Thomas Kahan

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Om mig

Verksam som överläkare vid Hjärtkliniken, Danderyds sjukhus.
Läkarutbildning på Karolinska Institutet. Disputerad i farmakologi. Docent
i farmakologi och invärtesmedicin. Professor i medicin. Specialist i
invärtesmedicin och kardiologi; verksam som klinisk kardiolog.

Forskningsbeskrivning

Huvudintresse är neurohormonella reglerlekanismer för kontroll av blodtryck
och hjärtfunktion med fokus på strukturella förändringar av blodkärl vid
till hypertoni, hypertensiv hjärsjukdom, neuroendokrina reglermekanismer vid
hjärtsivkt och hur hypertoni kan leda till kronisk hjärtsvikt. Det
sympatiska nervsystemet och renin-angiotensin-aldosteronsystemet är av
särskilt intresse. Andra forskningsområden är kardiovaskulär
riskvärdering och kardiovaskulär prevention samt hälsoekonomi och
implementering av befintlig kunskap i klinisk sjukvård.

Artiklar

Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2026;:ehag494
Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Scientific Publishing.
Guzik TJ; Aboyans V; Agewall S; Bailey S; Baranchuk A; Bäck M; Böhm M; Bonow RO; Booz GW; Boriani G; Bozkurt B; Bruining N; Capodanno D; Erol Ç; Ferdinandy P; Gimelli A; Heusch G; Kahan T; Lang CC; Maurer G; Mentz RJ; Metra M; Moons P; Piskorz D; Piepoli M; Ponikowski P; Popma A; Rocca B; Fores JS; Sommer P; Touyz RM; Ungvari Z; Vranckx P; Hill JA; Lüscher TF; Crea F
Article: BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING. 2026;26(1):126
A machine learning model to simplify recognition of patients with atrial fibrillation based on diagnostic codes in Swedish primary health care
Norrman A; Wachtler C; Wandell P; Eriksson J; Ruge T; Brynedal B; Hasselstrom J; Kahan T; Carlsson AC
Article: HELICOBACTER. 2026;31(2):e70116
Helicobacter pylori, Inflammation, and Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective Cohort Study
Sundqvist MO; Warme J; Hjort M; Tornvall P; Jernberg T; Lindahl B; Schiopu A; Baron T; Jacobson SH; Kahan T; Erlinge D; Spaak J; Hofmann R
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2026;28:e76087
Computerized Self-Reported Medical History Taking to Support Early Rule Out of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Acute Chest Pain: Post Hoc Analysis of the CLEOS-CPDS Prospective Cohort Study
Brandberg H; Sundberg CJ; Spaak J; Koch S; Kahan T
Article: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2025;34(1):2487583
Cost-effectiveness analysis of radiofrequency renal denervation for uncontrolled hypertension in Sweden
Kahan T; Johansen ML; Ryschon AM; Cao KN; Kolovetsios MD; Lindgren P; Pietzsch JB
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2025;5(6):oeaf138
Prevalence and prediction of masked uncontrolled hypertension in patients recently hospitalized for myocardial infarction.
Hellqvist H; Erlinge D; Lindahl B; Jernberg T; Oldgren J; James S; Al-Khalili F; Kahan T; Spaak J
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2025;15(1):37733
Circulating vascular biomarkers in relation to physiological indices of aortic stiffness and endothelial function in hypertension
Jekell A; Ekholm M; Kahan T; Lundwall K
Article: HEART AND VESSELS. 2025;40(10):895-904
Overnight stiffness index from finger photoplethysmography in relation to markers of cardiovascular risk and vascular ageing
Hellqvist H; Rietz H; Grote L; Hedner J; Sommermeyer D; Kahan T; Spaak J
Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;108:56-62
The definition of treatment assignment in observational emulations of target trials - an empirical examination in the Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database
Humphreys ABC; Matthews AA; Young JC; Berglund A; Lindahl B; Wettermark B; Dahabreh IJ; Kahan T; Hernan MA
Article: JMIR MEDICAL INFORMATICS. 2025;13:e65568
Patient Perspectives on Digital Technology and Experiences of Computerized History-Taking for Chest Pain Management in the Emergency Department: CLEOS-CPDS Prospective Cohort Study
Fritzell K; Brandberg H; Spaak J; Koch S; Sundberg CJ; Zakim D; Kahan T; Sundberg K
Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2025;34(1):e70075
