Maria Eriksson

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About me

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Physiology at the Department of Molecular
Medicine and Surgery as of 1 April 2021. Primary position: Consultant at
Karolinska University Hospital.

Research

As a researcher and clinical physiologist, Maria J Eriksson uses ultrasound
technology to describe heart and blood vessel function in different types of
cardiovascular disease, inclu- ding heart failure and valve disease. Much of
her research concerns how the rapid technical developments of recent years,
with improved hardware and more powerful software, can help in the
understanding of cardiovascular disease and how it can be put to clinical
use. The emphasis of her work is on developing methods of diagnosis and
prognosis, and evaluating treatment efficacy. One area of study is the
factors that can predict the normalisation of myo-
cardial structure and function after surgery for different types of aortic
valve disease. Eriksson is also collaborating with preclinical and clinical
researchers to identify disease mechanisms and potential targets for new
therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases.

Articles

Article: ESC HEART FAILURE. 2026;13(3):xvag105
Worse long-term outcomes in new-onset HFpEF vs HFrEF and HFmrEF: findings from the Stockholm PREFERS study
Persson H; Winderud A; Hage C; Cabrera CC; Lofstrom U; Lynga P; Arslan T; Malmqvist KK; Eriksson MJ; Persson B; Wallen H; Ekstrom M; Linde C
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2025;46(28):2795-2805
Mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse: long-term risk of ventricular arrhythmias after surgery
Lodin K; Da Silva CO; Gottlieb AW; Bulatovic I; Ruck A; George I; Cohen DJ; Braunschweig F; Svenarud P; Eriksson MJ; Haugaa KH; Dalen M; Shahim B
Article: ERJ OPEN RESEARCH. 2025;11(3):01045-02024
Proteins associated with preserved ratio impaired spirometry
Lindberg E; Zhou X; Behndig AF; Caidahl K; Egesten A; Engstroem G; Engvall JE; Eriksson MJ; Fall T; Gummesson A; Hamrefors V; Janson C; Johnsson A; Lindberg A; Mannila M; Nystroem FH; Olin A-C; Skold CM; Soederberg S; Tanash H; Toren K; Ostgren CJ; Malinovschi A; Blomberg A
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2025;5(2):oeaf014
Baseline characteristics and 1-year outcome by left ventricular function in the CABG PREFERS
Lofstrom U; Linde C; Eriksson MJ; Maret E; Corbascio M; Ekstrom M; Lynga P; Wallen H; Persson B; Persson H; Hage C
Article: PLOS ONE. 2025;20(1):e0317201
Kynurenines and aerobic exercise capacity in chronic kidney disease: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study
Wallin H; Jansson E; Erhardt S; Wallquist C; Hylander B; Jacobson SH; Caidahl K; Rickenlund A; Eriksson MJ
Article: PHYSIOLOGICAL REPORTS. 2025;13(1):e70200
Exercise limitation in chronic kidney disease: An experimental pilot study with leg and arm exercise
Wallin H; Jansson E; Said R; Lundberg S; Zolfaghardidani P; Eriksson MJ; Rickenlund A; Sundblad P
Article: ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. 2024;21(12):1678-1687
Chronic Airflow Limitation, Emphysema, and Impaired Diffusing Capacity in Relation to Smoking Habits in a Swedish Middle-aged Population
Blomberg A; Toren K; Liv P; Granasen G; Andersson A; Behndig A; Bergstrom G; Brandberg J; Caidahl K; Cederlund K; Egesten A; Ekstrom M; Eriksson MJ; Hagstrom E; Janson C; Jernberg T; Kylhammar D; Lind L; Lindberg A; Lindberg E; Lofdahl C-G; Malinovschi A; Mannila M; Nilsson LT; Olin A-C; Persson A; Persson HL; Rosengren A; Sundstrom J; Swahn E; Soderberg S; Vikgren J; Wollmer P; Ostgren CJ; Engvall J; Skold CM
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2024;25(12):1663-1672
Sex differences in prevalence and characteristics of imaging-detected atherosclerosis: a population-based study
Swahn E; Lawesson SS; Alfredsson J; Fredrikson M; Angeras O; Duvernoy O; Engstrom G; Eriksson MJ; Fagman E; Johansson B; Johnson L; Johnston N; Ljungberg J; Mannila M; Nordendahl M; Oldgren J; Omerovic E; Ostenfeld E; Persson M; Rosengren A; Larsson LS; Sundstrom J; Soderberg M; Ostgren CJ; Leander K; Jernberg T
Article: ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. 2024;21(11):1524-1532
