• Birth prevalence of congenital heart defects in Norway 1994-2009—A nationwide study 

      Leirgul, Elisabeth; Fomina, Tatiana; Brodwall, Kristoffer; Greve, Gottfried; Holmstrøm, Henrik; Vollset, Stein Emil; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Øyen, Nina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-10)
      Background: The reasons for decreasing birth prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in several European countries and Canada are not fully understood. We present CHD prevalence among live births, stillbirths, and ...
    • Initial rhythm control with cryoballoon ablation vs drug therapy: Impact on quality of life and symptoms 

      Pavlovic, Nikola; Chierchia, Gian-Battista; Velagic, Vedran; Hermida, Jean Sylvain; Healey, Stewart; Arena, Giuseppe; Badenco, Nicolas; Meyer, Christian; Chen, Jian; Iacopino, Saverio; Anselme, Frédéric; Dekker, Lukas; Scazzuso, Fernando; Packer, Douglas L.; de Asmundis, Carlo; Pitschner, Heinz-Friedrich; Piazza, Fabio Di; Kaplon, Rachelle E.; Kuniss, Malte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Cryoballoon ablation (CBA) as a first-line rhythm control strategy is superior to antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) for preventing atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence; the impact of first-line CBA on quality of life ...
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction and adjudicated, cause-specific hospitalizations after myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction 

      Hall, Trygve Sørdahl; von Lueder, Thomas Gero; Zannad, Faïez; Rossignol, Patrick; Duarte, Kévin; Chouihed, Tahar; Solomon, Scott D.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Atar, Dan; Agewall, Stefan; Girerd, Nicolas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after acute myocardial infarction (MI) increases risk of cardiovascular (CV) hospitalizations, but evidence regarding its association with non-CV outcome is ...