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Erik Thunström
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine-
Incidence and time trends of pregnancy-related first-time venous thromboembolism: a 33-year Swedish birth registry
study.
Jacob Philipson, Erik Thunström, Teresia Svanvik, Henrik Norrsell, Margareta Hellgren, Eli Westerlund, Katarina Glise Sandblad
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 2025 -
All-cause mortality and death by aortic dissection in women with Turner syndrome: A national clinical cohort
study
Sofia Thunström, Erik Thunström, Sabine Naessen, Kerstin Berntorp, Margareta Laczna Kitlinski, Bertil Ekman, Jeanette Wahlberg, Ingrid Bergstrom, Magnus Isaksson, Carmen Basic, Teresia Svanvik, Inger Bryman, Kerstin Landin-Wilhelmsen
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL - 2025 -
Effects of pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus on survival outcome following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a registry-based observational study in
Sweden
Berkan Eken, Araz Rawshani, Aidin Rawshani, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Erik Thunström, Antros Louca, Petur Petursson, Oskar Angerås, Sadek Nadhir, Christian Dworeck, Truls Råmunddal
BMJ Open - 2024 -
Heart disease in pregnancy and risk of pre-eclampsia: a Swedish register-based
study.
Karl Bergman, Teresia Svanvik, Carmen Basic, Annika Rosengren, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Jimmy Celind, Helen Sjöland, Anna-Karin Wikström, Maria Schaufelberger, Erik Thunström
Open heart - 2024 -
Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy: Prevalence and obstetric outcomes in a Swedish population-based cohort study between 2000 and
2019
Teresia Svanvik, Rema Ramakrishnan, Martin Svensson, Henrik Albrektsson, Carmen Basic, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Annika Rosengren, Maria Schaufelberger, Erik Thunström, Marian Knight
ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA - 2024 -
Association Between Body Mass Index and Risk of Aortic Stenosis in Women in the Swedish Medical Birth
Registry
Silvana Kontogeorgos, Annika Rosengren, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Michael Fu, Martin Lindgren, Carmen Basic, Teresia Svanvik, Demir Djekic, Erik Thunström
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - 2024 -
Risk of uterine rupture in multiparous women after induction of labor with prostaglandin: A national population-based cohort
study.
Johanna Ryberg, Ylva Carlsson, Martin Svensson, Erik Thunström, Teresia Svanvik
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2024 -
Adherence to CPAP Treatment and the Risk of Recurrent Cardiovascular Events: A
Meta-Analysis.
Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Esther Gracia-Lavedan, Ivan D Benitez, Alicia Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Anna Moncusí-Moix, Gerard Torres, Kelly Loffler, Richard Woodman, Robert Adams, Gonzalo Labarca, Jorge Dreyse, Christine Eulenburg, Erik Thunström, Helena Glantz, Yüksel Peker, Craig Anderson, Doug McEvoy, Ferran Barbé
JAMA - 2023 -
Aortic size predicts aortic dissection in Turner syndrome - A 25-year prospective cohort
study
Sofia Thunström, Erik Thunström, Sabine Naessén, Kerstin Berntorp, Margareta Laczna Kitlinski, Bertil Ekman, Jeanette Wahlberg, Ingrid Bergström, Odd Bech-Hanssen, Emily Krantz, Christine M. Laine, Inger Bryman, Kerstin Landin-Wilhelmsen
International Journal of Cardiology - 2023 -
Obstructive sleep apnea severity and prevalent atrial fibrillation in a sleep clinic cohort with versus without excessive daytime
sleepiness
Henrik Holtstrand Hjälm, Erik Thunström, H. Glantz, M. Karlsson, Y. Celik, Yüksel Peker
Sleep Medicine - 2023 -
Hyperkalaemia as a cause of undertreatment with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in heart
failure.
Josefin Henrysson, Erik Thunström, Xiaojing Chen, Michael Fu, Carmen Basic
ESC heart failure - 2023 -
Association Between History of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Coronary Artery Disease Assessed by Coronary Computed Tomography
Angiography.
