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Björn Pilebro
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bjorn.pilebro@umu.se
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+46 90 786 90 20
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Assistant professor, combined with clinical employment
at
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Section: Cardiology
Location
1A, 4tr. Målpunkt B41, Norrlands universitetssjukhus
Umeå universitet, 901 85 Umeå
Publications
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Research
Research
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2025
Nexiguran ziclumeran gene editing in hereditary ATTR with polyneuropathy
New England Journal of Medicine
, Massachusetts Medical Society 2025, Vol. 393, (14) : 1375-1386
Gillmore, Julian D.; Gane, Ed; Täubel, Jörg; et al.
2025
Sixty years of experience with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: insights from the Swedish transthyretin amyloidosis registry
Journal of Internal Medicine
, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 298 : 478-488
Stenberg, Lotta; Pilebro, Björn; Anan, Intissar; et al.
2025
Introducing a revised version of the Kumamoto scale as an easy-to-use clinical tool for monitoring multisystemic changes in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 20, (1)
Wixner, Jonas; Pilebro, Björn; Wien, Tale N.; et al.
2024
Assessing left atrial dysfunction in cardiac amyloidosis using LA-LV strain slope
European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice
, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 2, (3)
Edbom, Fredrik; Lindqvist, Per; Wiklund, Urban; et al.
2024
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing with Nexiguran Ziclumeran for ATTR Cardiomyopathy
New England Journal of Medicine
, Massachussetts Medical Society 2024, Vol. 391, (23) : 2231-2241
Fontana, Marianna; Solomon, Scott D.; Kachadourian, Jessica; et al.
2024
Echocardiographic red flags of ATTR cardiomyopathy a single centre validation
European Heart Journal. Imaging Methods and Practice
, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 2, (3)
Henein, Michael Y.; Pilebro, Björn; Lindqvist, Per
2024
Anti-PEG antibodies associated with reduced therapeutic effect of patisiran in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
, Taylor & Francis 2024, Vol. 31, (4) : 342-343
Pilebro, Björn; Wixner, Jonas; Anan, Intissar
2023
Association of right ventricular myocardial blood flow with pulmonary pressures and outcome in cardiac amyloidosis
JACC Cardiovascular Imaging
, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 16, (9) : 1193-1204
Harms, Hendrik J.; Clemmensen, Tor; Rosengren, Sara; et al.
2022
Amyloid fibril composition type is consistent over time in patients with Val30Met (p. Val50Met) transthyretin amyloidosis
PLOS ONE
, Public Library of Science 2022, Vol. 17, (3)
Anan, Intissar; Suhr, Ole B.; Liszewska, Katarzyna; et al.
2022
RWT/SaVR-A Simple and Highly Accurate Measure Screening for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
Journal of Clinical Medicine
, MDPI 2022, Vol. 11, (14)
Arnberg, Elsa; Eldhagen, Per; Löfbacka, Viktor; et al.
2022
Disease progression in cardiac morphology and function in heart failure: ATTR cardiac amyloidosis versus hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy
Heart and Vessels
, Springer 2022, Vol. 37 : 1562-1569
Henein, Michael Y.; Pilebro, Björn; Lindqvist, Per
2022
Patisiran treatment in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy after liver transplantation
American Journal of Transplantation
, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 22, (6) : 1646-1657
Schmidt, Hartmut H.; Wixner, Jonas; Planté-Bordeneuve, Violaine; et al.
2022
Cerebellar and Cerebral Amyloid Visualized by [18F]flutemetamol PET in Long-Term Hereditary V30M (p.V50M) Transthyretin Amyloidosis Survivors
Frontiers in Neurology
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 13
Unéus, Erica Irene; Wilhelmsson, Christer; Bäckström, David; et al.
2021
Prevalence of wild type transtyrethin cardiac amyloidosis in a heart failure clinic
ESC Heart Failure
, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 8, (1) : 745-749
Lindmark, Krister; Pilebro, Björn; Sundström, Torbjörn; et al.
2021
Cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis
99m
Tc-DPD SPECTcorrelates with strain echocardiography and biomarkers
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
, Springer 2021, Vol. 48 : 1822-1832
Löfbacka, Viktor; Axelsson, Jan; Pilebro, Björn; et al.
2021
Combining ECG and echocardiography to identify transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in heart failure
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 41, (5) : 408-416
Löfbacka, Viktor; Suhr, Ole B.; Pilebro, Björn; et al.