Have People Treated With Antihypertensives Been Diagnosed With Hypertension? A Cross-Sectional Study in Stockholm, Sweden
Treciokiene I; Forslund T; Kahan T; Taxis K; Wettermark B
Article: RESUSCITATION PLUS. 2025;21:100839
Exploring the impact of age on the predictive power of the National Early Warning score (NEWS) 2, and long-term prognosis among patients reviewed by a Rapid Response Team: A prospective, multi-centre study
Thoren A; Franko MA; Joelsson-Alm E; Rawshani A; Kahan T; Engdahl J; Jonsson M; Djarv T; Spangfors M
Article: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2024;33(1):2368800
Management of patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease referred to Hypertension Excellence Centres among 27 countries. On behalf of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and the Kidney
Halimi J-M; Sarafidis P; Azizi M; Bilo G; Burkard T; Bursztyn M; Camafort M; Chapman N; Cottone S; de Backer T; Deinum J; Delmotte P; Dorobantu M; Doumas M; Dusing R; Duly-Bouhanick B; Fauvel J-P; Fesler P; Gaciong Z; Gkaliagkousi E; Gordin D; Grassi G; Grassos C; Guerrot D; Huart J; Izzo R; Aguila FJ; Jarai Z; Kahan T; Kantola I; Kocianova E; Limbourg F; Lopez-Sublet M; Mallamaci F; Manolis A; Marketou M; Mayer G; Mazza A; MacIntyre I; Mourad J-J; Muiesan ML; Nasr E; Nilsson P; Oliveras A; Ormezzano O; Paixao-Dias V; Papadakis I; Papadopoulos D; Perl S; Polonia J; Pontremoli R; Pucci G; Robles NR; Rubin S; Ruilope LM; Rump LC; Saeed S; Sanidas E; Sarzani R; Schmieder R; Silhol F; Sokolovic S; Solbu M; Soucek M; Stergiou G; Sudano I; Tabbalat R; Tengiz I; Triantafyllidi H; Tsioufis K; Vaclavik J; van der Giet M; Van der Niepen P; Veglio F; Venzin R; Viigimaa M; Weber T; Widimsky J; Wuerzner G; Zelveian P; Zebekakis P; Lueders S; Persu A; Kreutz R; Vogt L
Article: PLATELETS. 2024;35(1):2437768
Alterations in platelet activity and endothelial glycocalyx biomarkers by treatment with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or an alpha-1 adrenoceptor antagonist in patients with hypertension: results from the DoRa study
Ekholm M; Jekell A; Lundwall K; Alfredsson J; Lindahl TL; Wallen H; Kahan T
Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2024;42(12):2065-2074
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood pressure control in patients with treated hypertension-results of the European Society of Hypertension Study (ESH ABPM COVID-19 Study)
Wojciechowska W; Rajzer M; Kreutz R; Weber T; Bursztyn M; Persu A; Stergiou G; Parati G; Bilo G; Pac A; Grassi G; Mancia G; Januszewicz A; Chrostowska M; Narkiewicz K; Dubiela A; Doumas M; Imprialos K; Stavropoulos K; de Freminville J-B; Azizi M; Cunha PG; Lewandowski J; Strzelczyk J; Wuerzner G; Gosk-Przybylek M; Szwench-Pietrasz E; Prejbisz A; Van der Niepen P; Kahan T; Jekell A; Spaak J; Tsioufis K; Ehret G; Doroszko A; Kubalski P; Polonia J; Styczkiewicz K; Styczkiewicz M; Mazur S; Veglio F; Rabbia F; Eula E; Aguila FJ; Sarzani R; Spannella F; Jarai Z; Papadopoulos D; Lopez-Sublet M; Ostrowska A; Grassos C; Kahrimanidis I; Eugenia G; Areti T; Tomasz G; Barbara W; Aleksandra S; Beata M; Angeliki N; Robles NR; Widmiski J; Zbroch E
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL: DIGITAL HEALTH. 2024;6(1):104-114
Performance of computerized self-reported medical history taking and HEAR score for safe early rule-out of cardiac events in acute chest pain patients: the CLEOS-CPDS prospective cohort study
Brandberg H; Schierenbeck F; Sundberg CJ; Koch S; Spaak J; Kahan T
Article: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2024;17(11):sfae331
Integrated, person-centred care for patients with complex cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease: a randomized trial
Even G; Stenfors T; Jacobson SH; Jernberg T; Franzen-Dahlin A; Jaghult S; Kahan T; Spaak J
Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2024;42(9):1544-1554
Screening and management of hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease referred to Hypertension Excellence Centres among 27 countries. A pilot survey based on questionnaire
