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Emil Espe

Postdoctoral fellow

Sjaastad group

Email: e.k.s.espe@medisin.uio.no
Phone: +47 97617447

Education

– Master of Physics (University of Oslo, 2009)
– PhD in medical imaging (University of Oslo, 2014)

Funded by Nasjonalforeningen for Folkehelsen

Academic interests

  • Development of acquisition strategies and post-processing tools for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • Particular focus on:
    – right ventricular function/dysfunction
    – diastolic function/dysfunction and myocardial stiffness
    – accelerated magnetic resonance imaging

 

Research area

  • Clinical research
  • Diastolic dysfunction
  • Heart failure
  • Imaging
  • MRI

Latest publications

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Espe E, Stokke MK (2024)
Editorial for "MRI Assessment of Myocardial Deformation for Risk Stratification of Major Arrhythmic Events in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Eligible for Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators"
J Magn Reson Imaging
PubMed 38358060 DOI 10.1002/jmri.29300
Vistnes M, Erusappan PM, Sasi A, Nordén ES, Bergo KK, Romaine A, Lunde IG, Zhang L, Olsen MB, Øgaard J, Carlson CR, Wang CH, Riise J, Dahl CP, Fiane AE, Hauge-Iversen IM, Espe E, Melleby AO, Tønnessen T, Aronsen JM, Sjaastad I, Christensen G (2023)
Inhibition of the extracellular enzyme A disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motif 4 prevents cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction
Cardiovasc Res, 119 (10), 1915-1927
PubMed 37216909 DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvad078
Espe E, Schneider JE (2023)
Editorial for "Reference Ranges of Ventricular Morphology and Function in Healthy Chinese Adults: A Multicenter 3T MRI Study"
J Magn Reson Imaging, 59 (3), 823-824
PubMed 37461182 DOI 10.1002/jmri.28901
Shen X, van den Brink J, Bergan-Dahl A, Kolstad TR, Norden ES, Hou Y, Laasmaa M, Aguilar-Sanchez Y, Quick AP, Espe EKS, Sjaastad I, Wehrens XHT, Edwards AG, Soeller C, Louch WE (2022)
Prolonged β-adrenergic stimulation disperses ryanodine receptor clusters in cardiomyocytes and has implications for heart failure
Elife, 11
PubMed 35913125 DOI 10.7554/eLife.77725
Smith L, Skulberg V, Zhang L, Sjaastad I, Espe E (2022)
The effects of geometry on stiffness measurements in high-field magnetic resonance elastography: A study on rodent cardiac phantoms
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 133, 105302
PubMed 35688038 DOI 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105302
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