Hakan Arheden

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Affiliation: Lund University
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessment of myocardium at risk with contrast enhanced steady-state free precession cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance compared to single-photon emission computed tomography
    Peder Sörensson
    Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:25. 2010
  2. ncbi Relation between cardiac dimensions and peak oxygen uptake
    K Steding
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:8. 2010
  3. ncbi Quantifying coronary sinus flow and global LV perfusion at 3T
    Karin Markenroth Bloch
    Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands
    BMC Med Imaging 9:9. 2009
  4. ncbi Accuracy of advanced versus strictly conventional 12-lead ECG for detection and screening of coronary artery disease, left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular systolic dysfunction
    Todd T Schlegel
    Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:28. 2010
  5. ncbi Clinical physiology: a successful academic and clinical discipline is threatened in Sweden
    Hakan Arheden
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Adv Physiol Educ 33:265-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Initial results of inflammatory response, matrix remodeling, and reactive oxygen species following PCI in acute ischemic myocardial injury in man
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund, Sweden
    J Invasive Cardiol 23:371-6. 2011
  7. ncbi The evaluation of an electrocardiographic myocardial ischemia acuteness score to predict the amount of myocardial salvage achieved by early percutaneous coronary intervention Clinical validation with myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed to
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Electrocardiol 44:525-32. 2011
  8. ncbi Rapid initial reduction of hyperenhanced myocardium after reperfused first myocardial infarction suggests recovery of the peri-infarction zone: one-year follow-up by MRI
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2:47-55. 2009
  9. ncbi Quantification of myocardium at risk in myocardial perfusion SPECT by co-registration and fusion with delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging--an experimental ex vivo study
    Martin Ugander
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 32:33-8. 2012
  10. ncbi Quantification and visualization of cardiovascular 4D velocity mapping accelerated with parallel imaging or k-t BLAST: head to head comparison and validation at 1.5 T and 3 T
    Marcus Carlsson
    Dept of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 13:55. 2011

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  1. ncbi Assessment of myocardium at risk with contrast enhanced steady-state free precession cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance compared to single-photon emission computed tomography
    Peder Sörensson
    Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:25. 2010
    ....
  2. ncbi Relation between cardiac dimensions and peak oxygen uptake
    K Steding
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:8. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Quantifying coronary sinus flow and global LV perfusion at 3T
    Karin Markenroth Bloch
    Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands
    BMC Med Imaging 9:9. 2009
    ..However, the ability of newly developed faster MR sequences to measure coronary flow during a breath-hold at 3T has not been evaluated...
  4. ncbi Accuracy of advanced versus strictly conventional 12-lead ECG for detection and screening of coronary artery disease, left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular systolic dysfunction
    Todd T Schlegel
    Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:28. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi Clinical physiology: a successful academic and clinical discipline is threatened in Sweden
    Hakan Arheden
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Adv Physiol Educ 33:265-7. 2009
    ..Unless clinical physiologists regain control over their own discipline, systems physiology as a knowledge base and resource for patient care, education, and research will be severely impaired...
  6. ncbi Initial results of inflammatory response, matrix remodeling, and reactive oxygen species following PCI in acute ischemic myocardial injury in man
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund, Sweden
    J Invasive Cardiol 23:371-6. 2011
    ..We investigated the relations between circulating biochemical markers and myocardium at risk (MaR), myocardial infarct (MI) size, salvage, and recovery of function in man...
  7. ncbi The evaluation of an electrocardiographic myocardial ischemia acuteness score to predict the amount of myocardial salvage achieved by early percutaneous coronary intervention Clinical validation with myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed to
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Electrocardiol 44:525-32. 2011
    ..The aim was to study whether acute ischemic ECG changes can predict the amount of salvageable myocardium in patients with acute ST-elevation MI...
  8. ncbi Rapid initial reduction of hyperenhanced myocardium after reperfused first myocardial infarction suggests recovery of the peri-infarction zone: one-year follow-up by MRI
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2:47-55. 2009
    ..We sought to explore these processes early after MI and during infarct-healing using cardiac MRI...
