Annual summary

Publications (original articles or review articles) published in 2008 from OUS - Department of Cardiology

71 publications found

Afzal F, Andressen KW, Mørk HK, Aronsen JM, Sjaastad I, Dahl CP, Skomedal T, Levy FO, Osnes JB, Qvigstad E (2008)
5-HT4-elicited positive inotropic response is mediated by cAMP and regulated by PDE3 in failing rat and human cardiac ventricles
Br J Pharmacol, 155 (7), 1005-14
PubMed 18846035

Aksnes TA, Flaa A, Sevre K, Mundal HH, Rostrup M, Kjeldsen SE (2008)
Effects on plasma noradrenaline may explain some of the improved insulin sensitivity seen by AT-1 receptor blockade
Blood Press, 17 (3), 156-63
PubMed 18608197

Aksnes TA, Flaa A, Strand A, Kjeldsen SE (2008)
Prevention of atrial fibrillation in hypertension
Curr Hypertens Rep, 10 (3), 175-81
PubMed 18765086

Aksnes TA, Kjeldsen SE, Rostrup M, Störset O, Hua TA, Julius S (2008)
Predictors of new-onset diabetes mellitus in hypertensive patients: the VALUE trial
J Hum Hypertens, 22 (8), 520-7
PubMed 18509347

Aksnes TA, Schmieder RE, Kjeldsen SE, Ghani S, Hua TA, Julius S (2008)
Impact of new-onset diabetes mellitus on development of atrial fibrillation and heart failure in high-risk hypertension (from the VALUE Trial)
Am J Cardiol, 101 (5), 634-8
PubMed 18308012

Arora S, Nicholls SJ (2008)
Atherosclerotic plaque reduction: blood pressure, dyslipidemia, atherothrombosis
Drugs Today (Barc), 44 (9), 711-8
PubMed 19137125

Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Øie E, Otterdal K, Gullestad L, Damås JK (2008)
Chemokines and cardiovascular risk
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28 (11), 1909-19
PubMed 18669888

Aukrust P, Otterdal K, Yndestad A, Sandberg WJ, Smith C, Ueland T, Øie E, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Halvorsen B (2008)
The complex role of T-cell-based immunity in atherosclerosis
Curr Atheroscler Rep, 10 (3), 236-43
PubMed 18489852

Bakris G, Böhm M, Dagenais G, Diener HC, Fujita T, Gorelick P, Kjeldsen SE, Laakso M, Mancia G, Pitt B, Sharma A, Sleight P, Teo K, Unger T, Weber M, Williams B, Zannad F (2008)
Cardiovascular protection for all individuals at high risk: evidence-based best practice
Clin Res Cardiol, 97 (10), 713-25
PubMed 18726243

Bakris G, Hill M, Mancia G, Steyn K, Black HR, Pickering T, De Geest S, Ruilope L, Giles TD, Morgan T, Kjeldsen S, Schiffrin EL, Coenen A, Mulrow P, Loh A, Mensah G (2008)
Achieving blood pressure goals globally: five core actions for health-care professionals. A worldwide call to action
J Hum Hypertens, 22 (1), 63-70
PubMed 17728797

Berge KE, Haugaa KH, Früh A, Anfinsen OG, Gjesdal K, Siem G, Oyen N, Greve G, Carlsson A, Rognum TO, Hallerud M, Kongsgård E, Amlie JP, Leren TP (2008)
Molecular genetic analysis of long QT syndrome in Norway indicating a high prevalence of heterozygous mutation carriers
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 68 (5), 362-8
PubMed 18752142

Bjørnstad JL, Neverdal NO, Vengen OA, Knudsen CW, Husebye T, Pepper J, Lie M, Christensen G, Tønnessen T (2008)
Alterations in circulating activin A, GDF-15, TGF-beta3 and MMP-2, -3, and -9 during one year of left ventricular reverse remodelling in patients operated for severe aortic stenosis
Eur J Heart Fail, 10 (12), 1201-7
PubMed 18996047

Breland UM, Halvorsen B, Hol J, Øie E, Paulsson-Berne G, Yndestad A, Smith C, Otterdal K, Hedin U, Waehre T, Sandberg WJ, Frøland SS, Haraldsen G, Gullestad L, Damås JK, Hansson GK, Aukrust P (2008)
A potential role of the CXC chemokine GROalpha in atherosclerosis and plaque destabilization: downregulatory effects of statins
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28 (5), 1005-11
PubMed 18276907

