Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Ellekjær, Hanne"
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Obesity, metabolic factors, symptoms of depression and anxiety and risk of atrial fibrillation: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (The HUNT Study)
Feng, Tingting (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:93, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Atrieflimmer (AF) er en kronisk hjerterytmeforstyrrelse som har blitt beskrevet som en global epidemi. Så mange som 5 millioner mennesker får AF hvert år og globalt har anslagsvis 33,5 millioner mennesker AF. Antallet ... -
Oral anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation Data from the Norwegian Prescription Database, the Norwegian Patient Registry and the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry
Kjerpeseth, Lars Jøran (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:160, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Atrieflimmer er den vanligste hjerterytmeforstyrrelsen i Norge og den vestlige verden. Den rammer hyppigere med alderen, særlig etter fylte 60 år. Atrieflimmer starter gjerne som korte anfall som gradvis kommer oftere og ... -
Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Are Associated With Poststroke Cognitive Impairment: The Nor-COAST Study
Sandvig, Heidi Vihovde; Aam, Stina; Alme, Katinka Nordheim; Askim, Torunn; Beyer, Mona K.; Ellekjær, Hanne; Ihle-Hansen, Hege Beathe; Lydersen, Stian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Munthe-Kaas, Ragnhild; Næss, Halvor; Saltvedt, Ingvild Tina; Seljeseth, Yngve Müller; Thingstad, Anne Pernille Mæhle; Wethal, Torgeir; Knapskog, Anne Brita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Inflammation is proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of poststroke cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between concentrations of systemic inflammatory biomarkers ... -
Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment—Impact of Follow-Up Time and Stroke Subtype on Severity and Cognitive Profile: The Nor-COAST Study
Aam, Stina; Einstad, Marte Stine; Munthe-Kaas, Ragnhild; Lydersen, Stian; Ihle-Hansen, Hege; Knapskog, Anne Brita; Ellekjær, Hanne; Seljeseth, Yngve Müller; Saltvedt, Ingvild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is common, but evidence of cognitive symptom profiles, course over time, and pathogenesis is scarce. We investigated the significance of time and etiologic stroke subtype ... -
Poststroke Complications and Prognosis: Functional Outcome, Hospital Readmissions, Survival and Causes of Death
Rohweder, Gitta (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:43, Doctoral thesis, 2020) -
Pre-stroke cognitive impairment is associated with vascular imaging pathology: a prospective observational study
Schellhorn, Till; Zucknick, Manuela; Askim, Torunn; Munthe-Kaas, Ragnhild; Ihle-Hansen, Hege; Seljeseth, Yngve Müller; Knapskog, Anne Brita; Næss, Halvor; Ellekjær, Hanne; Thingstad, Pernille; Wyller, Torgeir Bruun; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Beyer, Mona Kristiansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Chronic brain pathology and pre-stroke cognitive impairment (PCI) is predictive of post-stroke dementia. The aim of the current study was to measure pre-stroke neurodegenerative and vascular disease burden ... -
Prevalence and incidence rates of atrial fibrillation in Norway 2004-2014
Kjerpeseth, Lars Jøran; Igland, Jannicke; Selmer, Randi Marie; Ellekjær, Hanne; Tveit, Arnljot; Berge, Trygve; Kalstø, Silje Madeleine; Christophersen, Ingrid E.; Myrstad, Marius; Skovlund, Eva; Egeland, Grace M.; Tell, Grethe S.; Ariansen, Inger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective To study time trends in incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the entire Norwegian population from 2004 to 2014, by age and sex, and to estimate the prevalence of AF at the end of the study period. Methods A ... -
Reliability and agreement of point-of-care carotid artery examinations by experts using hand-held ultrasound devices in patients with ischaemic stroke or transitory ischaemic attack
Saxhaug, Lars Mølgaard; Graven, Torbjørn; Olsen, Øystein; Kleinau, Jens Olaf; Skjetne, Kyrre; Ellekjær, Hanne; Dalen, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives To investigate the reliability and agreement of hand-held ultrasound devices (HUDs) compared with conventional duplex ultrasound (HIGH) in examination for carotid stenosis in patients with suspected transitory ... -
RESIDUAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE Risk factors, medication adherence and risk-benefit considerations
Gynnild, Mari Nordbø (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:87, Doctoral thesis, 2022) -
Risk factors for stroke and choice of oral anticoagulant in atrial fibrillation
Kjerpeseth, Lars Jøran; Ellekjær, Hanne; Selmer, Randi; Ariansen, Inger Kristine Holtermann; Furu, Kari; Skovlund, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose To investigate risk factors for stroke in patients initiating oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in Norway and their association with receiving DOACs versus warfarin. Methods From nationwide registries, ... -
The Risk of Selection Bias in a Clinical Multi-Center Cohort Study. Results from the Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke (Nor-COAST) Study
Kuvås, Karen Rosmo; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Aam, Stina; Thingstad, Pernille; Ellekjær, Hanne; Askim, Torunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke (Nor-COAST) study aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of neurocognitive disorder in an unselected stroke cohort. The aim of the present study was to ... -
Risk Stratification in Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Residual Cardiovascular Risk with Current Secondary Prevention
Gynnild, Mari Nordbø; Hageman, Steven HJ; Dorresteijn, Jannick AN; Spigset, Olav; Lydersen, Stian; Wethal, Torgeir; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Visseren, Frank LJ; Ellekjær, Hanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: Suboptimal secondary prevention in patients with stroke causes a remaining cardiovascular risk desirable to reduce. We have validated a prognostic model for secondary preventive settings and estimated future ... -
Secondary prevention follow-up after stroke in general practice
Helgheim, Kamilla Lind (Master thesis, 2020)Bakgrunn Hjerneslag er ledende årsak til langvarig uførhet og dødelighet. På grunn av økende alder i befolkningen øker forekomsten av hjerneslag og krever omfattende bruk av helsetjenester. Det økende antall slagoverlevende ... -
Serum or Plasma for Quantification of Direct Oral Anticoagulants?
