Torbjørn Omland

Summary

Affiliation: University of Oslo
Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of systemic hypertension on the diagnostic performance of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with acute dyspnea
    Andreas S Pahle
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 104:966-71. 2009
  2. ncbi Prognostic value of cardiac troponin I measured with a highly sensitive assay in patients with stable coronary artery disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 61:1240-9. 2013
  3. ncbi High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels are increased in stable COPD
    Anke M C Neukamm
    Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, Lørenskog 1478, Norway
    Heart 99:382-7. 2013
  4. ncbi Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are associated with obstructive sleep apnea in extremely obese subjects: a cross-sectional study
    Jan Magnus Fredheim
    Morbid Obesity Centre, Department of Medicine, Vestfold Hospital Trust, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway
    Cardiovasc Diabetol 10:84. 2011
  5. ncbi Plasma osteoprotegerin levels in the general population: relation to indices of left ventricular structure and function
    Torbjørn Omland
    Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
    Hypertension 49:1392-8. 2007
  6. ncbi Prognostic value of B-Type natriuretic peptides in patients with stable coronary artery disease: the PEACE Trial
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 50:205-14. 2007
  7. ncbi Advances in congestive heart failure management in the intensive care unit: B-type natriuretic peptides in evaluation of acute heart failure
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Crit Care Med 36:S17-27. 2008
  8. ncbi Amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptides in stable and unstable ischemic heart disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Division of Medicine, Akerhus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 101:61-6. 2008
  9. ncbi New features of troponin testing in different clinical settings
    T Omland
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    J Intern Med 268:207-17. 2010
  10. ncbi New sensitive cardiac troponin assays for the early diagnosis of myocardial infarction
    T Omland
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    Drugs Today (Barc) 47:303-12. 2011

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Publications61

  1. ncbi Impact of systemic hypertension on the diagnostic performance of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with acute dyspnea
    Andreas S Pahle
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 104:966-71. 2009
    ..Accordingly, BNP performs well as an indicator of HF in patients presenting in emergency departments regardless of a history of hypertension or elevated blood pressure on admission...
  2. ncbi Prognostic value of cardiac troponin I measured with a highly sensitive assay in patients with stable coronary artery disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 61:1240-9. 2013
    ....
  3. ncbi High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels are increased in stable COPD
    Anke M C Neukamm
    Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, Lørenskog 1478, Norway
    Heart 99:382-7. 2013
    ..To assess the distribution of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) concentrations in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether hs-cTnT is associated with pulmonary function...
  4. ncbi Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are associated with obstructive sleep apnea in extremely obese subjects: a cross-sectional study
    Jan Magnus Fredheim
    Morbid Obesity Centre, Department of Medicine, Vestfold Hospital Trust, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway
    Cardiovasc Diabetol 10:84. 2011
    ..The aim of our study is to test whether prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in extremely obese (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m²) subjects...
  5. ncbi Plasma osteoprotegerin levels in the general population: relation to indices of left ventricular structure and function
    Torbjørn Omland
    Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
    Hypertension 49:1392-8. 2007
    ..These findings are compatible with the theory that osteoprotegerin may play a pathophysiological role in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction...
  6. ncbi Prognostic value of B-Type natriuretic peptides in patients with stable coronary artery disease: the PEACE Trial
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 50:205-14. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Advances in congestive heart failure management in the intensive care unit: B-type natriuretic peptides in evaluation of acute heart failure
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Crit Care Med 36:S17-27. 2008
    ..Following the introduction of rapid, automated assays for determination of BNP and NT-proBNP, these peptides are increasingly used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes...
  8. ncbi Amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptides in stable and unstable ischemic heart disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Division of Medicine, Akerhus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 101:61-6. 2008
    ..In patients with stable coronary artery disease, measurement may be performed for prognostication purposes at 6- to 18-month intervals. In the case of clinical suspicion of disease progression, a new sample may be warranted...
