Gunnar Erikssen
- Consultant cardiologist; MD, PhD
Gunnar Erikssen has contributed to over 40 Oslo Ischemia Study publications spanning over 2 decades. He currently works as Head of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Unit at the Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet.
Publications 2024
Intra-aortic balloon pump treatment in an adult patient with a Fontan circulation and acute heart failure: a case report
Eur Heart J Case Rep, 8 (6), ytae289
DOI 10.1093/ehjcr/ytae289, PubMed 38912116
Publications 2023
Preoperative versus postoperative survival in patients with univentricular heart: a nationwide, retrospective study of patients born in 1990-2015
BMJ Open, 13 (7), e069531
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069531, PubMed 37491095
Publications 2021
The Oslo Ischaemia Study: cohort profile
BMJ Open, 11 (10), e049111
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049111, PubMed 34645662
Impact of pregnancy and risk factors for ventricular arrhythmias in women with tetralogy of Fallot
Open Heart, 8 (1)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001400, PubMed 33414183
Long-term follow-up and sex differences in adults operated for tetralogy of Fallot
Open Heart, 8 (2)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001738, PubMed 34663747
Publications 2018
Survival in patients with univentricular hearts: the impact of right versus left ventricular morphology
Open Heart, 5 (2), e000902
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000902, PubMed 30364544
Dysfunction of the systemic right ventricle after atrial switch: physiological implications of altered septal geometry and load
J Appl Physiol (1985), 125 (5), 1482-1489
DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.00255.2018, PubMed 30188795
Publications 2017
Exercise systolic blood pressure at moderate workload predicts cardiovascular disease and mortality through 35 years of follow-up in healthy, middle-aged men
Blood Press, 26 (4), 229-236
DOI 10.1080/08037051.2017.1291276, PubMed 28276720
Publications 2014
Heart rate reserve predicts cardiovascular death among physically unfit but otherwise healthy middle-aged men: a 35-year follow-up study
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 23 (1), 59-66
DOI 10.1177/2047487314553202, PubMed 25281482
Achievements in congenital heart defect surgery: a prospective, 40-year study of 7038 patients
Circulation, 131 (4), 337-46; discussion 346
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.012033, PubMed 25538230
A novel ECG-index for prediction of ventricular arrhythmias in patients after myocardial infarction
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 19 (4), 330-7
DOI 10.1111/anec.12152, PubMed 24612066
Publications 2013
Response to Letter by Morris et al regarding article, "Low heart rates predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men" by Grundvold et al
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 6 (6), e102
DOI 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001154, PubMed 24347602
Low heart rates predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 6 (4), 726-31
DOI 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000267, PubMed 23873309
Seven-year increase in exercise systolic blood pressure at moderate workload predicts long-term risk of coronary heart disease and mortality in healthy middle-aged men
Hypertension, 61 (5), 1134-40
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00793, PubMed 23529164
Triglycerides-diabetes association in healthy middle-aged men: modified by physical fitness? A long term follow-up of 1962 Norwegian men in the Oslo Ischemia Study
Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 101 (2), 201-9
DOI 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.06.001, PubMed 23827210
Publications 2012
The terminal part of the QT interval (T peak to T end): a predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 17 (2), 85-94
DOI 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2012.00493.x, PubMed 22537325
Upper normal blood pressures predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men: a 35-year follow-up study
Hypertension, 59 (2), 198-204
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.179713, PubMed 22252392
Importance of physical fitness on predictive effect of body mass index and weight gain on incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-age men
Am J Cardiol, 110 (3), 425-32
DOI 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.03.043, PubMed 22579085
Rapidly upsloping ST-segment on exercise ECG: a marker of reduced coronary heart disease mortality risk
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 20 (4), 541-8
DOI 10.1177/2047487312444370, PubMed 22492865
