Afib.no network members Sigrun Halvorsen and Jarle Jortveit, and collaborators, receive a major grant of 19,7 million NOK from the Norwegian regional health authorities (KLINBEFORSK), for the project The NORwegian atrial fibrillation self-SCREENing trial (NORSCREEN). The project is a randomized… Read More ›
Magnus Nakrem Lyngbakken, Peter Selmer Rønningen and coworkers investigated the value of echocardiographic left atrial volumes and cardiac biomarkers for prediction of incident atrial fibrillation. Volumetric indices of the left atrium, established biomarkers (NT-proBNP and cardiac troponin T), and a… Read More ›
It is time for a belated look back on this year’s annual meeting in afib.no. This delayed post is a sign of things turning back to normal after the pandemic. We have all been busy traveling to physical meetings, which… Read More ›
Researchers in the Norwegian Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation Initiative recently met for the second NEXAF workshop. With support from afib.no, NEXAF took the opportunity to arrange this workshop at Lysebu, Oslo, in connection with the 6th annual meeting of the… Read More ›
Afib.no network members Inger Ariansen and Trygve Berge, and collaborators, receive a major NFR (Research Council of Norway) grant of 12,5 million NOK, in a project aiming at innovative use of registry data to solve important clinical questions in the… Read More ›
We are pleased to invite you to the sixth annual meeting of afib.no – the Norwegian Atrial Fibrillation Research Network. We are finally back at Lysebu!!We look forward to a couple of exciting days in September, with presentations of great… Read More ›
Network member Peter Selmer Rønningen and coworkers investigated the long-term impact of blood pressure on left atrial volumes. The study was performed as part of the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 1950 Study where 74% of the participants also had data… Read More ›
After two years of digital meetings it was a true pleasure to meet so many of you at Felix conference center in Oslo for the annual afib.no workshop! We enjoyed two outstanding keynote lectures from dr. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Berlin, Germany… Read More ›
With support from afib.no, the researchers in The Norwegian Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation Initiative NEXAF, met for the first NEXAF workshop in Oslo earlier this month. Researchers from all the three NEXAF-studies, and from the research institutions The Arctic University… Read More ›
Are Annesønn Kalstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine defended his thesis “The role of n-3 fatty acids in cardiovascular diseases of ageing” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). Jan. 28, 2022Read more here. MD Ole-Christian Walter Rutherford at Institute… Read More ›
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