  9. ncbi New features of troponin testing in different clinical settings
    T Omland
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    J Intern Med 268:207-17. 2010
    ..However, increased sensitivity comes with a cost of decreased specificity, and serial testing, as well as clinical context and judgment, is likely to become increasingly important in the interpretation of troponin assay results...
  10. ncbi New sensitive cardiac troponin assays for the early diagnosis of myocardial infarction
    T Omland
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    Drugs Today (Barc) 47:303-12. 2011
    ..Thus, with the use of more sensitive assays, clinical context and serial testing to document a rise and/or fall in concentrations will be increasingly important for correct interpretation of troponin results...
  11. ncbi B-type natriuretic peptides: prognostic markers in stable coronary artery disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, NO 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Expert Rev Mol Diagn 8:217-25. 2008
    ..Data documenting that BNP or NT-proBNP measurements can be used to guide treatment decisions in patients with stable coronary artery disease are still lacking...
  12. ncbi A sensitive cardiac troponin T assay in stable coronary artery disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    N Engl J Med 361:2538-47. 2009
    ..The distribution and determinants of very low circulating troponin T levels, as well as their association with cardiovascular events, in such patients are unknown...
  13. ncbi Natriuretic peptides: physiologic and analytic considerations
    Torbjørn Omland
    Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Heart Fail Clin 5:471-87. 2009
    ..Fully automated analyses of both BNP and NT-proBNP can be rapidly performed on large hospital-based platforms as well as on small point-of-care devices...
  14. ncbi N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term mortality in acute coronary syndromes
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Cardiology, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Circulation 106:2913-8. 2002
    ..We assessed the relation between subacute plasma N-BNP levels and long-term, all-cause mortality in a large, contemporary cohort of patients with ACS...
  15. ncbi Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels
    Anna Randby
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Chest 142:639-46. 2012
    ..We hypothesized that the severity of OSA, as assessed by the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), is associated with circulating levels of hs-cTnT in the general population...
  16. ncbi Diagnostic utility of a single-epitope sandwich B-type natriuretic peptide assay in stable coronary artery disease: data from the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 1 Study
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Clin Biochem 45:1269-75. 2012
    ..To assess the merit of a novel single-epitope sandwich (SES) assay specific to the stable part of BNP in patients with reversible myocardial ischemia as post-translational modifications of BNP may influence assay performance...
  17. ncbi Prognostic value of chromogranin A in severe sepsis: data from the FINNSEPSIS study
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, 1478, Lørenskog, Norway
    Intensive Care Med 38:820-9. 2012
    ..To assess the prognostic information of chromogranin A (CgA), a marker associated with adrenergic tone and myocardial function, in patients with severe sepsis...
  18. ncbi Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and concentration of C-reactive protein in Type D personality persons without cardiovascular disease
    Gunnar Einvik
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 18:504-9. 2011
    ..We hypothesized that Type D personality is associated with higher prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and higher concentration of C-reactive protein...
  19. ncbi Plasma levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type I during the acute phase following complicated myocardial infarction predicts survival in high-risk patients
    Thor Ueland
    Section of Endocrinology, National University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 46:2018-21. 2005
    ..We sought to determine the relationship between circulating cytokine levels and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
  20. ncbi NT-proBNP independently predicts long term mortality after acute exacerbation of COPD - a prospective cohort study
    Arne Didrik Høiseth
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Respir Res 13:97. 2012
    ..The prognostic value of NT-proBNP in patients hospitalized with AECOPD is sparsely studied. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that NT-proBNP independently predicts long term mortality following AECOPD...
  21. ncbi Circulating cytokine concentrations are not associated with major depressive disorder in a community-based cohort
    Gunnar Einvik
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 34:262-7. 2012
    ....
  22. ncbi Prognostic value of N-terminal pro-atrial and pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with acute coronary syndromes
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Cardiology, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 89:463-5. 2002
  23. ncbi Acute exacerbation of COPD is associated with fourfold elevation of cardiac troponin T
    Vidar Søyseth
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Sykehusvn 25, Lørenskog 1478, Norway
    Heart 99:122-6. 2013
    ....
