Dissertations
April 2019
Amjad Iqbal Hussain
Thesis: Decision-making in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis referred for evaluation of aortic valve replacement
Principal Supervisor: Senior Consultant Kjell Ingar Pettersen, MD, PhD, Oslo University Hospital
Co-supervisor: Professor Lars Gullestad, MD, PhD, University of Oslo
February 2018
Andreas Auensen
Thesis: Prognostic factors and outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis referred for evaluation of possible surgical aortic valve replacement
Principal Supervisor: Professor Lars Gullestad, MD, PhD, University of Oslo

February 2016
Kaspar Broch
Thesis: Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Diagnostic Work-up, Pathogenesis, Prognosis and Treatment
Principal Supervisor: Professor Lars Gullestad, MD, PhD, University of Oslo

February 2014
Kari Nytrøen
Thesis: Chronotropic responses and effect of high intensity interval based aerobic exercise in heart transplant recipients.
Principal Supervisor: Professor Lars Gullestad, MD, PhD, University of Oslo

January 2013
Einar Gude
Thesis: Limitations of current treatment strategies in human heart transplantation: Studies on pulmonary hemodynamics, renal failure and immunosuppression.
Principal Supervisor: Consultant Cardiologist Arne K. Andreassen, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital

February 2012
Jan Otto Beitnes
Thesis: Cell therapy in acute myocardial infarction
Principal Supervisor: Consultant Cardiologist Svend Aakhus, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital

December 2010
Christen Peder Dahl
Thesis: Inflammatory cytokines in heart failure – Potential role as mediators and biomarkers
Principal Supervisor: Professor Lars Gullestad, MD, PhD, University of Oslo

May 2010
Satish Arora
Thesis: Immunological and non-immunological markers of cardiac allograft vasculopathy amongst heart transplant recipients
Principal Supervisor: Professor Lars Gullestad, MD, PhD, University of Oslo