  9. ncbi Quantification of myocardium at risk in myocardial perfusion SPECT by co-registration and fusion with delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging--an experimental ex vivo study
    Martin Ugander
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 32:33-8. 2012
    ..The aim was to develop a method to quantify myocardium at risk as perfusion defect size on ex vivo MPS using co-registration and fusion with ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
  10. ncbi Quantification and visualization of cardiovascular 4D velocity mapping accelerated with parallel imaging or k-t BLAST: head to head comparison and validation at 1.5 T and 3 T
    Marcus Carlsson
    Dept of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 13:55. 2011
    ..5 T and 3 T with 2D-flow as the reference and to investigate if field strengths and type of acceleration have major effects on intracardiac flow visualization...
  11. ncbi Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the myocardium at risk in acute reperfused myocardial infarction: comparison of T2-weighted imaging versus the circumferential endocardial extent of late gadolinium enhancement with transmural projection
    Joey F A Ubachs
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:18. 2010
    ..Hence, we sought to assess the ability of endocardial extent of infarction by LGE CMR to predict MaR as compared to T2-weighted imaging...
  12. ncbi Treatment with the C5a receptor antagonist ADC-1004 reduces myocardial infarction in a porcine ischemia-reperfusion model
    Jesper Van der Pals
    Department of Cardiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:45. 2010
    ..We investigated if treatment with ADC-1004, according to a clinically applicable protocol, would reduce infarct size and microvascular obstruction in a large animal myocardial infarct model...
  13. ncbi Changes in cardiac pumping efficiency and intra-thoracic organ volume during negative pressure wound therapy of sternotomy wounds, assessment using magnetic resonance imaging
    Christian Torbrand
    Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Int Wound J 7:115-21. 2010
    ..Cardiac pumping efficiency returns to pre-sternotomy levels during NPWT. This may contribute to the clinical benefits of NPWT over open-chest care, including the stabilizing effects and the reduced need for mechanical ventilation...
  14. ncbi Myocardial SPECT perfusion defect size compared to infarct size by delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute or chronic infarction
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 24:380-6. 2004
    ..Therefore, the present study was designed to compare perfusion defect size by SPECT to hyperenhanced volume by DE-MRI...
  15. ncbi Age and gender specific normal values of left ventricular mass, volume and function for gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging: a cross sectional study
    Peter A Cain
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, SE 22185, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Med Imaging 9:2. 2009
    ..The aims of the study were to determine age and gender specific normal reference values and to explore the normal physiological variation of these parameters from adolescence to late adulthood, in a cross sectional study...
  16. ncbi Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT underestimates left ventricular volumes and shows high variability compared to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging -- a comparison of four different commercial automated software packages
    Fredrik Hedeer
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Med Imaging 10:10. 2010
    ..We sought to compare quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by different gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) programs with each other and to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging...
  17. ncbi Effect of postconditioning on infarct size in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction
    Peder Sörensson
    Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    Heart 96:1710-5. 2010
    ..Small studies suggest that postconditioning reperfusion interrupted by brief repetitive cycles of reocclusions, may protect the myocardium in the clinical setting...
  18. ncbi Infarct evolution in man studied in patients with first-time coronary occlusion in comparison to different species - implications for assessment of myocardial salvage
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 11:38. 2009
    ..Infarct size was measured by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at one week...
  19. ncbi Apyrase treatment of myocardial infarction according to a clinically applicable protocol fails to reduce myocardial injury in a porcine model
    Jesper Van der Pals
    Department of Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:1. 2010
    ..We therefore investigated if treatment with the ectonucleotidase apyrase, according to a clinically applicable protocol, would reduce IS and microvascular obstruction (MO) in a large animal model...
  20. ncbi A pilot study of rapid cooling by cold saline and endovascular cooling before reperfusion in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
    Matthias Götberg
    Department of Coronary Heart Disease, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Circ Cardiovasc Interv 3:400-7. 2010
    ..We aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of rapidly induced hypothermia by infusion of cold saline and endovascular cooling catheter before reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction...
  21. ncbi Semi-automatic segmentation of myocardium at risk in T2-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance
    Jane Sjögren
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 14:10. 2012
    ..Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop an automatic segmentation algorithm for quantification of MaR using anatomical a priori information...