Bringager CB, Friis S, Arnesen H, Dammen T (2008)
Nine-year follow-up of panic disorder in chest pain patients: clinical course and predictors of outcome
Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 30 (2), 138-46
PubMed 18291295

Bringager CB, Gauer K, Arnesen H, Friis S, Dammen T (2008)
Nonfearful panic disorder in chest-pain patients: status after nine-year follow-up
Psychosomatics, 49 (5), 426-37
PubMed 18794512

Bøkenes J, Aronsen JM, Birkeland JA, Henriksen UL, Louch WE, Sjaastad I, Sejersted OM (2008)
Slow contractions characterize failing rat hearts
Basic Res Cardiol, 103 (4), 328-44
PubMed 18347833

Crosby J, Amundsen BH, Helle-Valle T, Steen PA, Torp H (2008)
A new tissue Doppler method for examination of left ventricular rotation
Ultrasound Med Biol, 34 (11), 1741-51
PubMed 18547711

Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Fevang B, Holm AM, Landrø L, Vinge LE, Fiane AE, Sandberg WJ, Otterdal K, Frøland SS, Damås JK, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Øie E, Yndestad A (2008)
Increased expression of LIGHT/TNFSF14 and its receptors in experimental and clinical heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail, 10 (4), 352-9
PubMed 18353719

DeGeorge BR, Gao E, Boucher M, Vinge LE, Martini JS, Raake PW, Chuprun JK, Harris DM, Kim GW, Soltys S, Eckhart AD, Koch WJ (2008)
Targeted inhibition of cardiomyocyte Gi signaling enhances susceptibility to apoptotic cell death in response to ischemic stress
Circulation, 117 (11), 1378-87
PubMed 18316484

Ellingsen I, Hjerkinn EM, Seljeflot I, Arnesen H, Tonstad S (2008)
Consumption of fruit and berries is inversely associated with carotid atherosclerosis in elderly men
Br J Nutr, 99 (3), 674-81
PubMed 17894919

Flaa A, Aksnes TA, Kjeldsen SE, Eide I, Rostrup M (2008)
Increased sympathetic reactivity may predict insulin resistance: an 18-year follow-up study
Metabolism, 57 (10), 1422-7
PubMed 18803948

Flaa A, Eide IK, Kjeldsen SE, Rostrup M (2008)
Sympathoadrenal stress reactivity is a predictor of future blood pressure: an 18-year follow-up study
Hypertension, 52 (2), 336-41
PubMed 18574074

Flaa A, Sandvik L, Kjeldsen SE, Eide IK, Rostrup M (2008)
Does sympathoadrenal activity predict changes in body fat? An 18-y follow-up study
Am J Clin Nutr, 87 (6), 1596-601
PubMed 18541545

Gjesdal K, Vist GE, Bugge E, Rossvoll O, Johansen M, Norderhaug I, Ohm OJ (2008)
Curative ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review
Scand Cardiovasc J, 42 (1), 3-8
PubMed 18273730

Gjesdal O, Helle-Valle T, Hopp E, Lunde K, Vartdal T, Aakhus S, Smith HJ, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T (2008)
Noninvasive separation of large, medium, and small myocardial infarcts in survivors of reperfused ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a comprehensive tissue Doppler and speckle-tracking echocardiography study
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 1 (3), 189-96, 2 p following 196
PubMed 19808542

Gravning J, Ueland T, Mørkrid L, Endresen K, Aaberge L, Kjekshus J (2008)
Different prognostic importance of elevated troponin I after percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndrome and stable angina pectoris
Scand Cardiovasc J, 42 (3), 214-21
PubMed 18569954

Grundvold I, Tveit A, Smith P, Seljeflot I, Abdelnoor M, Arnesen H (2008)
The predictive value of transthoracic echocardiographic variables for sinus rhythm maintenance after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. Results from the CAPRAF study, a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study
Cardiology, 111 (1), 30-5
PubMed 18239389

Gudmundsdottir H, Strand AH, Høieggen A, Reims HM, Westheim AS, Eide IK, Kjeldsen SE, Os I (2008)
Do screening blood pressure and plasma catecholamines predict development of hypertension? Twenty-year follow-up of middle-aged men
Blood Press, 17 (2), 94-103
PubMed 18568698

