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Ivar Sjaastad

Group Leader, Professor & Senior Consultant

Sjaastad group

Email: ivar.sjaastad@medisin.uio.no
Phone: +47 23016797

Education
– Veterinary medicine 1984
– MD 1991

Clinical specialities
– Cardiologi 2007
– Internal medicine 2007

Positions (selected)
– PhD student 1996-2001
– Resident 1991-1996 and 2001-2007
– Consultant 2007-present
– Professor of medicine UiO, 2010-present
– Head of department, OUS, 2017-2021

Research area

  • Clinical research
  • Diastolic dysfunction
  • Fibrosis
  • Heart failure
  • Imaging
  • MRI
  • PET/MRI
  • Ultrasound

Latest publications

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Tønnessen TC, Ueland T, Ahmed S, Attramadal H, Sjaastad I, Vinge LE (2023)
Inflammatory augmentation of the delayed type hypersensitivity arthritis mouse model
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol
PubMed 36946742 DOI 10.1111/bcpt.13864
Berger SG, Witczak BN, Reiseter S, Schwartz T, Andersson H, Hetlevik SO, Berntsen KS, Sanner H, Lilleby V, Gunnarsson R, Molberg Ø, Sjaastad I, Stokke MK (2023)
Cardiac dysfunction in mixed connective tissue disease: a nationwide observational study
Rheumatol Int
PubMed 36933069 DOI 10.1007/s00296-023-05308-3
Skogestad J, Albert I, Hougen K, Lothe GB, Lunde M, Søvik Eken O, Veras I, Thi-Huynh NT, Børstad M, Marshall S, Shen X, Louch WE, Louise Robinson E, Cleveland JC, Ambardekar AV, Schwisow JA, Jonas E, Calejo AIC, Morth JP, Taskén K, Melleby AO, Lunde PK, Sjaastad I, Carlson CR, Aronsen JM (2023)
Disruption of Phosphodiesterase 3A Binding to SERCA2 Increases SERCA2 Activity and Reduces Mortality in Mice With Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation
PubMed 36876489 DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054168
Marstein HS, Witczak BN, Godang K, Schwartz T, Flatø B, Bollerslev J, Sjaastad I, Sanner H (2023)
Adipose tissue distribution is associated with cardio-metabolic alterations in adult patients with juvenile-onset dermatomyositis
Rheumatology (Oxford), 62 (SI2), SI196-SI204
PubMed 35575380 DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/keac293
Marstein HS, Witczak BN, Godang K, Olarescu NC, Schwartz T, Flatø B, Molberg Ø, Bollerslev J, Sjaastad I, Sanner H (2023)
Adipokine profile in long-term juvenile dermatomyositis, and associations with adipose tissue distribution and cardiac function: a cross-sectional study
RMD Open, 9 (1)
PubMed 36828644 DOI 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002815
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