Restrictive Spirometric Pattern and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in a Population Aged 50-64 Years
Toren K; Blomberg A; Schioler L; Malinovschi A; Backman H; Caidahl K; Carlhall C-J; Ekbom E; Ekstrom M; Engstrom G; Engvall JE; Eriksson MJ; Hamrefors V; Janson C; Johnsson A; Khalil M; Kylhammar D; Lindberg A; Nilsson U; Olin A-C; Pesonen I; Sjolund J; Skold CM; Svartengren M; Ostgren C-J; Wollmer P
Article: BMC GENOMICS. 2024;25(1):938
Characteristics of gene expression in epicardial adipose tissue and subcutaneous adipose tissue in patients at risk for heart failure undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Frisk C; Ekstroem M; Eriksson MJ; Corbascio M; Hage C; Persson H; Linde C; Persson B
Article: ESC HEART FAILURE. 2024;11(5):2661-2671
Iron deficiency in new onset heart failure: association with clinical factors and quality of life
Cabrera CC; Ekstrom M; Tornvall P; Lofstrom U; Frisk C; Linde C; Hage C; Persson H; Eriksson MJ; Wallen H; Persson B; Lynga P
Article: CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION AND THERAPEUTICS. 2024;39(4):479-489
Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: do mitral valve leaflet length, septal thickness, or sex affect the outcome?
Mustafic M; Jander R; Marlevi D; Rickenlund A; Ruck A; Saleh N; Abdi S; Eriksson MJ; Damlin A
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):5811
Cardiac biopsies reveal differences in transcriptomics between left and right ventricle in patients with or without diagnostic signs of heart failure
Frisk C; Das S; Eriksson MJ; Walentinsson A; Corbascio M; Hage C; Kumar C; Ekstroem M; Maret E; Persson H; Linde C; Persson B
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;39(1):35-49
Pulmonary function and atherosclerosis in the general population: causal associations and clinical implications
Engstroem G; Lampa E; Dekkers K; Lin Y-T; Ahlm K; Ahlstroem H; Alfredsson J; Bergstroem G; Blomberg A; Brandberg J; Caidahl K; Cederlund K; Duvernoy O; Engvall JE; Eriksson MJ; Fall T; Gigante B; Gummesson A; Hagstroem E; Hamrefors V; Hedner J; Janzon M; Jernberg T; Johnson L; Lind L; Lindberg E; Mannila M; Nilsson U; Persson A; Persson HL; Persson M; Ramnemark A; Rosengren A; Schmidt C; Skoglund Larsson L; Skoeld CM; Swahn E; Soederberg S; Toren K; Waldenstroem A; Wollmer P; Zaigham S; Oestgren CJ; Sundstroem J
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. 2023;208(4):461-471
Consequences of Using Post- or Prebronchodilator Reference Values in Interpreting Spirometry
Malinovschi A; Zhou X; Andersson A; Backman H; Bake B; Blomberg A; Caidahl K; Eriksson MJ; Strom JE; Hamrefors V; Hjelmgren O; Janson C; Karimi R; Kylhammar D; Lindberg A; Lindberg E; Liv P; Olin A-C; Shalabi A; Skold CM; Sundstrom J; Tanash H; Toren K; Wollmer P; Zaigham S; Ostgren CJ; Engvall JE
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2023;379:82-88
Relationship between iron deficiency and expression of genes involved in iron metabolism in human myocardium and skeletal muscle
Cabrera C; Frisk C; Lofstrom U; Lynga P; Linde C; Hage C; Persson H; Eriksson MJ; Wallen H; Persson B; Ekstrom M
Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;373:46-54
Body weight at age 20 and in midlife is more important than weight gain for coronary atherosclerosis: Results from SCAPIS
Bergstrom G; Rosengren A; Brolin EB; Brandberg J; Cederlund K; Engstrom G; Engvall JE; Eriksson MJ; Goncalves I; Hagstrom E; James SK; Jernberg T; Lilja M; Magnusson M; Persson A; Persson M; Sandstrom A; Schmidt C; Larsson LS; Sundstrom J; Swahn E; Soderberg S; Toren K; Ostgren CJ; Lampa E; Lind L
Article: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;67(2):206-212
Severe Covid-19 and acute pulmonary hypertension: 24-month follow-up regarding mortality and relationship to initial echocardiographic findings and biomarkers
Norderfeldt J; Liliequist A; Eksborg S; Frostell C; Eriksson MJ; Adding C; Agvald P; Lonnqvist P-A
Article: CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND. 2023;21(1):3
Can transthoracic echocardiography be used to a greater extent in the diagnostics of infective endocarditis to avoid unnecessary transoesophageal examinations without jeopardising accuracy?
Damlin A; Eriksson MJJ; Maret E
Article: CARDIORENAL MEDICINE. 2023;13(1):189-201