  22. ncbi Peak oxygen uptake in relation to total heart volume discriminates heart failure patients from healthy volunteers and athletes
    Henrik Engblom
    Dept of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:74. 2010
    ..Peak oxygen uptake was determined by maximal exercise test and THV was determined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. The VO2peak/THV ratio was then derived and tested...
  23. ncbi Changes in cardiac pumping efficiency and intra-thoracic organ volume during negative pressure wound therapy of sternotomy wounds, assessment using magnetic resonance imaging
    Christian Torbrand
    Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Int Wound J 7:305-11. 2010
    ..Cardiac pumping efficiency returns to pre-sternotomy levels during NPWT. This may contribute to the clinical benefits of NPWT over open-chest care, including the stabilizing effects and the reduced need for mechanical ventilation...
  24. ncbi Effects of gadolinium contrast agent on aortic blood flow and myocardial strain measurements by phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, and Department of Imaging and Function, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 12:70. 2010
    ..Phase-contrast data pre and post contrast agent was acquired during free breathing using 1.5T PC-CMR...
  25. ncbi Optimal timing of hypothermia in relation to myocardial reperfusion
    Matthias Götberg
    Department of Coronary Heart Disease, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
    Basic Res Cardiol 106:697-708. 2011
    ..The results suggest that a hypothermia protocol using a cold saline infusion and endovascular cooling enables hypothermia to be induced in a clinical setting without delaying reperfusion therapy...
  26. ncbi Preventing heart injury during negative pressure wound therapy in cardiac surgery: assessment using real-time magnetic resonance imaging
    Malin Malmsjo
    Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138:712-7. 2009
    ..The present study aimed to examine the effects of negative pressure wound therapy on the position of the heart in relation to the thoracic wall using magnetic resonance imaging in a porcine sternotomy wound model...
  27. ncbi Development and validation of a new automatic algorithm for quantification of left ventricular volumes and function in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT using cardiac magnetic resonance as reference standard
    Helen Soneson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, SE 22185, Lund, Sweden
    J Nucl Cardiol 18:874-85. 2011
    ..The aim of this study was therefore to develop a new LV segmentation algorithm for gated MPS using CMR as reference standard...
  28. ncbi Myocardium at risk after acute infarction in humans on cardiac magnetic resonance: quantitative assessment during follow-up and validation with single-photon emission computed tomography
    Marcus Carlsson
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2:569-76. 2009
    ....
  29. ncbi Peak CKMB and cTnT accurately estimates myocardial infarct size after reperfusion
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Scand Cardiovasc J 41:44-50. 2007
    ....
  30. ncbi Agreement of left ventricular mass in steady state free precession and delayed enhancement MR images: implications for quantification of fibrosis in congenital and ischemic heart disease
    Sigurdur S Stephensen
    Department of Radiology and Physiology, Lund University and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Med Imaging 10:4. 2010
    ..Therefore, the aim of the study was to compare LVM determined by SSFP and DE MRI in patients and determine the agreement with these sequences with ex vivo data in an experimental animal model...
  31. ncbi Automated quantification of myocardial infarction from MR images by accounting for partial volume effects: animal, phantom, and human study
    Einar Heiberg
    Department of Radiology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
    Radiology 246:581-8. 2008
    ..31) or variability (P = .38). The weighted approach provides automatic quantification of myocardial infarction with higher accuracy and lower variability than a dichotomous algorithm...
  32. ncbi Design and validation of Segment--freely available software for cardiovascular image analysis
    Einar Heiberg
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Med Imaging 10:1. 2010
    ..The aim of this article is therefore to present the design and validation of a cardiovascular image analysis software package (Segment) and to announce its release in a source code format...
  33. ncbi Rapid short-duration hypothermia with cold saline and endovascular cooling before reperfusion reduces microvascular obstruction and myocardial infarct size
    Matthias Götberg
    Department of Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 8:7. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the combination of a rapid intravenous infusion of cold saline and endovascular hypothermia in a closed chest pig infarct model...
  34. ncbi Pulmonary blood volume variation decreases after myocardial infarction in pigs: a quantitative and noninvasive MR imaging measure of heart failure
    Martin Ugander
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Radiology and Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Getingevagen, SE 22185 Lund, Sweden
    Radiology 256:415-23. 2010
    ..To prospectively evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for estimating pulmonary blood volume (PBV) and the variation in PBV throughout the cardiac cycle in experimental heart failure...
