
| Helge Skulstad | |
| Position: | PhD Senior scientist |
| Phone: | +47 23074144 |
| Email: | |
Stipendiates: Espen Bøe, Christian Eek, Ole-Johannes Grymyr, Stefan Hyler
Main focus:
Assessment of regional and global myocardial function during ischemia and acute coronary syndrome
Main methods:
Echocardiography. Clinical and experimental studies.
Project:
Shunt effect on ischemia during coronary surgery on the beating heart
Collaborators:
The Interventional Centre at Rikshospitalet
Aim:
To study myocardial ischemia and a possible protection effect of transitional LAD-shunting during off-pump coronary surgery
Author network for Helge Skulstad by COREMINE medical
Publications in press
NT-proBNP predicts myocardial recovery after non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome
Scand Cardiovasc J (in press)
PubMed 22191851
Publications 2012
The role of echocardiography in quantification of left ventricular dyssynchrony: state of the art and future directions
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 13 (1), 61-8
PubMed 22094237
Publications 2011
Postsystolic shortening is a strong predictor of recovery of systolic function in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Eur J Echocardiogr, 12 (7), 483-9
PubMed 21609975
Automated detection of myocardial ischaemia by epicardial miniature ultrasound transducers--a novel tool for patient monitoring during cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 39 (1), 53-9
PubMed 20627751
Mechanisms of abnormal systolic motion of the interventricular septum during left bundle-branch block
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 4 (3), 264-73
PubMed 21393502
Mean strain throughout the heart cycle by longitudinal two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography enables early prediction of infarct size
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 24 (10), 1118-25
PubMed 21764553
Evaluation of right ventricular dysfunction by myocardial strain echocardiography in patients with intestinal carcinoid disease
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 24 (6), 644-50
PubMed 21440415
Mechanism of prolonged electromechanical delay in late activated myocardium during left bundle branch block
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 301 (6), H2334-43
PubMed 21984549
Publications 2010
Strain echocardiography and wall motion score index predicts final infarct size in patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 3 (2), 187-94
PubMed 20075142
Strain echocardiography predicts acute coronary occlusion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome
Eur J Echocardiogr, 11 (6), 501-8
PubMed 20185525
Detecting myocardial ischaemia using miniature ultrasonic transducers--a feasibility study in a porcine model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 37 (1), 119-26
PubMed 19581103
Acute coronary occlusion in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: outcome and early identification by strain echocardiography
Heart, 96 (19), 1550-6
PubMed 20643662
Changes of myocardial function in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome awaiting coronary angiography
Am J Cardiol, 105 (9), 1212-8
PubMed 20403468
Automatic real-time detection of myocardial ischemia by epicardial accelerometer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 139 (4), 1026-32
PubMed 19717169
Evaluation of left ventricular dyssynchrony by onset of active myocardial force generation: a novel method that differentiates between electrical and mechanical etiologies
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 3 (4), 405-14
PubMed 20494943
Publications 2009
Intracoronary shunt prevents ischemia in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Ann Thorac Surg, 87 (1), 54-60
PubMed 19101268
Detection of myocardial ischaemia by epicardial accelerometers in the pig
Br J Anaesth, 102 (1), 29-37
PubMed 19022793
Validation of cardiac accelerometer sensor measurements
Physiol Meas, 30 (12), 1429-44
PubMed 19907074
Publications 2008
Feasibility of a three-axis epicardial accelerometer in detecting myocardial ischemia in cardiac surgical patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 136 (6), 1496-502
PubMed 19114197
Publications 2007
Microbubbles in the pulmonary artery generated during experimental hepatic radiofrequency ablation is correlated with increased pulmonary arterial pressure
J Vasc Interv Radiol, 18 (3), 437-42
PubMed 17377191
Epicardial ultrasonography: a potential method for intraoperative quality assessment of coronary bypass anastomoses?
Ann Thorac Surg, 84 (3), 801-7
PubMed 17720379
Early prediction of infarct size by strain Doppler echocardiography after coronary reperfusion
J Am Coll Cardiol, 49 (16), 1715-21
PubMed 17448374
Publications 2006
Grading of myocardial dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography: a comparison between velocity, displacement, and strain imaging in acute ischemia
J Am Coll Cardiol, 47 (8), 1672-82
PubMed 16631008
Publications 2005
Myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contraction: relationship to contractility
Circulation, 111 (11), 1362-9
PubMed 15753217
Myocardial strain analysis in acute coronary occlusion: a tool to assess myocardial viability and reperfusion
Circulation, 112 (25), 3901-10
PubMed 16365210
Regional myocardial work by strain Doppler echocardiography and LV pressure: a new method for quantifying myocardial function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288 (5), H2375-80
PubMed 15637114
Publications 2004
Development of an in vivo method for determining material properties of passive myocardium
Model. Identif. Control, 25 (4), 237-252
Development of an in vivo method for determining material properties of passive myocardium
J Biomech, 37 (5), 669-78
PubMed 15046996
Detection of ischemia and new insight into left ventricular physiology by strain Doppler and tissue velocity imaging: assessment during coronary bypass operation of the beating heart
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 17 (12), 1225-33
PubMed 15562259
Publications 2003
Postsystolic shortening of ischemic myocardium: a mechanism of abnormal intraventricular filling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 284 (6), H2343-50
PubMed 12574003
Publications 2002
Quantification of left ventricular systolic function by tissue Doppler echocardiography: added value of measuring pre- and postejection velocities in ischemic myocardium
Circulation, 105 (17), 2071-7
PubMed 11980687
Postsystolic shortening in ischemic myocardium: active contraction or passive recoil?
Circulation, 106 (6), 718-24
PubMed 12163433
Publications 2001
Regional myocardial systolic function during acute myocardial ischemia assessed by strain Doppler echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol, 37 (3), 726-30
PubMed 11693743
Publications 2000
[Time delay in the thrombolytic treatment of myocardial infarction]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 120 (16), 1851-3
PubMed 10925610
[Reflux disease and 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring in children]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 120 (2), 183-6
PubMed 10851912
Publications 1999
[Fatal coronary heart disease in a young woman 20 years after radiotherapy for Hodgkin disease]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 119 (10), 1431-2
PubMed 10354750
Publications 1997
[Gastrointestinal amyloidosis. Differential diagnosis or a complication of inflammatory bowel disease?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 117 (24), 3489-91
PubMed 9411905




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