Soluble CD14 and Osteoprotegerin Associate with Ankle-Brachial Index as a Measure of Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease in a Five-Year Prospective Study
Sendic S; Mansouri L; Hong M-G; Schwenk JM; Eriksson MJ; Hylander B; Lundahl J; Jacobson SH
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Letter: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;298(1):46-48
Elevated lipoprotein(a) and progression of aortic stenosis measured by Doppler echocardiography: A population-based cohort study
Brinck J; Littmann K; Hogling DE; Widman L; Caidahl K; Eriksson M; Johnson J; Szummer K; Back M
Editorial: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE. 2020;26(5):440-443
Increased iron absorption in patients with chronic heart failure and iron deficiency
Cabrera CC; Ekstrom M; Linde C; Persson H; Hage C; Eriksson MJ; Wallen H; Persson B; Tornvall P; Lynga P
Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2019;54:oa1584
Body mass index, weight gain and activity-related breathlessness: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study
Ekstrom M; Blomberg A; Bergstrom G; Brandberg J; Caidahl K; Engstrom G; Engvall J; Eriksson M; Gransbo K; Hansen T; Jernberg T; Nilsson L; Nilsson U; Olin A-C; Persson L; Rosengren A; Sandelin M; Skold M; Sundstrom J; Swahn E; Soderberg S; Tanash H; Toren K; Ostgren C-J; Lindberg E
Meeting abstract: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2016;252:E168
INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS OF THE DESCENDING AORTA IS INFLUENCED BY AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Petrini J; Ring M; Eriksson P; Franco-Cereceda A; Caidahl K; Eriksson MJ
Corrigendum: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. 2012;41(2):471
Bicuspid aortic valve leaflet morphology in relation to aortic root morphology: a study of 300 patients undergoing open-heart surgery (vol 40, pg e118, 2011)
Jackson V; Petrini J; Caidahl K; Eriksson MJ; Liska J; Eriksson P; Franco-Cereceda A
Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. 2005;18(10):1014-1022
Mitral annular disjunction in advanced myxomatous mitral valve disease: echocardiographic detection and surgical correction.
Eriksson MJ; Bitkover CY; Omran AS; David TE; Ivanov J; Ali MJ; Woo A; Siu SC; Rakowski H
Letter: MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM. 2005;84(4):374-375
W4R variant in CSRP3 encoding muscle LIM protein in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Newman B; Cescon D; Woo A; Rakowski H; Erikkson MJ; Sole M; Wigle ED; Siminovitch KA
Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2003;125(4):789-796
Results of surgery for aortic root aneurysm in patients with Marfan syndrome.
de Oliveira NC; David TE; Ivanov J; Armstrong S; Eriksson MJ; Rakowski H; Webb G
Letter: JACC-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2002;40(4):838
Long-term outcome in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Reply
Rakowski H; Eriksson MJ; Wigle ED
Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2001;122(5):929-934
Dilation of the sinotubular junction causes aortic insufficiency after aortic valve replacement with the Toronto SPV bioprosthesis.
David TE; Ivanov J; Eriksson MJ; Bos J; Feindel CM; Rakowski H
Doctoral thesis: 1998
Noninvasive haemodynamic evaluation of aortic valve prostheses : Doppler echocardiographic studies at rest and during exercise
Eriksson MJ
Published conference paper: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 1996;12(1):31-36
The long-term outcome of proximal vein thrombosis during pregnancy is not improved by the addition of surgical thrombectomy to anticoagulant treatment
Torngren S; Hjertberg R; Rosfors S; Bremme K; Eriksson M; Swedenborg J

Employments

Affiliated to Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2028
Adjunct Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2025

Degrees and Education

Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2007
Doctor Of Philosophy, Dept of Surgical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 1998

Supervision

Supervision to doctoral degree
- Parastou Farahnak, Cardiovascular aspects in mild primary hyperparathyroidism and the outcome after parathyroidectomy, 2011

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