https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/malin-granbom-koski-awarded-the-asklepios-prize-2025 Malin Granbom Koski receives the Swedish Medical Association's Candidate and Junior Physician Association's Asklepios Prize for best scientific article 2025. The study presents clinically significant findings and provides important information for how doctors can assess patients' risks before interventions on the aorta and aortic valve. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:07:16 +0100 https://news.ki.se/thesis-on-infective-endocarditis-after-valve-surgery Infective endocarditis following valve surgery is a rare but life-threatening infection. In a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet, PhD student Lisa Bearpark from the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery investigates which patient groups are at particular risk for infective endocarditis. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:17:59 +0200 https://news.ki.se/david-freiholtz-awarded-the-senning-scholarship-for-2024 David Freiholtz, PhD student in the Thoracic Surgery group at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded the Senning Scholarship for 2024. The scholarship was presented during the Scandinavian Thoracic Meeting in Gothenburg by the Swedish Association for Thoracic Surgery in memory of Åke Senning. The scholarship aims to support the most deserving thoracic surgery-focused research project of the year. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:45:17 +0200 https://news.ki.se/varying-performance-between-different-mechanical-cardiac-valves Researchers at the Thoracic Surgery research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, have performed a study of patients who underwent bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in Sweden between 2003 and 2018. The study is published in JAMA Network Open and shows varying performance between different mechanical cardiac valves. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:44:22 +0200 https://news.ki.se/article-from-the-thoracic-surgery-group-is-on-jacc-advances-top-ten-list-for-2023 Congratulations to Ruixin Lu, Michael Dismorr, Natalie Glaser and Ulrik Sartipy at the research group Thoracic Surgery. Their article, published in JACC: Advances June 2023, is of one of the Journal’s Top Ten Original Research Articles for 2023. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:11:40 +0100 https://news.ki.se/thesis-on-depression-and-delirium-in-patients-undergoing-cardiac-surgery Anna Falk at the research group Thoracic Surgery, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend her thesis "Depression and delirium in cardiac surgery patients" on May 26th, 2023. Main Supervisor is Malin Stenman. Wed, 17 May 2023 09:43:25 +0200 https://news.ki.se/thesis-on-long-term-results-for-patients-undergoing-surgery-for-chronic-thromboembolic-pulmonary-hypertension Janica Kallonen at the research group Thoracic Surgery, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, defended her thesis "Long-term follow-up after surgery for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension" on May 5th, 2023. Main Supervisor: Ulrik Sartipy. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:58:07 +0200 https://news.ki.se/researchers-at-the-thoracic-surgery-group-receive-fundings-from-the-swedish-heart-lung-foundation We congratulate Natalie Glaser and Ulrik Sartipy at the Thoracic Surgery group, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, who receive research grants from the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:58:28 +0100 https://news.ki.se/thesis-on-bioprosthetic-aortic-valves Michael Dismorr at the research group Thoracic Surgery, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, defended his thesis "Epidemiological studies of bioprosthetic aortic valves" on November 18th, 2022. Main Supervisor: Ulrik Sartipy. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:36:03 +0100 https://news.ki.se/david-freiholtz-awarded-the-camillo-di-croce-best-abstract-prize We congratulate David Freiholtz of the Thoracic Surgery research group who was awarded a prize for best abstract on genetic and familial aspects of aortic aneurysms by the European Society for CardioVascular and Endovascular Surgery, at the ESCVS and IMAD meeting in Liège this June. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:39:04 +0200 https://news.ki.se/publication-on-survival-after-aortic-valve-surgery-one-of-the-finalists-for-the-heart-best-paper-award Each year, the Heart editorial team selects the most meritorious research paper from the preceding year to receive the Heart Best Research Paper Award. One of the three finalists for this year's award was the publication "Relative survival after aortic valve surgery in patients with biscupid aortic valves" from researchers at the Thoracic Surgery group, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:17:12 +0200 https://news.ki.se/variation-in-performance-between-different-artificial-heart-valves Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have studied long-term morbidity and mortality in individuals who have had different models of biological heart valves implanted. The results, which show that there are considerable differences in performance depending on model group, are published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:00:09 +0100 https://news.ki.se/major-donation-from-the-schorling-foundation-to-cardio-thoracic-research-at-ki The Thoracic Surgery research group at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery at Karolinska Institutet receives a 15 million SEK donation from the Schörling Foundation. The purpose of the donation is to enforce the development of cardiothoracic surgical technology and methodology and the related research by the group. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:00:06 +0100 https://news.ki.se/significant-association-between-income-and-survival-after-surgery-for-lung-cancer Patients with low income have a higher risk of death following surgery for lung cancer compared with patients with high income. The association remains even after taking prevalence of common comorbidities, and other factors that are known to influence the risk of death, into account. This is according to a study published in the journal Thorax by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:54:27 +0200 https://news.ki.se/anders-franco-cereceda-elected-member-of-the-american-association-for-thoracic-surgery Anders Franco-Cereceda, Professor of Thoracic Surgery and Head of the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, has been elected member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Wed, 27 May 2020 13:51:02 +0200 https://news.ki.se/weekday-for-operation-does-not-affect-survival-from-lung-cancer The day of the week on which a patient has a lung cancer operation has no significance for their survival. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in a new study published in the journal Chest. Thu, 03 May 2018 15:00:31 +0200 https://news.ki.se/coronary-artery-bypass-surgery-effective-in-patients-with-type-1-diabetes Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:48:20 +0200 https://news.ki.se/fewer-infections-in-mechanical-heart-valves Infections in surgically implanted heart valves are more common in patients who have been given a biological prosthetic valve than in those with a mechanical one, a study from Karolinska Institutet published today in the journal Circulation shows. Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:21:02 +0200 https://news.ki.se/mechanical-heart-valve-prosthesis-superior-to-biological A mechanical valve prosthesis has a better survival record than a biological valve prosthesis, according to a large registry study from Karolinska Institutet. The finding, which is published in the European Heart Journal, can be highly significant, since the use of biological valve prostheses has increased in all age groups in recent years. Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:50:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/clear-link-between-income-and-survival-after-cardiac-surgery Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:00:00 +0200