Publications 2025

Hunt TE, Traaen GM, Aakerøy L, Øverland B, Bendz C, Michelsen AE, Steinshamn S, Haugaa KH, Anfinsen OG, Aukrust P, Broch K, Akre H, Loennechen JP, Gullestad L, Ueland T (2025)
Systemic markers of inflammation and immune activation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Eur J Intern Med, 139, 106363
DOI 10.1016/j.ejim.2025.05.028, PubMed 40514250

Ueland T, Traaen GM, Hunt TE, Aakerøy L, Øverland B, Bendz C, Michelsen AE, Steinshamn S, Anfinsen OG, Aukrust P, Broch K, Akre H, Loennechen JP, Gullestad L (2025)
High levels of the adipokines leptin and metrnl in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea are not associated with the severity of sleep apnea or the burden of atrial fibrillation
Sleep Med, 136, 106862 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106862, PubMed 41110405

Publications 2024

Hunt TEF, Traaen GM, Aakerøy L, Massey RJ, Bendz C, Øverland B, Akre H, Steinshamn S, Loennechen JP, Broch K, Helle-Valle T, Lie ØH, Anstensrud AK, Haugaa KH, Gullestad L, Anfinsen OG, Aakhus S (2024)
Cardiac remodelling in patients with atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnoea
Open Heart, 11 (2)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2024-002718, PubMed 39477342

Publications 2022

Hunt TE, Traaen GM, Aakerøy L, Bendz C, Øverland B, Akre H, Steinshamn S, Loennechen JP, Hegbom F, Broch K, Lie ØH, Lyseggen E, Haugaa KH, Gullestad L, Anfinsen OG (2022)
Effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: A randomized controlled trial
Heart Rhythm, 19 (9), 1433-1441
DOI 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.06.016, PubMed 35716856

Huse C, Anstensrud AK, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Broch K, Woxholt S, Yang K, Sharma K, Tøllefsen IM, Bendz B, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Berg ES, Bjørkelund E, Quiles-Jiménez A, Bjerkeli V, Bendz C, Kleveland O, Stensaeth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Halvorsen B, Gullestad L et al. (2022)
Interleukin-6 inhibition in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Immune cell profile in the randomised ASSAIL-MI trial
EBioMedicine, 80, 104013
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104013, PubMed 35504178

Publications 2021

Broch K, Anstensrud AK, Woxholt S, Sharma K, Tøllefsen IM, Bendz B, Aakhus S, Ueland T, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Berg ES, Bjørkelund E, Bendz C, Hopp E, Kleveland O, Stensæth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Seljeflot I, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2021)
Randomized Trial of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibition in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol, 77 (15), 1845-1855
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.049, PubMed 33858620

Holt MF, Michelsen AE, Shahini N, Bjørkelund E, Bendz CH, Massey RJ, Schjalm C, Halvorsen B, Broch K, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Nilsson PH, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Louwe MC (2021)
The Alternative Complement Pathway Is Activated Without a Corresponding Terminal Pathway Activation in Patients With Heart Failure
Front Immunol, 12, 800978
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.800978, PubMed 35003128

Traaen GM, Aakerøy L, Hunt TE, Øverland B, Bendz C, Sande LØ, Aakhus S, Fagerland MW, Steinshamn S, Anfinsen OG, Massey RJ, Broch K, Ueland T, Akre H, Loennechen JP, Gullestad L (2021)
Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Arrhythmia in Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 204 (5), 573-582
DOI 10.1164/rccm.202011-4133OC, PubMed 33938787

Publications 2020

Kristiansen S, Traaen GM, Øverland B, Plagemann T, Gullestad L, Akre H, Nikolaidis K, Aakerøy L, Hunt TE, Loennechen JP, Steinshamn S, Bendz C, Anfinsen OG, Goebel V (2020)
Comparing manual and automatic scoring of sleep monitoring data from portable polygraphy
J Sleep Res, 30 (2), e13036
DOI 10.1111/jsr.13036, PubMed 32430962

Publications 2019

Traaen GM, Øverland B, Aakerøy L, Hunt TE, Bendz C, Sande L, Aakhus S, Zaré H, Steinshamn S, Anfinsen OG, Loennechen JP, Gullestad L, Akre H (2019)
Prevalence, risk factors, and type of sleep apnea in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc, 26, 100447
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100447, PubMed 32140547