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Adipose tissue distribution and cardio-metabolic syndrome in juvenile dermatomyositis

Henriette S Marstein, Birgit N Witczak, Kristin Godang, Thomas Schwartz, Berit Flatø, Jens Bollerslev, Ivar Sjaastad, Helga Sanner.

Adipose tissue distribution is associated with cardio-metabolic alterations in adult patients with juvenile-onset dermatomyositis

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More evidence for exercise at young age in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Exercise training during childhood and adolescence is associated with favorable diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Dual-receptor targeting of mechanoreceptors to reduce cardiac remodeling

Andreas Romaine, Arne Olav Melleby, Jahedul Alam, Viola Hélène Lobert, Ning Lu, Francesca E. Lockwood, Almira Hasic, Ida G. Lunde, Ivar Sjaastad, Harald Stenmark, Kate M. Herum, Donald Gullberg and Geir Christensen

Integrin α11β1 and syndecan-4 dual receptor ablation attenuate cardiac hypertrophy in the pressure overloaded heart

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Cardiac masses and function after expedition to extreme altitude

Camilla Udjus, Ivar Sjaastad, Ulla Hjørnholm, Torbjørn K. Tunestveit, Pavel Hoffmann, Alexis Hinojosa, Emil K.S. Espe, Geir Christensen, Ole Henning Skjønsberg, Karl-Otto Larsen and Morten Rostrup

Extreme altitude induces divergent mass reduction of right and left ventricle in mountain climbers

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New imaging technology can shoot close-ups of myocardial function

Markus Borge Harbo, Mathis Korseberg Stokke, Ivar Sjaastad, Emil Knut Stenersen Espe

One step closer to myocardial physiology: From PV loop analysis to state-of-the-art myocardial imaging

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Riding the Tube: Cardiac Transverse Tubules in Physiology and Heart Failure

Katharine M. Dibb, William E. Louch, Andrew W. Trafford

Cardiac Transverse Tubules in Physiology and Heart Failure

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A potential anti-fibrotic role for ADAMTSL2 in heart failure

Karoline B. Rypdal, Pugazendhi M. Erusappan, A. Olav Melleby, Deborah E. Seifert, Sheryl Palmero, Mari E. Strand, Theis Tønnessen, Christen P. Dahl, Vibeke Almaas, Dirk Hubmacher, Suneel S. Apte, Geir Christensen & Ida G. Lunde 

The extracellular matrix glycoprotein ADAMTSL2 is increased in heart failure and inhibits TGFβ signalling in cardiac fibroblasts

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A new concept of CaMKII regulation and a crucial role of AKAP18δ in regulation of the heartbeat

Cathrine R. Carlson, Jan Magnus Aronsen, Anna Bergan-Dahl, Marie Christine Moutty, Marianne Lunde, Per Kristian Lunde, Hilde Jarstadmarken, Pimthanya Wanichawan, Laetitia Pereira, Terje RS Kolstad, Bjørn Dalhus, Hariharan Subramanian, Susanne Hille, Geir Christensen, Oliver J. Müller, Viacheslav Nikolaev, Donald M. Bers, Ivar Sjaastad, Xin Shen, William E. Louch, Enno Klussmann and Ole M. Sejersted

AKAP18δ anchors and regulates CaMKII activity at phospholamban-SERCA2 and RYR

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How does protection against oxidative stress prevent arrhythmias?

The oxidation-resistant CaMKII-MM281/282VV mutation does not prevent arrhythmias in CPVT1

Two sides of a coin: New perspective on antiarrhythmic treatment

CaMKII inhibition has dual effects on spontaneous Ca²⁺ release and Ca²⁺ alternans in ventricular cardiomyocytes from mice with a gain-of-function RyR2 mutation