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| K GjesdalSummaryAffiliation: University of Oslo Country: Norway Publications
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Curative ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic reviewKnut Gjesdal
Faculty Division Ulleval, Oslo University and Department of Cardiology, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Scand Cardiovasc J 42:3-8. 2008..To perform a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF)...
Cardiac auscultation training of medical students: a comparison of electronic sensor-based and acoustic stethoscopesHenning Høyte
University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway
BMC Med Educ 5:14. 2005..To determine whether the use of an electronic, sensor based stethoscope affects the cardiac auscultation skills of undergraduate medical students...- Training auscultatory skills: computer simulated heart sounds or additional bedside training? A randomized trial on third-year medical studentsØystein Sverdrup
Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
BMC Med Educ 10:3. 2010..The present study compares the value of additional use of computer simulated heart sounds, to conventional bedside auscultation training, on the cardiac auscultation skills of 3rd year medical students at Oslo University Medical School... 
Non-investigational antiarrhythmic drugs: long-term use and limitationsKnut Gjesdal
University of Oslo, Ulleval University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway
Expert Opin Drug Saf 8:345-55. 2009..Many patients, however, still prefer, or are merely offered drug treatment...- [Amiodarone--still a useful antiarrhythmic drug]Knut Gjesdal
Hjertemedisinsk avdeling, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 128:1532-3. 2008..Amiodarone may prove beneficial in the primary prevention of atrial fibrillation, to convert fibrillation, to prevent recurrency, and finally, to reduce a fast ventricular rate that does not respond to standard therapy... - Digitalis: a dangerous drug in atrial fibrillation? An analysis of the SPORTIF III and V dataK Gjesdal
Ulleval University Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway
Heart 94:191-6. 2008..This raises the suspicion that the inotropic benefits of digitalis may be counteracted by serious adverse effects. Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) were studied to clarify this... - Guidelines' criteria for rate control in atrial fibrillation: are they useful?Inger Ariansen
Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Oslo, Norway
Scand Cardiovasc J 44:132-8. 2010..We hypothesized that AF patients fulfilling these criteria would have better quality of life (QoL) and exercise capacity compared to the ones not fulfilling the criteria... - Effects of short-term exercise training on symptoms and quality of life in patients with chronic atrial fibrillationFinn Hegbom
Department of Cardiology, Ulleval University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0407 Oslo, Norway
Int J Cardiol 116:86-92. 2007..A randomised study was conducted to determine if short-term exercise training in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) might improve symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)... - Short-term exercise training in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: effects on exercise capacity, AV conduction, and quality of lifeFinn Hegbom
Heart and Lung Center, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 26:24-9. 2006..A randomized study was conducted to determine whether short-term exercise training in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) might improve exercise capacity and quality of life (QOL), and influence atrioventricular conduction... - Dual AV nodal pathways and conduction during atrial fibrillationFinn Hegbom
Heart and Lung Center, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Scand Cardiovasc J 37:199-204. 2003..We induced AF in patients with dual AV nodal pathways before and after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of AV nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) and examined the role of the two pathways in the transmission of impulses during AF... - The activation of platelet function, coagulation, and fibrinolysis during radiofrequency catheter ablation in heparinized patientsO G Anfinsen
Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 10:503-12. 1999..Catheter ablation may be complicated by clinical thromboembolism in about 1% of patients... - Effects of ablation, digitalis, and beta-blocker on dual atrioventricular nodal pathways and conduction during atrial fibrillationFinn Hegbom
Heart and Lung Center, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 15:1141-6. 2004..Using AF induced in patients with dual AV nodal pathways as a model, we tested the effect of additional treatment with digitalis (ouabain) and beta-blocker (esmolol)... - Reasons for terminating an exercise test provide independent prognostic information: 2014 apparently healthy men followed for 26 yearsJohan Bodegard
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Akershus University Hospital, PO Box 75, NO 1474 Nordbyhagen, Norway
Eur Heart J 26:1394-401. 2005..We wanted to study whether reasons for terminating an exercise test might influence long-term mortality of healthy men, a previously unreported subject... - Symptom-limited exercise testing, ST depressions and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in apparently healthy middle-aged menJohan Bodegard
The Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Norway
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 11:320-7. 2004..In the present prospective cohort study we investigate whether less marked ST depressions may influence CHD mortality, incidence of AMI, the need for a CABG or having a non-fatal stroke... - [Anticoagulation therapy in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation]Cecilie Risøe
Hjerte Lungesenteret, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:950-2. 2004..The rationale for choosing a treatment strategy in conflict with recommended guidelines should appear in writing in the patient's file in any individual case... - Effect of ximelagatran and warfarin on stroke subtypes in atrial fibrillationJeanne S Teitelbaum
Department of Neurology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Can J Neurol Sci 35:160-5. 2008..We assessed any differential effect of warfarin versus ximelagatran on the risk and outcome of cardioembolic and noncardioembolic stroke... - Atrial fibrillation: what can we do, what should we do, and what must we do?Knut Gjesdal
Scand Cardiovasc J 39:324-6. 2005 - [Anticoagulation therapy of atrial fibrillation]Knut Gjesdal
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:191-2. 2002 - Guidelines are usually the safer roadKnut Gjesdal
Cardiology 107:373. 2007 - Effect of exercise training in patients with heart failure: a pilot study on autonomic balance assessed by heart rate variabilityAlf Inge Larsen
University of Bergen, Cardiology Division, Central Hospital in Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 11:162-7. 2004..Exercise training is now regarded as an important part of the treatment of patients with CHF, but the effect on HRV and the association between this effect and the effect on neurohormones are not well assessed... - Cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation--not yet an outdated treatmentKnut Gjesdal
Scand Cardiovasc J 37:307-8. 2003 - [Implantable loop recorders in evaluation of syncope]Cathrine Strøm Christiansen
Det medisinske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:1657-9. 2007..An implantable loop recorder (ILR) registers a one-channel ECG, and stores up to 16 arrhythmic episodes for a maximum of 14 months. It is used to evaluate undiagnosed recurrent arrhythmias, particularly in unexplained syncopes...