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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

2025

Sophia Bäck, Jonas Lantz, Iulia Skoda, Lars Karlsson, Anders Persson, Carljohan Carlhäll, Tino Ebbers (2025) Virtual left atrial appendage occlusion in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm predicts variable reductions in blood stasis Journal of Physiology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Marjan Firouznia, Erik Ylipää, Markus Henningsson, Carljohan Carlhäll (2025) Poincare guided geometric UNet for left atrial epicardial adipose tissue segmentation in Dixon MRI images Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 25549 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Fan Feng, Abdallah I. Hasaballa, Ting Long, Xinyi Sun, Justin Fernandez, Carljohan Carlhäll, Jichao Zhao (2025) AI-Driven segmentation and morphogeometric profiling of epicardial adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes Cardiovascular Diabetology, Vol. 24, Article 294 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Chiara Trenti, Erik Ylipää, Tino Ebbers, Carljohan Carlhäll, Jan Engvall, Petter Dyverfeldt (2025) Referenceless 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance with deep learning Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 27, Article 101920 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ingrid Larsson, Jiangming Sun, Shafqat Ahmad, Goran Bergstrom, Carljohan Carlhäll, Kerstin Cederlund, Isabel Drake, Jan Engvall, Mats Eriksson, Henrik Hagstrom, Tomas Jernberg, Tanja Kero, Krister Lindmark, Maria Mannila, Marju Orho-Melander, Araz Rawshani, Ulf Riserus, Annika Rosengren, Mats Ryberg, Caroline Schmidt, Emily Sonestedt, Maria Wennberg, Carl Johan Östgren, Isabel Goncalves (2025) Low-fibre diet is associated with high-risk coronary plaque features Cardiovascular Research (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

2025

Sophia Bäck, Jonas Lantz, Iulia Skoda, Lars Karlsson, Anders Persson, Carljohan Carlhäll, Tino Ebbers (2025) Virtual left atrial appendage occlusion in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm predicts variable reductions in blood stasis Journal of Physiology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Marjan Firouznia, Erik Ylipää, Markus Henningsson, Carljohan Carlhäll (2025) Poincare guided geometric UNet for left atrial epicardial adipose tissue segmentation in Dixon MRI images Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 25549 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Fan Feng, Abdallah I. Hasaballa, Ting Long, Xinyi Sun, Justin Fernandez, Carljohan Carlhäll, Jichao Zhao (2025) AI-Driven segmentation and morphogeometric profiling of epicardial adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes Cardiovascular Diabetology, Vol. 24, Article 294 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Chiara Trenti, Erik Ylipää, Tino Ebbers, Carljohan Carlhäll, Jan Engvall, Petter Dyverfeldt (2025) Referenceless 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance with deep learning Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 27, Article 101920 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ingrid Larsson, Jiangming Sun, Shafqat Ahmad, Goran Bergstrom, Carljohan Carlhäll, Kerstin Cederlund, Isabel Drake, Jan Engvall, Mats Eriksson, Henrik Hagstrom, Tomas Jernberg, Tanja Kero, Krister Lindmark, Maria Mannila, Marju Orho-Melander, Araz Rawshani, Ulf Riserus, Annika Rosengren, Mats Ryberg, Caroline Schmidt, Emily Sonestedt, Maria Wennberg, Carl Johan Östgren, Isabel Goncalves (2025) Low-fibre diet is associated with high-risk coronary plaque features Cardiovascular Research (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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