Sequential ADP-stimulated light transmission and multiple electrode aggregometry in patients taking aspirin and clopidogrel after non ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 72 (4), 318-25
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2012.666565, PubMed 22724626
Publications 2011
Low-grade systolic murmurs in healthy middle-aged individuals: innocent or clinically significant? A 35-year follow-up study of 2014 Norwegian men
J Intern Med, 271 (6), 581-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02480.x, PubMed 22061296
HDL-cholesterol and prediction of coronary heart disease: modified by physical fitness? A 28-year follow-up of apparently healthy men
Atherosclerosis, 220 (1), 250-6
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.10.009, PubMed 22062589
Publications 2010
Interaction between inflammation and blood viscosity predicts cardiovascular mortality
Scand Cardiovasc J, 44 (2), 107-12
DOI 10.1080/14017430903171248, PubMed 19670036
Publications 2009
Variability in aggregometry response before and after initiation of clopidogrel therapy
Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest., 69 (6), PII 911832516-679
DOI 10.1080/00365510902971875
Variability in aggregometry response before and after initiation of clopidogrel therapy
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 69 (6), 673-9
DOI 10.3109/00365510902971875, PubMed 19484660
Publications 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
DOI 10.1080/00365510701601673, PubMed 17934975
Publications 2005
Reasons for terminating an exercise test provide independent prognostic information: 2014 apparently healthy men followed for 26 years
Eur Heart J, 26 (14), 1394-401
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi278, PubMed 15855193
Lung function, smoking and mortality in a 26-year follow-up of healthy middle-aged males
Eur Respir J, 25 (4), 618-25
DOI 10.1183/09031936.05.00008504, PubMed 15802334
Publications 2004
Possible angina detected by the WHO angina questionnaire in apparently healthy men with a normal exercise ECG: coronary heart disease or not? A 26 year follow up study
Heart, 90 (6), 627-32
DOI 10.1136/hrt.2003.012542, PubMed 15145862
Symptom-limited exercise testing, ST depressions and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in apparently healthy middle-aged men
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 11 (4), 320-7
DOI 10.1097/01.hjr.0000136460.57921.46, PubMed 15292766
Exercise testing of healthy men in a new perspective: from diagnosis to prognosis
Eur Heart J, 25 (11), 978-86
DOI 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.04.009, PubMed 15172470
[Exercise ECG]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (3), 339-41
PubMed 14963507
Publications 2003
Fasting blood glucose is independently associated with resting and exercise blood pressures and development of elevated blood pressure
J Hypertens, 21 (7), 1383-9
DOI 10.1097/00004872-200307000-00029, PubMed 12817188
Publications 2002
Early versus late morning measurement of blood pressure in healthy men. A potential source of measurement bias?
Blood Press, 11 (6), 366-70
DOI 10.1080/080370502321095339, PubMed 12523680
Publications 2001
Prediction of Type 2 diabetes in healthy middle-aged men with special emphasis on glucose homeostasis. Results from 22.5 years' follow-up
Diabet Med, 18 (4), 261-7
DOI 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00488.x, PubMed 11437855
Physical fitness and changes in mortality: the survival of the fittest
Sports Med, 31 (8), 571-6
DOI 10.2165/00007256-200131080-00001, PubMed 11475318
Physical fitness and changes in mortality: survival of the fittest
In Sports medicine, Adis International, Auckland, 31(2001)nr 8, S. 571-576
BIBSYS 011576790
Supine and exercise systolic blood pressure predict cardiovascular death in middle-aged men
J Hypertens, 19 (8), 1343-8
DOI 10.1097/00004872-200108000-00001, PubMed 11518841
Publications 2000
Type 2 diabetes and maternal family history: an impact beyond slow glucose removal rate and fasting hyperglycemia in low-risk individuals? Results from 22.5 years of follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men
Diabetes Care, 23 (9), 1255-9
DOI 10.2337/diacare.23.9.1255, PubMed 10977015
Dynamics in prediction of cardiovascular events based on epidemiological data
University of Oslo, Medical Department B, National University Hospital, Oslo, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 010138587, ISBN 82-7722-137-1
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: a possible marker of atherosclerosis and a strong predictor of coronary heart disease mortality
Eur Heart J, 21 (19), 1614-20
DOI 10.1053/euhj.2000.2148, PubMed 10988014
Hypothesis: the recent decline in coronary heart disease mortality--mainly a shift from fatal to non-fatal events?
