Affiliations/Memberships
Professor of Medicine
Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Karolinska Institutet
Stokholm
Sweden
Senior Consultant in Cardiology
Department of Cardiology
Danderyd University Hospital Corp
Stockholm
Sweden
Past president of the ISCP
Nucleus Member and past Chairperson of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Hypertension
Board Member and past President of the Swedish Society of Hypertension, Stoke and Vascular Medicine
Research Interests
- Neurohormonal control of blood pressure and cardiac function in man. Specifically, we study how the sympatho-adrenal mechanisms and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system influence structure and function in the heart and vessels, and endothelial function in hypertension and in heart failure.
- The interactions between heart and kidney in the development of atherosclerotic disease (the cardiorenal syndrome).
- Cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention.
- Gender aspects on cardiovascular disease.
- Implication of guidelines, drug prescription patterns and treatment persistence, and health economic aspects on cardiovascular disease.