Jan Engvall

Visiting Professor

My research concerns person-centered cardiac investigations of manifest and subclinical cardiovascular disease. My goal is more exact methods that are less demanding on the participation of patients. My methods could be described as “cardiac imaging”

Presentation

My most important investigative tool is the population based Scapis Linkoping cohort. The Swedish Cardiopulmonary BioImage Study was initiated to study the changing pattern of cardiovascular risk factors and the expression of subclinical and overt cardiopulmonary disease in a population sample.

Publications

2026

Erica Holmberg, Jan Engvall, Eva Nylander, Hans Granfeldt, Eva Tamas (2026)

Distribution of diffuse myocardial fibrosis is uneven and associated with left ventricular function in severe aortic stenosis Open heart, Vol. 13, Article e003583 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2025-003583

David Kylhammar, Lina Hult, Peter Blomstrand, Hannes Holm Isholth, Amra Jujic, Martin Magnusson, Carl Johan Östgren, Jan Engvall, Kristofer Hedman (2026)

Diastolic dysfunction is equally common in pre-diabetes and diabetes and associated with concomitant cardiometabolic risk factors Open heart, Vol. 13, Article e004052 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2026-004052

Suneela Zaigham, Per Liv, Elin Chorell, Annelie Behndig, Apostolos Bossios, Kenneth Caidahl, Anna-Carin Olin, Arne Egesten, Jan Engvall, Jonas Eriksson Strom, Andreas Frolich, Ludger Grote, Anders Gummesson, Viktor Hamrefors, Christer Janson, David Kylhammar, Eva Lindberg, Anders Linden, Mirjam Ljunggren, Hans Lennart Persson, Magnus Skold, Ellen Tufvesson, Lowie Egw Vanfleteren, Andrei Malinovschi, Anders Blomberg (2026)

Correction: Plasma proteins associated with cardiovascular disease in relation to lung function in SCAPIS (vol 249, pg 108463, 2025) Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 255, Article 108710 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2026.108710

Jonas Eriksson Strom, Ida Pesonen, Per Liv, Anders Andersson, Apostolos Bossios, Arne Egesten, Magnus Ekstrom, Jan Engvall, Elin Good, Ola Hammarsten, Jonas Holm, Christer Janson, Ase Johnsson, Lars Lind, Eva Lindberg, Anders Linden, Andrei Malinovschi, Anna Moberg, Ulf Nilsson, Emma Palmqvist, Magnus Skold, Josefin Sundh, Hanan A. Tanash, Suneela Zaigham, Anders Blomberg (2026)

No association between troponin and COPD without cardiovascular influence: findings from a population-based cohort (SCAPIS) Thorax (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2025-224120

Elin Good, Oscar Soto, Linda Bilos, Håkan Ahlström, Tamara Bianchessi, Jan Engvall, Isabel Gonçalves, My Troung, Ola Hjelmgren, David Marlevi, Bertil Wegmann, Petter Dyverfeldt (2026)

Carotid Plaque Characteristics and Their Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Middle-Aged Population Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 28, Article 102686 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocmr.2026.102686

Research

Cardiovascular imaging and modeling - CIM

Our multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Imaging and Modelling (CIM) research cluster aims to gain insight into the cardiovascular system in health and disease by development and application of novel imaging-based methods.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2-diabetes - CARDIPP

The aim is to identify risk markers for cardiovascular disease to facilitate early and individually adjusted interventions in middle-aged men and women with Type 2-diabetes.

Organisation

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.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

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

News

06 November 2018

Higher healthcare requirements when children with congenital heart disease become adults

Today, most children with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood. However, these patients need lifelong treatment for their heart problems and often repeated cardiac surgeries.