  35. ncbi Topical negative pressure therapy of a sternotomy wound increases sternal fluid content but does not affect internal thoracic artery blood flow: assessment using magnetic resonance imaging
    Rainer Petzina
    Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 135:1007-13. 2008
    ..No study has yet been performed to examine the effect of topical negative pressure on the blood and fluid content in the sternal bone marrow, which is a crucial component in osteitis...
  36. ncbi Myocardium at risk can be determined by ex vivo T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging even in the presence of gadolinium: comparison to myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography
    Joey F A Ubachs
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 14:261-8. 2013
    ..Infarct size was determined by T1-weighted imaging and by triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining...
  37. ncbi Volume Tracking: A new method for quantitative assessment and visualization of intracardiac blood flow from three-dimensional, time-resolved, three-component magnetic resonance velocity mapping
    Johannes Töger
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Lund, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Med Imaging 11:10. 2011
    ....
  38. ncbi Spline-based cardiac motion tracking using velocity-encoded magnetic resonance imaging
    Erik Bergvall
    Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund Institute of Technology and the Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, S 221 85 Lund, Sweden
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 27:1045-53. 2008
    ..In human subjects the different spatial elements perform quantitatively in a similar way but qualitative differences exists, as shown by a semiquantitative visual scoring of the different methods...
  39. ncbi Pulmonary intravascular blood volume changes through the cardiac cycle in healthy volunteers studied by cardiovascular magnetic resonance measurements of arterial and venous flow
    Martin Ugander
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, 22185 Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 11:42. 2009
    ..This study aims to present a novel method for using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to non-invasively quantify the variation in pulmonary blood volume throughout the cardiac cycle in humans...
  40. ncbi An automatic method for quantification of myocardium at risk from myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with acute coronary occlusion
    Helen Soneson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
    J Nucl Cardiol 17:831-40. 2010
    ..We present a validated novel automatic segmentation algorithm for quantification of MaR by myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) in patients with acute coronary occlusion...
  41. ncbi The relationship between left ventricular ejection fraction and infarct size assessed by MRI
    Martin Ugander
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Scand Cardiovasc J 42:137-45. 2008
    ....
  42. ncbi Physiological determinants of the variation in left ventricular mass from early adolescence to late adulthood in healthy subjects
    Peter A Cain
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 25:332-9. 2005
    ..BSA, age, and gender were found to be major contributors to the variation in LVM in healthy adults, while haemodynamic factors, exercise, and wall stress were not...
  43. ncbi Wound contraction and macro-deformation during negative pressure therapy of sternotomy wounds
    Christian Torbrand
    Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiothorac Surg 5:75. 2010
    ..However, only few studies have been performed to evaluate this hypothesis. The present study was performed to investigate the effects of NPWT on wound contraction and wound edge tissue deformation...
  44. ncbi Short-axis epicardial volume change is a measure of cardiac left ventricular short-axis function, which is independent of myocardial wall thickness
    Martin Ugander
    Cardiac MR Group, Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 298:H530-5. 2010
    ..This is not surprising considering that FS is mainly caused by rearrangement of myocardium secondary to long-axis function. FS is therefore not synonymous with short-axis function...
  45. ncbi Cardiac output and cardiac index measured with cardiovascular magnetic resonance in healthy subjects, elite athletes and patients with congestive heart failure
    Marcus Carlsson
    Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, BFC, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, SE 22185, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 14:51. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to establish if CI decreases with age and compare the values to CI for athletes and for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF)...
  46. ncbi Myocardium at risk by magnetic resonance imaging: head-to-head comparison of T2-weighted imaging and contrast-enhanced steady-state free precession
    Joey F A Ubachs
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Lund SE 22185, Sweden
    Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 13:1008-15. 2012
    ....
  47. ncbi The endocardial extent of reperfused first-time myocardial infarction is more predictive of pathologic Q waves than is infarct transmurality: a magnetic resonance imaging study
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 27:101-8. 2007
    ....
