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Seksjon for hjertesykdommer
Medisinsk avdeling
Sykehuset i Vestfold
Han har bidratt med idé, utforming, design, datainnsamling, tolkning av data samt revisjon og godkjenning av innsendte manus.
Jan Erik Otterstad er ph.d., kardiolog og seniorforsker.
Articles by Jan Erik Otterstad
Post-myocardial infarction rehabilitation and secondary prevention in hospitals
- Kari Peersen,
- John Munkhaugen,
- Siv Jorunn Olsen,
- Jan Erik Otterstad,
- Elise Sverre
29.10.2021:
Around 12,000 people suffer myocardial infarction in Norway each year (1), a quarter of whom also had prior coronary artery disease (2). To prevent new events, it is recommended that established cardiovascular risk factors be monitored and treated (3). Data from Norway show that the majority of...
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...
Is the evidence base for post-myocardial infarction beta-blockers outdated?
- Jan Erik Otterstad,
- John Munkhaugen,
- Vidar de Bourg Ruddox,
- Jon Haffner,
- Dag S. Thelle
19.04.2016:
Post-myocardial infarction beta-blocker therapy is based on studies from the early 1980s. Since then, the diagnostics for myocardial infarction have become more sensitive, revascularisation has improved survival and there are now improved secondary prophylaxis drugs. We therefore believe it is time...
The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association should impose stricter requirements to literature searches
- Mariann Mathisen,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Erlend Aune,
- Vidar Ruddox,
- Jan Erik Otterstad
20.08.2013:
A steadily growing number of review articles are being published, but the methods applied to ensure that the best possible knowledge base is used vary strongly. We claim that undertaking literature searches more systematically and with a wider scope could increase the reliability of the conclusions...