Halvorsen B, Otterdal K, Dahl TB, Skjelland M, Gullestad L, Øie E, Aukrust P (2008)
Atherosclerotic plaque stability--what determines the fate of a plaque?
Prog Cardiovasc Dis, 51 (3), 183-94
PubMed 19026853

Halvorsen PS, Espinoza A, Fleischer LA, Elle OJ, Hoff L, Lundblad R, Skulstad H, Edvardsen T, Ihlen H, Fosse E (2008)
Feasibility of a three-axis epicardial accelerometer in detecting myocardial ischemia in cardiac surgical patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 136 (6), 1496-502
PubMed 19114197

Handberg A, Skjelland M, Michelsen AE, Sagen EL, Krohg-Sørensen K, Russell D, Dahl A, Ueland T, Oie E, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2008)
Soluble CD36 in plasma is increased in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic carotid plaques and is related to plaque instability
Stroke, 39 (11), 3092-5
PubMed 18723424

Hurlen M, Arnesen H (2008)
Oral anticoagulation after myocardial infarction
Herz, 33 (1), 38-43
PubMed 18273576

Husberg C, Nygård S, Finsen AV, Damås JK, Frigessi A, Oie E, Waehre A, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Christensen G (2008)
Cytokine expression profiling of the myocardium reveals a role for CX3CL1 (fractalkine) in heart failure
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 45 (2), 261-9
PubMed 18585734

Johansen OE, Brustad E, Enger S, Tveit A (2008)
Prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism in atrial fibrillation: a case control study in 75-year old subjects
Cardiovasc Diabetol, 7, 28
PubMed 18822173

Johansen OE, Qvigstad E (2008)
Rationale for low-dose systemic hormone replacement therapy and review of estradiol 0.5 mg/NETA 0.1 mg
Adv Ther, 25 (6), 525-51
PubMed 18568306

Juel NG, Brox JI, Thingnaes K, Bjørnerheim R, Bryde P, Villersø K, Aakhus S (2008)
[Musculoskeletal pain in ultrasound operators]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (23), 2701-5
PubMed 19079414

Kjeldsen SE, Jamerson KA, Bakris GL, Pitt B, Dahlöf B, Velazquez EJ, Gupte J, Staikos L, Hua TA, Shi V, Hester A, Tuomilehto J, Ostergren J, Ibsen H, Weber M, Avoiding Cardiovascular events through COMbination therapy in Patients LIving with Systolic Hypertension Investigators (2008)
Predictors of blood pressure response to intensified and fixed combination treatment of hypertension: the ACCOMPLISH study
Blood Press, 17 (1), 7-17
PubMed 18568687

Kjeldsen SE, McInnes GT, Mancia G, Hua TA, Julius S, Weber MA, Coca A, Girerd X, Jamerson K, Larochelle P, Macdonald T, Schmieder RE, Anthony Schork M, Viskoper R, Widimsky J, Zanchetti A (2008)
Progressive effects of valsartan compared with amlodipine in prevention of diabetes according to categories of diabetogenic risk in hypertensive patients: the VALUE trial
Blood Press, 17 (3), 170-7
PubMed 18608200

Kjeldsen SE, Naditch-Brule L, Perlini S, Zidek W, Farsang C (2008)
Increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome in uncontrolled hypertension across Europe: the Global Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in Patients with hypertension disease survey
J Hypertens, 26 (10), 2064-70
PubMed 18806632

Kjeldsen SE, Weber M, Oparil S, Jamerson KA (2008)
Combining RAAS and calcium channel blockade: ACCOMPLISH in perspective
Blood Press, 17 (5-6), 260-9
PubMed 19061055

Køber L, Torp-Pedersen C, McMurray JJ, Gøtzsche O, Lévy S, Crijns H, Amlie J, Carlsen J, Dronedarone Study Group (2008)
Increased mortality after dronedarone therapy for severe heart failure
N Engl J Med, 358 (25), 2678-87
PubMed 18565860

Larsen KO, Lygren B, Sjaastad I, Krobert KA, Arnkvaern K, Florholmen G, Larsen AK, Levy FO, Taskén K, Skjønsberg OH, Christensen G (2008)
Diastolic dysfunction in alveolar hypoxia: a role for interleukin-18-mediated increase in protein phosphatase 2A
Cardiovasc Res, 80 (1), 47-54
PubMed 18599478

Li Z, Dahlöf B, Okin PM, Kjeldsen SE, Wachtell K, Ibsen H, Nieminen MS, Jern S, Devereux RB (2008)
Left bundle branch block and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy: the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension study
J Hypertens, 26 (6), 1244-9
PubMed 18475164

