Björn Wieslander

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Research group: Clinical Physiology - Karolinska Cardiovascular Magnetic
Resonance (CMR) Group [1]
Publications [2]
[1] http://ki.se/en/mmk/karolinska-cardiovascular-magnetic-resonance-cmr-group
[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=wieslander_b

Articles

Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2024;25(4):498-509

Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary artery wedge pressure: invasive derivation, validation, and prognostic association beyond diastolic dysfunction grading.

Lindow T; Manouras A; Lindqvist P; Manna D; Wieslander B; Kozor R; Strange G; Playford D; Ugander M
Journal article: INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY. 2023;58(9):663-672

Impact of Vasodilation on Oxygen-Enhanced Functional Lung MRI at 0.55 T.

Wieslander B; Seemann F; Javed A; Bruce CG; Ramasawmy R; Jaimes A; Lucas K; Frasier V; O'Brien KJ; Potersnak A; Khan JM; Schenke WH; Chen MY; Lederman RJ; Campbell-Washburn AE
Article: JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2023;16(4):558-559

Pulmonary Hypertension by Catheterization Is More Accurately Detected by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4D-Flow Than Echocardiography

Ramos JG; Wieslander B; Fyrdahl A; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Skott V; Melin M; Sundblad P; Sigfridsson A; Ugander M
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):18364

An electrocardiography score predicts heart failure hospitalization or death beyond that of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Maanja M; Schlegel TT; Fröjdh F; Niklasson L; Wieslander B; Bacharova L; Schelbert EB; Ugander M
Article: JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2020;13(12):2530-2542

Comprehensive Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Diastolic Dysfunction Grading Shows Very Good Agreement Compared With Echocardiography.

Ramos JG; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Thalén S; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Ugander M
Article: PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. 2020;43(5):503-510

Lead one ratio in left bundle branch block predicts poor cardiac resynchronization therapy response.

Loring Z; Friedman DJ; Emerek K; Graff C; Sørensen PL; Hansen SM; Wieslander B; Ugander M; Søgaard P; Atwater BD
Article: RESUSCITATION. 2020;150:113-120

The effect of levosimendan on survival and cardiac performance in an ischemic cardiac arrest model - A blinded randomized placebo-controlled study in swine.

Rysz S; Lundberg J; Nordberg P; Eriksson H; Wieslander B; Lundin M; Fyrdahl A; Pernow J; Ugander M; Djärv T; Jonsson Fagerlund M
Article: BMC MEDICAL IMAGING. 2020;20(1):28

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance 4D flow analysis has a higher diagnostic yield than Doppler echocardiography for detecting increased pulmonary artery pressure.

Ramos JG; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Ugander M
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2020;58:80-86

The electrical determinants of increased wall thickness and mass in left ventricular hypertrophy.

Maanja M; Schlegel TT; Kozor R; Lundin M; Wieslander B; Wong TC; Schelbert EB; Ugander M
Article: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE. 2019;21(1):69

Supine, prone, right and left gravitational effects on human pulmonary circulation.

Wieslander B; Ramos JG; Ax M; Petersson J; Ugander M
Article: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. 2019;30(5):709-716

Low lead one ratio predicts clinical outcomes in left bundle branch block.

Loring Z; Atwater BD; Xia X; Axelsson J; Klem I; Nijveldt R; Schelbert EB; Couderc J-P; Strauss DG; Ugander M; Wieslander B
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2018;51(6):1071-1076

Ejection fraction in left bundle branch block is disproportionately reduced in relation to amount of myocardial scar.

Axelsson J; Wieslander B; Jablonowski R; Klem I; Nijveldt R; Schelbert EB; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Chaudhry U; Platonov PG; Borgquist R; Engblom H; Strauss DG; Arheden H; Atwater BD; Ugander M
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2018;51(5):779-786

The ability of the electrocardiogram in left bundle branch block to detect myocardial scar determined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Wieslander B; Xia X; Jablonowski R; Axelsson J; Klem I; Nijveldt R; Maynard C; Schelbert EB; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Chaudhry U; Platonov PG; Borgquist R; Engblom H; Couderc J-P; Strauss DG; Atwater BD; Ugander M
Article: ANNALS OF NONINVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2017;22(5)

Evaluation of the ECG based Selvester scoring method to estimate myocardial scar burden and predict clinical outcome in patients with left bundle branch block, with comparison to late gadolinium enhancement CMR imaging.

Chaudhry U; Platonov PG; Jablonowski R; Couderc J-P; Engblom H; Xia X; Wieslander B; Atwater BD; Strauss DG; Van der Pals J; Ugander M; Carlsson M; Borgquist R
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2017;6(1):e003795

Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis Reduces Electrocardiographic Voltage Measures of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Independent of Left Ventricular Mass.

