Dr. Silje Ekroll Jahren

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Bern, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Cardiovascular Engineering

Phone
+41 31 6684 14 47
E-Mail
silje.jahren@unibe.ch
Postal Address
ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research
Freiburgstrasse 3
3010 Bern
Switzerland
2014 - 2018
PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Cardivascular Engineering, ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Switzerland     
2013 - 2014
Research Assistant at Instiute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zürich, Switzerland           
2010 - 2013          Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, University of Bern, Switzerland
2008 - 2010 Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2007 - 2008 Master's Degree Program in Applied Physics and Mathematics, NTNU Trondheim, Norway
  • Cardiovascular engineering
  • Ventricular Assist Devices
  • Arterial Wave Intensity
  • Aortic Valves
Number of items: 31.

Journal Article

Bornemann, Karoline-Marie; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Obrist, Dominik (2024). The relation between aortic morphology and transcatheter aortic heart valve thrombosis: Particle tracing and platelet activation in larger aortic roots with and without neo-sinus. Computers in biology and medicine, 179, p. 108828. Elsevier 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108828

Benouhiba, Amine; Walter, Armando; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Martinez, Thomas; Clavica, Francesco; Obrist, Dominik; Civet, Yoan; Perriard, Yves (2024). Dielectric Elastomer Actuator-Based Valveless Impedance-Driven Pumping for Meso- and Macroscale Applications. Soft robotics, 11(2), pp. 198-206. Mary Ann Liebert 10.1089/soro.2022.0244

Benouhiba, Amine; Walter, Armando; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Martinez, Thomas; Clavica, Francesco; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Obrist, Dominik; Civet, Yoan; Perriard, Yves (2024). Dielectric elastomer Actuator-Based valveless pump as fontan failure assist device: Introduction and preliminary study. Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 38(4) Oxford University Press 10.1093/icvts/ivae041

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Martinez, Thomas; Walter, Armando; Clavica, Francesco; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Buffle, Eric; Luedi, Markus M; Hörer, Jurgen; Obrist, Dominik; Carrel, Thierry; Civet, Yoan; Perriard, Yves (2024). Novel para-aortic cardiac assistance using a pre-stretched dielectric elastomer actuator. Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 38(3) Oxford University Press 10.1093/icvts/ivae027

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Demirel, Caglayan; Bornemann, Karoline-Marie; Corso, Pascal; Stortecky, Stefan; Obrist, Dominik (2023). Altered blood flow due to larger aortic diameters in patients with transcatheter heart valve thrombosis. APL bioengineering, 7(4), 046120. AIP Publishing 10.1063/5.0170583

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Obrist, Dominik; Haenggi, Matthias; Burkhard, Fiona; Clavica, Francesco (2023). Can cardiac pressure-volume catheters improve urodynamic assessment? An ex-vivo proof-of-concept. Frontiers in urology, 3 Frontiers 10.3389/fruro.2023.1258649

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Martinez, Thomas; Walter, Armando; Ferrari, Lorenzo; Clavica, Francesco; Obrist, Dominik; Civet, Yoan; Perriard, Yves (2023). Hemodynamic effects of a dielectric elastomer augmented aorta on aortic wave intensity: An in-vivo study. Journal of biomechanics, 159, p. 111777. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111777

Martinez, Thomas; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Walter, Armando; Chavanne, Jonathan; Clavica, Francesco; Ferrari, Lorenzo; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Casoni, Daniela; Haeberlin, Andreas; Luedi, Markus M; Obrist, Dominik; Carrel, Thierry; Civet, Yoan; Perriard, Yves (2023). A novel soft cardiac assist device based on a dielectric elastomer augmented aorta: an in vivo study. Bioengineering & translational medicine, 8(2) Wiley 10.1002/btm2.10396

Richert, Emma; Nienhaus, Andrea; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Gazdhar, Amiq; Grab, Maximilian; Hörer, Jürgen; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik; Heinisch, Paul Philipp (2023). Biogenic polymer-based patches for congenital cardiac surgery: a feasibility study. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 10, p. 1164285. Frontiers 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1164285

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Jenni, Hansjoerg; Rösch, Yannick; Arn, Rafael; Tevaearai, Hendrik; Obrist, Dominik; Carrel, Thierry; Erdoes, Gabor (2021). The impact of roller pump‐assisted cardiotomy suction unit on hemolysis. Artificial organs, 45(1), pp. 46-54. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/aor.13763

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Hasler, David; Winkler, Bernhard; Stortecky, Stefan; Pilgrim, Thomas; Correa-Londoño, Martina; Carrel, Thierry; von Tengg-Kobligk, Hendrik; Obrist, Dominik (2018). Can bioprosthetic valve thrombosis be promoted by aortic root morphology? An in vitro study. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 27(1), pp. 108-115. Oxford University Press 10.1093/icvts/ivy039

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Hurni, Samuel; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Winkler, Bernhard; Obrist, Dominik; Carrel, Thierry; Weber, Alberto (2017). Transvalvular pressure gradients for different methods of mitral valve repair: only neochordoplasty achieves native valve gradients. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 26(2), pp. 248-255. Oxford University Press 10.1093/icvts/ivx323

Zürcher, Fabian; Brugger, N; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; De Marchi, Stefano; Seiler, Christian (2017). Quantification of Multiple Mitral Regurgitant Jets: An In Vitro Validation Study Comparing Two- and Three-Dimensional Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area Methods. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 30(5), pp. 511-521. Elsevier 10.1016/j.echo.2016.12.012

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Winkler, Bernhard; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Wirz, Jessica; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik (2017). Aortic root stiffness affects the kinematics of bioprosthetic aortic valves. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 24(2), pp. 173-180. Oxford University Press 10.1093/icvts/ivw284