Aakerøy, Rachel; Stokes, Charlotte Lorentze; Tomic, Marija; Hegstad, Solfrid; Kristoffersen, Ann-Helen; Ellekjær, Hanne; Schjøtt, Jan Didrik; Spigset, Olav; Helland, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Direct oral anticoagulants are increasingly replacing vitamin K antagonists for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, partly owing to the lack of a need for routine monitoring. Therapeutic ... -
Stroke and bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation with CHA2DS2-VASC risk score of one: the Norwegian AFNOR study
Anjum, Mariam; Ariansen, Inger; Hjellvik, Vidar; Selmer, Randi Marie; Kjerpeseth, Lars Jøran; Skovlund, Eva; Myrstad, Marius; Ellekjær, Hanne; Christophersen, Ingrid E.; Tveit, Arnljot; Berge, Trygve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background and Aims The benefit of oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy in atrial fibrillation (AF) and intermediate stroke risk is debated. In a nationwide Norwegian cohort with a non-sex CHA2DS2-VASc risk score of one, ... -
Stroke in a resource-constrained hospital in Madagascar
Stenumgård, Pål Sigurd; Rakotondranaivo, Miadana Joshua; Sletvold, Olav; Follestad, Turid; Ellekjær, Hanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Stroke is reported as the most frequent cause of in-hospital death in Madagascar. However, no descriptive data on hospitalized stroke patients in the country have been published. In the present study, we sought ... -
Stroke risk after transient ischemic attack in a Norwegian prospective cohort
Ildstad, Fredrik; Ellekjær, Hanne; Wethal, Torgeir; Lydersen, Stian; Sund, Janne Kutschera; Fjærtoft, Hild; Schüler, Stephan; Horn, Jens; Bråthen, Geir; Midtsæther, Ann-Grete; Morsund, Åse Hagen; Lillebø, Marja-Liisa; Seljeseth, Yngve Müller; Indredavik, Bent (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a risk factor of stroke. Modern treatment regimens and changing risk factors in the population justify new estimates of stroke risk after TIA, and evaluation of the recommended ... -
Symptoms of anxiety and depression and risk of atrial fibrillation-the HUNT study
Feng, Tingting; Malmo, Vegard; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Strand, Linn B; Gustad, Lise; Ellekjær, Hanne; Loennechen, Jan Pål; Mukamal, Kenneth; Janszky, Imre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Anxiety and depression may activate the autonomic nervous system which is likely to play an important role in the etiology of AF. However, ... -
The development of cognitive and emotional impairment after a minor stroke: A longitudinal study
Morsund, Åse Hagen; Ellekjær, Hanne; Gramstad, Arne; Reiestad, Magnus Tallaksen; Midgard, Rune; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Jonsbu, Egil; Næss, Halvor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objectives To study the development of cognitive and emotional symptoms between 3 and 12 months after a minor stroke. Material and Methods We included patients from stroke units at hospitals in the Central Norway Health ... -
The Norwegian Cognitive impairment after stroke study (Nor-COAST): study protocol of a multicentre, prospective cohort study
Thingstad, Pernille; Askim, Torunn; Beyer, Mona K.; Bråthen, Geir; Ellekjær, Hanne; Ihle-Hansen, Hege; Knapskog, Anne Brita; Lydersen, Stian; Munthe-Kaas, Ragnhild; Næss, Halvor; Pendlebury, Sarah; Seljeseth, Yngve Müller; Saltvedt, Ingvild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Early and late onset post-stroke cognitive impairment (PCI) contributes substantially to disability following stroke, and is a high priority within stroke research. The aetiology for PCI is complex and related ...