  24. ncbi Sleep apnoea, anxiety, depression and somatoform pain: a community-based high-risk sample
    Harald Hrubos-Strøm
    Dept of Otopharyngeology, Surgical Division, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Eur Respir J 40:400-7. 2012
    ..In conclusion, more than one-third of participants in a community-based, Berlin Questionnaire high-risk sample were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. A negative association between OSA and psychiatric morbidity was found...
  25. ncbi Cardiac arrhythmias in obstructive sleep apnea (from the Akershus Sleep Apnea Project)
    Silje K Namtvedt
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 108:1141-6. 2011
    ..8, p = 0.035). In conclusion, the prevalence of ventricular premature complexes is increased in middle-aged patients with mainly mild or moderate OSA, suggesting an association between OSA and ventricular arrhythmias even in mild OSA...
  26. ncbi Impaired endothelial function in persons with obstructive sleep apnoea: impact of obesity
    Silje K Namtvedt
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
    Heart 99:30-4. 2013
    ..As obesity is highly prevalent in OSA, we wanted to test the hypothesis that OSA is associated with endothelial dysfunction independently of obesity...
  27. ncbi Troponin I Measured by a High-Sensitivity Assay in Patients with Suspected Reversible Myocardial Ischemia: Data from the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 1 Study
    Helge Røsjø
    Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Clin Chem 58:1565-73. 2012
    ..Whether cardiac troponin concentrations are increased by reversible myocardial ischemia is controversial. Differences in the structure of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and cTnT may have implications for diagnostic utility...
  28. ncbi Determinants of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study
    Arne Didrik Høiseth
    Dept, of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Pulm Med 12:22. 2012
    ..e. 14 ng/L) is common during Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) and associated with increased mortality. The objective of the study was to identify factors associated with hs-cTnT levels during AECOPD...
  29. ncbi Inflammatory response and re-stenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention in heart transplant recipients and patients with native atherosclerosis
    Aina Hognestad
    Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway
    J Heart Lung Transplant 24:1026-32. 2005
    ....
  30. ncbi Osteoprotegerin and cardiovascular mortality in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes
    Ragnhild Røysland
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, Lørenskog, Norway
    Heart 98:786-91. 2012
    ..To assess the relationship between osteoprotegerin (OPG) and cardiovascular death, and the pathobiological mechanisms contributing to the association, in acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...
  31. ncbi Determinants of cardiac troponin T elevation in COPD exacerbation - a cross-sectional study
    Pål H Brekke
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    BMC Pulm Med 9:35. 2009
    ..The factors associated with cTnT elevation in COPD are not known...
  32. ncbi Novel cardiovascular risk markers in depression: no association between depressive symptoms and osteoprotegerin or adiponectin in persons at high risk for sleep apnea
    Gunnar Einvik
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    J Affect Disord 145:400-4. 2013
    ....
  33. ncbi Major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and cardiac biomarkers in subjects at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea
    Gunnar Einvik
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Pb 95, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Psychosom Med 73:378-84. 2011
    ....
  34. ncbi Chromogranin B in heart failure: a putative cardiac biomarker expressed in the failing myocardium
    Helge Røsjø
    Medical Division and EpiGen, Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Molecular Biology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Circ Heart Fail 3:503-11. 2010
    ..Chromogranin B (CgB) is a member of the granin protein family. Because CgB is often colocalized with chromogranin A (CgA), a recently discovered cardiac biomarker, we hypothesized that CgB is regulated during heart failure (HF) development...
  35. ncbi Obstructive sleep apnea, verbal memory, and executive function in a community-based high-risk population identified by the Berlin Questionnaire Akershus Sleep Apnea Project
    Harald Hrubos-Strøm
    Department of Clinical Science, Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Sleep Breath 16:223-31. 2012
    ....
