Erik Gjertsen

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Medisinsk avdeling

Drammen sykehus, Vestre Viken

Forfatterbidrag: idé, utforming/design, tolking av data, revisjon av manuset samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Erik Gjertsen er spesialist i indremedisin og i hjertesykdommer og enhetsoverlege.

Articles by Erik Gjertsen

Frailty, health literacy and self-care in patients admitted with acute heart failure

John Munkhaugen,
Elise Sverre,
Toril Dammen,
Einar Husebye,
Erik Gjertsen,
Oscar Kristiansen,
Erlend Aune

20.11.2023: Heart failure is characterised by objective evidence of structural and/or functional cardiac abnormalities that prevent the heart muscle from pumping a sufficient amount of oxygen-rich blood to the body (1). Traditionally, heart failure has been classified into distinct phenotypes (systolic and...

The follow-up after myocardial infarction – is it good enough?

John Munkhaugen,
Kari Peersen,
Elise Sverre,
Erik Gjertsen,
Lars Gullestad,
Toril Dammen,
Einar Husebye,
Jan Erik Otterstad

05.03.2018: The majority of Norwegian coronary patients fail to change their lifestyle behaviour and miss the recommended treatment targets for cholesterol and blood pressure after discharge from hospital. Coronary heart disease is the single most important cause of death in the world, and annually more than 13...