2020
Quantification of cardiac amyloid with [
18
F]Flutemetamol in patients with V30M hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 27, (3) : 191-199
Möckelind, Sofia; Axelsson, Jan; Pilebro, Björn; et al.
2020
Abdominal fat pad biopsies exhibit good diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected transthyretin amyloidosis
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
, BioMed Central (BMC) 2020, Vol. 15, (1)
Paulsson Rokke, Hedvig; Sadat Gousheh, Nima; Westermark, Per; et al.
2019
Transthyretin Glu54Leu - an unknown mutation within the Swedish population associated with amyloid cardiomyopathy and a unique fibril type
Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 79, (6) : 372-376
Hellman, Urban; Lång, Kenneth; Ihse, Elisabet; et al.
2019
Prevalence of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in a community-based heart failure population
European Heart Journal
, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 40 : 132-132
Lindmark, Krister; Pilebro, Björn; Solekrans, L.; et al.
2019
Visualisation of amyloid deposition within the brain of long-term hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis survivors by 18F-flutemetamol positron emission tomography
European Journal of Neurology
, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 26, (S1) : 287-287
Unéus, Erica; Wilhelmsson, Christer; Suhr, Ole; et al.
2019
The Swedish open-label diflunisal trial (DFNS01) on hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis and the impact of amyloid fibril composition
Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
, Taylor & Francis Group 2019, Vol. 26 : 39-40
Wixner, Jonas; Westermark, Per; Ihse, Elisabet; et al.
2018
Reduced left atrial myocardial deformation irrespective of cavity size: a potential cause for atrial arrhythmia in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 25, (1) : 46-53
Henein, Michael Y.; Suhr, Ole B.; Arvidsson, Sandra; et al.
2018
Positron emission tomography (PET) utilizing Pittsburgh compound B (PIB) for detection of amyloid heart deposits in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR)
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
, Springer 2018, Vol. 25, (1) : 240-248
Pilebro, Björn; Arvidsson, Sandra; Lindqvist, Per; et al.
2018
Atrial Fibrillation and Central Nervous Complications in Liver Transplanted Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis Patients
Transplantation
, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS 2018, Vol. 102, (2) : e59-e66
Wange, Niklas; Anan, Intissar; Ericzon, Bo-Göran; et al.
2017
The heart in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: clinical studies on the impact of amyloid fibril composition
Umeå University medical dissertations
, 1904
Pilebro, Björn
2017
The Swedish landscape of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis
Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
, Vol. 24, (1) : 93-94
Suhr, Ole B; Wixner, Jonas; Pilebro, Björn; et al.
2017
Effect of doxycycline and ursodeoxycholic acid on transthyretin amyloidosis
Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
, Vol. 24, (1) : 78-79
Wixner, Jonas; Pilebro, Bjorn; Lundgren, Hans-Erik; et al.
2016
Long mitral valve leaflets determine left ventricular outflow tract obstruction during exercise in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
International Journal of Cardiology
, Elsevier 2016, Vol. 212 : 47-53
Henein, Michael; Arvidsson, Sandra; Pilebro, Björn; et al.
2016
99m
TC-DPD uptake reflects amyloid fibril composition in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
, Taylor & Francis 2016, Vol. 121, (1) : 17-24
Pilebro, Björn; Suhr, Ole B.; Näslund, Ulf; et al.
2015
Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in Hereditary Transthyretin V30M Amyloidosis - Impact of Sex and Amyloid Fibril Composition
PLOS ONE
, Vol. 10, (11)
Arvidsson, Sandra; Pilebro, Björn; Westermark, Per; et al.
2015
Gender related differences in cardiac function in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
European Journal of Heart Failure
, Vol. 17 : 64-65
Gustavsson, Sandra; Pilebro, Björn; Westermark, P.; et al.
Using dapagliflozin to reduce symptoms in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: a n-of-1 trial series pilot study
Håkansson, Erik; Anan, Intissar; Brunström, Mattias; et al.
Design and rationale of the ULRICA trial: using dapagliflozin to reduce symptoms and improve walking distance in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis
Håkansson, Erik; Pilebro, Björn; Lindmark, Krister
Electrocardiographic features of hereditary V30M transthyretin amyloidosis, different phenotypes with similar findings
Pilebro, Björn; Suhr, Ole B; Ihse, Elisabeth; et al.
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Pathogenesis, diagnostics and treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis
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