  36. ncbi Underdiagnosis of myocardial infarction in COPD - Cardiac Infarction Injury Score (CIIS) in patients hospitalised for COPD exacerbation
    Pål H Brekke
    Department of Medicine and Faculty Division, Akershus University Hospital, N 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Respir Med 102:1243-7. 2008
    ..We used Cardiac Infarction Injury Score (CIIS) to assess the prevalence of prior myocardical infarction (MI) in COPD patients and compared this to clinicians' previous diagnosis of MI...
  37. ncbi Cardiac troponin T levels and exercise stress testing in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 1 study
    Ragnhild Røysland
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Clin Sci (Lond) 122:599-606. 2012
    ..Mechanisms other than reversible myocardial ischaemia may play a role for acute exercise-induced increases in circulating cTnT levels...
  38. ncbi Secretogranin II; a protein increased in the myocardium and circulation in heart failure with cardioprotective properties
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    PLoS ONE 7:e37401. 2012
    ..As cardiac production of chromogranin A and B, two related proteins, is increased in heart failure (HF), we hypothesized that SgII could play a role in cardiovascular pathophysiology...
  39. ncbi Prognostic value of osteoprotegerin in chronic heart failure: The GISSI-HF trial
    Ragnhild Røysland
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Am Heart J 160:286-93. 2010
    ..The association between OPG and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) is unknown...
  40. ncbi Prognostic usefulness of circulating high-sensitivity troponin T in aortic stenosis and relation to echocardiographic indexes of cardiac function and anatomy
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 108:88-91. 2011
    ....
  41. ncbi Circulating high sensitivity troponin T in severe sepsis and septic shock: distribution, associated factors, and relation to outcome
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Intensive Care Med 37:77-85. 2011
    ..To assess the clinical utility of a recently developed highly sensitive cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) assay for providing prognostic information on patients with sepsis...
  42. ncbi A farewell to body-mass index?
    Charlotte Kragelund
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, NO 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Lancet 366:1589-91. 2005
  43. ncbi Circulating osteoprotegerin levels and long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 51:627-33. 2008
    ..This study was designed to assess the association between osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels on admission and long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...
  44. ncbi Prognostic value of osteoprotegerin in heart failure after acute myocardial infarction
    Thor Ueland
    Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, National University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 44:1970-6. 2004
    ..We sought to determine the relationship between osteoprotegerin (OPG) and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
  45. ncbi A Norwegian population-based study on the risk and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea. The Akershus Sleep Apnea Project (ASAP)
    Harald Hrubos-Strøm
    Department of Clinical Science, Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    J Sleep Res 20:162-70. 2011
    ..The estimated prevalence of OSA was comparable to previous estimates from general populations in the USA, Australia and Europe...
  46. ncbi B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term survival in patients with stable coronary artery disease
    Torbjørn Omland
    Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Am J Cardiol 95:24-8. 2005
    ..005) provided prognostic information above and beyond conventional risk markers. In patients with clinically stable, angiographically documented coronary artery disease, plasma BNP levels are independently related to long-term survival...
  47. ncbi New statistical methods for the evaluation of cardiovascular risk markers: what the clinician should know
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Clin Sci (Lond) 117:13-5. 2009
    ....
  48. ncbi Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of cardiovascular disease: focus on natriuretic peptides and cardiac ischemia
    Torbjørn Omland
    University of Oslo Faculty Division Akershus University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway
    Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl 240:18-24. 2005
    ..Recently, a relationship between circulating levels of BNP and NT-proBNP and long-term all cause mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease has been documented...
  49. ncbi Sensitive troponin assays and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in acute coronary syndrome: Prediction of significant coronary lesions and long-term prognosis
    Jørgen Gravning
    Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Am Heart J 165:716-24. 2013
    ..However, the role of sensitive cardiac troponin (cTn) assays in prediction of significant coronary lesions and long-term prognosis in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) remains unresolved...