  48. ncbi Center of volume and total heart volume variation in healthy subjects and patients before and after coronary bypass surgery
    Marcus Carlsson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 25:226-33. 2005
    ....
  49. ncbi Vectorcardiogram synthesized from the 12-lead electrocardiogram to image ischemia
    David G Strauss
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Electrocardiol 42:190-7. 2009
    ..We assessed whether the vectorcardiographic ST-vector direction and magnitude derived from the ECG by the inverse-Dower method can estimate the location and size of ischemia...
  50. ncbi Vortex ring formation in the left ventricle of the heart: analysis by 4D flow MRI and Lagrangian coherent structures
    Johannes Töger
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Skåne University Hospital Lund, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
    Ann Biomed Eng 40:2652-62. 2012
    ..In conclusion, LCS and 4D PC-MR enables measurement of vortex ring volume during rapid filling of the LV...
  51. ncbi Myocardial infarct quantification: is magnetic resonance imaging ready to serve as a gold standard for electrocardiography?
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Electrocardiol 40:243-5. 2007
  52. ncbi Physiological determinants of the variation in left ventricular mass from early adolescence to late adulthood in healthy subjects
    Peter A Cain
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 27:255-62. 2007
    ....
  53. ncbi An improved method for automatic segmentation of the left ventricle in myocardial perfusion SPECT
    Helen Soneson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Nucl Med 50:205-13. 2009
    ..This is important for estimating the size of a perfusion defect as percentage of the left ventricle...
  54. ncbi The quantitative relationship between longitudinal and radial function in left, right, and total heart pumping in humans
    Marcus Carlsson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund SE 22185, Sweden
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293:H636-44. 2007
    ..Longitudinal AVPD accounts for approximately 80% of the RVSV, compared with approximately 60% for the LVSV. This difference explains the larger portion of THVV found on the left side of the heart...
  55. ncbi Disappearance of myocardial perfusion defects on prone SPECT imaging: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients without established coronary artery disease
    Bo Hedén
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Med Imaging 9:16. 2009
    ..Imaging in the prone position has been suggested as a method to overcome this problem...
  56. ncbi Evaluation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by automated gated myocardial SPECT versus cardiovascular magnetic resonance
    Eva Persson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 25:135-41. 2005
    ....
  57. ncbi Quantitative polar representation of left ventricular myocardial perfusion, function and viability using SPECT and cardiac magnetic resonance: initial results
    Peter A Cain
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 25:215-22. 2005
    ..The agreement between quantitative measurement and visual scoring was very good for both perfusion and function...
  58. ncbi Longitudinal strain from velocity encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance: a validation study
    Einar Heiberg
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 15:15. 2013
    ....
  59. ncbi Determination of the ability of high-frequency ECG to estimate left ventricular mass in humans, determined by magnetic resonance imaging
    Elin Trägårdh
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 26:157-62. 2006
    ..The purpose of the present study was to compare ECG measurements from standard and high-frequency ranges with left ventricular mass (LVM) and LVMi determined by magnetic resonance imaging in humans...
  60. ncbi Circulating endothelial and platelet derived microparticles reflect the size of myocardium at risk in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
    Christian Jung
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Atherosclerosis 221:226-31. 2012
    ..We tested the hypothesis that the number of circulating EMP or PMP in acute myocardial infarction correlates with the myocardium at risk (MaR) and infarct size (IS)...
  61. ncbi Magnetic resonance imaging as a potential gold standard for infarct quantification
    Marcus Carlsson
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Electrocardiol 41:614-20. 2008
    ..The biological rationale and technical background for detecting MI by DE-MR imaging were reviewed as well as the different approaches for quantification of the DE-MR images, exemplified by patient cases...
  62. ncbi Infarct transmurality and adjacent segmental function as determinants of wall thickening in revascularized chronic ischemic heart disease
    Martin Ugander
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 25:209-14. 2005
    ..93, P<0.001) than by IT (t = -4.50, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The number of dysfunctional adjacent segments is a greater determinant than infarct transmurality on regional wall thickening...
  63. ncbi Chronic non-transmural infarction has a delayed recovery of function following revascularization
    Martin Ugander
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, SE 221 85 Sweden
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:4. 2010
    ..We studied the effect of the presence of chronic non-transmural infarction on the time course of recovery of myocardial perfusion and function after elective revascularization...
