Magnus Bäck
Professor/Senior Physician
E-mail: magnus.back@ki.se
Visiting address: BioClinicum, Plan 8,Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 Kardiov m Bäck M, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
Magnus Bäck awarded his medical degree at KI in 1998 and since then has primarily been clinically active at Karolinska University Hospital. He defended his PhD at KI in 2001 and in 2003–2004 was a postdoc in Göran K Hansson’s group at CMM, the Center for Molecular Medicine.
Between 2006 and 2008 Magnus Bäck worked as a visiting researcher and cardiologist at Hôpital Bichat in Paris, France. After returning to Sweden, he created a research group at CMM. He became a Specialist in Cardiology in 2009 and a Docent in 2010.
On 1 December 2016, Magnus Bäck was appointed Professor of Cardiology at Karolinska Institutet.
Articles
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2026;27(1):12-22Juhasz D; Varhegyi M; Rakovics M; Szilveszter B; Jermendy AL; Dosa E; Straub E; Merkely B; Aranyi T; Apor A; Szuts D; Manouras A; Back M; Szeri F; Nagy AI
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2026;27(2):841De Moudt S; Herzine A; Rodrigues M-DL; Collin M; Back M; Yen FT; Mercier N
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2026;6(1):oeaf156Bergeon J; Hupin D; Hu J; Le Guyader S; Franco-Cereceda A; Back M
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2025;39(23):e71245de Moudt S; Sitek B; Bar A; Lourenco-rodrigues M-D; Lagrange J; Yen FT; Chlopicki S; Mercier N; Back M
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2025;27(12):2716-2731Savarese G; Lindberg F; Cannata A; Adamo M; Ambrosio G; Ameri P; Anker MS; Back M; Bayes-Genis A; Ben Gal T; Braunschweig F; Chioncel O; D'Elia E; El-Tamimi H; Filippatos G; Girerd N; Hill L; Jankowska E; Khunti K; Lewis BS; Moura B; Amir O; Paolillo S; Piepoli M; Shehab A; Simpson M; Skouri H; Stolfo D; Tocchetti CG; Vitale C; Volterrani M; von Haehling S; Wassmann S; Yilmaz MB; Kaski JC; Dobrev D; Metra M; Rosano GMC
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 2025;182(Suppl 1):S24-S151Alexander SPH; Davenport AP; Kelly E; Gibb AJ; Mathie AA; Peach CJ; Veale EL; Armstrong JF; Faccenda E; Harding SD; Southan C; Davies JA; Abbracchio MP; Abraham GR; Agoulnik A; Alexander W; Al-hosaini K; Back M; Baker JG; Barnes NM; Bathgate R; Beaulieu J-M; Beck-Sickinger AG; Behrens M; Bennett KA; Bernstein KE; Bettler B; Birdsall NJM; Blaho VA; Bonaventure P; Boulay F; Bousquet C; Brauner-Osborne H; Brown AJ; Burnstock G; Busnelli M; Calo G; Caruso V; Castano JP; Catt KJ; Ceruti S; Chazot P; Chiang N; Chini B; Christopoulos A; Chun J; Cianciulli A; Civelli O; Clapp LH; Couture R; Cox HM; Csaba Z; Dahlgren C; Dautzenberg FM; Dent G; Douglas SD; Dournaud P; Dubocovich ML; Eguchi S; Escher E; Filardo EJ; Fong T; Forsman HF; Fumagalli M; Gainetdinov RR; Garelja ML; de Gasparo M; Gbahou F; Gerard C; Gershengorn M; Glass M; Gloriam DE; Gobeil F; Goodfriend TL; Goudet C; Gratz L; Gregory KJ; Gruber C; Gundlach AL; Hamann J; Hanson J; Hartman DS; Hauger RL; Hay DL; Heinemann A; Heitman L; Herr DR; Hollenberg MD; Holliday ND; Holst B; Horiuchi M; Hoyer D; Hunyady L; Husain A; IJzerman AP; Inagami T; Insel PA; Jacobson KA; Jacobson LH; Jensen RT; Jockers R; Jonnalagadda D; Karnik S; Kaupmann K; Kemp J; Kennedy C; Kihara Y; Kinsolving J; Kitazawa T; Kozielewicz P; Kreienkamp H-J; Kukkonen JP; Laishram L; Langenhan T; Langmead CJ; Larhammar D; Leach K; Lecca D; Lee JD; Leeman SE; Leprince J; Leurs R; Li XX; Liebscher I; Lolait SJ; Lupp A; Macrae R; Maguire JJ; Malfacini D; Manning M; Marangon D; Martemyanov K; Mazella J; McArdle CA; Melmed S; Michel MC; Miller LJ; Mitolo V; Mouillac B; Mueller CE; Murphy PM; Nahon J-L; Neubig RR; Ngo T; Norel X; Nyimanu D; O'Carroll A-M; Offermanns S; Panaro MA; Parmentier M; Perry-Hauser N; Pertwee RG; Pin J-P; Prossnitz ER; Qin HC; Quinn M; Raffaele S; Ramachandran R; Ray M; Reinscheid RK; Buzon AR; Rondard P; Rosenkilde MM; Rovati GE; Ruzza C; Sanger GJ; Scholz N; Schoeneberg T; Schulte G; Schulz S; Segaloff DL; Serhan CN; Shukla AK; Singh KD; Smith CM; Smith NJ; Staeubert C; Stoddart LA; Sugimoto Y; Summers R; Tan VP; Thal DM; Thomas WW; Timmermans PBMWM; Tirupula K; Toll L; Tulipano G; Unal H; Unger T; Valant C; Vanderheyden P; Vaudry D; Vaudry H; Verbalis JG; Vilardaga J-P; Walker CS; Wang JM; Ward DT; Wester H-J; Willars GB; Williams TL; Woodruff TM; Wu H; Yang C; Yao C; Ye RD; Zaidman N
