About the group
Heart and brain – interdisciplinary research on atrial fibrillation and stroke.
The Heart and brain research group at Bærum Hospital focuses on atrial fibrillation, stroke and the association between these diseases.
The group works interdisciplinary and conducts a number of clinical studies, including clinical treatment studies and studies on epidemiology, genetics, biobank/biomarker research, echocardiography, electrocardiography, carotid ultrasound and cognition.
Longterm goals
Our overall goal is to be at the front of research on atrial fibrillation, stroke and related conditions. We aim to establish new knowledge about assessment, treatment and improved quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation and stroke.
Our research concerns both underlying causes and predictors of atrial fibrillation and stroke, as well as complications and treatment effects - both drug therapy and other interventions).
As a research group based at one of Norway's largest local hospitals, we have a unique access to large patient groups, and aim to increase the proportion of patients participating in research projects.
Projects
- ACE 1950 - Akershus Cardiac Examination 1950 Study – cooperation project with Akershus University Hospital, with several ongoing Ph.D.-projects
- AFNOR – Atrial fibrillation and comorbidity in Norway
- Atrieflimmer bredt samtykke og generell biobank
- BARICARD – Effects of bariatric surgery on cardiac function
- Birkebeiner II – Effects of endurance exercise on cardiac function
- BRAKE – Brain Age after Stroke in Working-age Adults
- CAST – Cognition after stroke
- EARLY – Prediction of cognitive impairment after stroke
- GENAF – Genetics in atrial fibrillation
- NEXAF – The Norwegian Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation Initiative
- NOR-COAST – The Norwegian cognitive impairment after stroke
- PRE-ELECTRIC – Predictors of recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion
- RATAF II – Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation
Cooperation
- Afib.no – Arnljot Tveit og Ingrid Elisabeth Christophersen leder «Norwegian Atrial Fibrillation Research Network – afib.no», som har en rekke aktive samarbeidspartnere innen atrieflimmerforskning i Norge og utlandet
- Akershus universitetssykehus – samarbeid om ACE 1950-studien (Akershus hjerteundersøkelse 1950)
- Folkehelseinstituttet – samarbeid om epidemiologisk og genetisk forskning
- Institutt for nevromedisin og bevegelsesvitenskap, NTNU – samarbeid om hjerneslagforskning
- Klinikk for radiologi og nukleærmedisin, OUS/UiO – samarbeid om MR av hjernen
- Seksjon for hjerneslag, Oslo universitetssykehus – samarbeid om kliniske studier
- Senter for klinisk hjerteforskning, Oslo universitetssykehus – samarbeid om kliniske studier og biomarkørforskning
- Oslo Universitetssykehus, Institutt for Eksperimentell Medisinsk Forskning – samarbeid om funksjonelle studier av genetiske endringer
- Københavns Universitet, Sundhedsvidenskabeligt fakultet – samarbeid om genetisk forsknings og funksjonelle studier av genetiske endringer.
- Universitetet i Oslo, Senter for bioinformatikk – samarbeid om genetisk forskning
- Universitetet i Tromsø, Tromsøundersøkelsen - samarbeid om genetisk forskning
- Universitetet i Bergen, Helseundersøkelsene i Hordaland (HUSK) - samarbeid om genetisk forskning
- NTNU, Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag (HUNT) - samarbeid om genetisk forskning
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Precision Cardiology Laboratory – samarbeid om genetisk forskning