Gunnar Erikssen
- Consultant cardiologist; MD, PhD
Gunnar Erikssen has contributed to over 40 Oslo Ischemia Study publications spanning over 2 decades. He currently works as Head of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Unit at the Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet.
Publications 2023
Preoperative versus postoperative survival in patients with univentricular heart: a nationwide, retrospective study of patients born in 1990-2015
BMJ Open, 13 (7), e069531
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069531, PubMed 37491095
Publications 2021
The Oslo Ischaemia Study: cohort profile
BMJ Open, 11 (10), e049111
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049111, PubMed 34645662
Impact of pregnancy and risk factors for ventricular arrhythmias in women with tetralogy of Fallot
Open Heart, 8 (1)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001400, PubMed 33414183
Long-term follow-up and sex differences in adults operated for tetralogy of Fallot
Open Heart, 8 (2)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001738, PubMed 34663747
Publications 2018
Survival in patients with univentricular hearts: the impact of right versus left ventricular morphology
Open Heart, 5 (2), e000902
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000902, PubMed 30364544
Dysfunction of the systemic right ventricle after atrial switch: physiological implications of altered septal geometry and load
J Appl Physiol (1985), 125 (5), 1482-1489
DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.00255.2018, PubMed 30188795
Publications 2017
Exercise systolic blood pressure at moderate workload predicts cardiovascular disease and mortality through 35 years of follow-up in healthy, middle-aged men
Blood Press, 26 (4), 229-236
DOI 10.1080/08037051.2017.1291276, PubMed 28276720
Publications 2014
Heart rate reserve predicts cardiovascular death among physically unfit but otherwise healthy middle-aged men: a 35-year follow-up study
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 23 (1), 59-66
DOI 10.1177/2047487314553202, PubMed 25281482
Achievements in congenital heart defect surgery: a prospective, 40-year study of 7038 patients
Circulation, 131 (4), 337-46; discussion 346
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.012033, PubMed 25538230
A novel ECG-index for prediction of ventricular arrhythmias in patients after myocardial infarction
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 19 (4), 330-7
DOI 10.1111/anec.12152, PubMed 24612066
Publications 2013
Response to Letter by Morris et al regarding article, "Low heart rates predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men" by Grundvold et al
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 6 (6), e102
DOI 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001154, PubMed 24347602
Low heart rates predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 6 (4), 726-31
DOI 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000267, PubMed 23873309
Seven-year increase in exercise systolic blood pressure at moderate workload predicts long-term risk of coronary heart disease and mortality in healthy middle-aged men
Hypertension, 61 (5), 1134-40
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00793, PubMed 23529164
Triglycerides-diabetes association in healthy middle-aged men: modified by physical fitness? A long term follow-up of 1962 Norwegian men in the Oslo Ischemia Study
Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 101 (2), 201-9
DOI 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.06.001, PubMed 23827210
Publications 2012
The terminal part of the QT interval (T peak to T end): a predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 17 (2), 85-94
DOI 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2012.00493.x, PubMed 22537325
Upper normal blood pressures predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men: a 35-year follow-up study
Hypertension, 59 (2), 198-204
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.179713, PubMed 22252392
Importance of physical fitness on predictive effect of body mass index and weight gain on incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-age men
Am J Cardiol, 110 (3), 425-32
DOI 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.03.043, PubMed 22579085
Rapidly upsloping ST-segment on exercise ECG: a marker of reduced coronary heart disease mortality risk
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 20 (4), 541-8
DOI 10.1177/2047487312444370, PubMed 22492865
Sequential ADP-stimulated light transmission and multiple electrode aggregometry in patients taking aspirin and clopidogrel after non ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 72 (4), 318-25