- Article: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING. 2025;45(6):e70035Bastos L; Al-khalili F; Back M; Manouras A; Engdahl J; Shahgaldi K
- Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2025;334(13):1160-1169Hofmann R; James S; Sundqvist MO; Warme J; Angeras O; Alfredsson J; Erlinge D; Arefalk G; Arstad G; Blomberg S; Frobert O; Hambraeus K; Hellstrom PM; Lauermann J; Lidin M; Lindhagen L; Mourtzinis G; Schoede C; Thunstrom E; Voldberg B; Wagner H; Ostlund O; Jernberg T; Back M
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2025;137(4):e106-e123Chen H; Wan Q; Yang J; Rao H; Xu C; Xu P; Yang X; Wang H; Feng W; Wang L; Baeck M; Widdop RE; Liu F; Lu HS; Daugherty A; Hu S; Fitzgerald GA; Liu D-P; Huang Y; Jin W; Wang M
- Article: BULLETIN DE L ACADEMIE NATIONALE DE MEDECINE. 2025;209(7):934-940Back M
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2025;27(7):1273-1293Savarese G; Schiattarella GG; Lindberg F; Anker MS; Bayes-Genis A; Baeck M; Braunschweig F; Bucciarelli-Ducci C; Butler J; Cannata A; Capone F; Chioncel O; D'Elia E; Gonzalez A; Filippatos G; Girerd N; Hulot J-S; Lam CSP; Lund LH; Maack C; Moura B; Petrie MC; Piepoli M; Shehab A; Yilmaz MB; Seferovic P; Tocchetti CG; Rosano GMC; Metra M
- Article: HEART RHYTHM O2. 2025;6(7):949-955Hupin D; Pichot V; Back M; Nygren-Bonnier M; Reistam U; Runold M; Bruchfeld J; Dupre C; Da Costa A; Romeyer C; Roche F; Stahlberg M; Fedorowski A; Nickander J
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA. 2025;11(1):88Malmqvist A; Eren F; Schwieler L; Orhan F; Fatouros-Bergman H; Flyckt L; Piehl F; Cervenka S; Baeck M; Sellgren CM; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: NATURE AGING. 2025;5(6):1046-1062Recurrent somatic mutation and progerin expression in early vascular aging of chronic kidney diseaseRevechon G; Witasp A; Viceconte N; Helgadottir HT; Machtel P; Stefani F; Whisenant D; Sola-Carvajal A; McGuinness D; Abutaleb NO; Artiach G; Arzt EW; Soveri I; Babler A; Ziegler S; Kramann R; Back M; Thorell A; Truskey GA; Wennberg L; Shiels PG; Wernerson A; Stenvinkel P; Eriksson M
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2025;14(7):2407da Silva CO; Hage C; Johnson J; Back M; Nagy AI; Svennberg E; Bastos L; Engdahl J; Al-Khalili F; Lund L; Manouras A
- Article: ESC HEART FAILURE. 2025;12(2):1469-1473Qin Z; Baeck M; Franco-Cereceda A; Pawelzik S-C
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2024;31(13):1574-1582Marchandot B; Faller E; Akladios C; Matsushita K; Back M; Jesel L; Schini-Kerth V; Morel O
- Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2024;42(9):1465-1481Asmar R; Stergiou G; de la Sierra A; Jelakovic B; Millasseau S; Topouchian J; Shirai K; Blacher J; Avolio A; Jankowski P; Parati G; Bilo G; Rewiuk K; Mintale I; Rajzer M; Agabiti-Rosei E; Ince C; Postadzhiyan A; Zimlichman R; Struijker-Boudier H; Benetos A; Back M; Tasic N; Sirenko Y; Zelveian P; Wang H; Fantin F; Kotovskaya Y; Ezhov M; Kotsis V
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2024;4(5):oeae084Lancellotti P; Sugimoto T; Back M
- Article: ESC HEART FAILURE. 2024;11(3):1790-1794Gaylard B; Montano-Krawczuk A; Haugaa K; Back M
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All other publications
- Review: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2026;:ehag116Evans PC; Vilahur G; Kleinbongard P; Osto E; Remme CA; Madonna R; Aksentijevic D; Sourij H; Davidson SM; Santovito D; Gindlhuber J; Weber C; Linke WA; Lutgens E; Bertrand L; Dawson D; Back M; Norata GD; Wojta J; Perrino C
