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Hjerteseksjonen
Sørlandet sykehus Arendal
Forfatterbidrag: utforming/design, datainnsamling, tolking av data, revisjon av manuset og godkjenning av innsendt manus.
Jarle Jortveit er ph.d., spesialist i indremedisin og i hjertesykdommer, forsker og overlege ved Hjerteseksjonen, Sørlandet sykehus Arendal.
Articles by Jarle Jortveit
Data quality in the Norwegian Myocardial Infarction Registry
- Ida Almenning Kiel,
- Ragna Elise Støre Govatsmark,
- Veronica Bendiktsen Berge,
- Kari Krizak Halle,
- Stian Lydersen,
- Cecilie Risøe,
- Bjørn Haug,
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Siri Malm,
- Gard Frodahl Tveitevåg Svingen,
- Miriam Wiksnes,
- Christian Engelsen Berg-Hansen,
- Lars Håvard Nilsen,
- Espen Ellingsen Moe,
- Kaare Harald Bønaa
26.03.2025:
In Norway, 61 national medical quality registries have been established, based on diagnoses, procedures or services (1). The main purpose of these registries is to contribute to better patient treatment (1, 2). They are also used for research and administration. In many medical fields, the national...
A man in his sixties with acute chest pain
- Helene Brenna Haakonsen,
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Fridtjof Heyerdahl
04.09.2023:
A man in his sixties was admitted to a busy emergency department with acute chest pain and elevated troponin. Only after invasive coronary angiography revealed normal findings did the team on duty have to acknowledge that the patient himself had made the correct non-cardiac diagnosis. The patient...
Pharmacy-dispensed drugs for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Sigrun Halvorsen,
- Jørund Langørgen
09.03.2020:
Each year, approximately 13 000 Norwegians are hospitalised with acute myocardial infarction (1). Patients with established coronary artery disease are at increased risk of further cardiovascular events and premature mortality (2). Patients with a history of myocardial infarction are advised to...
Long-term ECG recording: findings and implications
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Trond Helge Lislevand,
- Lars Rysstad,
- Thomas Dahlslett,
- Benthe Sjøli
10.02.2020:
The first recordings of the heart's electrical impulses were described in the 1870s. Willem Einthoven, with his string galvanometer, played a key part in the development of electrocardiography (ECG), and in 1924 he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work (1). An ECG recording provides a...
Takotsubo syndrome in Sørlandet Hospital Arendal 2010–16
- Pål Gunnes,
- Jacob Thalamus,
- Daniela Melichova,
- Slobodan Calic,
- Ole Johan Jakobsen,
- Tomas Larsen,
- Jarle Jortveit
28.01.2019:
Takotsubo syndrome is an acute heart condition with symptoms, changes in electrocardiography (ECG), rise in infarction markers and left ventricle dysfunction that may be consistent with acute myocardial infarction. In Takotsubo syndrome, however, angiography shows open coronary arteries, and there...
Diagnosis of severe congenital heart defects in Norway 2016
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Gunnar Wik,
- Jostein Strand Ødegaard,
- Vasilis Sitras,
- Karl Viktor Perminow,
- Henrik Holmstrøm
21.01.2019:
Congenital heart defects are defined as congenital structural abnormalities of the heart and/or major intrathoracic vessels with functional or potential functional significance (1). Heart defects are the most common congenital malformation and affect approximately 1 in 100 live-born children (2)...
Prevalence of infective endocarditis in children
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Leif Eskedal,
- Jakob Klcovansky,
- Gaute Døhlen,
- Henrik Holmstrøm
17.01.2019:
Infective endocarditis is a bacterial or fungal infection that affects the inner lining of the heart (endocardium) and heart valves (1). Approximately 1 % of live-born children are affected by a congenital heart defect, which is the principal risk factor for paediatric endocarditis (2, 3). The...
Prevalence of diabetes before and after first diagnosis of coronary artery disease
- Jarle Jortveit,
- Anete Kaldal,
- Serena Tonstad
05.03.2018:
The prevalence of diabetes in Norway is estimated at 4.7 % (1). It is thought that more than 60 % of all patients with type 2 diabetes will develop cardiovascular disease, and this is the main cause of death in persons with diabetes (2–5). In 2013, a known diabetes diagnosis was recorded in as many...