Scientific projects

Publications 2011

Smedsrud MK, Pettersen E, Gjesdal O, Svennevig JL, Andersen K, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T (2011)
Detection of left ventricular dysfunction by global longitudinal systolic strain in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 24 (11), 1253-9
PubMed 21908174

Publications 2010

Möller T, Brun H, Fredriksen PM, Holmstrøm H, Peersen K, Pettersen E, Grünig E, Mereles D, Thaulow E (2010)
Right ventricular systolic pressure response during exercise in adolescents born with atrial or ventricular septal defect
Am J Cardiol, 105 (11), 1610-6
PubMed 20494671

Möller T, Brun H, Fredriksen PM, Holmstrøm H, Pettersen E, Thaulow E (2010)
Moderate altitude increases right ventricular pressure and oxygen desaturation in adolescents with surgically closed septal defect
Congenit Heart Dis, 5 (6), 556-64
PubMed 21106015

Publications 2009

Fredriksen PM, Pettersen E, Thaulow E (2009)
Declining aerobic capacity of patients with arterial and atrial switch procedures
Pediatr Cardiol, 30 (2), 166-71
PubMed 18712434

Helle-Valle T, Remme EW, Lyseggen E, Pettersen E, Vartdal T, Opdahl A, Smith HJ, Osman NF, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2009)
Clinical assessment of left ventricular rotation and strain: a novel approach for quantification of function in infarcted myocardium and its border zones
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 297 (1), H257-67
PubMed 19395547

Lyseggen E, Vartdal T, Remme EW, Helle-Valle T, Pettersen E, Opdahl A, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2009)
A novel echocardiographic marker of end systole in the ischemic left ventricle: "tug of war" sign
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 296 (3), H645-54
PubMed 19122168

Möller T, Peersen K, Pettersen E, Thaulow E, Holmstrøm H, Fredriksen PM (2009)
Non-invasive measurement of the response of right ventricular pressure to exercise, and its relation to aerobic capacity
Cardiol Young, 19 (5), 465-73
PubMed 19674500

Opdahl A, Remme EW, Helle-Valle T, Lyseggen E, Vartdal T, Pettersen E, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2009)
Determinants of left ventricular early-diastolic lengthening velocity: independent contributions from left ventricular relaxation, restoring forces, and lengthening load
Circulation, 119 (19), 2578-86
PubMed 19414640

Pettersen E, Fredriksen PM, Urheim S, Thaulow E, Smith HJ, Smevik B, Smiseth O, Andersen K (2009)
Ventricular function in patients with transposition of the great arteries operated with arterial switch
Am J Cardiol, 104 (4), 583-9
PubMed 19660616

Remme EW, Lyseggen E, Helle-Valle T, Pettersen E, Ragnarsson A, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA, Opdahl A, Vartdal T, Ljosland M (2009)
Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Mechanisms of Preejection and Postejection Velocity Spikes in Left Ventricular Myocardium: Interaction Between Wall Deformation and Valve Events"
Circulation, 119 (6), E205

Publications 2008

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

Pettersen E, Lindberg H, Smith HJ, Smevik B, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA, Andersen K (2008)
Left ventricular function in patients with transposition of the great arteries operated with atrial switch
Pediatr Cardiol, 29 (3), 597-603
PubMed 18040733

Remme EW, Lyseggen E, Helle-Valle T, Opdahl A, Pettersen E, Vartdal T, Ragnarsson A, Ljosland M, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA (2008)
Mechanisms of preejection and postejection velocity spikes in left ventricular myocardium: interaction between wall deformation and valve events
Circulation, 118 (4), 373-80
PubMed 18606917

Publications 2007

Pettersen E, Helle-Valle T, Edvardsen T, Lindberg H, Smith HJ, Smevik B, Smiseth OA, Andersen K (2007)
Contraction pattern of the systemic right ventricle shift from longitudinal to circumferential shortening and absent global ventricular torsion
J Am Coll Cardiol, 49 (25), 2450-6
PubMed 17599609

Vartdal T, Brunvand H, Pettersen E, Smith HJ, Lyseggen E, Helle-Valle T, Skulstad H, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T (2007)
Early prediction of infarct size by strain Doppler echocardiography after coronary reperfusion
J Am Coll Cardiol, 49 (16), 1715-21
PubMed 17448374

Publications 2005

Pettersen E, Morstøl TH, Vegsundvåg JA (2005)
Long-term echocardiographic follow-up of a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension receiving iloprost inhalations
Eur J Echocardiogr, 6 (1), 67-71
PubMed 15664556