Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet and Division of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Aker

Current research focus

• Molecular mechanisms involved in cardiac hypertrophy and failure
• BNP-guided therapy in heart failure patients (Aker University Hospital)

Research projects

Project manager

• Significance of pulmonary monocyte/macrophage system in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of heart failure
• Mechanisms of elevated plasma endothelin-1 levels in heart failure

Collaborator

• Hematopoiesis in mice with heart failure
• Functional significance of CTGF-induced restrictive fibrosis of the heart in endurance training vs. heart failure