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Overview

Finn Gustafsson is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has made significant contributions in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including surgery, biomedical engineering, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and molecular biology.

The scientific work of Finn Gustafsson extensively covers topics such as mechanical circulatory support devices, heart failure treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, transplantation methods and outcomes, and diabetes treatment and management.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Finn Gustafsson include Lars Køber, Morten Schou, Caroline Kistorp, Kasper Rossing, and Marco Metra, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the cardiovascular research community.

Finn Gustafsson regularly publishes in prominent journals related to cardiovascular science and heart failure treatment. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • European Heart Journal
  • Circulation Heart Failure

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and impact of Finn Gustafsson's research efforts:

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Congestion in heart failure: a contemporary look at physiology, diagnosis and treatment, 2020, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Patisiran Treatment in Patients with Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Associations of Empagliflozin With Left Ventricular Volumes, Mass, and Function in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • Practical algorithms for early diagnosis of heart failure and heart stress using NT-proBNP: A clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, 2023, European Journal of Heart Failure

Best Publications

  • Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure

    Lars Køber;Jens J. Thune;Jens J. Thune;Jens C. Nielsen;Jens C. Nielsen;Jens Haarbo;Jens Haarbo

  • Plasma Adiponectin, Body Mass Index, and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

    Caroline Kistorp;Jens Faber;Søren Galatius;Finn Gustafsson

  • Advanced heart failure : a position statement of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

    María Generosa Crespo-Leiro;Marco Metra;Lars H. Lund;Davor Milicic

  • N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide, C-Reactive Protein, and Urinary Albumin Levels as Predictors of Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults

    Caroline Kistorp;Ilan Raymond;Frants Pedersen;Finn Gustafsson

  • Severely Impaired von Willebrand Factor-Dependent Platelet Aggregation in Patients With a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device (HeartMate II)

    Jolanta Klovaite;Finn Gustafsson;Svend A. Mortensen;Kåre Sander

  • A transcatheter intracardiac shunt device for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF): a multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase 1 trial

    Gerd Hasenfuß;Chris Hayward;Dan Burkhoff;Frank E Silvestry

  • Left ventricular assist device therapy in advanced heart failure: patient selection and outcomes.

    Finn Gustafsson;Joseph G. Rogers

  • Diagnostic and Prognostic Performance of N-Terminal ProBNP in Primary Care Patients With Suspected Heart Failure

    Finn Gustafsson;Frank Steensgaard-Hansen;Jørn Badskjær;Allan H. Poulsen

  • Incidence of cancer in patients with chronic heart failure: a long-term follow-up study

    Ann Banke;Morten Schou;Lars Videbaek;Jacob E Møller

  • Congestion in Heart Failure: A Contemporary Look at Physiology, Diagnosis and Treatment

    Eva M Boorsma;Jozine M Ter Maaten;Kevin Damman;Wilfried Dinh

  • N-Terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is Inversely Related to Metabolic Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome

    Michael H. Olsen;Tine W. Hansen;Marina K. Christensen;Finn Gustafsson

  • Long-term survival in patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure: relation to preserved and reduced left ventricular systolic function

    Finn Gustafsson;Christian Torp-Pedersen;Bente Brendorp;Marie Seibaek

  • Effect of obesity and being overweight on long-term mortality in congestive heart failure: influence of left ventricular systolic function.

    Finn Gustafsson;Charlotte B Kragelund;Christian Torp-Pedersen;Marie Seibaek

  • Determinants and Consequences of Renal Function Variations With Aldosterone Blocker Therapy in Heart Failure Patients After Myocardial Infarction Insights From the Eplerenone Post–Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study

    Patrick Rossignol;John G.F. Cleland;Sunil Bhandari;Stephane Tala

  • Effect of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor trandolapril on mortality and morbidity in diabetic patients with left ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction

    Ida Gustafsson;Christian Torp-Pedersen;Lars Køber;Finn Gustafsson

  • Incidence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients on long-term support with a continuous-flow assist device (HeartMate II).

    Mads Andersen;Regitze Videbæk;Søren Boesgaard;Kåre Sander

  • Heart failure clinics and outpatient management: review of the evidence and call for quality assurance.

    Finn Gustafsson;J. Malcolm O. Arnold

  • Age and Outcomes of Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure.

    Marie Bayer Elming;Jens C Nielsen;Jens Haarbo;Lars Videbæk

  • How prevalent is hyperkalemia and renal dysfunction during treatment with spironolactone in patients with congestive heart failure

    Morten Svensson;Finn Gustafsson;SØren Galatius;Per R Hildebrandt

  • Eplerenone Survival Benefits in Heart Failure Patients Post-Myocardial Infarction Are Independent From its Diuretic and Potassium-Sparing Effects: Insights From an EPHESUS (Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study) Substudy

    Patrick Rossignol;Joël Ménard;Joël Ménard;Renaud Fay;Finn Gustafsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Torp-Pedersen
Christian Torp-Pedersen Aalborg University
Lars Køber
Lars Køber Copenhagen University Hospital
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen Copenhagen University Hospital
Christian Hassager
Christian Hassager University of Copenhagen
Jens Cosedis Nielsen
Jens Cosedis Nielsen Aarhus University Hospital
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Allan Flyvbjerg
Allan Flyvbjerg Steno Diabetes Center
Jens Christian Refsgaard
Jens Christian Refsgaard Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Dan Atar
Dan Atar University of Oslo

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