Halimi J-M; Sarafidis P; Azizi M; Bilo G; Burkard T; Bursztyn M; Camafort M; Chapman N; Cottone S; de Backer T; Deinum J; Delmotte P; Dorobantu M; Doumas M; Dusing R; Duly-Bouhanick B; Fauvel J-P; Fesler P; Gaciong Z; Gkaliagkousi E; Gordin D; Grassi G; Grassos C; Guerrot D; Huart J; Izzo R; Aguila FJ; Jarai Z; Kahan T; Kantola I; Kocianova E; Limbourg FP; Lopez-Sublet M; Mallamaci F; Manolis A; Marketou M; Mayer G; Mazza A; MacIntyre IM; Mourad J-J; Muiesan ML; Nasr E; Nilsson P; Oliveras A; Ormezzano O; Paixao-Dias V; Papadakis I; Papadopoulos D; Perl S; Polonia J; Pontremoli R; Pucci G; Robles NR; Rubin S; Ruilope LM; Rump LC; Saeed S; Sanidas E; Sarzani R; Schmieder R; Silhol F; Sokolovic S; Solbu M; Soucek M; Stergiou G; Sudano I; Tabbalat R; Tengiz I; Triantafyllidi H; Tsioufis K; Vaclavik J; van der Giet M; Van der Niepen P; Veglio F; Venzin RM; Viigimaa M; Weber T; Widimsky J; Wuerzner G; Zelveian P; Zebekakis P; Lueders S; Persu A; Kreutz R; Vogt L
Article: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE. 2024;11:1449168
Assessment of aortic stiffness during atrial fibrillation: solutions and considerations
Lundwall K; Al Nouh M; Kahan T; Spaak J
Article: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE REPORTS. 2024;44:102806
Predicting new cases of hypertension in Swedish primary care with a machine learning tool
Norrman A; Hasselstrom J; Ljunggren G; Wachtler C; Eriksson J; Kahan T; Wandell P; Gudjonsdottir H; Lindblom S; Ruge T; Rosenblad A; Brynedal B; Carlsson AC
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Letter: HEART AND VESSELS. 2026;41(6):438-439
Reply to the comments regarding "Overnight stiffness index from finger photoplethysmography in relation to markers of cardiovascular risk and vascular ageing"
Hellqvist H; Kahan T; Spaak J
Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2026;33(7):1058-1071
Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices: Technical Foundations and Clinical Implications
Parati G; Ochoa JE; Abreu A; Brouwers S; Bruno RM; Caiani EG; Casado-Arroyo R; Cluitmans M; Davos CH; De Lucia R; Dilaveris P; Guerra F; Hanssen H; Jensen MT; Kahan T; Kemps H; Leeson P; Locati ET; Lumens J; Mahfoud F; Roig JM; Omboni S; Papaioannou TG; Platonov PG; Ramirez J; Schuuring MJ; Sudano I; Treskes RW; Avolio A; Castiglioni P
Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2026;6(2):oeag074
First quinquennium completed: highlights from EHJ Open 2025
Back 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
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION. 2025;32(1):261-263
Are medical history data fit for risk stratification of patients with chest pain in emergency care? Comparing data collected from patients using computerized history taking with data documented by physicians in the electronic health record in the CLEOS-CPDS prospective cohort study (vol 31, pg 1529, 2024)
Brandberg H; Sundberg CJ; Spaak J; Koch S; Kahan T
Other: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2024;33(1):2317263
Why were the 2023 Guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension not developed as Joint Guidelines together with the European Society of Cardiology?
Kreutz R; Azizi M; Grassi G; Januszewicz A; Kahan T; Lurbe E; Polonia J; Tsioufis K; Weber T; Williams B; Mancia G
Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2024;5(1):oeaf015
Intervention, improved prevention, imaging, inflammation, and innovation: the five I's cardiovascular highlights in EHJ Open 2024
Back 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. 2022;2(6):oeac084
Highlights from 2022 in EHJ Open
Back M; Banach M; Braunschweig F; De Rosa S; Gimelli A; Kahan T; Ketelhuth DFJ; Lancellotti P; Larsson SC; Mellbin L; Nagy E; Savarese G; Szummer K; Wahl D
Conference publication: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2022;40(SUPPL):E9
BLOOD PRESSURE IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND IN SINUS RHYTHM DURING 24 HOUR AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING: DATA FROM THE TEMPLAR PROJECT
Lundwall K; Kahan T; Omboni S
Editorial: POLISH HEART JOURNAL-KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA. 2022;80(3):350-352
Does sodium and potassium intake assessment by diet-related mobile applications do more harm than good?
Sobieraj P; Bzikowska-Jura A; Raciborski F; Kucharska A; Szostak-Wegierek D; Kahan T
