Ingvild M. Tøllefsen

  • Consultant; MD, PhD

Mini CV

Education

  • Specialist in Cardiology, 2022
  • Specialist in Internal medicine, 2021
  • PhD, University of Oslo, 2016
  • MD, University of Tromsø, 2007

Work record (selected)

  • 2020-t.d.: Dept. of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål
  • 2009-2020: Dept. of Acute Medicine, Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål

Awards, committees, memberships

  • Member of European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
  • Member of Norwegian Society of Cardiology

Research Areas

  • Acute coronary syndromes
  • Acute cardiac care
  • Cardiac arrest
 

Publications 2024

Kindberg KM, Broch K, Andersen GØ, Anstensrud AK, Åkra S, Woxholt S, Tøllefsen IM, Ueland T, Amundsen BH, Kløw NE, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Huse C, Murphy SL, Damås JK, Opdahl A, Wiseth R, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Santos-Gallego C, Seljeflot I, Stokke MK, Helseth R (2024)
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Reduced by Tocilizumab and Associated With Infarct Size
JACC Adv, 3 (9), 101193
DOI 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101193, PubMed 39247678

Woxholt S, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Anstensrud AK, Broch K, Tøllefsen IM, Seljeflot I, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Huse C, Andersen GØ, Gullestad L, Wiseth R, Damås JK, Kleveland O (2024)
Effect of tocilizumab on endothelial and platelet-derived CXC-chemokines and their association with inflammation and myocardial injury in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI
Int J Cardiol, 418, 132613 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132613, PubMed 39374793

Publications 2023

Woxholt S, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Anstensrud AK, Broch K, Tøllefsen IM, Ryan L, Bendz B, Hopp E, Kløw NE, Seljeflot I, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Huse C, Andersen GØ, Gullestad L, Wiseth R, Amundsen BH, Damas JK, Kleveland O (2023)
Cytokine pattern in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab
Open Heart, 10 (2)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002301, PubMed 37591633

Publications 2022

Huse C, Anstensrud AK, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Broch K, Woxholt S, Yang K, Sharma K, Tøllefsen IM, Bendz B, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Berg ES, Bjørkelund E, Quiles-Jiménez A, Bjerkeli V, Bendz C, Kleveland O, Stensaeth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Halvorsen B, Gullestad L et al. (2022)
Interleukin-6 inhibition in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Immune cell profile in the randomised ASSAIL-MI trial
EBioMedicine, 80, 104013
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104013, PubMed 35504178

Publications 2021

Broch K, Anstensrud AK, Woxholt S, Sharma K, Tøllefsen IM, Bendz B, Aakhus S, Ueland T, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Berg ES, Bjørkelund E, Bendz C, Hopp E, Kleveland O, Stensæth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Seljeflot I, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2021)
Randomized Trial of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibition in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol, 77 (15), 1845-1855
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.049, PubMed 33858620

Tøllefsen IM, Shetelig C, Seljeflot I, Eritsland J, Hoffmann P, Andersen GØ (2021)
High levels of interleukin-6 are associated with final infarct size and adverse clinical events in patients with STEMI
Open Heart, 8 (2)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001869, PubMed 34933964

Publications 2019

Gravensteen IK, Ekeberg Ø, Thiblin I, Helweg-Larsen K, Hem E, Rogde S, Tøllefsen IM (2019)
Psychoactive substances in natural and unnatural deaths in Norway and Sweden - a study on victims of suicide and accidents compared with natural deaths in psychiatric patients
BMC Psychiatry, 19 (1), 33
DOI 10.1186/s12888-019-2015-9, PubMed 30658618

Publications 2016

Tøllefsen IM, Hem E, Ekeberg Ø, Zahl PH, Helweg-Larsen K (2016)
Differing Procedures for Recording Mortality Statistics in Scandinavia
Crisis, 38 (2), 123-130
DOI 10.1027/0227-5910/a000425, PubMed 27661262

Tøllefsen IM, Thiblin I, Helweg-Larsen K, Hem E, Kastrup M, Nyberg U, Rogde S, Zahl PH, Østevold G, Ekeberg Ø (2016)
Accidents and undetermined deaths: re-evaluation of nationwide samples from the Scandinavian countries
BMC Public Health, 16, 449
DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3135-5, PubMed 27229154

Publications 2015

Tøllefsen IM, Helweg-Larsen K, Thiblin I, Hem E, Kastrup MC, Nyberg U, Rogde S, Zahl PH, Østevold G, Ekeberg Ø (2015)
Are suicide deaths under-reported? Nationwide re-evaluations of 1800 deaths in Scandinavia
BMJ Open, 5 (11), e009120
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009120, PubMed 26608638