Tuomas Kiviniemi
MD, PhD, FESC
tuoski@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0908-3741 |
Cardiology; Clinical trials; Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Pacemaker; Anticoagulation; Bleeding;
As a clinical cardiologist with a specific research interest in atrial fibrillation (AF) and long-term complications after percutaneous and surgical procedures, I have established a research group, which includes 10 PhD students at present. From a clinical point of view, my specific focus is AF patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
PI leads CAREFIB Consortium, which aims to reduce the burden of atrial fibrillation and its adverse outcome stroke in patients undergoing cardiac procedures. This consortium is divided into three major studies: a retrospective epidemiological CAREAVR study; a prospective CAREBANK biobank and a prospective LAA-CLOSURE trial.
Cardiology, ECG, Echocardiography, Atrial fibrillation, Anticoagulation
- CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores as predictors of outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (2013)
- European Heart Journal
(Other publication) - Erratum to: Neointimal coverage and vasodilator response to titanium-nitride-oxide-coated bioactive stents and everolimus-eluting stents in patients with acute coronary syndrome – insights from the BASE-ACS trial (2013)
- International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Performance of bleeding risk-prediction scores in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (2013)
- European Heart Journal
(Other publication) - Renal impairment and prognosis of patients with AF undergoing PCI - The AFCAS trial (2013)
- European Heart Journal
(Other publication) - Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Oral Anticoagulation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2013)
- American Journal of Cardiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vascular Healing Early After Titanium-Nitride-Oxide-Coated Stent Implantation Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography (2013)
- Journal of Invasive Cardiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of additional versus no additional heparin during therapeutic oral anticoagulation in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (2012)
- American Journal of Cardiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early Vascular Healing After Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capturing Stent Implantation (2012)
- Journal of Invasive Cardiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impaired ATP-Induced Coronary Blood Flow and Diminished Aortic NTPDase Activity Precede Lesion Formation in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice (2012)
- American Journal of Pathology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pravastatin-induced improvement in coronary reactivity and circulating ATP and ADP levels in young adults with type 1 diabetes (2012)
- Frontiers in Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sepelvaltimoahtauman arviointi kajoavilla menetelmillä (2012)
- Lääkärilehti
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Cold Pressor Test Safety-The Incidence of Vasovagal Reactions (2011)
- American Journal of Cardiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cardiopulmonary involvement in Fabry's disease (2010)
- Acta Cardiologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Decreased endothelin-1 levels after acute consumption of red wine and de-alcoholized red wine (2010)
- Atherosclerosis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in valvular heart disease (2009)
- Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Echocardiography in Fabry disease: diagnostic value of endocardial border binary appearance (2009)
- Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - High dose of red wine elicits enhanced inhibition of fibrinolysis (2009)
- European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Assessment of coronary blood flow and the reactivity of the microcirculation non-invasively with transthoracic echocardiography (2008)
- Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Effects of cognac on coronary flow reserve and plasma antioxidant status in healthy young men (2008)
- Cardiovascular Ultrasound
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A moderate dose of red wine, but not de-alcoholized red wine increases coronary flow reserve (2007)
- Atherosclerosis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