  64. ncbi Hemodynamic effects of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in cardiac surgery: assessment using magnetic resonance imaging
    Rainer Petzina
    Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133:1154-62. 2007
    ....
  65. ncbi Total heart volume variation throughout the cardiac cycle in humans
    Marcus Carlsson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund SE 22185, Sweden
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287:H243-50. 2004
    ..The total heart volume variation may relate to the efficiency of energy use by the heart to minimize displacement of surrounding tissue while accounting for the energy required to draw blood into the atria during ventricular systole...
  66. ncbi Importance of perfusion in myocardial viability studies using delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
    Erik Hedstrom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    J Magn Reson Imaging 24:77-83. 2006
    ....
  67. ncbi Negative predictive value and potential cost savings of acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in low risk patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a prospective single blinded study
    Jakob L Forberg
    Divisions of Emergency Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    BMC Emerg Med 9:12. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility and hospital economics of acute MPI in Swedish ED patients with suspected ACS...
  68. ncbi Effects of myocardial postconditioning on the recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells
    Christian Jung
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Interv Cardiol 25:103-10. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PostC on recruitment of EPC...
  69. ncbi Determination of the left ventricular long-axis orientation from a single short-axis MR image: relation to BMI and age
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 24:310-5. 2004
    ..98 in all three orthogonal planes. These observations suggest that a single LV short-axis MR image can be used for measuring LV long-axis orientation in patients with no cardiac disease...
  70. ncbi Size and transmural extent of first-time reperfused myocardial infarction assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance can be estimated by 12-lead electrocardiogram
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Am Heart J 150:920. 2005
    ..Presence of Q waves, however, is not indicative of transmural MI in these patients. Thus, QRS scoring could potentially be used for diagnosing and characterizing MI in patients with suspected recent MI...
  71. ncbi Quantitative clinical assessment of chronic anterior myocardial infarction with delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging and QRS scoring
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Am Heart J 146:359-66. 2003
    ..The diagnostic performance of the Selvester QRS-scoring system for quantifying MI in the other regions, particularly the left ventricular apex, can potentially be improved, with DE-MRI as the gold standard...
  72. ncbi Left ventricular mass by 12-lead electrocardiogram in healthy subjects: comparison to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
    Minna B Carlsson
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden
    J Electrocardiol 39:67-72. 2006
    ..Thus, in healthy subjects, QRS duration alone is equally or more strongly correlated to LVM than are established electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy criteria...
  73. ncbi A fast and highly automated approach to myocardial motion analysis using phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging
    Erik Bergvall
    Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden
    J Magn Reson Imaging 23:652-61. 2006
    ..To develop a fast and highly automated method for calculating two-dimensional myocardial motion and deformation using velocity encoded magnetic resonance imaging...
  74. ncbi Atrioventricular plane displacement is the major contributor to left ventricular pumping in healthy adults, athletes, and patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
    Marcus Carlsson
    Dept of Clinical Physiology, Lund Univ Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292:H1452-9. 2007
    ..Although AVPD is less than half in patients with DCM when compared with controls and athletes, the contribution of AVPD to LV function is maintained, which can be explained by the larger short-axis area in DCM...
  75. ncbi Semi-automatic quantification of myocardial infarction from delayed contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
    Einar Heiberg
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden
    Scand Cardiovasc J 39:267-75. 2005
    ..This study describes a novel method to quantify myocardial infarction by semi-automatic delineation of hyperenhanced myocardium in delayed contrast enhanced (DE) magnetic resonance (MR) images...
  76. ncbi Development and validation of techniques for quantitative clinical assessment of myocardial infarction by electrocardiography and MRI
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    J Electrocardiol 35:203-4. 2002
  77. ncbi The relationship between electrical axis by 12-lead electrocardiogram and anatomical axis of the heart by cardiac magnetic resonance in healthy subjects
    Henrik Engblom
    Department of Clinical Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Am Heart J 150:507-12. 2005
    ..The change of electrical axis with increased age is not explained only by change in the anatomical axis. The results suggest that there is no simple relationship between the electrical and anatomical axes of the heart...