• Myocardial function in aortic stenosis - insights from radial multilayer Doppler strain 

      Cramariuc, Dana; Gerdts, Eva; Hjertaas, Johannes Just; Cramariuc, Alexandru; Davidsen, Einar Skulstad; Matre, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-19)
      Background Left ventricular (LV) radial tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) strain increases gradually from the subepicardial to the subendocardial layer in healthy individuals. A speckle tracking echocardiography study suggested ...
    • Sleep in octogenarians during the postoperative phase after transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement 

      Amofah, Hege Andersen; Brostrøm, Anders; Fridlund, Bengt Gotthard Anton; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Haaverstad, Rune; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Kuiper, Karel Kier-Jan; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Norekvål, Tone M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)
      Background: Octogenarians with aortic stenosis are an increasing population of patients admitted for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Although adequate sleep is ...