Lunde K, Aakhus S (2008)
Intracoronary injection of mononuclear bone marrow cells after acute myocardial infarction: lessons from the ASTAMI trial
Eur. Heart J. Suppl., 10 (K), K35-K38

Meen O, Brosstad F, Khiabani H, Gjertsen E, Lauritsen ME, Pedersen TM, Bjørnsen S, Schjelderup NM, Ameln W, Ng EC, Wettergreen M, Siddique SP, Erikssen G (2008)
No case of COX-1-related aspirin resistance found in 289 patients with symptoms of stable CHD remitted for coronary angiography
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 68 (3), 185-91
PubMed 17934975

Munk PS, Manhenke C, Ørn S, Greve OJ (2008)
[Contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with acute myocarditis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (10), 1172-4
PubMed 18480866

Nilsson BB, Hellesnes B, Westheim A, Risberg MA (2008)
Group-based aerobic interval training in patients with chronic heart failure: Norwegian Ullevaal Model
Phys Ther, 88 (4), 523-35
PubMed 18258768

Nilsson BB, Westheim A, Risberg MA (2008)
Long-term effects of a group-based high-intensity aerobic interval-training program in patients with chronic heart failure
Am J Cardiol, 102 (9), 1220-4
PubMed 18940296

Nilsson BB, Westheim A, Risberg MA (2008)
Effects of group-based high-intensity aerobic interval training in patients with chronic heart failure
Am J Cardiol, 102 (10), 1361-5
PubMed 18993156

Okin PM, Wachtell K, Devereux RB, Nieminen MS, Oikarinen L, Viitasalo M, Toivonen L, Ibsen H, Olsen MH, Borch-Johnsen K, Lindholm LH, Kjeldsen SE, Julius S, Dahlöf B, LIFE Study Investigators (2008)
Combination of the electrocardiographic strain pattern and albuminuria for the prediction of new-onset heart failure in hypertensive patients: the LIFE study
Am J Hypertens, 21 (3), 273-9
PubMed 18219298

Opdahl A, Helle-Valle T, Remme EW, Vartdal T, Pettersen E, Lunde K, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2008)
Apical rotation by speckle tracking echocardiography: a simplified bedside index of left ventricular twist
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 21 (10), 1121-8
PubMed 18760568

Otterdal K, Andreassen AK, Yndestad A, Oie E, Sandberg WJ, Dahl CP, Pedersen TM, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Brosstad FR, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2008)
Raised LIGHT levels in pulmonary arterial hypertension: potential role in thrombus formation
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 177 (2), 202-7
PubMed 17962639

Pettersen E, Lindberg H, Smith HJ, Smevik B, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA, Andersen K (2008)
Left ventricular function in patients with transposition of the great arteries operated with atrial switch
Pediatr Cardiol, 29 (3), 597-603
PubMed 18040733

Pleger ST, Harris DM, Shan C, Vinge LE, Chuprun JK, Berzins B, Pleger W, Druckman C, Völkers M, Heierhorst J, Øie E, Remppis A, Katus HA, Scalia R, Eckhart AD, Koch WJ, Most P (2008)
Endothelial S100A1 modulates vascular function via nitric oxide
Circ Res, 102 (7), 786-94
PubMed 18292599

Provan SA, Angel K, Odegård S, Mowinckel P, Atar D, Kvien TK (2008)
The association between disease activity and NT-proBNP in 238 patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a 10-year longitudinal study
Arthritis Res Ther, 10 (3), R70
PubMed 18573197

Pytte M, Bendz B, Kramer-Johansen J, Eriksen M, Strømme TA, Eilevstjønn J, Brosstad F, Sunde K (2008)
Prearrest administration of low-molecular-weight heparin in porcine cardiac arrest: hemodynamic effects and resuscitability
Crit Care Med, 36 (3), 881-6
PubMed 18431276

Remme EW, Lyseggen E, Helle-Valle T, Opdahl A, Pettersen E, Vartdal T, Ragnarsson A, Ljosland M, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2008)
Mechanisms of preejection and postejection velocity spikes in left ventricular myocardium: interaction between wall deformation and valve events
Circulation, 118 (4), 373-80
PubMed 18606917