Scand Cardiovasc J, 34 (5), 468-74
DOI 10.1080/140174300750064620, PubMed 11191936
Publications 1999
Fasting blood glucose: an underestimated risk factor for cardiovascular death. Results from a 22-year follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men
Diabetes Care, 22 (1), 45-9
DOI 10.2337/diacare.22.1.45, PubMed 10333902
Publications 1998
Changes in physical fitness and changes in mortality
Lancet, 352 (9130), 759-62
DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)02268-5, PubMed 9737279
Clustering of coronary risk factors with increasing blood pressure at rest and during exercise
J Hypertens, 16 (1), 19-22
DOI 10.1097/00004872-199816010-00004, PubMed 9533412
Publications 1997
Exercise blood pressure predicts cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction
Blood Press Monit, 2 (3), 147-153
PubMed 10234108
Seasonal covariation in physical fitness and blood pressure at rest and during exercise in healthy middle-aged men
Blood Press, 6 (5), 269-73
DOI 10.3109/08037059709062081, PubMed 9359996
Predictors of 7-year changes in exercise blood pressure: effects of smoking, physical fitness and pulmonary function
J Hypertens, 15 (3), 245-9
DOI 10.1097/00004872-199715030-00005, PubMed 9468451
Introducing a module for laboratory test order entry and reporting of results at a hospital ward: an evaluation study using a multi-method approach
J Med Syst, 21 (2), 107-17
DOI 10.1023/a:1022894324357, PubMed 9297619
Publications 1996
[Measurement of ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction. A comparison of measurements by means of radionuclide technique one week and 8 weeks after the infarction]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 116 (15), 1785-8
PubMed 8693461
Exercise blood pressure predicts mortality from myocardial infarction
Hypertension, 27 (3 Pt 1), 324-9
DOI 10.1161/01.hyp.27.3.324, PubMed 8698433
Publications 1995
Long term effects of smoking on physical fitness and lung function: a longitudinal study of 1393 middle aged Norwegian men for seven years
BMJ, 311 (7007), 715-8
DOI 10.1136/bmj.311.7007.715, PubMed 7549684
Heart rate increase and maximal heart rate during exercise as predictors of cardiovascular mortality: a 16-year follow-up study of 1960 healthy men
Coron Artery Dis, 6 (8), 667-79
DOI 10.1097/00019501-199508000-00012, PubMed 8574463
Publications 1994
[Computer technology and electronic medical records in hospitals]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 114 (2), 203-4
PubMed 8122209
Exercise blood pressure predicts cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged men
Hypertension, 24 (1), 56-62
DOI 10.1161/01.hyp.24.1.56, PubMed 8021008
Publications 1993
Haematocrit: a predictor of cardiovascular mortality?
J Intern Med, 234 (5), 493-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1993.tb00783.x, PubMed 8228794
Physical fitness as a predictor of mortality among healthy, middle-aged Norwegian men
N Engl J Med, 328 (8), 533-7
DOI 10.1056/NEJM199302253280803, PubMed 8426620
Heart volume and cardiovascular mortality. A 16 year follow-up study of 1984 healthy middle-aged men
Eur Heart J, 14 (5), 592-6
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/14.5.592, PubMed 8508851
Initial clinical presentation of cardiac disease in asymptomatic men with silent myocardial ischemia and angiographically documented coronary artery disease (the Oslo Ischemia Study)
Am J Cardiol, 72 (9), 629-33
DOI 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90875-d, PubMed 8249835
Publications 1980
Hva opplever folk selv som stressende i en arbeidssituasjon? Gunnar Erikssen, Gunvald Harket
In Spesialoppgave, Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, 30 bl.
BIBSYS 051552043