  50. ncbi B-type natriuretic peptide is related to histological skeletal muscle abnormalities in patients with chronic heart failure
    Alf Inge Larsen
    Department of Cardiology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    Int J Cardiol 136:358-62. 2009
    ..This finding suggests that the degree of intrafibrillar edema is related to the secretion of NT-proBNP...
  51. ncbi Prognostic value of chromogranin A in chronic heart failure: data from the GISSI-Heart Failure trial
    Helge Røsjø
    Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Eur J Heart Fail 12:549-56. 2010
    ..To assess the association between circulating levels of chromogranin A (CgA) and outcome in a large population of patients with chronic heart failure (HF)...
  52. ncbi Blood haemoglobin is an independent predictor of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)
    Cathrine Wold Knudsen
    Department of Cardiology, , Oslo, Norway
    Clin Sci (Lond) 109:69-74. 2005
    ..Anaemia may contribute to elevated BNP levels in the absence of heart failure, and may represent an important confounder of the relationship between BNP, cardiac function and prognosis...
  53. ncbi Body fat and fat-free mass measured by bioelectric impedance spectroscopy and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in obese and non-obese adults
    Paula Berstad
    Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, Box 26, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
    Br J Nutr 107:1192-200. 2012
    ..However, the large inter-individual variation suggests that this BIS device with the proprietary software is insufficient for estimation of single individual body FM and FFM...
  54. ncbi [Depression and cardiovascular disease--is there an association?]
    Gunnar Einvik
    Medisinsk divisjon, Akershus universitetssykehus, 1478 Lørenskog, og Institutt for sykehusmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 130:729-32. 2010
    ..Depression is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This review presents data from recent cohort- and interventional studies, and possible pathogenetic mechanisms...
  55. ncbi Association between plasma chromogranin A concentration and long-term mortality after myocardial infarction
    Torbjørn Omland
    Department of Cardiology, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Am J Med 114:25-30. 2003
    ..We sought to assess the long-term prognostic value of circulating levels of chromogranin A after myocardial infarction...
  56. ncbi Multiple cytokine biomarkers in heart failure
    Maria Vistnes
    Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Expert Rev Mol Diagn 10:147-57. 2010
    ..Nevertheless, multiplex protein analyses are likely to constitute an important part of experimental and clinical research on heart failure and cytokines, paving the way for more accurate heart failure treatment...
  57. ncbi Prognostic value of plasma chromogranin A levels in patients with complicated myocardial infarction
    Mette Elise Estensen
    Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, , Norway
    Am Heart J 152:927.e1-6. 2006
    ..0001), history of diabetes (P = .004), and male sex (P = .021) were independently predictive of outcome. CONCLUSION: Chromogranin A is a strong and independent prognostic indicator in patients with complicated myocardial infarction...
  58. ncbi Natriuretic peptides as markers of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
    Henrik Holmstrom
    Department of Paediatrics, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Clin Sci (Lond) 103:79-80. 2002
  59. ncbi Impact of atrial fibrillation on the diagnostic performance of B-type natriuretic peptide concentration in dyspneic patients: an analysis from the breathing not properly multinational study
    Cathrine Wold Knudsen
    , Oslo, Norway
    J Am Coll Cardiol 46:838-44. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: In patients without, but not in those with HF, the presence of AF is associated with higher circulating BNP levels, suggesting that a higher diagnostic threshold should be used in patients with AF...
  60. ncbi Diagnostic value of a rapid test for B-type natriuretic peptide in patients presenting with acute dyspnoe: effect of age and gender
    Cathrine Wold Knudsen
    Department of Cardiology, , Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Heart Fail 6:55-62. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: Point-of-care BNP measurement in the emergency department discriminates well between patients with dyspnoe of cardiac and non-cardiac origin regardless of age and gender...
  61. ncbi Diagnostic value of B-Type natriuretic peptide and chest radiographic findings in patients with acute dyspnea
    Cathrine W Knudsen
    , Oslo, Norway
    Am J Med 116:363-8. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: In patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnea, BNP levels and chest radiographs provide complementary diagnostic information that may be useful in the early evaluation of heart failure...