Rossebø AB, Pedersen TR, Boman K, Brudi P, Chambers JB, Egstrup K, Gerdts E, Gohlke-Bärwolf C, Holme I, Kesäniemi YA, Malbecq W, Nienaber CA, Ray S, Skjaerpe T, Wachtell K, Willenheimer R, SEAS Investigators (2008)
Intensive lipid lowering with simvastatin and ezetimibe in aortic stenosis
N Engl J Med, 359 (13), 1343-56
PubMed 18765433

Serebruany VL, Malinin A, Barsness G, Vahabi J, Atar D (2008)
Effects of aliskiren, a renin inhibitor, on biomarkers of platelet activity, coagulation and fibrinolysis in subjects with multiple risk factors for vascular disease
J Hum Hypertens, 22 (5), 303-10
PubMed 18273042

Serebruany VL, Malinin A, Ong S, Atar D (2008)
Patients with metabolic syndrome exhibit higher platelet activity than those with conventional risk factors for vascular disease
J Thromb Thrombolysis, 25 (2), 207-13
PubMed 17530178

Smith C, Halvorsen B, Otterdal K, Waehre T, Yndestad A, Fevang B, Sandberg WJ, Breland UM, Frøland SS, Oie E, Gullestad L, Damås JK, Aukrust P (2008)
High levels and inflammatory effects of soluble CXC ligand 16 (CXCL16) in coronary artery disease: down-regulatory effects of statins
Cardiovasc Res, 79 (1), 195-203
PubMed 18339644

Smith PJ, Hurlen M, Abdelnoor M, Arnesen H (2008)
Less benefit from warfarin in diabetics after myocardial infarction?
Cardiology, 111 (3), 161-6
PubMed 18434719

Solheim S, Grøgaard HK, Hoffmann P, Arnesen H, Seljeflot I (2008)
Inflammatory responses after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction or stable angina pectoris
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 68 (7), 555-62
PubMed 19378426

Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Lunde K, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Grøgaard HK, Aakhus S, Forfang K, Arnesen H (2008)
Inflammatory responses after intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Am Heart J, 155 (1), 55.e1-9
PubMed 18082489

Strand A, Kjeldsen SE, Gudmundsdottir H, Os I, Smith G, Bjørnerheim R (2008)
Tissue Doppler imaging describes diastolic function in men prone to develop hypertension over twenty years
Eur J Echocardiogr, 9 (1), 34-9
PubMed 17448731

Svilaas A, Strandberg T, Eriksson M, Hildebrandt P, Westheim A (2008)
Lipid lowering treatment patterns and goal attainment in Nordic patients with hyperlipidemia
Scand Cardiovasc J, 42 (4), 279-87
PubMed 18609053

Swift F, Birkeland JA, Tovsrud N, Enger UH, Aronsen JM, Louch WE, Sjaastad I, Sejersted OM (2008)
Altered Na+/Ca2+-exchanger activity due to downregulation of Na+/K+-ATPase alpha2-isoform in heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, 78 (1), 71-8
PubMed 18203708

Teitelbaum JS, von Kummer R, Gjesdal K, Kristinsson A, Gahn G, Albers GW, SPORTIF Executive Steering Committee (2008)
Effect of ximelagatran and warfarin on stroke subtypes in atrial fibrillation
Can J Neurol Sci, 35 (2), 160-5
PubMed 18574928

Tveit A, Seljeflot I, Grundvold I, Abdelnoor M, Smith P, Arnesen H (2008)
Levels of PAI-1 and outcome after electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation
Thromb Res, 121 (4), 447-53
PubMed 17698170

Ulimoen GR, Gjønnaess E, Atar D, Dahl T, Stranden E, Sandbaek G (2008)
Noninvasive coronary angiography with 64-channel multidetector computed tomography in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Acta Radiol, 49 (10), 1140-4
PubMed 18932101

Vinge LE, von Lueder TG, Aasum E, Qvigstad E, Gravning JA, How OJ, Edvardsen T, Bjørnerheim R, Ahmed MS, Mikkelsen BW, Oie E, Attramadal T, Skomedal T, Smiseth OA, Koch WJ, Larsen TS, Attramadal H (2008)
Cardiac-restricted expression of the carboxyl-terminal fragment of GRK3 Uncovers Distinct Functions of GRK3 in regulation of cardiac contractility and growth: GRK3 controls cardiac alpha1-adrenergic receptor responsiveness
J Biol Chem, 283 (16), 10601-10
PubMed 18165681