• Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Grafts Compared to Native Coronary Vessels: The Norwegian Coronary Stent Trial Study 

      Mølstad, Per; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Steigen, Terje; Wilsgaard, Tom; Wiseth, Rune; Rotevatn, Svein; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Larsen, Tommy; Larsby, Kristina; Skarstad, Sigrun; Fosse, Eivind Øygard; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Bønaa, Kaare Harald (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01)
      Background: Drug-eluting stents (DES) reduce target lesion revascularization (TLR) with no effect on mortality or myocardial infarction (MI) compared to bare-metal stents (BMS) in native vessels. Randomized stent studies in saphenous vein grafts (SVG) are few and the reported effects are ambiguous. The Norwegian Coronary Stent Trial study is the first to randomize lesions to percutaneous coronary ...
    • The epidemiology of myocardial infarction. Trends in incidence, risk factors, severity, treatment and outcomes of myocardial infarction in a general population. 

      Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-11-07)
      Paper 1 and 2 were based on the Tromsø Study, a population-based, prospective cohort study with repeated screenings for cardiovascular risk factors and follow-up with regard to disease incidence and mortality. Paper 3 was based on a local registry of consecutively patients with presumed ST-elevation myocardial infarction who had been given prehospital thrombolytic therapy, and then admitted to the ...
    • Low pain tolerance is associated with coronary angiography, coronary artery disease, and mortality: The TROMSO study 

      Fladseth, Kristina; Lindekleiv, Haakon; Nielsen, Christopher Sivert; Øhrn, Andrea; Kristensen, Andreas; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Njølstad, Inger; Wilsgaard, Tom; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Stubhaug, Audun; Trovik, Thor; Rotevatn, Svein; Forsdahl, Signe Helene; Schirmer, Henrik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-03)
      BACKGROUND: The initial presentation to coronary angiography and extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) vary greatly among patients, from ischemia with no obstructive CAD to myocardial infarction with 3-vessel disease. Pain tolerance has been suggested as a potential mechanism for the variation in presentation of CAD. We aimed to investigate the association between pain tolerance, coronary ...
    • Outcomes after coronary angiography for unstable angina compared to stable angina, myocardial infarction and an asymptomatic general population 

      Fladseth, Kristina; Wilsgaard, Tom; Lindekleiv, Haakon; Kristensen, Andreas; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Njølstad, Inger; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Trovik, Thor; Rotevatn, Svein; Forsdahl, Signe Helene; Schirmer, Henrik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-31)
      Background: The outcomes of real-world unstable angina (UA) in the high-sensitivity troponin era are unclear. We aimed to investigate the outcomes of UA referred to coronary angiography compared to stable angina (SA), nonST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), STEMI and a general population.<p> <p>Methods: We included the 9,694 patients with no prior coronary artery disease (CAD) ...
    • The risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion are different 

      Bahar, Ramez; Hermansen, Stig Eggen; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Busund, Rolf; Dahl, Per Erling; Iqbal, Amjid; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Myrmel, Truls; Steigen, Terje; Trovik, Thor; Sørlie, Dag Glen; Bartnes, Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-02)
      Objectives. To determine risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion during long-term follow-up after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: From a cohort of 119 patients who had received a radial artery graft, 76 – of whom 55 also had at least one saphenous vein graft – underwent a preplanned direct angiography and anthropometric, biochemical, and endothelial ...