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2012.666565, PubMed 22724626
Publications 2011
Low-grade systolic murmurs in healthy middle-aged individuals: innocent or clinically significant? A 35-year follow-up study of 2014 Norwegian men
J Intern Med, 271 (6), 581-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02480.x, PubMed 22061296
HDL-cholesterol and prediction of coronary heart disease: modified by physical fitness? A 28-year follow-up of apparently healthy men
Atherosclerosis, 220 (1), 250-6
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.10.009, PubMed 22062589
Publications 2010
Interaction between inflammation and blood viscosity predicts cardiovascular mortality
Scand Cardiovasc J, 44 (2), 107-12
DOI 10.1080/14017430903171248, PubMed 19670036
Publications 2009
Variability in aggregometry response before and after initiation of clopidogrel therapy
Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest., 69 (6), PII 911832516-679
DOI 10.1080/00365510902971875
Variability in aggregometry response before and after initiation of clopidogrel therapy
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 69 (6), 673-9
DOI 10.3109/00365510902971875, PubMed 19484660
Publications 2008
No case of COX-1-related aspirin resistance found in 289 patients with symptoms of stable CHD remitted for coronary angiography
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 68 (3), 185-91
DOI 10.1080/00365510701601673, PubMed 17934975
Publications 2005
Reasons for terminating an exercise test provide independent prognostic information: 2014 apparently healthy men followed for 26 years
Eur Heart J, 26 (14), 1394-401
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi278, PubMed 15855193
Lung function, smoking and mortality in a 26-year follow-up of healthy middle-aged males
Eur Respir J, 25 (4), 618-25
DOI 10.1183/09031936.05.00008504, PubMed 15802334
Publications 2004
Possible angina detected by the WHO angina questionnaire in apparently healthy men with a normal exercise ECG: coronary heart disease or not? A 26 year follow up study
Heart, 90 (6), 627-32
DOI 10.1136/hrt.2003.012542, PubMed 15145862
Symptom-limited exercise testing, ST depressions and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in apparently healthy middle-aged men
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 11 (4), 320-7
DOI 10.1097/01.hjr.0000136460.57921.46, PubMed 15292766
Exercise testing of healthy men in a new perspective: from diagnosis to prognosis
Eur Heart J, 25 (11), 978-86
DOI 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.04.009, PubMed 15172470
[Exercise ECG]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (3), 339-41
PubMed 14963507
Publications 2003
Fasting blood glucose is independently associated with resting and exercise blood pressures and development of elevated blood pressure
J Hypertens, 21 (7), 1383-9
DOI 10.1097/00004872-200307000-00029, PubMed 12817188
Publications 2002
Early versus late morning measurement of blood pressure in healthy men. A potential source of measurement bias?
Blood Press, 11 (6), 366-70
DOI 10.1080/080370502321095339, PubMed 12523680
Publications 2001
Prediction of Type 2 diabetes in healthy middle-aged men with special emphasis on glucose homeostasis. Results from 22.5 years' follow-up
Diabet Med, 18 (4), 261-7
DOI 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00488.x, PubMed 11437855
Physical fitness and changes in mortality: the survival of the fittest
Sports Med, 31 (8), 571-6
DOI 10.2165/00007256-200131080-00001, PubMed 11475318
Physical fitness and changes in mortality: survival of the fittest
In Sports medicine, Adis International, Auckland, 31(2001)nr 8, S. 571-576
BIBSYS 011576790
Supine and exercise systolic blood pressure predict cardiovascular death in middle-aged men
J Hypertens, 19 (8), 1343-8
DOI 10.1097/00004872-200108000-00001, PubMed 11518841
Publications 2000
Type 2 diabetes and maternal family history: an impact beyond slow glucose removal rate and fasting hyperglycemia in low-risk individuals? Results from 22.5 years of follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men
Diabetes Care, 23 (9), 1255-9
DOI 10.2337/diacare.23.9.1255, PubMed 10977015
Dynamics in prediction of cardiovascular events based on epidemiological data
University of Oslo, Medical Department B, National University Hospital, Oslo, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 010138587, ISBN 82-7722-137-1
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: a possible marker of atherosclerosis and a strong predictor of coronary heart disease mortality
Eur Heart J, 21 (19), 1614-20
DOI 10.1053/euhj.2000.2148, PubMed 10988014
Hypothesis: the recent decline in coronary heart disease mortality--mainly a shift from fatal to non-fatal events?