Review: VASA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR MEDICINE. 2021;50(6):401-411
Lipid-lowering and anti-thrombotic therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease
Belch JJF; Brodmann M; Baumgartner I; Binder CJ; Casula M; Heiss C; Kahan T; Parini P; Poredos P; Catapano AL; Tokgozoglu L
Editorial: LANCET. 2021;398(10305):1022-1023
Low-dose combination of blood pressure-lowering medicines
Kahan T
Review: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42(35):3427-3520
2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: Developed by the Task Force on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
Glikson M; Nielsen JC; Kronborg MB; Michowitz Y; Auricchio A; Barbash IM; Barrabes JA; Boriani G; Braunschweig F; Brignole M; Burri H; Coats AJS; Deharo J-C; Delgado V; Diller G-P; Israel CW; Keren A; Knops RE; Kotecha D; Leclercq C; Merkely B; Starck C; Thylen I; Maria Tolosana J
Review: FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY. 2021;12:640185
The Impact of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System on Inflammation, Coagulation, and Atherothrombotic Complications, and to Aggravated COVID-19
Ekholm M; Kahan T
Editorial: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY. 2021;7(3):242-250
Management of patients with combined arterial hypertension and aortic valve stenosis: a consensus document from the Council on Hypertension and Council on Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
Mancusi C; de Simone G; Hitij JB; Sudano I; Mahfoud F; Parati G; Kahan T; Barbato E; Pierard LA; Garbi M; Flachskampf FA; Gerdts E
Editorial: LANCET. 2021;397(10285):1598-1599
Decisions about antihypertensive treatment should focus on reducing cardiovascular risk
Kahan T
Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:20102
[Hypertension, RAAS blockade and risk in COVID-19 patients].
Spaak J; Kahan T
Editorial: LANCET. 2019;394(10199):615-617
Strategies to identify patients for antihypertensive treatment
Kahan T
Review: CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN. 2019;24(37):4391-4396
Treatment of Hypertensive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Jekell A; Nilsson PM; Kahan T
Letter: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2019;37(2):449-451
Renal sympathetic denervation in Sweden: a report from the Swedish registry for renal denervation Reply
Volz S; Spaak J; Rundqvist B; Kahan T; Andersson B
Study protocol: BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(12):e021038
MASked-unconTrolled hypERtension management based on office BP or on ambulatory blood pressure measurement (MASTER) Study: a randomised controlled trial protocol
Parati G; Agabiti-Rosei E; Bakris GL; Bilo G; Branzi G; Cecchi F; Chrostowska M; De la Sierra A; Domenech M; Dorobantu M; Faria T; Huo Y; Jelakovic B; Kahan T; Konradi A; Laurent S; Li N; Madan K; Mancia G; McManus RJ; Amedeo Modesti P; Eugenio Ochoa J; Andres Octavio J; Omboni S; Palatini P; Park JB; Pellegrini D; Perl S; Podoleanu C; Pucci G; Redon J; Renna N; Rhee MY; Rodilla Sala E; Sanchez R; Schmieder R; Soranna D; Stergiou G; Stojanovic M; Tsioufis K; Grazia Valsecchi M; Veglio F; Dario Waisman G; Wang JG; Wijnmaalen P; Zambon A; Zanchetti A; Zhang Y
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Professor Emeritus, Kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027
Adjungerad Professor, Kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus, Karolinska Institutet, 2013-2019
Adjungerad Professor, Kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus, Karolinska Institutet, 2007-2013

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- Sami El Amrani, Artificial intelligence in acute chest pain management, 2025-
- Henrik Hellqvist, Assessment of arterial stiffness in populations at increased cardiovascular risk, 2025
- Helge Brandberg, Computerized, patient-entered medical histories to improve the management of patients with acute chest pain, 2024
- Jenny Berg, Utilities and quality of life in cardiovascular diseases – drivers, clinical outcomes and economic effects., 2014

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