Ole Jakob Sletten
- PhD fellow, MD
Ole Jakob Sletten graduated as a Medical Doctor in 2016 from Jagiellonian University of Krakow. Since then he has been working at Møre og Romsdal Hospital, Division Kristiansund, as part of his internship. He joined our research group in March 2018. Sletten has since 2018 worked as a resident in internal medicine at Diakonhjemmet Hospital, and as of September 2023, his clinical work continue at Stavanger University Hospital.
His PhD work focuses on left ventricular function and the effect of increased afterload; both during left bundle branch block and in patients undergoing chemotherapy.
His supervisors are Helge Skulstad, MD, PhD, Otto Smiseth, MD, PhD and Espen Remme, MSc, Dr.Ing.
Sletten has published two studies in JACC Cardiovasc Imaging And J Am Soc Echocardiogr and presented several abstracts at international and national conferences and has also been distinguished for his work on assessing ventricular function during elevated afterload.
Publications 2021
Lateral Wall Dysfunction Signals Onset of Progressive Heart Failure in Left Bundle Branch Block
JACC-Cardiovasc. Imag., 14 (11), 2059-2069
DOI 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.04.017
How to measure left ventricular myocardial work by pressure-strain loops
Eur. Heart J.-Cardiovasc. Imaging, 22 (3), 259-261
DOI 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa301
Publications 2019
Diastolic Stress Testing REPLY
JACC-Cardiovasc. Imag., 12 (10), 2097-2098
DOI 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.08.006