Maanja M; Wieslander B; Schlegel TT; Bacharova L; Abu Daya H; Fridman Y; Wong TC; Schelbert EB; Ugander M
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2016;49(4):603-609

Scar burden assessed by Selvester QRS score predicts prognosis, not CRT clinical benefit in preventing heart failure event and death: A MADIT-CRT sub-study.

Wieslander B; Loring Z; Zareba W; McNitt S; Wagner GS; Daubert JP; Strauss DG
Article: EUROPACE. 2016;18(2):308-314

Automatic QRS Selvester scoring system in patients with left bundle branch block.

Xia X; Wieslander B; Strauss DG; Wagner GS; Zareba W; Moss AJ; Couderc J-P
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2015;48(5):763-768

Selvester scoring in patients with strict LBBB using the QUARESS software.

Xia X; Chaudhry U; Wieslander B; Borgquist R; Wagner GS; Strauss DG; Platonov P; Ugander M; Couderc J-P
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2015;48(5):769-776

Specificity for each of the 46 criteria of the Selvester QRS score for electrocardiographic myocardial scar sizing in left bundle branch block.

Åkerlund S; Wieslander B; Turesson M; Nijveldt R; Klem I; Almer J; Engblom H; Wagner GS; Atwater BD; Ugander M
Article: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 2015;170(2):346-352

Evaluation of Selvester QRS score for use in presence of conduction abnormalities in a broad population.

Wieslander B; Nijveldt R; Klem I; Lokhnygina Y; Pura J; Wagner GS; Ugander M; Atwater BD
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2015;48(4):565-570

ECG myocardial scar quantification predicts reverse left ventricular remodeling and survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation: A retrospective pilot study.

Atwater BD; Babatunde A; Swan C; Wieslander B; Andresen A; Rabineau D; Tomfohr J; Wagner G; Jackson KP; Daubert JP
Article: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 2013;165(6):956-963

Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by cardiac magnetic resonance is greater in patients with strict vs nonstrict electrocardiogram criteria for left bundle-branch block.

Andersson LG; Wu KC; Wieslander B; Loring Z; Frank TF; Maynard C; Gerstenblith G; Tomaselli GF; Weiss RG; Wagner GS; Ugander M; Strauss DG
Article: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2013;46(3):249-255

Localization of myocardial scar in patients with cardiomyopathy and left bundle branch block using electrocardiographic Selvester QRS scoring.

Wieslander B; Wu KC; Loring Z; Andersson LG; Frank TF; Gerstenblith G; Tomaselli GF; Weiss RG; Wagner GS; Ugander M; Strauss DG
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Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2024

Mitral annular plane systolic excursion to left atrial volume ratio – a strainless relation with left ventricular filling pressures

Lindow T; Tureli HO; Gustafsson CE; Manna D; Wieslander B; Lindqvist P; Venkateshvaran A
Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. 2024;59(2):561-562

Editorial for "Glycemic Status and Myocardial Strain by Cardiac MRI in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction".

Nickander J; Wieslander B
Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2023;148:a12693

Invasive Derivation, Validation, and Prognostic Association of a Quantitative Echocardiographic Estimate of Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure

Lindow T; Aristomenis M; Lindqvist P; Manna D; Wieslander B; Kozor R; Strange G; Playford D; Ugander M
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022

Accuracy of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony indices for mechanical characteristics of left bundle branch block using cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking

Loewenstein D; Wieslander B; Heiberg E; Axelsson J; Klem I; Nijveldt R; Schelbert E; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Strauss D; Kim R; Atwater B; Ugander M
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022

Left anterior fascicular block is associated with non-ischemic myocardial scar and proportionately decreased ejection fraction

von Scheele J; Atwater BD; Klem I; Engblom H; Loewenstein DE; Wieslander B; Ugander M
Conference publication: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE ... SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION.. 2022

Understanding the vasodilatory effects of oxygen in oxygen enhanced functional lung MRI at 0.55T

Wieslander B; Seemann F; Javed A; Bruce C; Ramasawmy R; Jaimes A; Lucas K; Frasier V; Potersnak A; Lederman R; Campbell-Washburn A
Conference publication: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE ... SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION.. 2022

Lung nodule imaging using high-performance 0.55T MRI

Wieslander B; Javed A; Ramasawmy R; Malayeri A; Baute S; O'Brien K; Mancini C; Potersnak A; Warga C; Moss J; Chen M; Campbell-Washburn A
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022

