark Trew, Jichao Zhao (2024) FM-Net: A Fully Automatic Deep Learning Pipeline for Epicardial Adipose Tissue Segmentation STATISTICAL ATLASES AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF THE HEART. REGULAR AND CMRXRECON CHALLENGE PAPERS, STACOM 2023, p. 88-97 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Tino Ebbers, Carljohan Carlhäll (2024) Editorial for "MRI Investigation of the Association of Left Atrial and Left Atrial Appendage Hemodynamics with Silent Brain Infarction" Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sophia Bäck, Jonas Lantz, Iulia Skoda, Lilian Henriksson, Anders Persson, Lars Karlsson, Carljohan Carlhäll, Tino Ebbers (2024) Comprehensive left atrial flow component analysis reveals abnormal flow patterns in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol. 326, p. H511-H521 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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Field of Teaching

I primarily teach at the Medical Programme in the field of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology. I am also course examiner at the Medical Programme.

Other assignments

  • I am a senior consultant at the dept. of Clinical physiology, Linköping University Hospital, where I am head of the clinical cardiac magnetic resonance imaging unit. 
  • I am deputy principal for postgraduate studies at the Department of Medicine and Health, and also member of the scientific council of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV). 
  • I am the former scientific secretary of the Swedish Society for Clinical Physiology
  • and also former member of the Swedish Heart Association.

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Publications

2024

Goran Bergstrom, Eva Hagberg, Elias Bjornson, Martin Adiels, Carl Bonander, Ulf Stromberg, Jonas Andersson, Mattias Brunstrom, Carljohan Carlhäll, Gunnar Engstrom, David Erlinge, Isabel Goncalves, Anders Gummesson, Emil Hagstrom, Ola Hjelmgren, Stefan James, Magnus Janzon, Lena Jonasson, Lars Lind, Martin Magnusson, Viktor Oskarsson, Johan Sundstrom, Per Svensson, Stefan Soderberg, Raquel Themudo, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Jernberg (2024) Self-Report Tool for Identification of Individuals With Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Swedish CardioPulmonary BioImage Study Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol. 13, Article e034603 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Carl Edin, Mattias Ekstedt, Markus Karlsson, Bertil Wegmann, Marcel Warntjes, Eva Swahn, Carl Johan Östgren, Tino Ebbers, Peter Lundberg, Carl-Johan Carlhäll (2024) Liver fibrosis is associated with left ventricular remodeling: insight into the liver-heart axis European Radiology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Fan Feng, Carljohan Carlhäll, Yongyao Tan, Shaleka Agrawal, Peter Lundberg, Jieyun Bai, John Zhiyong Yang, Mark Trew, Jichao Zhao (2024) FM-Net: A Fully Automatic Deep Learning Pipeline for Epicardial Adipose Tissue Segmentation STATISTICAL ATLASES AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF THE HEART. REGULAR AND CMRXRECON CHALLENGE PAPERS, STACOM 2023, p. 88-97 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Tino Ebbers, Carljohan Carlhäll (2024) Editorial for "MRI Investigation of the Association of Left Atrial and Left Atrial Appendage Hemodynamics with Silent Brain Infarction" Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sophia Bäck, Jonas Lantz, Iulia Skoda, Lilian Henriksson, Anders Persson, Lars Karlsson, Carljohan Carlhäll, Tino Ebbers (2024) Comprehensive left atrial flow component analysis reveals abnormal flow patterns in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol. 326, p. H511-H521 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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