Scientific project

Publications in press

Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Lunde K, Bratseth V, Aakhus S, Forfang K, Arnesen H
The influence of intracoronary injection of bone marrow cells on prothrombotic markers in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Thromb Res (in press)
PubMed 22192151

Publications 2011

Beitnes JO, Gjesdal O, Lunde K, Solheim S, Edvardsen T, Arnesen H, Forfang K, Aakhus S (2011)
Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function improve after acute myocardial infarction treated with acute percutaneous coronary intervention, but are not influenced by intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells: a 3 year serial echocardiographic sub-study of the randomized-controlled ASTAMI study
Eur J Echocardiogr, 12 (2), 98-106
PubMed 20851818

Beitnes JO, Lunde K, Brinchmann JE, Aakhus S (2011)
Stem cells for cardiac repair in acute myocardial infarction
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 9 (8), 1015-25
PubMed 21878046

Hopp E, Lunde K, Solheim S, Aakhus S, Arnesen H, Forfang K, Edvardsen T, Smith HJ (2011)
Regional myocardial function after intracoronary bone marrow cell injection in reperfused anterior wall infarction - a cardiovascular magnetic resonance tagging study
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 13, 22
PubMed 21414223

Publications 2010

Grøgaard HK, Seljeflot I, Lunde K, Solheim S, Aakhus S, Forfang K, Arnesen H, Ilebekk A (2010)
Cell treatment after acute myocardial infarction prevents early decline in circulating IGF-1
Scand Cardiovasc J, 44 (5), 267-72
PubMed 21080844

Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Lunde K, Bjørnerheim R, Aakhus S, Forfang K, Arnesen H (2010)
Frequency of left ventricular thrombus in patients with anterior wall acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and dual antiplatelet therapy
Am J Cardiol, 106 (9), 1197-200
PubMed 21029812

Publications 2009

Gjesdal O, Vartdal T, Hopp E, Lunde K, Brunvand H, Smith HJ, Edvardsen T (2009)
Left ventricle longitudinal deformation assessment by mitral annulus displacement or global longitudinal strain in chronic ischemic heart disease: are they interchangeable?
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 22 (7), 823-30
PubMed 19505792

Hansegård J, Urheim S, Lunde K, Malm S, Rabben SI (2009)
Semi-automated quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
Cardiovasc Ultrasound, 7, 18
PubMed 19379479

Lunde K (2009)
Bone marrow cell therapy after acute myocardial infarction. Back to bench, or ready for an outcome trial
J Cardiovasc Transl Res, 2 (1), 139-41
PubMed 20559978

Taraldsrud E, Grøgaard HK, Solheim S, Lunde K, Fløisand Y, Arnesen H, Seljeflot I, Egeland T (2009)
Age and stress related phenotypical changes in bone marrow CD34+ cells
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 69 (1), 79-84
PubMed 18836945

Publications 2008

Gjesdal O, Helle-Valle T, Hopp E, Lunde K, Vartdal T, Aakhus S, Smith HJ, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T (2008)
Noninvasive separation of large, medium, and small myocardial infarcts in survivors of reperfused ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a comprehensive tissue Doppler and speckle-tracking echocardiography study
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 1 (3), 189-96, 2 p following 196
PubMed 19808542

Lunde K, Solheim S, Forfang K, Arnesen H, Brinch L, Bjørnerheim R, Ragnarsson A, Egeland T, Endresen K, Ilebekk A, Mangschau A, Aakhus S (2008)
Anterior myocardial infarction with acute percutaneous coronary intervention and intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells: safety, clinical outcome, and serial changes in left ventricular function during 12-months' follow-up
J Am Coll Cardiol, 51 (6), 674-6
PubMed 18261689

Lunde K, Aakhus S (2008)
Intracoronary injection of mononuclear bone marrow cells after acute myocardial infarction: lessons from the ASTAMI trial
Eur. Heart J. Suppl., 10 (K), K35-K38

Lunde K, Aakhus S (2008)
Cell therapy in acute myocardial infarction: measures of efficacy
Heart, 94 (8), 969-70
PubMed 18625788

Opdahl A, Helle-Valle T, Remme EW, Vartdal T, Pettersen E, Lunde K, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2008)
Apical rotation by speckle tracking echocardiography: a simplified bedside index of left ventricular twist
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 21 (10), 1121-8
PubMed 18760568

Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Lunde K, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Grøgaard HK, Aakhus S, Forfang K, Arnesen H (2008)
Inflammatory responses after intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Am Heart J, 155 (1), 55.e1-9
PubMed 18082489

Publications 2007

Arnesen H, Lunde K, Aakhus S, Forfang K (2007)
Cell therapy in myocardial infarction
Lancet, 369 (9580), 2142-3
PubMed 17604783

Gjesdal O, Hopp E, Vartdal T, Lunde K, Helle-Valle T, Aakhus S, Smith HJ, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T (2007)
Global longitudinal strain measured by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography is closely related to myocardial infarct size in chronic ischaemic heart disease
Clin Sci (Lond), 113 (6), 287-96
PubMed 17501720

Hansegård J, Urheim S, Lunde K, Rabben SI (2007)
Constrained active appearance models for segmentation of triplane echocardiograms
IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 26 (10), 1391-400
PubMed 17948729

Lunde K, Solheim S, Aakhus S, Arnesen H, Moum T, Abdelnoor M, Egeland T, Endresen K, Ilebekk A, Mangschau A, Forfang K (2007)
Exercise capacity and quality of life after intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells in acute myocardial infarction: results from the Autologous Stem cell Transplantation in Acute Myocardial Infarction (ASTAMI) randomized controlled trial
Am Heart J, 154 (4), 710.e1-8
PubMed 17892996

Publications 2006

Lunde K, Solheim S, Aakhus S, Arnesen H, Abdelnoor M, Egeland T, Endresen K, Ilebekk A, Mangschau A, Fjeld JG, Smith HJ, Taraldsrud E, Grøgaard HK, Bjørnerheim R, Brekke M, Müller C, Hopp E, Ragnarsson A, Brinchmann JE, Forfang K (2006)
Intracoronary injection of mononuclear bone marrow cells in acute myocardial infarction
N Engl J Med, 355 (12), 1199-209
PubMed 16990383

Publications 2005

Lunde K, Solheim S, Aakhus S, Arnesen H, Abdelnoor M, Forfang K, ASTAMI investigators (2005)
Autologous stem cell transplantation in acute myocardial infarction: The ASTAMI randomized controlled trial. Intracoronary transplantation of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells, study design and safety aspects
Scand Cardiovasc J, 39 (3), 150-8
PubMed 16152682