Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal

Current research focus

Prevention of reperfusion injury in STEMI

Research projects

Project manager

• EU-FP7 grant "Mitocare": Head of Clinical Research Consortium

Supervisor

• Rheumatoid arthritis and accelerated atherosclerosis: The influence of disease activity and disease modifying treatment
• Harmful effects on the heart by long term abuse of androgenic anabolic steroids, assessed by different cardiologic methods
• The effect of TNF-alpha antagonists on cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases.
• The effect of preload reduction on the LV function
• Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-Terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) as a Markers of Perioperative Risk in Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery
• Molecular alterations of cardiac troponins
• Single-point cTnI for prediction of left ventricular dysfunction following STEMI
• Mitigation of reperfusion injury in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI
• Gender differences in CHF
• Cardiac Troponin T among subjects with type 2 DM
• Measures of ST-segment recovery for prediction of cardiac function and infarct size following STEMI
• What improvements follow from the introduction of high sensitive troponin assays?

Collaborator

• Heart failure and gender differences
• Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease and Heart Failure in the Norwegian Heart Failure Registry
• Beta blockers, statins and recommended doses of ACE-I improve survival in non-randomized patients with heart failure.
• Mortality benefit from additional Spironolactone in patients with stable systolic dysfunction on beta-blockers and ACE-inhibition