Scand Cardiovasc J, 34 (5), 468-74
DOI 10.1080/140174300750064620, PubMed 11191936
Publications 1999
Fasting blood glucose: an underestimated risk factor for cardiovascular death. Results from a 22-year follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men
Diabetes Care, 22 (1), 45-9
DOI 10.2337/diacare.22.1.45, PubMed 10333902
Publications 1998
Changes in physical fitness and changes in mortality
Lancet, 352 (9130), 759-62
DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)02268-5, PubMed 9737279
Clustering of coronary risk factors with increasing blood pressure at rest and during exercise
J Hypertens, 16 (1), 19-22
DOI 10.1097/00004872-199816010-00004, PubMed 9533412
Publications 1997
Exercise blood pressure predicts cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction
Blood Press Monit, 2 (3), 147-153
PubMed 10234108
Seasonal covariation in physical fitness and blood pressure at rest and during exercise in healthy middle-aged men
Blood Press, 6 (5), 269-73
DOI 10.3109/08037059709062081, PubMed 9359996
Predictors of 7-year changes in exercise blood pressure: effects of smoking, physical fitness and pulmonary function
J Hypertens, 15 (3), 245-9
DOI 10.1097/00004872-199715030-00005, PubMed 9468451
Introducing a module for laboratory test order entry and reporting of results at a hospital ward: an evaluation study using a multi-method approach
J Med Syst, 21 (2), 107-17
DOI 10.1023/a:1022894324357, PubMed 9297619
Publications 1996
[Measurement of ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction. A comparison of measurements by means of radionuclide technique one week and 8 weeks after the infarction]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 116 (15), 1785-8
PubMed 8693461
Exercise blood pressure predicts mortality from myocardial infarction
Hypertension, 27 (3 Pt 1), 324-9
DOI 10.1161/01.hyp.27.3.324, PubMed 8698433
Publications 1995
Long term effects of smoking on physical fitness and lung function: a longitudinal study of 1393 middle aged Norwegian men for seven years
BMJ, 311 (7007), 715-8
DOI 10.1136/bmj.311.7007.715, PubMed 7549684
Heart rate increase and maximal heart rate during exercise as predictors of cardiovascular mortality: a 16-year follow-up study of 1960 healthy men
Coron Artery Dis, 6 (8), 667-79
DOI 10.1097/00019501-199508000-00012, PubMed 8574463
Publications 1994
[Computer technology and electronic medical records in hospitals]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 114 (2), 203-4
PubMed 8122209
Exercise blood pressure predicts cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged men
Hypertension, 24 (1), 56-62
DOI 10.1161/01.hyp.24.1.56, PubMed 8021008
Publications 1993
Haematocrit: a predictor of cardiovascular mortality?
J Intern Med, 234 (5), 493-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1993.tb00783.x, PubMed 8228794
Physical fitness as a predictor of mortality among healthy, middle-aged Norwegian men
N Engl J Med, 328 (8), 533-7
DOI 10.1056/NEJM199302253280803, PubMed 8426620
Heart volume and cardiovascular mortality. A 16 year follow-up study of 1984 healthy middle-aged men
Eur Heart J, 14 (5), 592-6
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/14.5.592, PubMed 8508851
Initial clinical presentation of cardiac disease in asymptomatic men with silent myocardial ischemia and angiographically documented coronary artery disease (the Oslo Ischemia Study)
Am J Cardiol, 72 (9), 629-33
DOI 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90875-d, PubMed 8249835
Publications 1980
Hva opplever folk selv som stressende i en arbeidssituasjon? Gunnar Erikssen, Gunvald Harket
In Spesialoppgave, Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, 30 bl.
BIBSYS 051552043