Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Saeed, Sahrai"
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B-vitamin Treatment Modifies the Mortality Risk Associated with Calcium Channel Blockers in Patients with Suspected Stable Angina Pectoris: A Prospective Cohort Study
Dhar, Indu; Svingen, Gard Frodahl Tveitevåg; Bjørnestad, Espen Øglænd; Ulvik, Arve; Saeed, Sahrai; Nygård, Ottar Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are used for the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including angina pectoris, and hypertension; however, the effect on survival remains uncertain. CCBs impair fibrinolysis ... -
Cardiac Involvement in Systemic and Local Vasculitides: The Value of Noninvasive Multimodality Imaging
Mohamed Ali, Abukar; Yakupoglu, H. Yakup; Fuchs, Tobias A.; Larsen, Terje Hjalmar; Aukrust, Pål; Gunnarsson, Ragnar; Saeed, Sahrai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Despite significant advances in managing systemic vasculitides, cardiovascular morbidity, and mortality are still of primary concern. Advances in noninvasive imaging have broadened our understanding of the clinical ... -
Correlation between Murmurs and Echocardiographic Findings; From an Imaging Cardiologist Point of View
Saeed, Sahrai; Mohamed Ali, Abukar; Wasim, Daanyaal; Risnes, Ivar; Urheim, Stig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A heart murmur in adults is a common reason for referral for echocardiography at most general cardiology clinics in Europe. A murmur may indicate either a mild age-related valvular calcification or regurgitation, or represent ... -
Covariables of Myocardial Function in Women and Men with Increased Body Mass Index
Pristaj, Nadia; Saeed, Sahrai; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Halland, Hilde; Matre, Knut; Gerdts, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Sex-difference in types of cardiac organ damage has been reported in subjects with increased body mass index (BMI). However less is known about sex-differences in left ventricular (LV) myocardial function ... -
Early vascular aging in young and middle-aged ischemic stroke patients: The Norwegian stroke in the young study
Saeed, Sahrai; Waje-Andreassen, Ulrike; Fromm, Annette; Øygarden, Halvor; Kokorina, Marina Victorovna; Næss, Halvor; Gerdts, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)Background: Ischemic stroke survivors have high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality even at young age, suggesting that early arterial aging is common among such patients. Methods: We measured aortic stiffness ... -
Impact of aortic valve stenosis on myocardial deformation in different left ventricular levels: A three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography study
Hjertaas, Johannes Just; Einarsen, Eigir; Gerdts, Eva; Kokorina, Marina Victorovna; Moen, Christian Arvei; Urheim, Stig; Saeed, Sahrai; Matre, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Global systolic left ventricular (LV) myocardial function progressively declines as degenerative aortic valve stenosis (AS) progresses. Whether this results in uniformly distributed deformation changes from ... -
Impact of arterio–ventricular interaction on first-phase ejection fraction in aortic stenosis
Einarsen, Eigir; Hjertaas, Johannes Just; Gu, Haotian; Matre, Knut; Chowienczyk, Philip J.; Gerdts, Eva; Chambers, John B.; Saeed, Sahrai (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aims: First-phase ejection fraction (EF1), the EF at the time to peak aortic jet velocity, has been proposed as a novel marker of peak systolic function in aortic stenosis (AS). This study aimed to explore the association ... -
Masked hypertension in obesity: Potential predictors and arterial damage
Kenny, Isabel E.; Saeed, Sahrai; Gerdts, Eva; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Halland, Hilde; Lønnebakken, Mai Tone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02)Background: Masked hypertension (MHT), defined as normal office blood pressure (BP) but high ambulatory BP, has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Although MHT has been associated with obesity, there is ... -
Metastatic tumor of the interventricular septum mimicking myocardial calcification: The role of multimodality imaging
Riveland, Egil; Larsen, Terje Hjalmar; Edvardsen, Thor; Saeed, Sahrai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recently, there has been focus on how a round-shaped metastatic or dystrophic myocardial calcification, a rare type of myocardial pathology with different imaging appearances, can mimic a tumor in the basal interventricular ... -
Paradoxical sinus deceleration during dobutamine stress echocardiography: case series and review of the literature
Sulo, Enxhela; Davidsen, Einar Skulstad; Lønnebakken, Mai Tone; Bleie, Øyvind; Saeed, Sahrai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Dobutamine stress echocardiography is an established diagnostic modality for assessing myocardial ischaemia in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Dobutamine infusion causes dose-dependent ... -
Prevalence of atherosclerosis and association with 5-year outcome: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study
Nawaz, Beenish; Fromm, Annette; Øygarden, Halvor; Eide, Geir E; Saeed, Sahrai; Meijer, Rudy; Bots, Michiel L; Sand, Kristin M; Thomassen, Lars; Næss, Halvor; Waje-Andreassen, Ulrike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: We studied the prevalence of atherosclerosis among ischaemic stroke patients ≤60 years and controls at the time of the index stroke, and its association with occurrence of new cardiovascular events (CVEs) and ... -
Right ventricular postsystolic shortening: Resolution after opening a totally occluded right coronary artery
Saeed, Sahrai; Karaji, Iman; Skromme, Kaia; Øksnes, Anja; Larsen, Terje Hjalmar; Bleie, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Acute myocardial ischemia induces reduced systolic shortening and causes postsystolic shortening (PSS). Right ventricular (RV) PSS in coronary artery disease has been less studied. We present here the case of a 51-year-old ... -
Vascular risk factors and staging of atherosclerosis in patients and controls: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study
Nawaz, Beenish; Fromm, Annette; Øygarden, Halvor; Eide, Geir Egil; Saeed, Sahrai; Meijer, Rudy; Bots, Michiel L; Sand, Kristin Modalsli; Thomassen, Lars; Næss, Halvor; Waje-Andreassen, Ulrike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives: We studied the prevalence of vascular risk factors (RFs) among 385 ischaemic stroke patients ⩽60 years and 260 controls, and their association with atherosclerosis in seven vascular areas. Methods: History ...