Sofia Sederholm Lawesson, Eva Swahn, Mats Pihlsgård, Therese Andersson, Oskar Angerås, Elin Bacsovics Brolin, Ellinor Bergdahl, Marie Blomberg, Christina Christersson, Isabel Gonçalves, Omar Sigurvin Gunnarsson, Tomas Jernberg, Nina Johnston, Karin Leander, Caroline Lilliecreutz, Moa Pehrson, Annika Rosengren, Anette Sandström, Anna Sandström, Giovanna Sarno, Sara Själander, Teresia Svanvik, Erik Thunström, Anna Karin Wikström, Simon Timpka
JAMA - 2023 -
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adults with Coronary Artery Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with versus without Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in the RICCADSA Cinical
Trial
C. Eulenburg, Y. Celik, S. Redline, Erik Thunström, H. Glantz, P. J. Strollo, Yüksel Peker
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 2023 -
Body iron stores had no impact on coronary heart disease outcomes: a middle-aged male cohort from the general population with 21-year
follow-up
Salim B. Barywani, Erik Thunström, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Per-Olof Hansson
Open Heart - 2022 -
Trends in myocarditis incidence, complications and mortality in Sweden from 2000 to
2014.
Michael Fu, Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Christian Kroon, Entela Bollano, Maria Schaufelberger, Annika Rosengren
Scientific reports - 2022 -
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the RICCADSA
Cohort
Yüksel Peker, Henrik Holtstrand Hjälm, Y. Celik, H. Glantz, Erik Thunström
Journal of Clinical Medicine - 2022 -
Cumulative incidence and predictors of acquired aortic stenosis in a large population of men followed for up to 43
years
Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Georgios Lappas, Annika Rosengren, Michael Fu
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders - 2022 -
Mid-life extrapyramidal symptoms predict cognitive impairment 23 years
later
Charlotte Holtback, Catharina Welin, Michael Fu, Erik Thunström, Annika Rosengren, Georgios Lappas, Per-Olof Hansson
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2022 -
Association of TNF-alpha (-308G/A) Gene Polymorphism with Circulating TNF-alpha Levels and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults with Coronary Artery Disease and Concomitant Obstructive Sleep
Apnea
A. Behboudi, T. Thelander, D. Yazici, Y. Celik, T. Yucel-Lindberg, Erik Thunström, Yüksel Peker
Journal of Clinical Medicine - 2021 -
Incremental changes in QRS duration as predictor for cardiovascular disease: a 21-year follow-up of a randomly selected general
population
Xiaojing Chen, Per-Olof Hansson, Erik Thunström, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Kenneth Caidahl, Michael Fu
Scientific Reports - 2021 -
Prognosis and outcome determinants after heart failure diagnosis in patients who underwent aortic valvular
intervention
Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Aldina Pivodic, U. Dahlstrom, Michael Fu
ESC Heart Failure - 2021 -
Sleep architecture, obstructive sleep apnea and functional outcomes in adults with a history of Tick-borne
encephalitis
Malin Veje, Marie Studahl, Erik Thunström, P. Nolskog, Y. Celik, Yüksel Peker
PLoS ONE - 2021 -
Multi-modality biomarkers in the early prediction of ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged men during a 21-year
follow-up
Maria Sakalaki, Per-Olof Hansson, Annika Rosengren, Erik Thunström, Aldina Pivodic, Michael Fu
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders - 2021 -
Guideline-directed medical therapy in real-world heart failure patients with low blood pressure and renal
dysfunction.
Xiaojing Chen, Xiaotong Ciu, Erik Thunström, Aldina Pivodic, Ulf Dahlström, Michael Fu
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - 2021 -
The impact of time-updated resting heart rate on cause-specific mortality in a random middle-aged male population: a lifetime
follow-up
Xiaotong Ciu, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Erik Thunström, Michael Fu, K. Svardsudd, Per-Olof Hansson
Clinical Research in Cardiology - 2021 -
The ANDANTE Project: A Worldwide Individual Data Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Sleep Apnea Treatment on Blood
Pressure
Martino F Pengo, Joerg Steier, Gianfranco Parati, Erik Thunström
Archivos de bronconeumologia - 2021 -
Många patienter med systolisk hjärtsvikt är
underbehandlade
Carmen Basic, Erik Thunström, Josefin Henrysson, Charlotta Ljungman, Maria Schaufelberger, Michael Fu
Läkartidningen 21-22/2021 - 2021 -
Comparison of incidence rates and risk factors of heart failure between two male cohorts born 30 years
apart
Constantinos Ergatoudes, Per-Olof Hansson, K. Svärdsudd, Annika Rosengren, Erik Thunström, K. Caidahl, A. Pivodic, Michael Fu
Heart - 2020 -
Continuous positive airway pressure treatment and anxiety in adults with coronary artery disease and nonsleepy obstructive sleep apnea in the RICCADSA
trial.
Yeliz Celik, Erik Thunström, Patrick J Strollo, Yüksel Peker
Sleep medicine - 2020 -
High-normal blood pressure conferred higher risk of cardiovascular disease in a random population sample of 50-year-old men: A 21-year
follow-up.