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Amacher, R.; Weber, Alberto; Most, Henriette; Axiak Flammer, S.; Traupe, Tobias; Stoller, Michael; de Marchi, Stefano; Vandenberghe, Stijn (2014). Effects of Thoratec pulsatile ventricular assist device (PVAD) timing on the abdominal aortic wave intensity pattern. American journal of physiology - heart and circulatory physiology, 307(8), H1243-H1251. American Physiological Society 10.1152/ajpheart.00085.2014

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Ochsner, Gregor; Shu, Fangjun; Amacher, Raffael; Antaki, James F.; Vandenberghe, Stijn (2014). Analysis of Pressure Head-Flow Loops of Pulsatile Rotodynamic Blood Pumps. Artificial organs, 38(4), pp. 316-326. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/aor.12139

Conference or Workshop Item

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Demirel, Caglayan; Bornemann, Karoline-Marie; Corso, Pascal; Stortecky, Stefan; Obrist, Dominik (July 2023). IMPACT OF PATIENT MORPHOLOGY ON VALVE THROMBOSIS – COMBINING PATIENT DATA AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. In: 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics. Maastricht, Holland. 9.-12.07.2023.

Bornemann, Karoline-Marie; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Corso, Pascal; Demirel, Caglayan; Stortecky, Stefan; Obrist, Dominik (27 April 2023). Blood flow patterns in larger aortic roots promote thrombus formation: The missing link between aortic root morphology and transcatheter aortic heart valve thrombosis? In: 22nd Computational Fluids Conference (CFC2023). Cannes, France. 25-28 April 2023.

Bornemann, Karoline-Marie; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Corso, Pascal; Demirel, Caglayan; Stortecky, Stefan; Obrist, Dominik (30 March 2023). Connection between larger aortic diameters and transcatheter aortic heart valve thrombosis: A computational study. In: Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting 2023 (HVS2023). Malaga, Spain. 29.03.23-01.04.23.

Corso, Pascal; Coulter, Fergal Brian; Nestola, Maria Giuseppina Chiara; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Obrist, Dominik (March 2022). Study Of The Flutter Kinematics And Blood Flow Motion For Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves With Different Designs (Unpublished). In: Heart Valve Society's Annual Meeting. Miami (FL) - USA.

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Vennemann, Bernhard Martin; Rösgen, Thomas; Obrist, Dominik (8 July 2018). Fluttering modes of bioprosthetic heart valves (Unpublished). In: World Congress of Biomechanics. Dublin, Ireland.

Vennemann, Bernhard Martin; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Rösgen, Thomas; Obrist, Dominik (12 April 2018). Determinants of Bioprosthetic Leaflet Fluttering - Insights from an In Vitro Study (Unpublished). In: Heart Valve Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Hasler, David; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Winkler, Bernhard; Stortecky, Stefan; Correa-Londoño, Martina; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik (2017). Can bioprosthetic valve thrombosis be promoted by aortic root morphology? An in vitro study (In Press). In: Europeen Association For Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Vienna. 07.-11.10.2017.

Zurbuchen, Adrian; Gugler, Yvan; Bereuter, Lukas David; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Frey, Sabrina; Obrist, Dominik; Vogel, Rolf; Fuhrer, Jürg; Häberlin, Andreas (16 August 2016). The torpedo-pacemaker – towards blood flow driven lead- and batteryless right ventricular outflow tract pacing. European Heart Journal, 37(suppl1), p. 398. Rome, IT: Oxford University Press

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Wirz, Jessica; Winkler, Bernhard; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik (2016). Aortic stiffness affects the kinematics of bioprosthetic aortic valves. Cardiovascular medicine - supplementum, 19(26). EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd

Schwery, André Erich; Hasler, David; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Stortecky, Stefan; Windecker, Stephan; Obrist, Dominik (2016). Influence of TAVI stents on coronary perfusion: in vitro study in a cardio-vascular flow loop with coronary circulation. Cardiovascular medicine - supplementum, 19(26). EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Hasler, David; Vennemann, Bernhard Martin; Correa Londoño, Martina; Madi, Zoltan L; von Tengg-Kobligk, Hendrik; Obrist, Dominik (2016). Compliant transparent patient-specific aortic root phantoms for hemo-dynamic valve testing. Biomedizinische Technik / Biomedical engineering, 61(S1), S76-S76. De Gruyter

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Heinisch, Paul Philipp; Wirz, Jessica; Winkler, Bernhard; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik (25 August 2015). Hemodynamic Performance of Edwards Intuity Valve in a Compliant Aortic Root Model. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society conference proceedings, 2015, pp. 3315-3318. IEEE Service Center 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319101

Zürcher, Fabian Johann; Brugger, Nicolas Jacques; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; De Marchi, Stefano; Seiler, Christian (14 July 2015). Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation with Multiple Jets: In Vitro Comparison of Two-dimensional PISA techniques (Submitted). In: Euro Echo Congress. Seville, Spain. 02.12.-05.12.2015.

Hurni, Samuel; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Vandenberghe, Stijn; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik; Weber, Alberto (23 April 2015). Only Neochordoplasty Achieves Physiological Trans-valvular Pressure Gradients After Repair Of Acute Posterior Leaflet Prolapse In Porcine Mitral Valves. In: AATS Mitral Conclave 2015. 23.04.-25.04.2015.

Hurni, Samuel; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Vandenberghe, Stijn; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik; Weber, Alberto (23 April 2015). Only Neochordoplasty Achieves Physiological Trans-valvular Pressure Gradients After Repair Of Acute Posterior Leaflet Prolapse In Porcine Mitral Valves. In: AATS Mitral Conclave 2015. 23.04.-25.04.2015.

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