Division of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Aker

Current research focus

n/a

Research projects

Project manager

• Gender differences in CHF

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
• Cardiac Troponin T among subjects with type 2 DM
• Measures of ST-segment recovery for prediction of cardiac function and infarct size following STEMI

Collaborator

• Heart failure and gender differences
• Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease and Heart Failure in the Norwegian Heart Failure Registry