Xiaojing Chen, Salim B. Barywani, Per-Olof Hansson, Annika Rosengren, Erik Thunström, You Zhong, Constantinos Ergatoudes, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Kenneth Caidahl, Michael Fu
Medicine - 2020 -
Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and CPAP Treatment on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome in the RICCADSA
Trial.
Yüksel Peker, Erik Thunström, Helena Glantz, Christine Eulenburg
Journal of clinical medicine - 2020 -
Trends in cause-specific readmissions in heart failure with preserved vs. reduced and mid-range ejection
fraction
Xiaotong Ciu, Erik Thunström, U. Dahlstrom, J. M. Zhou, J. B. Ge, Michael Fu
Esc Heart Failure - 2020 -
Impact of CPAP treatment on leptin and adiponectin in adults with coronary artery disease and nonsleepy obstructive sleep apnoea in the RICCADSA
trial
B. Balcan, Erik Thunström, T. Yucel-Lindberg, K. Lindberg, P. Ay, Yüksel Peker
Sleep Medicine - 2020 -
High prevalence of cardiac dysfunction or overt heart failure in 71-year-old men: A 21-year follow-up of "The Study of men born in
1943"
Xiaojing Chen, Erik Thunström, Per-Olof Hansson, Annika Rosengren, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Y. Zhong, Constantinos Ergatoudes, Kenneth Caidahl, Michael Fu
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2020 -
Prevalence and risk factors of aortic stenosis and aortic sclerosis: a 21-year follow-up of middle-aged
men
Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Carmen Basic, Per-Olof Hansson, You Zhong, Constantinos Ergatoudes, David Morales, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Annika Rosengren, Kenneth Caidahl, Michael Fu
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal - 2020 -
Impact of changes in heart rate with age on all-cause death and cardiovascular events in 50-year-old men from the general
population
Xiaojing Chen, Salim B. Barywani, Per-Olof Hansson, Erik Thunström, Annika Rosengren, Constantinos Ergatoudes, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Kenneth Caidahl, Michael Fu
Open Heart - 2019 -
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment and Depression in Adults with Coronary Artery Disease and Nonsleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea. A Secondary Analysis of the RICCADSA
Trial.
B Balcan, Erik Thunström, P J Strollo, Yüksel Peker
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 2019 -
CPAP and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Coronary Artery Disease and Nonsleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the RICCADSA
Trial
Sara Wallström, B. Balcan, Erik Thunström, Axel Wolf, Yüksel Peker
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine - 2019 -
Determinants of depressive mood in coronary artery disease patients with obstructive sleep apnea and response to continuous positive airway pressure treatment in non-sleepy and sleepy phenotypes in the RICCADSA
cohort.
B Balcan, Erik Thunström, P J Strollo, Yüksel Peker
Journal of sleep research - 2019 -
Incidence of Aortic Dissection in Turner Syndrome—A 23-Year Prospective Cohort
Study
Sofia Thunström, Emily Krantz, Erik Thunström, Charles Hanson, Inger Bryman, Kerstin Landin-Wilhelmsen
Circulation - 2019 -
CPAP Does Not Reduce Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Nonsleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled
Trial.
Erik Thunström, Helena Glantz, T Yucel-Lindberg, Kristin Lindberg, M Saygin, Yüksel Peker
Sleep - 2019 -
Natriuretic and Inflammatory Biomarkers as Risk Predictors of Heart Failure in Middle-Aged Men From the General Population: A 21-Year
Follow-Up
Constantinos Ergatoudes, Erik Thunström, Per-Olof Hansson, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Annika Rosengren, Y. Zhong, Kenneth Caidahl, Michael Fu
J Card Fail - 2018 -
Although Coronary Mortality Has Decreased, Rates of Cardiovascular Disease Remain High: 21 Years of Follow-Up Comparing Cohorts of Men Born in 1913 With Men Born in
1943
Michael Fu, Annika Rosengren, Erik Thunström, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Lennart Welin, Kenneth Caidahl, A. Pivodic, Y. Zhong, Constantinos Ergatoudes, David Morales, Catharina Welin, K. Svardsudd, Mikael Dellborg, Per-Olof Hansson
Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) - 2018 -
Obstructive sleep apnea and self-reported functional impairment in revascularized patients with coronary artery disease in the RICCADSA
trial
L. M. Baniak, E. R. Chasens, F. S. Luyster, Jr. Strollo, Erik Thunström, Yüksel Peker
Sleep Breath - 2018 -
The incidence of atrial fibrillation and the added value of thumb ECG for detecting new
cases.
