Pål Haugar Brekke
- Consultant cardiologist; MD, PhD
Pål H. Brekke, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital.
After graduating from the University of Bergen and residency at Vestfold Hospital in Tønsberg, Brekke has worked at Akershus University Hospital from 2002, and at Rikshospitalet since 2012. Brekke is a board certified Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.
From 2006-2010, Brekke was a PhD fellow at Akershus University Hospital (Ahus), focusing on markers of myocardial injury in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Concurrently, he held a part time position at the University of Oslo, teaching research methodology and epidemiology.
Brekkes research is focused on the development of new ultrasound technologies and methods. He is also employed part time by the Norwegian Research Council funded BigMed project, in which big data analytics are being employed to improve sudden cardiac death prediction and prevention.
Publications 2024
Differentiation of Myocardial Properties in Physiological Athletic Cardiac Remodeling and Mild Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Biomedicines, 12 (2)
DOI 10.3390/biomedicines12020420, PubMed 38398022
A deep learning based method for left ventricular strain measurements: repeatability and accuracy compared to experienced echocardiographers
BMC Med Imaging, 24 (1), 305
DOI 10.1186/s12880-024-01470-7, PubMed 39528980
Publications 2023
Disease progression rate is a strong predictor of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with cardiac laminopathies: a primary prevention cohort study
Europace, 25 (2), 634-642
DOI 10.1093/europace/euac192, PubMed 36352512
Deep learning for automated left ventricular outflow tract diameter measurements in 2D echocardiography
Cardiovasc Ultrasound, 21 (1), 19
DOI 10.1186/s12947-023-00317-5, PubMed 37833731
Publications 2022
Cardiac Structure and Function in Epilepsy Patients with Drug-Resistant Convulsive Seizures
Case Rep Neurol, 14 (1), 88-97
DOI 10.1159/000522237, PubMed 35431877
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Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (14)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0591, PubMed 36226429
Artificial intelligence in clinical practice - an industry without raw materials
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (10)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0084, PubMed 35763849
Publications 2021
Synthetic data for annotation and extraction of family history information from clinical text
J Biomed Semantics, 12 (1), 11
DOI 10.1186/s13326-021-00244-2, PubMed 34261535
Neural classification of Norwegian radiology reports: using NLP to detect findings in CT-scans of children
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 21 (1), 84
DOI 10.1186/s12911-021-01451-8, PubMed 33663479
Publications 2020
Modified Doo-Sabin Modeling of the Right Ventricle
PROC SPIE, 11319, 1131909
DOI 10.1117/12.2548973
Two methods for modifed Doo-Sabin modeling of nonsmooth surfaces-applied to right ventricle modeling
J Med Imaging (Bellingham), 7 (6), 067001
DOI 10.1117/1.JMI.7.6.067001, PubMed 33381613
Impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation on mechanical dispersion
Open Heart, 7 (1), e001199
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001199, PubMed 32153792
Publications 2019
Classical mechanical dyssynchrony is rare in transcatheter aortic valve implantation-induced left bundle branch block
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 20 (3), 271-278
DOI 10.1093/ehjci/jey127, PubMed 30247533
Detection of Regional Mechanical Activation of the Left Ventricular Myocardium Using High Frame Rate Ultrasound Imaging
IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 38 (11), 2665-2675
DOI 10.1109/TMI.2019.2909358, PubMed 30969919
Velocity estimation of naturally occurring mechanical waves in the left ventricle in healthy persons
IEEE INT ULTRA SYM, 1425-1428
Comparison of two methods for mechanical activation detection using high frame rate ultrasound imaging
IEEE INT ULTRA SYM, 1410-1413
Publications 2018
Lamin A/C cardiomyopathy: young onset, high penetrance, and frequent need for heart transplantation
Eur Heart J, 39 (10), 853-860
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx596, PubMed 29095976
Publications 2017
Cardiac Troponin T Increase in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke with and without Cancer
Clin Chem, 64 (2), 404-406
DOI 10.1373/clinchem.2017.280016, PubMed 29167194
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Deformation Parameters in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Pilot Study of the Usefulness of Strain Echocardiography
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 30 (8), 727-735.e1
DOI 10.1016/j.echo.2017.04.009, PubMed 28599826
Video cascade accumulation of the total solar eclipse on Svalbard 2015
Geosci. Instrum. Methods Data Syst., 6 (1), 9-14
DOI 10.5194/gi-6-9-2017
Norway's most celebrated scientist
Astron. Geophys., 58 (5), 28-31
DOI 10.1093/astrogeo/atx174
Publications 2016
Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Hyponatremia in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Data from the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 2 Study
PLoS One, 11 (8), e0161232
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0161232, PubMed 27529844
Publications 2015
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL REPORT - ARCTIC ACCESS TO SPACE
ESA SPEC PUBL, 730, 43-52
Publications 2014
Determinants of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T elevation in acute ischemic stroke
BMC Neurol, 14, 96
DOI 10.1186/1471-2377-14-96, PubMed 24885286
The clinical value of serial measurement of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in acute exacerbations ofchronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Open Heart, 1 (1), e000001
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2013-000001, PubMed 25332772
Publications 2013
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL REPORT - ARCTIC ACCESS TO SPACE
ESA SPEC PUBL, 721, 23-32
Space Weather and Challenges for Modern Society
Space Weather, 11 (1), 3-4
DOI 10.1029/2012SW000881
Standardized evaluation of lung congestion during COPD exacerbation better identifies patients at risk of dying
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 8, 621-9
DOI 10.2147/COPD.S52854, PubMed 24353412
Publications 2012
Determinants of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study
BMC Pulm Med, 12, 22
DOI 10.1186/1471-2466-12-22, PubMed 22651225
NT-proBNP independently predicts long term mortality after acute exacerbation of COPD - a prospective cohort study
Respir Res, 13 (1), 97
DOI 10.1186/1465-9921-13-97, PubMed 23107284
Publications 2011
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL REPORT - ARCTIC ACCESS TO SPACE
ESA SPEC PUBL, 700, 23-31
Elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is associated with increased mortality after acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Thorax, 66 (9), 775-81
DOI 10.1136/thx.2010.153122, PubMed 21653926
Solar radiation and human health
Rep. Prog. Phys., 74 (6), 066701
DOI 10.1088/0034-4885/74/6/066701
Two methods to forecast auroral displays
J. Space Weather Space Clim., 1 (1), A03
DOI 10.1051/swsc/2011003
Publications 2009
Determinants of cardiac troponin T elevation in COPD exacerbation - a cross-sectional study
BMC Pulm Med, 9, 35
DOI 10.1186/1471-2466-9-35, PubMed 19615100
Publications 2008
Underdiagnosis of myocardial infarction in COPD - Cardiac Infarction Injury Score (CIIS) in patients hospitalised for COPD exacerbation
Respir Med, 102 (9), 1243-7
DOI 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.04.010, PubMed 18595681
Publications 2007
Troponin T elevation and long-term mortality after chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation
Eur Respir J, 31 (3), 563-70
DOI 10.1183/09031936.00015807, PubMed 18032444
Publications 2006
Statin use is associated with reduced mortality in COPD
Eur Respir J, 29 (2), 279-83
DOI 10.1183/09031936.00106406, PubMed 17050558