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 ›
MD Laura K. Andreasen defended her PhD entitled “Genome-wide association studies of the left atrium and supraventricular tachycardias” the 18th of February 2022. The thesis includes three genome-wide association studies on 1) the left atrium assessed with cardiac magnetic resonance… Read More ›
The OMEMI (Omega-3 Fatty acids in Elderly with Myocardial Infarction) trial was performed by several members of the afib.no network. In the trial, elderly patients with a recent myocardial infarction were randomized to 1.8 g/day of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids… Read More ›
Edvard Liljedahl Sandberg: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and usability of ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor compared to conventional Holter monitoring. Patients > 18 years of age referred for out-of-hospital long-term ECG recording regardless of… Read More ›
In this study we looked at clinical outcomes of patients who underwent cardioversion in the non-interventional Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-AF (GARFIELD-AF). 44 201 patients were included in an analysis comparing patients who received a baseline cardioversion with those… Read More ›
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