Zacharias Mandalenakis, Sandra Tahrodi Lennartsson, Michael Fu, Georgios Lappas, Shijun Li, Annika Rosengren, Mikael Dellborg, Erik Thunström, Kenneth Caidahl, Per-Olof Hansson
Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ - 2018 -
Association between left atrial enlargement and obstructive sleep apnea in a general population of 71-year-old
men.
Henrik Holtstrand Hjälm, Michael Fu, Per-Olof Hansson, You Zhong, Kenneth Caidahl, Zacharias Mandalenakis, David Morales, Constantinos Ergatoudes, Annika Rosengren, Ludger Grote, Erik Thunström
Journal of sleep research - 2018 -
Answer to Dr.
Eyuboglu
Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Magnus C Johansson, Michael Fu
International journal of cardiology - 2017 -
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction has a better long-term prognosis than heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in old patients in a 5-year follow-up retrospective
study
Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Magnus C Johansson, Michael Fu
International Journal of Cardiology - 2017 -
CPAP Does Not Reduce Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Nonsleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled
Trial.
Erik Thunström, Helena Glantz, Tülay Yucel-Lindberg, Kristin Lindberg, Mustafa Saygin, Yüksel Peker
Sleep - 2017 -
Outcomes in coronary artery disease patients with sleepy obstructive sleep apnoea on
CPAP.
Yüksel Peker, Erik Thunström, Helena Glantz, Karl Wegscheider, Christine Eulenburg
The European respiratory journal - 2017 -
Effect of CPAP on diastolic function in coronary artery disease patients with nonsleepy obstructive sleep apnea: A randomized controlled
trial.
Helena Glantz, Magnus C Johansson, Erik Thunström, Cecilia Wallentin Guron, Harun Uzel, Mustafa Saygin, Johan Herlitz, Yüksel Peker
International journal of cardiology - 2017 -
Larger right atrium than left atrium is associated with all-cause mortality in elderly patients with heart
failure
Qays Almodares, Cecilia Wallentin Guron, Anders Thurin, Michael Fu, Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Magnus C Johansson
Echocardiography - a Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques - 2017 -
Long-term use of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in coronary artery disease patients with nonsleepy obstructive sleep
apnea.
Faith S Luyster, Patrick J Strollo, Erik Thunström, Yüksel Peker
Clinical cardiology - 2017 -
Effect of Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Non-Sleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The RICCADSA Randomized Controlled
Trial.
Yüksel Peker, Helena Glantz, Christine Eulenburg, Karl Wegscheider, Johan Herlitz, Erik Thunström
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 2016 -
Blood Pressure Response to Losartan and CPAP in Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep
Apnea
Erik Thunström, Karin Manhem, Annika Rosengren, Yüksel Peker
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 2016 -
Optimizing the Management of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Elderly by Targeting Comorbidities
(OPTIMIZE-HFPEF).
Michael Fu, Jingmin Zhou, Erik Thunström, Torbjörn Almgren, Ludger Grote, Entela Bollano, Maria Schaufelberger, Magnus C Johansson, Max Petzold, Karl Swedberg, Bert Andersson
Journal of cardiac failure - 2016 -
Long-term secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction (SEPAT) - guidelines adherence and
outcome
Constantinos Ergatoudes, Erik Thunström, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, K. Bengtsson Bostrom, Kristin Falk, Michael Fu
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 2016 -
Neuroendocrine and Inflammatory Responses to Losartan and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea A Randomized Controlled
Trial
Erik Thunström, Karin Manhem, T. Yucel-Lindberg, Annika Rosengren, C. Lindberg, Yüksel Peker
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 2016 -
Obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with worse diastolic function in coronary artery
disease
Helena Glantz, Erik Thunström, Magnus C Johansson, Cecilia Wallentin Guron, H. Uzel, J. Ejdeback, S. Nasic, Yüksel Peker
Sleep Medicine - 2015 -
Increased Inflammatory Activity in Nonobese Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Obstructive Sleep
Apnea
Erik Thunström, Helena Glantz, Michael Fu, T. Yucel-Lindberg, Max Petzold, Kristin Lindberg, Yüksel Peker
Sleep - 2015 -
Occurrence and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in a revascularized coronary artery disease
cohort.
Helena Glantz, Erik Thunström, Johan Herlitz, Björn Cederin, Salmir Nasic, Jan Ejdebäck, Yüksel Peker
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 2013