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Professor Thomas Kahan

Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Sweden)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

Dr. Thomas Kahan is professor of medicine at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He is responsible for cardiovascular research at Danderyd University Hospital, where he serves as a senior consultant in cardiology, and is head of the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Unit, a European Society of Hypertension Excellence Centre in Hypertension. Dr. Kahan is current president of the ESC Council of Hypertension, board member of the European Society of Hypertension, and president-elect of the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. His main research interests are neurohormonal mechanisms in the control of blood pressure and cardiac function, with focus on structural myocardial and vascular changes, vascular function, and neuroendocrine mechanisms in hypertension and heart failure. Other areas of interest are risk assessment and prevention, health economics, and implementation of treatment. Dr. Kahan’s research has published approximately 250 scientific papers.

Great Debate: blood pressure targets - is there a too-low blood pressure?

Event: ESC Congress 2023

Topic: Clinical

Session type: Great Debates

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Pregnancy and cardiovascular disease

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Session type: Moderated ePosters

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Blood pressure measurements: the longer the better?

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Hypertension

Session type: Advances in Science

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Gender does matter in hypertension!

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Hypertension

Session type: Official Joint Session

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Pregnancy and heart disease

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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Late Breaking Trials in Hypertension

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Hypertension

Session type: Late-Breaking Science

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New frontiers in hypertension

Event: EuroHeartCare - ACNAP Congress 2021

Topic: Hypertension

Session type: Symposium

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Pharmacological treatment vs exercise to manage hypertension?

Event: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021

Topic: Hypertension

Session type: Debate Session

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Management of hypertensive emergencies in cardiovascular medicine

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Treatment of hypertension

Session type: Symposium

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Atrial fibrillation and hypertension: implications for clinical practice

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Hypertension, other

Session type: Symposium

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