An electrocardiography score predicts heart failure hospitalization or death beyond that of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Maanja M; Schlegel TT; Fröjdh F; Niklasson L; Wieslander B; Bacharova L; Schelbert EB; Ugander M
Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance 4D flow analysis has a higher diagnostic yield than Doppler echocardiography for detecting increased pulmonary artery pressure

Ugander M; Ramos J; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A
Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance 4D flow analysis has a higher diagnostic yield than Doppler echocardiography for detecting increased pulmonary artery pressure

Ugander M; Ramos JG; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A
Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2019

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance 4D flow analysis has a higher diagnostic yield than Doppler echocardiography for detecting increased pulmonary artery pressure

Ramos JG; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Ugander M
Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2019;20(Supplement_2):jez122.001

Diastolic dysfunction grading with a comprehensive CMR protocol - feasibility and agreement compared to echocardiography

Ramos JG; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Thalen S; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sorensson P; Sigfridsson A; Ugander M
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2019;53:115

Corrigendum to "Wieslander, et al., Ejection fraction in left bundle branch block is disproportionately reduced in relation to amount of myocardial scar" [J Electrocardiol 51(2018) 1071-1076].

Axelsson J; Wieslander B; Jablonowski R; Klem I; Nijveldt R; Schelbert EB; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Chaudhry U; Platonov PG; Borgquist R; Engblom H; Strauss DG; Arheden H; Atwater BD; Ugander M
Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. 2019;20:239-240

Diastolic dysfunction grading with a comprehensive CMR protocol - feasibility and agreement compared to echocardiography

Ramos J; Fyrdahl A; Wieslander B; Thalén S; Reiter G; Reiter U; Jin N; Maret E; Eriksson M; Caidahl K; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Ugander M
Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2018;51(1):e11-e12

Pathological S-wave in lead I in left bundle branch block is associated with MRI scar and reduced left ventricular function

Wieslander B; Xia X; Jablonowski R; Axelsson J; Loring Z; Klem I; Nijveldt R; Maynard C; Schelbert EB; Sörensson P; Sigfridsson A; Chaudhry U; Platonov PG; Borgquist R; Engblom H; Couderc J-P; Strauss DG; Wagner GS; Atwater BD; Ugander M
Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2017;50(6):868-869

Pathological S-wave in lead I in left bundle branch block is associated with MRI scar and reduced left ventricular function

Atwater BD; Axelsson J; Borgquist R; Chaudhry U; Couderc J-P; Engblom H; Jablonowski R; Klem I; Loring Z; Maynard C; Nijveldt R; Platonov PG; Schelbert EB; Sigfridsson A; Sörensson P; Strauss DG; Ugander M; Wagner GS; Wieslander B; Xia X
Thesis / dissertation: 2016

Electrocardiographic characterization of myocardial scar in presence of conduction abnormality

Wieslander, Björn
Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2016;37:410

Diffuse myocardial fibrosis reduces electrocardiographic voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy independent of left ventricular mass

Maanja M; Wieslander B; Schlegel TT; Bacharova L; Abu Daya H; Fridman Y; Wong TC; Schelbert EB; Ugander M
Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2015;48(5):777-778

Selvester QRS scoring in conduction abnormalitites: Caution recommended due to recent findings.

Wieslander B; Atwater BD; Wagner GS; Ugander M
Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2015;48(1):69-70

The Selvester QRS score updated for use in conduction abnormalities: are we really ready to score?

Wieslander B; Atwater BD
Conference publication: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. 2014;47(6):913

Automatic Selvester QRS scoring in patients with left bundle branch block

Xia X; Wieslander B; Strauss DG; Wagner GS; Couderc JP
Conference publication: CRITICAL REVIEWS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY. 2013;15(Suppl 1):p152

Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by cardiac magnetic resonance is greater in patients with strict vs. conventional ECG criteria for left bundle branch block

Andersson L; Wu K; Wieslander B; Loring Z; Frank T; Maynard C; Gerstenblith G; Tomaselli GF; Weiss RG; Wagner GS; Ugander M; Strauss DG
Conference publication: CRITICAL REVIEWS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY. 2013;15(Suppl 1):p61

Localization of myocardial scar in patients with cardiomyopathy and left bundle branch block using electrocardiographic Selvester QRS scoring - comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance

Wieslander B; Wu K; Loring Z; Andersson L; Frank T; Gerstenblith G; Tomaselli GF; Weiss RG; Wagner GS; Ugander M; Strauss DG
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Hjärtsvikt och magnetisk resonanstomografi - nya diagnostiska metoder och ny behandling

Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation

1 January 2020 - 31 December 2021

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027

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Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2017
Degree Of Master Of Science In Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2014

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