- Review: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2026;121(18):2838-2859Qin Z; Back M
- Review: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE. 2026;12:1625436Bergeon J; Chassagne F; Fanget M; Merlet AN; Avril S; Feasson L; Roche F; Back M; Hupin D
- Review: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2025;121(14):2157-2176Issa N; Candellier A; Boudot C; Capoulade R; Ghamlouch H; Back M; Fraineau S; Bennis Y; Eltchaninoff H; Kamel S; Tribouilloy C; Henaut L
- Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2025;5(6):oeaf134Petri MH; Haftbaradaran Esfahani P; Plunde O; Back M
- Review: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2025;5(6):oeaf157Halade GV; Back M; Kain V
- Study protocol: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 2025;286:66-74Hofmann R; James S; Sundqvist MO; Warme J; Frobert O; Angeras O; Hellstrom PM; Hambraeus K; Alfredsson J; Erlinge D; Lauermann J; Lindhagen L; Ostlund O; Jernberg T; Back M
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS CARDIOLOGY. 2025;22(8):577-605Liberale L; Tual-Chalot S; Sedej S; Ministrini S; Georgiopoulos G; Grunewald M; Back M; Bochaton-Piallat M-L; Boon RA; Ramos GC; de Winther MPJ; Drosatos K; Evans PC; Ferguson JF; Forslund-Startceva SK; Goettsch C; Giacca M; Haendeler J; Kallikourdis M; Ketelhuth DFJ; Koenen RR; Lacolley P; Lutgens E; Maffia P; Miwa S; Monaco C; Montecucco F; Norata GD; Osto E; Richardson GD; Riksen NP; Soehnlein O; Spyridopoulos I; Van Linthout S; Vilahur G; Wentzel JJ; Andres V; Badimon L; Benetos A; Binder CJ; Brandes RP; Crea F; Furman D; Gorbunova V; Guzik TJ; Hill JA; Luescher TF; Mittelbrunn M; Nencioni A; Netea MG; Passos JF; Stamatelopoulos KS; Tavernarakis N; Ungvari Z; Wu JC; Kirkland JL; Camici GG; Dimmeler S; Kroemer G; Abdellatif M; Stellos K
- Letter: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;298(1):46-48Brinck J; Littmann K; Hogling DE; Widman L; Caidahl K; Eriksson M; Johnson J; Szummer K; Back M
- Review: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2025;46(7):620-634Blaser MC; Back M; Luescher TF; Aikawa E
- Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2025;46(5):451-453Back M; Hofmann R
- Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2024;5(1):oeaf015Back M; Banach M; Braunschweig F; De Rosa S; Flachskampf FA; Kahan T; Ketelhuth DFJ; Lancellotti P; Larsson SC; Mellbin L; Savarese G; Jensen AS; Szummer K; Wahl D
- Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2024;4(4):oeae047Ketelhuth DFJ; Back M
- Review: ESC HEART FAILURE. 2024;11(3):1283-1289Back M; von Haehling S; Papp Z; Piepoli MF
- Other: VASCULAR HEALTH AND RISK MANAGEMENT. 2023;19:325-328Plunde O; Franco-Cereceda A; Back M
- Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2023;3(6):oead115Back M; Latini R
- Editorial: JACC-BASIC TO TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. 2023;8(11):1473-1474Back M
- Review: ESC HEART FAILURE. 2023;10(4):2150-2158Back M; von Haehling S; Papp Z; Piepoli MF
- Review: PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. 2023;247:108439Back M
- Editorial: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY. 2023;98(7):998-999Back M
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Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
- Professor/Assistant Senior Physician, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2016-2022
- Visiting Researcher and Cardiologist, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 2006-2008
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2010
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2001
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1998
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Philip Sarajlic, Physiological and lifestyle-related cardiovascular risk factors for vessels, ventricle, and valve